Nandita Saikia Resume

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1 Dr. Nandita Saikia Cell: CURRENT POSITION Assistant Professor, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University since 1 st October AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST Health and Mortality Socio-Economic Determinant of Health Large scale survey research Migration Studies EDUCATION 2011, PhD in Population Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai on the topic Adult Mortality in India: Levels, Trends, Determinants and Causes. 2007, M Phil in Population Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai with score 7.2/10 second rank. 2005, M.Sc in Statistics, Gauhati University, Assam; secured 1 st class second rank. 2002, B.Sc in Statistics, Gauhati University, Assam; secured 1 st Class with distinction marks. PUBLICATIONS Saikia, N., Mortality Trends in India during (2014) in "40% of world's population" ed. by Christophe Z Guilmoto and Gavin Jones, Springer, forthcoming. Saikia, N., Singh, A., Jasilionis, D. and Ram, F. (2013). Explaining the trends in rural-urban gap in infant mortality in India Demographic Research 29(18): DOI: /DemRes Saikia, N., Bora, J.K. and Ram, F. (2013). Who Gets Education in Uttarakhand? In Population, Health and Development: Perspectives on Uttarakhand, Eds.T.V. Sekher, A.Singh and S. Parasuraman, Academic Foundation, New Delhi. Saikia, N., Singh, A. and Ram, F.(2013). Adult male mortality in India since independence: An application of widowhood method Asian Population Studies). DOI: / Canudas-Romo, V. and Saikia, N. (2013). The role of causes of death in explaining the Female-Male mortality gap working paper no 322, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi. Husain, Z., Saikia, N. and Bora, RS. (2012). Opportunities and challenges of Health Management Information System in India: A case study of Uttarakhand. Available at: September 2013 Page 1

2 Saikia, N., Jasilionis, D., Ram, F. and Shkolnikov, V. (2011) Trends and geographic differentials in mortality under age 60 in India Population Studies 65(1): DOI: / Saikia, N., Singh, A. and Ram, F. (2010) Has child mortality in India really increased in last two decades? Economic and Political Weekly Vol.XLV, 51. Saikia, N. and Ram, F. (2010) Determinants of adult mortality in India Asian Population Studies 6(2). Publisher: Routledge Saikia, N., Jasilionis, D., Ram, F. and Shkolnikov, V. (2010) Estimates of mortality under age 60 in India and its states, MPIDR Technical Report TR , Rostock: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. Saikia, N., Jasilionis, D., Ram, F. and Shkolnikov, V. (2009) Trends in geographic mortality differentials in India. Working paper in Max Planck Institute of Demographic Research, Germany WP Saikia, N. and Singh, A. (2009) Does type of family affect maternal health? Evidence from India Journal of Biosocial Sciences 41(3): Publisher: Cambridge University press Saikia, N. and Bhat, P.N. Mari (2008) Factors Affecting Adult Mortality in India: An Analysis of National Family Health Surveys of & Demography India 37 (2): Ram, F. Singh, A. and Saikia N. (2010). Comment on Paper entitled Mortality Transition in India by Aalok Ranjan Chaurasia published online in Asian Population Studies Asian Population Studies 6(1): Publisher: Routledge Under Review Canudas-Romo, V. Saikia, N. and Diamond-Smith, N. (2013). Gender Gap in Life Expectancy in India and Bigger States during Under Review in an international journal Saikia, N., Shkolnikov, V., Jasilionis, D., and Chandrasekhar (2014) Trends and sub-national disparities in neonatal mortality in India from 1981 to Under Review in an international journal Nadia Diamond-Smith, Saikia, N., Canudas-Romo, V. (2014). Decomposing equalizing child sex ratios in india into fertility and mortality related components: geographic regions and urban/rural populations. Under Review in an international journal Saikia, N. and Kulkarni, P.M. (2014). On data availability for health inequality research in India accepted for an edited book Health Inequality in India: Concepts, Methods and Evidences edited by Nandita Saikia & William Joe. AWARDS/HONORS Awarded Prof P N Mari Bhat prize for the best PhD thesis during by International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai. Awarded Population Association of America s young scientist travel grant to attend PAA Conference held in 1-3 May 2014, Boston, USA. IUSSP s travel grant to participate 26th (in Morocco, Marrakesh) and 27 th (in Busan, South Korea) conferences of IUSSP. Awarded Raja Rao Memorial award from Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, 2014, for best research done in the area of Survey methodology, Econometrics, Demography and Other related fields in the form of published articles or PhD thesis. September 2013 Page 2

3 Awarded Max Planck-India fellowship, Max Planck Society, Germany, for collaborative demographic research with scientists from Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany , Prof K B Pathak Award from Indian Association of Study of Population (IASP), for the article Trends and geographic Differentials in mortality under age 60 in India (published in Population Studies) for methodological innovation in the field of Population and Health. Junior Demographer Travel Grant awarded by IUSSP to attend the International Seminar Emergence of Social Differences in Mortality Time Trends Causes and Reactions, Alghero, Italy in May, Government of India and UGC Fellowship for pursuing PhD Course in International Institute for population Sciences from 9 May, 2007 to 9 December, Silver Medal Winner in Master in Population Studies, , IIPS, Mumbai. Government of India Fellowship for pursuing MPS/M Phil Course in International Institute for population Sciences from 11 July, 2005 to 31 December, State Merit Scholarship during Higher Secondary classes from Assam State Government, INVITED TALK Invited speaker on Trends and geographical differentials in mortality under age 60 in India at Seminar Program of Cedeplar, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) on 4 November, 2011 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Invited speaker on Adult Mortality in India in Institut National d'etudes Demo- graphiques (INED), Paris in the seminar Health and Mortality in Asia, held on 21 October, Invited speaker in Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) on Adult Mortality in India in IHME, Seattle, USA on 27 September, VISITING SCHOLAR/GUEST RESEARCHER Visiting Fellow in Vienna Institute for Demographic Research, Vienna, Austria during 18 December to 21 December Guest Researcher position in Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany during 17 June to 12 July Fellow Researcher position in Institut National d'etudes Demo- graphiques (INED), Paris, French during October, Guest Researcher position in Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany during 10 December, 2010 to 30 December, Guest Researcher position in Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany during 1 December, January, Visiting Scholar in Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany during 19 October, 2008 to 19 March, INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR/CONFERENCES September 2013 Page 3

4 Presented paper Sub National Variation in neonatal mortality during in the annual meeting of Population Association of America, Boston, USA, 1-3 May, Presented paper Mortality in India during : The role of causes of death in explaining the Female-Male mortality gap in 27 th IUSSP Conference, Busan, South Korea, August, Presented paper Mortality Inequality in India during : Integrating Census and Sample Registration System Findings in JY Pillay Comparative Asia Research Centre conference, National University of Singapore, Singapore, May, Presented poster Adult Mortality in India: An application of widowhood method in the annual meeting of Population Association of America, San Francisco, USA, 3-5 May, 2012 Presented paper in IUSSP Regional conference Social Determinants of Infant mortality: does class or caste matter in Urban India? in international conference New Approaches to Urban Health and Mortality during the Health Transition, Sevilla, Spain by IUSSP) during December, Presented paper Explaining reduction of urban infant mortality in India: Evidence from NFHS data during to in 10th International Conference on Urban Health held at MINASCENTRO Convention Center, in Belo Horizonte City, Brazil, 1-5 November, Presented paper Determinants of Adult Mortality in India in 26th IUSSP International Population conference held in Morocco 27 September October, TRAINING/WORKSHOP Attended Ethnic and Cultural Diversity MPI Summer School 2014 organized by The Center for the Study of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in China at Minzu University, Beijing in from July Attended course Statistical modeling of Missing values in Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany from 13-17th December, Attended workshop Demographic Computations: Multistate Population Projection at ISEC 9-13 November, 2010 by International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria & Institute for Social Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore. Attended summer workshop Frontiers of formal Demography in Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany during 2-10 June, Attended the course Demographic Techniques in Public Health Research from 19 October, 2008 to 19 March, 2009, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research Center, Rostock, Germany. Attended NCEAR and The World Bank training workshop Evaluation the impact of Development Programs: Turning Promises into Evidence, in Crown Plaza, New Delhi, March 11-22, Attended training on SAS Visual Data Discovery, SAS Web Report Studio and Share Point by Vayamtech as a part of HMIS Augmentation Progarm in NIHFW, New Delhi, June, Attended National Training Workshop on Policy Models for Evidence-Based Decision Making and Advocacy in NIFHW, New Delhi organized by USAID & Health Policy Project, 9-11 April, Attended international summer school 2012, Contextualizing Social Determinants of Health at CSMCH, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, organized by German Academic Exchange Service(DAAD) and Bielefield University, ICMR, ICSSR and JNU, March, September 2013 Page 4

5 FUNDED PROJECT IEG Think Tank project grant for the project: Too Early to Die: Qualitative Insights on neonatal deaths in Delhi: Ongoing: 2013: Principal Coordinator ICSSR funded project on Cross Border Migration in Assam during : Magnitude, Process and Socio- Economic Consequences : ongoing: : Principal Coordinator PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Assistant Professor in Population Research Centre, Institute of Economic Growth from 1 st July 2011 to 30 th September 2013 Report of Maternal & Child Health Services Under HMIS: West & South West Districts, Delhi, September 2012, submitted to Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, along with IEG PRC faculties Report Quality of Health Management Information system (HMIS) in Uttarakhand: A Study of Rudraprayag and Udham Singh Nagar submitted to Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, along with IEG PRC faculties, October, Reviewer on Research Article for the journals: Plos Medicine, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Genus, Journal of Population Research, Journal of Biosocial Science. Worked as a Research Fellow in the project Social Determinants of Health in Public Health India (PHFI), New Delhi, India from 4 th April, 2011 to 30 th June, 2011 Foundation of TEACHING EXPERIENCE Introduction to Demographic tools and techniques: Indian Economic Service Probation , Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi. Quantitative Methods in Geography I & II: MA in Geography, CSRD JNU since 2013 Demographic Change: Mortality and Health: M phil in Population, CSRD JNU since 2013 Advanced methods in Demographic Analysis: M phil in Population, CSRD JNU since 2014 EVENT ORGANIZATION Organized international workshop on Health Inequality in India: Concept, Method and Evidence during th July 2013 together with Dr William Joe in Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi. COUNTRY VISITED FOR ACADEMIC PUROSE Italy, Germany (5 times), France, USA (3 times), Czech Republic, Denmark, Morocco, Brazil, Singapore, South Korea, Austria, China. Professional Membership Life Member, International Institute for Population Sciences Alumni Association (IIPSAA) Life Member Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health (IASSH) Life Member, Indian Health Economics and Policy Association (IHEPA) PERSONAL DETAIL Date of Birth: 31 st December, 1980; Nationality: Indian; Marital Status and Family: Married to Mr Jayanta Kumar Bora; One Son: Mr Darshnandan Bora; Language known: English, Hindi, Assamese and Bengali September 2013 Page 5