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

Education Area Of Interest Research & Publication Achievements and Awards Other Important Info. 

• Ph.D. in Sociology / Population Studies – Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) through Bangalore University, India. 1994.
• Certificate in Population Studies (CPS) - International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, India. 1987.
• Masters in Sociology, University of Calicut, Kerala, India. 1985 (First Rank).

Fellowships

• Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellow at Cornell University, USA from October 2016 to July 2017.
• Visiting Fellow, Oxford Brookes University, funded by Wellcome Trust, UK, June-July 2009.
• Guest Lecturer at Universities of Stockholm and Uppsala in Sweden, sponsored by SASNET and Nordic Centre, March-April 2009.
• Visiting Scholar at Department of Social Sciences, Lund University, Sweden, May –June 2005.
• Visiting Fellow at Maison de Sciences la Homme, Paris, France, Sept.-Oct. 2003.
• Visiting Scholar at Wellcome Trust Center for History of Medicine, University College London, UK, May-June 2003.
• PhD Fellowship in Population Studies, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore, 1987- 1992
• Govt. of India Fellowship for Certificate Course in Population Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, 1986-87.