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

• IIPS- WHO Project: As research Officer, 2002 Jan- March.
• IIPS as Ad- Hoc Lecturer in 2002, April-2005 Nov
• Banaras Hindu University as Assistant Professor-2005, Nov-2008 Feb.
• IIPS as Assistant Professor 2008, March- 2017 Nov IIPS,
•  Associate Professor, 2017-2020

• Gender issues, Nutrition, Aging, Public Health, Environment and Development.

• International Union for the Scientific Study of Population.
• Population Association of America.
• Indian Association for the Study of Population.
• Geographical Society of India, Banaras Hindu University.
• Geographical Society of India, Calcutta.
• Members of PERN which is a panel of The International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) and a    sustained partner of Future Earth.
• Member contributor: Global Burden of Disease (GBD) studies.

• IIPS (master’s degree): Gold medal, 1999
• Calcutta University (Master’s degree) Gold medal 1997
• Government of West Bengal fellowship for perusing Master’s Degree. 1995-97.
• Government of India Fellowship for Master’s and Doctoral degree. 1998-2001
• J R Rele Award, Best Seminar Paper, IIPS, 1999.
• K Srinivasan Award, Indian Association for the Study of Population: Best paper in the journal ‘Demography India’, 2005
• K B Pathak Award, Indian Association for the Study of Population: Best peer reviewed paper on demography and health, 2012.
• Population Association of America, Canada and Pakistan and International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) - Travel awards, for conferences in USA, Canada, France, Pakistan, Morocco, Brazil.

• International Publications: 21
• National Publications: 15
• Books Published: 3
• Newsletter/Bulletin edited: 9
• Project completed: 5
• Project ongoing: 6

• University of Harvard, USA
• University of California, LA, USA
• RAND corporation, USA
• University of Michigan, USA
• University of Cambridge, UK
• University of Karachi, Pakistan
• Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.

Position Held

• IIPS- WHO Project: As research Officer, 2002 Jan- March.
• IIPS as Ad- Hoc Lecturer in 2002, April-2005 Nov
• Banaras Hindu University as Assistant Professor-2005, Nov-2008 Feb.
• IIPS as Assistant Professor 2008, March- 2017 Nov IIPS,
•  Associate Professor, 2017-2020

Country Visited

• University of Harvard, USA
• University of California, LA, USA
• RAND corporation, USA
• University of Michigan, USA
• University of Cambridge, UK
• University of Karachi, Pakistan
• Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.

Professional Membership

• International Union for the Scientific Study of Population.
• Population Association of America.
• Indian Association for the Study of Population.
• Geographical Society of India, Banaras Hindu University.
• Geographical Society of India, Calcutta.
• Members of PERN which is a panel of The International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) and a    sustained partner of Future Earth.
• Member contributor: Global Burden of Disease (GBD) studies.

Consulting

Other Info

Major Projects completed:

• Comprehensive Nutrition Survey in Maharashtra (2013, funded by UNICEF)
• Are urban poor doing better than their rural Counterparts: a study of some Development indicators (2010, GOI)
• Sex Preference in relation to Child Mortality and Fertility (2008, GOI)
• Women’s Vulnerability to STI/HIV in India: Findings of the CHARCA Baseline Survey, (2005, UN organizations)
• Causes of anaemia among women in the eastern region of India (2005, GOI)
• Enhancing Capability to Apply Research Evidence in Policy Making -Welcome Trust Funded Project (CORT_ IIPS- NIHFW) (since 2012)
• Comprehensive nutrition survey in Gujarat (since Nov,2013) Government of Gujarat
• SAFAR (System of Air quality forecasting and research (IIPS - IITM) (Dec, 2013)
• Population- Environment- Settlement ( Pop- Envis) MoEF CC ( since June 2013)
• Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI)- Wave I, Government of India, NIA & UCLA, USA; UNFPA

Current Projects

• Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI) GOI, (since 2014 Feb) – WAVE II
• Historical Perspective of division of the Districts and its impact on Development (Since 2014 May)