International Institute for Population Sciences
Deemed University (An Autonomous Organization of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India)

• Head, Center of Demography of Gender, IIPS, Mumbai since October 1 2021.
• In-charge, International Relations Cell, IIPS, Mumbai since August 1 2020.
• Professor, Department of Public Health & Mortality Studies, IIPS, Mumbai, India since December 18, 2016 -
• Associate Professor, Department of Public Health & Mortality Studies, IIPS, Mumbai, India during December 18, 2013 – December 17, 2016
• Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health & Mortality Studies, IIPS, Mumbai, India during April 03, 2006 – December 17, 2013
• Visiting Faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA during April – June 2008
• Leverhulme Fellow at the School of Health Sciences and Social Work, University of Portsmouth, UK during June 01, 2011-May 31, 2012

• Mortality analysis; Health inequalities; Maternal and child health; Large-scale survey research; Gender issues in population, health, and development

• Full member of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) (2004-2009, 2013-)
• Member of the Population Association of America (PAA) (2007-2009, 2019-2020)
• Member of the Asian Population Association (APA) (2015-)
• Life Member of the Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP)
• Life Member of the Indian Society of Medical Statistics (ISMS)

• K B Pathak Memorial Award of the IASP for contribution in terms of methodological innovation in the field of population and health, 2013
• K Srinivasan Award of the IASP for publishing best paper in ‘Demography India’, 2010
• Chandrasekaran Award of the IASP for presenting best research paper in an IASP conference by a young demographer, 2004
• Member of the IUSSP Scientific Panel on 'Couple's Reproductive Health and Fertility' for the period 2018-2021

•  'GENDER Project' funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through the University of California San Diego.
• 'National Family Health Survey 2015-16' funded by MoHFW New Delhi, USAID, DFID, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, UNICEF, UNFPA and MacArthur Foundation
• ‘Family Health and Wealth Study’ funded by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, United States of America and International Institute for Population Sciences, India
• ‘Shaping Demand and Practices to Improve Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and Nutrition Outcomes in Northern India’ funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, United States of America
• ‘Youth in India: Situation and Needs Study’ funded by MacArthur and Packard Foundations, India
• ‘Estimation of HIV/AIDS related Mortality in India’ funded by National Institute for Medical Statistics, India

• United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Greece, Turkey, People's Republic of China, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Rwanda

Position Held

• Head, Center of Demography of Gender, IIPS, Mumbai since October 1 2021.
• In-charge, International Relations Cell, IIPS, Mumbai since August 1 2020.
• Professor, Department of Public Health & Mortality Studies, IIPS, Mumbai, India since December 18, 2016 -
• Associate Professor, Department of Public Health & Mortality Studies, IIPS, Mumbai, India during December 18, 2013 – December 17, 2016
• Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health & Mortality Studies, IIPS, Mumbai, India during April 03, 2006 – December 17, 2013
• Visiting Faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA during April – June 2008
• Leverhulme Fellow at the School of Health Sciences and Social Work, University of Portsmouth, UK during June 01, 2011-May 31, 2012

Country Visited

• United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Greece, Turkey, People's Republic of China, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Rwanda

Professional Membership

• Full member of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) (2004-2009, 2013-)
• Member of the Population Association of America (PAA) (2007-2009, 2019-2020)
• Member of the Asian Population Association (APA) (2015-)
• Life Member of the Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP)
• Life Member of the Indian Society of Medical Statistics (ISMS)

Consulting

Other Info

• Research Papers Published/Accepted for Publication – 105
• Edited Book – 2