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DR. PRASHANT KUMAR SINGH
Scientist ‘D’
Division of Preventive Oncology
ICMR National Institute of Cancer Prevention & Research (NICPR)
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India
I – 7, Sector – 39, Noida, Uttar Pradesh – 201301, India
+91 – 120 – 2446900
[email protected]; [email protected]
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Post-Doctoral
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), Rostock, Germany
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Population Studies
International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, India
Master of Population Studies (MPS)
International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, India
Master of Arts in Geography (MA)
Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Geography
Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India
POSITIONS HELD
Assistant Professor Department of Policy Studies, TERI School of Advanced Studies
(earlier TERI University), New Delhi, India
Post-Doctoral Fellow Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), Rostock,
Germany.
Associate Fellow Institute for Human Development (an Indian Council of Social
Science Research Institute), New Delhi, India.
Sr. Research Fellow International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, India.
Research Officer International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, India.
VISITING POSITION
Max Planck – India Fellow Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), Rostock,
Germany.
RESEARCH INTEREST
Social and contextual determinants of population health
Non-communicable diseases and risk factors
Ageing research
Gender difference in health and survival
Maternal and child health/nutrition
Large-scale survey research
Applied multilevel modelling in health
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PUBLICATIONS (peer reviewed journal articles)
Singh PK, Singh L, Dubey R, Kumar C, Rai RK & Singh S (2020). Public health interventions to improve maternal nutrition during pregnancy: a nationally representative study of iron folic acid consumption and food supplementation in India. Public Health Nutrition (Cambridge) – Accepted
Yadav A, Singh PK, Kaushik R, Kumar C, Yadav N, Chandra A, Singh S, Garg S, Gupta PC, Sinha DN, Mehrotra R (2020). Smokeless tobacco control in India: policy review and lessons for high burden countries. BMJ Global Health – Accepted
Rai RK, Kumar C, Singh L, Singh PK, Acharya SK, Singh S (2020). Rising Burden of Overweight and Obesity among Indian adults: implications for health policy. Journal of Biosocial Science (Cambridge) – Accepted
Singh PK, Yadav A, Lal P, Sinha DN, Gupta PC, Swasticharan L, Singh S & Mehrotra R (2020). Dual burden of smoked and smokeless tobacco use in India, 2009-17: a repeated cross-sectional analysis based on Global Adult Tobacco Survey. Nicotine & Tobacco Research (Oxford), https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntaa033
Rai RK, Kumar C, Singh L, Singh PK, Barik A, Chowdhury A (2020). Incidence of prehypertension and hypertension in rural India, 2012-2018: A sex-stratified population based prospective cohort study. American Journal of Hypertension, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpaa034
Singh PK, Yadav A, Singh L, Singh S & Mehrotra (2020). Social Determinants of Dual Tobacco Use in India: An analysis based on two rounds of Global Adult Tobacco Survey. Preventive Medicine Report, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101073
Yadav A & Singh PK (2019). World: Gandhi’s legacy and a Tobacco-Free World. BMJ Tobacco
Control, https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2019/10/01/world-gandhis-legacy-and-a-tobacco-free-
world/
Singh PK, Singh L, Dubey R, Singh S & Mehrotra R (2019). Socioeconomic determinants of chronic
health diseases among older Indian adults: a nationally representative multilevel cross-sectional
study. BMJ Open 9: e028426. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028426
Singh L, Dubey R, Singh S, Goel R, Nair S & Singh PK (2019) Measuring quality of care antenatal
care: A secondary analysis of national survey data from India. BJOG – An International Journal
of Obstetrics and Gynaecology https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.15825
Mehrotra R & Singh PK (2019) Mahatma Gandhi’s Prespective on Tobacco. Indian Journal of
Medical Research, 148 (Supp.): 143-145. DOI: 10.4103/0971-5916.251670
Singh L, Goel R, Rai RK & Singh PK (2019) Socioeconomic inequality in functional deficiencies and
chronic diseases among older Indian adults: A sex-stratified cross-sectional decomposition
analysis. BMJ Open. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2018-022787
Singh PK, Jasilionis D & Oksuzyan A (2018). Gender difference in cognitive health among older
Indian adults: a cross-sectional multilevel analysis. Social Science & Medicine – Population
Health (Elsevier). doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.06.008 PMID: 30073185
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Gupta D & Singh PK (2018). The hidden cost of development - a review of mental health issues of
displaced tribal populations in India. Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice
(Springer), doi.org/10.1007/s10389-018-0913-9
Oksuzyan A, Singh PK, Christensen K & Jasilionis D (2017). A cross-sectional study of gender gap in
health among older adults in India and China: similarities and disparities. The Gerontologist
(Oxford University Press). doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnx111 PMID: 28977369
Rai RK, Singh L & Singh PK (2017). Is maternal body mass index associated with neonatal
mortality? a pooled analysis of nationally representative data from nine Asian countries.
Nutrition (Elsevier), 41(68-72). doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2017.04.002 PMID: 28760430
Global Burden of Disease 2015 Maternal Mortality Collaborators (Singh PK) (2016). Global,
regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the
Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet, 388(10053): 1775-1812. doi:10.1016/S0140-
6736(16)31470-2 PMID: 27733286
Global Burden of Disease 2015 Child Mortality Collaborators (Singh PK) (2016). Global, regional,
national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality,
1980-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The
Lancet, 388(10053):1725-1774.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31575-6 PMID: 27733285
Global Burden of Disease 2015 SDG Collaborators (Singh PK) (2016). Measuring the health-related
Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of
Disease Study 2015. The Lancet, 388(10053): 1813-1850. doi.org/10.1016/S0140-
6736(16)31467-2 PMID: 27665228
Kumar C, Singh PK, Singh L & Rai RK (2016). Socioeconomic disparities in coverage of full
immunisation among children of adolescent mothers in India, 1990–2006: a repeated cross-
sectional analysis. BMJ Open, 6(8): e009768. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009768
PMID: 27519918
Singh L, Singh PK & Arokiasamy P (2016). Social network and mental health among older adults in
rural Uttar Pradesh, India: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology
[Springer], 31(2): 173-192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10823-016-9286-0 PMID: 26879450
Rai RK, Singh PK & Kumar C (2016). Is the use of maternal healthcare among prespective mothers
higher in households that have experienced maternal death? Evidence from India. Health Policy
& Planning [Oxford University], 31 (7): 844-852. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czv140
PMID: 26864163
Rai RK & Singh PK (2015). No incentive for postnatal care in Indian Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog
Yojana (IGMSY). Perspective in Public Health [Sage], 135(2): 1-2.
https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1757913914566549 PMID: 25759317
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Singh PK & Parasuraman S (2014). ‘Looking beyond the male-female dichotomy’ – sibling
composition and child immunization in India, 1992-2006. Social Science & Medicine (Elsevier),
107(4): 145-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.02.017 PMID: 24607676.
Singh PK, Kumar C, Rai RK, & Singh L (2014). Factors associated with maternal healthcare services
utilization in nine high focus states in India: a multilevel analysis based on 14385 communities
in 292 districts. Health Policy & Planning [Oxford University], 29(5): 542-559.
https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czt039 PMID: 23783832.
Mazumdar S, Mazumdar PG, Kanjilal B & Singh PK (2014). Multiple shocks, coping and welfare
consequences: Natural disasters and health shocks in the Indian Sundarbans. PLOS ONE,
9(8):e105427. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105427 PMID: 25170846.
Singh PK (2013). Trends in child immunization across geographical regions in India: focus on
urban-rural and gender differentials. PLOS ONE, 8(9):e73102.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073102 PMID: 24023816.
[Key finding of this paper was highlighted in British Medical Journal (BMJ) with the title
‘Immunisation coverage in India remains too low, study finds, BMJ 2013; 347:
http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f5573?etoc=]
Singh PK, Rai RK, & Kumar C (2013). Equity in maternal, newborn and child health coverage in
India. Global Health Action, 6(9): 22217. http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v6i0.22217 PMID:
24119659.
Singh PK, & Parasuraman S (2013). Sibling composition and child immunization in India and
Pakistan, 1990-2007. World Journal of Pediatrics [Springer], 10(2): 145-150.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12519-014-0483-z PMID: 24801234.
Singh PK, & Singh L (2013). Examining intergenerational differentials in maternal health care
services utilization: Insights from the Indian demographic and health survey. Journal of
Biosocial Science [Cambridge University], 46(3):366-385.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932013000370 PMID: 23866261.
Singh PK, Singh L, Kumar C, & Rai RK (2013). Correlates of maternal healthcare service utilisation
among adolescent women in Mali: analysis of a nationally representative cross-sectional survey,
2006. Journal of Public Health [Springer], 21(1): 15-27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-
012-0516-9
Singh PK, Rai RK, & Alagarajan M (2013). Addressing maternal and child health in post-conflict
Afghanistan: the way forward. WHO Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 19(9): 826-831.
PMID: 24313047.
Mazumdar S & Singh PK (2013). Ensuring universal coverage for maternal, newborn and child
health services in India: Equity and quality perspectives. Indian Journal of Human
Development, 7(2): 348-350. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0973703020130215
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Kumar C, Singh PK, & Rai RK (2013). Coverage gap in maternal and child health services in India:
assessing trends and regional deprivation during 1992-2006. Journal of Public Health [Oxford
University] 35(4): 598-606. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fds108 PMID: 23359666.
Rai RK, Singh PK, Kumar C & Singh L (2013). Individual characteristics and use of maternal and
child health services by adolescent mothers in Niger. Maternal and Child Health Journal
[Springer], 18(3): 592-603. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-013-1276-z PMID: 23737107.
Kumar C, Singh PK, Rai RK, & Singh L (2013). Early neonatal mortality in India, 1990-2006. Journal
of Community Health [Springer], 38(1): 120-130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-012-9590-
8 PMID: 22797909.
Rai RK, Singh PK, Kumar C & Parasuraman S (2013). Teenage childbearing - a growing public
health concern in need of urgent policy and program action. Journal of Public Health
[Springer], 21(4): 379-384. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-012-0551-6
Kumar C, Rai RK, Singh PK & Singh L (2013). Socioeconomic disparities in maternity care among
Indian adolescents, 1990-2006. PLOS ONE, 8(7): e69094.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069094 PMID: 23894412.
Kumar C, Rai RK & Singh PK (2013). Reducing infant (0-11 months) and child (0-4 years) mortality
in India: a disposition from the Sample Registration System. Journal of Public Health
[Springer], 21(6): 575-582. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-013-0585-4
Singh L, Arokiasamy P, Singh PK & Rai RK (2013). Determinants of gender differences in self-rated
health among older population: Evidence from India. SAGE Open, 3(2):1-12.
https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2158244013487914
Singh PK, Rai RK & Singh L (2012). Examining the effect of household wealth and migration status
on safe delivery care in urban India, 1990-2006. PLOS ONE, 7(9): e44901.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044901 PMID: 22970324.
Singh PK, Rai RK, Alagarajan M & Singh L (2012). Determinants of maternity care services
utilization among married adolescents in rural India. PLOS ONE, 7(2): e31666.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031666 PMID: 22355386.
Kumar C, Singh PK & Rai RK (2012). Under-five mortality in high focus states in India: a district
level geospatial analysis. PLOS ONE, 7(5): e37515.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037515 PMID:22629412.
Rai RK, Singh PK & Singh L (2012). Utilization of maternal health care services among married
adolescent women: insight from Nigeria demographic and health survey, 2008. Women’s
Health Issues [Elsevier], 22(4): e407-e414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2012.05.001 PMID:
22749200.
Rai RK & Singh PK (2012). Janani Suraksha Yojana – the conditional cash transfer scheme to reduce
maternal mortality in India needs to be reassessed. WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public
Health, 1(4):362-368. https://doi.org/10.4103/2224-3151.207038 PMID: 28615601
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Rai RK, Kumar C, & Singh PK (2012). District level coverage gap in maternal, newborn and child
health care services in India. Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health [Elsevier], 2(4): 221-
224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jegh.2012.12.004 PMID: 23856504
Singh L, Rai RK, & Singh PK (2012). Assessing the utilization of maternal and child health care
among married adolescent women: evidence from India. Journal of Biosocial Science
[Cambridge University], 44(1):1-26. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932011000472 PMID:
21933465.
POPULAR ARTICLES
2020 What is the cost of cancer care in India? The Week, February 14, 2020
https://www.theweek.in/news/health/2020/02/26/what-is-the-cost-of-cancer-care-in-
india.html
2019 Breastfeeding Advantages for Women’s Health. India Against Cancer, September, 2019
http://cancerindia.org.in/breastfeeding-advantages-womens-health/
2019 ‘Obesity and Breast Cancer: a wakeup call’. India Science Wire, May 9, 2019.
https://vigyanprasar.gov.in/isw/Obesity-and-breast-cancer-a-wakeup-call.html
2019 ‘Stan Cancer vah Motapa (in Hindi)’ Dainik Jagran, June, 26, 2019
2019 ‘Obesity and Breast Cancer: a wakeup call’. DownToEarth, May 9, 2019.
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/health/obesity-and-breast-cancer-a-wakeup-call-
64455
2019 ‘No ifs or butts’. The Hindu, Feb. 23, 2019 https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/no-
ifs-or-butts/article26349412.ece
2013 ‘Immunisation coverage in India remains too low, study finds, British Medical Journal 2013;
347: f5573 doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5573. Web
link:http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f5573?etoc=]
PUBLICATIONS (Reports/ Policy Briefs)
Kumar A, Reddy CS, Singh PK (2018). Poverty and social exclusion: a life course perspective.
Seminar Report. DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.31956.24961
Singh PK & Sinha A (2016). Healthcare and Nutrition. Jharkhand Series, 02/2016. Institute for
Human Development, New Delhi.
Kochar A, Mazumdar S, Sharma AN & Singh PK (2016). Evaluating impacts of Nodal Anganwadi
Centres in Bihar, India: A Quasi-Experimental Approach. Baseline report submitted to the Global
Development Network (GDN) and the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, Inc (3ie), New
Delhi.
Mzumdar S, Singh PK & Shukla SK (2016) Health status, health services use and extent of financial
risk protection among urban poor: Evidence from Delhi. Policy brief prepared under Delhi
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Government Chair on Human Development Issues Project. (Online link:
http://www.ihdindia.org/hdidelhi/pdf/rsby_delhi.pdf)
Mazumdar S, Singh PK, Shukla SK & Kumar A (2014). Impact assessment study on Rasthtriya
Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY). Study report submitted to Poorest Area Civil Society (PACS), New
Delhi. (Online link: http://www.pacsindia.org/reports/pacs-impact-assessment-rsby)
RESEARCH PROJECTS
“Mental health social stigma among healthcare personnel involved in the management of
COVID-19 patients in India” – ICMR National Task Force on OR/IR in COVID-19. (Ongoing)
Role: PI
Funding: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi.
“ICMR Task Force Study on Smokeless Tobacco and Reproductive & Maternal Health (ICMR
SLT-RMH Study)”. (Ongoing)
Role: PI
Funding: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi.
“ASTRA – Addressing Smokeless Tobacco and Building Research Capacity in South Asia”.
(Ongoing)
Role: Co-PI & Nodal Officer
Funding: National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), UK. Link:
https://www.york.ac.uk/igdc/research/astra-project/
Collaborators: University of York, United Kingdom
“Prevalence, Procreation, Persecution and Prevention regarding Caesarean-Section
Deliveries/Births: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”. (Ongoing)
Role: Co-PI
Funding: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi.
Collaborators: Department of Policy Studies, TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi.
“Max-Planck India Mobility Grant on Gender Gaps in Health and Survival”. (Ongoing)
Role: PI
Funding: Max Planck Society, Germany
Collaborators: Max Planck Institute of Demographic Research (MPIDR), Rostock, Germany
“Examining the inter-linkage between women’s education and early marriage in India: A
regional analysis”. (Completed)
Role: PI
Funding: Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).
“Development of a framework for the local implementation of the SDGs”. (Completed).
Role: Co-PI
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Funding: ProSPER.Net, United Nations University (Jointly with Keio University, Japan;
University of the Philippines Diliman, and Chulalongkorn University, Thailand).
Link:http://prospernet.ias.unu.edu/projects/current-projects/development-of-a-framework-
for-the-local-implementation-of-the-sdgs
“Evaluating impacts of nodal anganwadi centres in Bihar, India: A quasi-experimental
approach”. (Jointly with Stanford University, USA). (Completed)
Role: Co-PI
Funding: International Initiative for Impact Evaluations
Link: http://www.3ieimpact.org/en/evidence/impact-evaluations/details/3098/
“Proposal Preparation Grant (PPG) for the impact evaluations of nodal Anganwadi Centers
(nAWCs) in Bihar, India” under Policy Window # 3. (Jointly with Stanford University, USA).
(Completed)
Role: Co-PI
Funding: International Initiative for Impact Evaluations (3IE).
“Impact Evaluation of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (National Health Insurance Scheme)
in West Bengal and Jharkhand”. (Completed)
Role: Co-PI
Funding: Poorest Area Civil Society Programme (PACS), Department for International
Development (DFID).
Link: http://www.pacsindia.org/reports/pacs-impact-assessment-rsby
“Social Inequality in Health in India – Combining Experimental and Non-experimental
Approaches (SIHIENA)” – Foundation Grant in collaboration with Prof. Ulf Gerdtham and Health
Economics and Management (HEM) Research Group, Lund University, Sweden. (Completed)
Role: Co-PI
Funding: Riksbanken Jubilensfond (Swedish Central Bank).
INVITED PANELIST/CHAIR/LECTURES/EXPERT GROUP MEMBER
2020 Member, Evidence for Policy Cell at ICMR on Disease Burden Estimation Research and the
Application of Findings to Policy.
2019 Invited Member, Preventive Oncology and Primary Care Guideline Group established
under the National Cancer Grid, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai during 26-27 September,
2019.
2019 Guest Faculty, Department of Policy Studies, TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi.
Offered lecture for mid-career bureaucrats of the UPSC on ‘Public Health in India: Progress
and Challenges’ supported by DoPT, Govt. of India.
2018 Evaluator for the “Youth Best Paper Award Competition” in the 16th IASSH Annual
Conference, 2018 on the theme, “Health, Well-Being and Regional Development: Emerging
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Issues and Challenges”, Centre for Regional Development, Jawaharlal University (JNU), New
Delhi, December 12, 2018.
SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2020 Best Poster Award for the paper entitled “Does family structure matter in cancer screening? an observational study on Indian women”, at the International Conference on Women's Reproductive Health: A step towards improving quality of life' held at ICMR National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai from 20th - 23rd February 2020.
2020 Best Poster Award for the paper entitled “The social determinants of childhood obesity and cancer: A systematic review of India”, at the International Conference on Women's Reproductive Health: A step towards improving quality of life' held at ICMR National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai from 20th - 23rd February 2020.
2018 Awarded Travel Grant from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi for attending 4th Asian Population Association (APA) Conference, Shanghai University, China.
2018 Guest Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), Rostock, Germany.
2017 Awarded Scholarship for attending the 28th International Population Conference of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), Cape Town, South Africa.
2017 Guest Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), Rostock, Germany.
2015 Max Planck-India Mobility Grant, Max Planck Society, Germany for collaborative research with scientists from Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), Rostock, Germany.
2015 Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), Rostock, Germany.
2015 Guest Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), Rostock, Germany.
2014 Global Health Group, University of California, San Francisco, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, USA.
2014 Awarded Scholarship for attending the annual meeting of “Population Association of America (PAA) -2014”, Boston, USA.
2013 Awarded Scholarship for attending the “27th International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)”, Busan, South Korea.
2013 Awarded Scholarship for attending the “2nd Global Maternal Health Conference (GMHC)”, Arusha, Tanzania.
2012 Awarded Scholarship for attending the “2nd Asian Population Association Conference”, Bangkok, Thailand.
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2012 Awarded Scholarship from Pharmacia-Foundation, Germany for attending the “23rd International Summer School of Epidemiology”, Institute of Epidemiology, University of Ulm, Germany.
2011 Received Best Poster Award for the poster at the “9th Annual Conference of the Indian Association for Social Science and Health (IASSH), Tata Institute for Social Sciences, Mumbai, India.
2011 Awarded Scholarship from the New York Academy of Medicine for attending the “10th International Conference on Urban Health”, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
2011 Awarded IPRI-University of Dundee Scholarship for attending the “Summer School on Epidemiology and Global Health”, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK.
2011 Awarded Scholarship for attending the “10th Annual East-West Centre International Graduate Student Conference on the Asia-Pacific Region”, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
2010 Awarded Scholarship for attending the “Global Maternal Health Conference (GMHC), New Delhi.
2010 Recipient of Government of India/National Eligibility Test Fellowship (GOI/NET), for pursuing Doctor of Philosophy in Population Studies at the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, India jointly with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.
2009 Secured First Award in Poster Title Competition organized by the International Institute for Population Science (IIPS), Mumbai on the ‘Gender Issue in India’.
2009 Awarded Scholarship for attending “5th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights”, Beijing, China.
2008 Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) in Population Studies, University Grants Commission.
2007 Recipient of Government of India Fellowship from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India for perusing Master of Population Studies Program, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, India.
INVITED TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS
2020 Invited speaker for the two-day ‘National Conclave on Public Health Nutrition: Enriching the cycle of Research, Public Policy and Practice” during 30-31 January, 2020 organized by Center of Excellence-Public Health Nutrition, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela.
2019 “Regional and socioeconomic disparity in dual burden of tobacco use in India during 2009-2017: Analysis based on Global Adult Tobacco Survey”. 4th National Conference on Tobacco Or Health (NCTOH), February 8-10 2019, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai.
2018 Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary (SGT) University, Gurugram, Delhi-NCR.
2018 4th Asian Population Association (APA) Conference, Shanghai University, China.
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2017 28th International Population Conference of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), Cape Town, South Africa.
2015 Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), Rostock, Germany.
2014 36th Annual Indian Association for Studies in Population Conference (IASP), University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
2014 Department of Health Economics & Management (HEM), Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
2014 Population Association of America Annual Meeting (PAA) – 2014, Boston, USA.
2014 “Demographic drivers of choice of delivery location”. Facility-based Delivery: Trends, Drivers, and Opportunities, jointly organised by Global Health Group, University of California, San Francisco, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, USA.
2013 27th International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), Busan, South Korea.
2013 2nd Global Maternal Health Conference (GMHC), Arusha, Tanzania.
2012 2nd Asian Population Association Conference (APA), Bangkok, Thailand.
2011 9th Annual Conference of the Indian Association for Social Science and Health (IASSH), Tata Institute for Social Sciences, Mumbai, India.
2011 Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP), Lucknow, India, Organised by Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences
2011 10th International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH), Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
2011 10th International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH), Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
2011 10th International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH), Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
2011 10th Annual East-West Centre International Graduate Student Conference on the Asia-Pacific Region, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
2010 1st Global Maternal Health Conference (GMHC), New Delhi.
2010 Population Association of America 2010 Annual Meeting (PAA), Dallas, Texas, USA.
2010 7th Annual National Conference of Indian Association for Social Science and Health (IASSH), Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
2009 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR), Beijing, China.
2009 Annual Bhopal Conference, Bhopal, India.
2008 Indian Association for Studies in Population Conference (IASP): Population, Gender and Health, Institute for Social and Economic Changes, Bangalore, India.
JOURNAL’S EDITORIAL BOARD/INVITED EDITOR
SAGE Open (SAGE Journals), Indian Journal of Nutrition (Open Science Publications, India),
Journal of Women’s Health (Austin Publishing Group, USA), The Dialogue
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
International Prevention Research Institute (IPRI), France : Life member
Indian Association for Studies in Population (IASP) : Life member
Indian Association for Social Science and Health (IASSH) : Life member
International Union for Scientific Studies in Population (IUSSP) : Member
Population Association of America (PAA) : Member
Asian Population Association (APA) : Member
Country Visited for Academic/Research Purpose
Brazil, China, Denmark, Germany, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, UK, USA
