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

• Professor, Department of Public Health & Mortality Studies, IIPS, Mumbai, India from November 24, 2020 -
• Associate Professor, Department of Public Health & Mortality Studies at IIPS, Mumbai during September 29, 2015 - November 23, 2020.
• Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health & Mortality Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai during November 30, 2012 -September 28, 2015
• Assistant Professor at the Population Research Centre in the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore during October 12, 2007 – November 29, 2012.

Population Ageing, Public Health, Large Scale Survey Research, Maternal and Child health, and workers' issues in the unorganized sector

• Member of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)
• Life Member of the Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP)
• Life Member of “The Deccan Geographer”, Research Journal of the Deccan Geographical Society, Pune
• Member of Asian Population Association (APA)

• Immunization Coverage Study in Maharashtra (ICM): Lessons Learned and Way Forward funded by State Health Systems Resource Centre (SHSRC), Pune and Govt. of Maharashtra.
• National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-4 2015-16, funded by MoHFW New Delhi, USAID, DFID, Bill & Melinda Gates foundation, UNICEF, UNFPA, and MacArthur foundation.
• Baseline Study of Action for Adolescent Girls (AAG) In Selected Blocks of Chattarpur District of Madhya Pradesh, funded by UNFPA.
• Use of verbal autopsy for assessing the causes of death in Amravati district of Maharashtra funded by MoHFW, Govt. of India
• Pop-Envis Ministry of Environment, Forest (MoEF&CC), Govt. of India
• Building Knowledge Base on Ageing in India: A Series of Programmatic and Research Studies, Funded by UNFPA, New Delhi.
• Sub-national Estimation of MDG Goals Indicators: An Analysis of Two States with Differential Quality of Data, Funded by UNFPA, New Delhi.
• Behaviour Change Impact Survey (BCIS) Phase 1 among Female Workers in Selected Garment Companies in Bangalore, Karnataka Focusing HIV Prevention as well as Treatment of Tuberculosis, funded by Project CONNECT, Population Services International (PSI), Bangalore.

Hawaii - United States of America, Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Turkey, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan

Position Held

• Professor, Department of Public Health & Mortality Studies, IIPS, Mumbai, India from November 24, 2020 -
• Associate Professor, Department of Public Health & Mortality Studies at IIPS, Mumbai during September 29, 2015 - November 23, 2020.
• Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health & Mortality Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai during November 30, 2012 -September 28, 2015
• Assistant Professor at the Population Research Centre in the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore during October 12, 2007 – November 29, 2012.

Country Visited

Hawaii - United States of America, Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Turkey, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan

Professional Membership

• Member of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)
• Life Member of the Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP)
• Life Member of “The Deccan Geographer”, Research Journal of the Deccan Geographical Society, Pune
• Member of Asian Population Association (APA)

Consulting

Other Info

• Research Papers –40
• Books – 2s
• Major Reports - 14
• Working Papers – 2
• E-content – 5 modules

E-content:

Written five modules of Population Studies for e-Pathshala for PG students as part of UGC project under the National Mission on Education through ICT (NME-ICT)

Subject: Population Studies, Paper P-03. Demographic data and Population Projection for e-PG-Pathshala, an MHRD Project, National Mission on Education through ICT.

1. Module M- 06: Sample Surveys NSSO Rounds
2. Module M-07: National Family Health Surveys, District Level Health Surveys, Annual Health Surveys
3. Module M 08: Sample Surveys on Adolescents -Part A
4. Module M-10: Sample Surveys on Elderly -Part A for
5. Module M-12: Quality of Common Errors from Census Data Part A