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1 Area of Research of Doctoral Fellows at IIPS Sr. Name Topic of PhD work Research Interest 1 Abdul Jaleel C.P Temporary/seasonal migration from rural Maharashtra : A study based on women s experience of migration Migration, Poverty, social exclusion, gender cpjaleel@gmail.com 2 Abhishek Tobacco consumption among women (tentative) 3 Absar Ahmad Occupational Health Hazard: A comparative study of miners and non miners in Karauli Districts Rajasthan 4 Abhishek Kumar Intergenerational Transmission of Fertility Behaviour in Rural Bihar Contraception, reproductive health and reproductive span of women, tobacco, violence against women, fertility Maternal and Child Health, Child Immunization, Mother and Child Nutrition, Water and Sanitation, Education, Migration, Occupational health Fertility and Family Planning, Child health and immunization, maternal Health and mortality Abhishek Saraswat Orphan Children Tobacco, Sterilization, Reproductive health, Gender 5 Ajit kumar Yadav Dynamics of Sex Ratio among children in Public health and data and India and selected states: An Investigation methods by some indirect in Context of Fertility Transition Estimation. 6 Akansha Singh Improvement in Life expectancy and narrowing of life disparity in India 7 Amrita Gupta Social, Economic and Health Implications of Work at Night: A Study of Women Employees of Transnational Call Centres in Mumbai Mortality, Mathematical demography, Statistical modelling, Health Studies Gender Studies asaraswat98@gmail.com r.absar.ahmad@gmail.com, crabsar@gmail.com abhi85_iips@rediffmail.com asaraswat98@gmail.com ajitkumaryadav1989@gmail.com akanshasinghiips@gmail.com Amritagupta7@gmail.com

2 8 Ankita Shukla To be decided Mortality and public health 9 Ankita Siddhanta Cross border Migration and HIV Vulnerability - A study of Bangladeshi migrants in kolkata 10 Arpita Paul An investigation into labour forced participation, health and healthcare needs of the rural elderly in selected district in West Bengal. 11 Arun Kumar Yadav Coal Mining and Human Well-Being in Dhanbad, Jharkhand: An Empirical Analysis Based on Livelihood Approach 12 Ashish Kumar Gupta Pattern of Mortality Differential and Risk Factors in India with Emphasis on Infant and Child Mortality Sexual and Reproductive Rights Women s health, Nutrition,HIV/AIDS mathematical demography, modelling and gender issues Urbanization, Migration and Public Health Mortality and Child Health, Spatial and Multilevel analysis, Regression methods in Biostatistics, Statistical Computing, Mathematical Demography Reproductive health, Gender issues, and Nutrition ankita.siddhanta@gmail.com parpita19@gmail.com. arungeoiips@gmail.com; arunkrranchi@gmail.com as11hishatbhu@gmail.com 13 Arvind Santu Jadhav An Insight into the Life of Warli Infertile Couple in Palghar District, Maharashtra yashsswiarvind@gmail.com 14 Ashish Upadhyay Not yet decided Public Health and Mortality ashu100789@gmail.com 15 Ashwani Kumar Mining Induced Displacement, Migration, IDP and ashwanikumarsahu5@gmail.com Rehabilitation and Resettlement among development Tribal Population: A Study of Uranium Mining Areas of Jharkhand 16 Atreyee Sinha A life course approach to status of young married women and their wellbeing: An exploration of its association with couple s Gender Issues, Maternal and child health, Nutrition, Adolescents and moon.on.rocks@gmail.com

3 childhood experiences and attitude in rural West Bengal 17 Awdhesh Yadav Regional differential of child morbidities and malnutrition in India 18 Ayan Rudra Vulnerabilities And risks in population and environment: A comparative study between Bangladesh and West Bengal Sunderban area 19 Bidyadhar Dehury Spatial Pattern of Multidimensional Poverty and Maternal and Child Health in India 20 Biswabandita Chowdhury Socialization, Autonomy and Well being of Adolescent Girls: A Study on Brother- Sister dyads in Rural West Bengal 21 Bornali Dutta Road Traffic accidents in Mumbai: A Hospital based study of accident Victims 22 Chandrashekhar Schooling and leisure time activities of childrenin Andhra Pradesh: An analysis of longitudinal study 23 Deepti singh Obstetric Morbidity, Emergency Obstetric Care and their linkage with pregnancy out comes in Uttar Pradesh 24 Dolly Kumari Health and wellbeing of elderly and its impact on family care givers: a case study youth related issues. Maternal and child health, Small Area estimation with special focus on direct and indirect method of estimation. Population, development and environment Multidimensional poverty; Environmental health, Maternal and child health; Natural Hazards Adolescent and Youth issues, Gender, Family Planning. Public Health, HealtEconomics, Mortality and Child Health Opulation and landenvironment Cultural landscape ender Issues, Maternal Health, Women's Nutrition. Public Health, Aging awdhesh.stat@gmail.com ayanrudra@gmail.com bidyadehury@gmail.com brahmi.on.hills@gmail.com duttabornali@gmail.com shekhar09@gmail.com, dsingh.singh87@gmail.com Dolly.pal11@mail.com

4 of urbandelhi 25 Divya Kumari Intergenerational Transmission of Fertility Behaviour in Rural Bihar 27 Garima Dutta A study on nutritional status of children through maternal well-being and child temperament: In context of urban Vadodara 28 Gyan Chandra Kashyap Occupational Mobility and Burden of Disease among Male Leather Tannery Workers: A Study of Kanpur City 29 Hanumant Waghmare Social Security Programmes in Backward Regions: A study of Osmanabad district in Maharashtra 30 Imtiyaz Ali Dynamics of International migration and remittances from Eastern Uttar Pradesh: A case study of Kushinagar district Fertility and Family Planning, Child health and immunization, maternal Health and mortality. Reproductive health issues among adolescent and married women, Public Health International and internal Migration, Migration and Health, Urbanization and housing condition, Issue of remittances abhi85_iips@rediffmail.com garimadutta03@gmail.com statskashyap@gmail.com hanumantw@gmail.com ali@iips.net&aliimtiyaz09@gmail.com 31 Jitendra Gouda Respectful Maternity Care. An assessment Maternal and Child Health jitushome@gmail.com of differently managed Health institutions in Odisha 32 Junaid khan Not yet decided Maternal and child Health junaid@iips.net 33 Joemet Jose Ageing and post-retirement life: A Study Population ageing and Public joemetjose@gmail.com of retired public servants in kerala State 34 Kakoli Borkotoky Nutrition Transition in India with special focus on dietary Shift and its association with Child Health 35 Kaushalendra Kumar Effects of Health on Human Capital Formation and Economic Growth in India health Education and Intergenerational Transmission, Quality of Data, Mathematical Demography, Statistical Computing Population and Development, Sub-national Level Mortality kakoli.borkotoky@iips.net Kaushalendra.1983@gmail.com

5 36 Khullak Meson Maring Socio-economic and health status of women vendors in informal sector: A case study of Moreh, an Indo-Myanmar border town in Manipur Estimation, Elderly Health, Health Policy Migration and Food Security 37 Mahadev Digambar Bhise Not yet decided Maternal and Child Health Care, Mortality and fertility analysis. 38 MdIllias Kanchan Sk Facility and Community based Maternal Death Review to Understand and Contextualize the Maternal Mortality in West Bengal 39 Mithlesh Chourase Living Conditions, Health Status and Security of Homeless Women: A Study in Delhi City Sexual and Reproductive Health, Population Projection, Policies & Programmes, Mortality Analysis and Modelling, Applied Demography Fertility and family planning, Public health, Reproductive health, Sexual health and HIV/AIDS, and health issues. 40 Kanchan Negi Not yet decided Spatial demography, Biodemography, Infertility 42 Konsam Dinachandra Household Health Risk Factors and Public Health (Epidemiology, Singh Burden of Environmental Diseases in Nutrition and Maternal & Child Northeast India." 43 Kshipra Jain Financial Literacy and Well being of Elderly: A study of Urban Jaipur Health Maternal and Child health, Health Inequalities Kaushalendra83@yahoo.co.uk kmmaring@gmail.com stat.mdbhise@gmail.com&mdbhi se@iips.net sheikh.illiaskanchan@iips.net mithlesh.1303@gmail.com knegis.23@gmail.com dinakon1001@gmail.com kshipraaa@gmail.com 44 Ladumai Maikho Apollo Pou Health Status and Quality of life: A Study of ageing, gender apollopou@gmail.com

6 Tribal Elderly in Manipur State of India 45 Mamta Rajbhar Socio-economic Development and Demographic Change in Uttar Pradesh 46 Manisha Dubey Trend, prospects and crossover of life expectancy: an integrated cause of death analysis in the states of India 47 Mayank Prakash A Study of Water-Sanitation-Hygiene, related morbidity and its Socio-economic Impact on the Slum Dwellers of Mumbai 48 Moatula Ao Demand-supply dynamism of health care services in Nagaland with special reference to use of traditional providers/medicine by dominant tribes 49 Mousumi Gogoi Reproductive health complications and health of new-born : A study in a tertiary hospital of Mumbai 50 Mukesh Ravi Raushan Dynamism of Intra-familial Relationship on Women s Empowerment in Treatment Seeking behavior for Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women: An Analysis of Social Networks. Fertility and Mortality Studies, Mathematical demography Public Health; Causes of death; infant, child and adult mortality; Dynamics of longevity; Migration and Economic Development; Maternal and child health, Reproductive Health, Gender studies Public health, Tribal issues, Reproductive health and Development issues Women and gender studies, Child Health and Nutrition Studies Mortality Estimation, Health Inequality, Incidence Benefit Analysis, Child Health, Etiology of Illness and Disease. kmmamta.manu@gmail.com manikvdlw@gmail.com Mayankprakash12@gmail.com mjamir25@yahoo.com gogoi.mousumi2008@gmail.com mrr.iips@gmail.com or mrr@iips.net

7 51 Nabanita Majumder Fertility Behaviour and its Determinants among Poor and Non-Poor in Selected AsianCountries 52 Ngangbam Sapana Devi Economic burden of healthcare in NE India 53 Niharika Tripathi Gender and Elderly: Inheritance rights, family support, autonomy and well-being of elderly women in rural Uttar Pradesh 54 Pallavi Gupta Intergenerational change in gender roles and reproductive health behaviour of women in urban Haryana 55 Pradeep S. Salve Morbidity and Mortality among Municipal Motor Loaders and Street Sweepers in Mumbai 56 Prahlad Kumar Birth Preparedness and complications readiness and its linkages with maternal health: A study of eastern Uttar Pradesh 57 Prakash Chand Debangan Meher District Level Scenario of Infant and Child Mortality: An Assessment of High Focused States in India 58 Praveen Chokhandre Health Hazards of Dumping Site on Urban neighborhoods: A Study of Deonar Dumping Migration, reproductive health, maternal and child health. Economic development, demographic dividend, employment and unemploymentelated areas gender and population ageing, Inheritance rights and women health, social capital and wellbeing,family life education and adolescent health Age structural transition, Direct and indirect techniques of fertility and mortality, Youth s sexual and reproductive health Public Health and Mortality Occupation Health Hazards Urban Studies Maternal & Child Health, GIS, Education Nutrition, Maternal & Child Health, Immunization Public Health, Educational inequality, Urban health nabanitamajumder.iips@gmail.c om Sapanadevi1@gmail.com niharika.t2010@gmail Pu.gupta.pallavi@gmail.com Pradeep8889@gmail.com Pradeep.salve@tiss.edu Prahladkumar26@gmail.com prakashmeheriips@gmail.com praveenchokhandre@gmail.com

8 Ground, Mumbai 59 Priyanka Bomble Survey on Farmer s suicide in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra: a study with special reference to widow s vulnerability and coping mechanism 60 Rajan Kumar Gupt Living environment care Practices and child Nutrition: A comprative study in Mumbai Slum and Rehabilitation areas 61 Rajaram Yadav A study on regional pattern of morbidity and health care utilization in India. 62 Rakesh Kumar Tourists Flow in India: A Spatial Perspective on Patterns, Characteristics and Correlates. 63 Rakesh Kumar Singh Emergence of Low Fertility in India: exploring the fertility dynamics in selected districts 64 Ranjan Kumar Prusty Interlinkages between Health Knowledge, Social Networks and Child Care Practices among Mothers in Rural Odisha, India Women Health, Mental Health, Child Health, Rural and Agriculture development. Child health, Nutrition reproductive health and environment Mortality Estimation Urbanization, Migration, Regional Planning, and Infrastructure Development, Tourism (Health, Medical, Sustainable, Rural and Emerging Tourism). Public Health, Sub-national Level Fertility Estimation, HIV/AIDS, Health Statistics Population and Development Reproductive and Child Health Social and Familial Demography Social Exclusion priyankabomble05@gmail.com Rajan.gupt85@gmail.com raja.smile85@gmail.com rakesh@iips.net rakesh5700@gmail.com rakeshiips5700@gmail.com prustyranjan2006@gmail.com 65 Ranjana Kesarwani Age Patterns of Mortality in India Nuptiality, Public health and other Social science related issues ranjanaiips@gmail.com

9 66 Sanjit Sarkar Food Security, Coping Strategy and Child Malnutrition: A Study of Rural Households of Bankura District, West Bengal 67 Safrin B. Children s educational development in different structures of schools in Assam: Evidence from selected district 68 Santosh Kumar Sharma Behavioural transition and Noncommunicable diseases among Injecting drug users in India: Evidence from Maharashtra, Manipur and Nagaland. 69 Shalini Meshram Perception of youth and parents on intercaste marriage and conjugal & social life of inter-caste married couple in Nagpur district of Maharashtra 70 Shraboni Patra Psychosocial Constructs of Childlessness among Couples and Coping Strategies: AnExploratory Study of Rural West Bengal 71 Shubhranshu Kumar Upadhyay Clustering of infant and child deaths and its association with maternal and child health care in India 72 Soumi Mukherjee Migration, Adaptability, Vulnerability and Health: A study of the Auto-rickshaw drivers in Mumbai Metropolitan. Child Health, Rural Development Child education, Development studies Spatial distribution of resources Quality of labour force Large-scale survey HIV/AIDS, Reproductive health, Public health Marriage & Family life and child health Women and child health, sexual and reproductive health, adolescent health, family planning, HIV/AIDs. gender, violence and family studies, Reproductive Health, National and International Migration, Climate Change, Sexual Health and Adolescent and Youth sanjitiips@gmail.com Safrinbegum3@gmail.com skshama96@gmail.com Shalin.meshram@gmail.com shrageo@gmail.com Subhu.geo@gmail.com soumi.mukherjee2k@gmail.com

10 73 Suresh Jungari Cultural Context of Male Participation in Maternal Health among the Tribal Population of Gadchiroli District in Maharashtra Study. Maternal Health, Tribal Health, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Water and Sanitation, Gender and Social exclusion. 74 Suchandrima Chakraborty Mental Health, Economic Deprivation and Ill-treatment among Elderly: A Study in Rural West Bengal. Ageing, Gender, Economic Deprivation and Violence, Qualiy of Life and Mental Health suchandrimachakraborty@gmail.c om 75 Swati Srivastava Not yet decided Maternal & child Health sswati146@gmail.com 76 Uttamacharya Fertility decline in India: an exploration of tempo and quantum effect and determinants Mortality analysis; Population Aging, Epidemiology of chronicdiseases, social rahulvbb@gmail.com 77 Vidya Yadav Built Environment, Social capital and its linkages to health in an urban settlement: A study of selected localities in Greater Mumbai city epidemiology Urban issues mainly relating to mega cities, growth of slums, informal sector, homeless people and pavement dwellers. 2) Internal and International migration. 3)Urbanization and development vidyayadavkp@iips.net, vidyayadavkp@gmail.com 78 Y.Selvamani Not yet decided Selvamani@iips.net

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