faculty Details

  • Dr. Chander Shekhar
    Dr. Chander Shekhar
    Professor & Head
    shekharc[at]iipsindia[dot]ac[dot]in or shekhariips[at]rediffmail[dot]com
    +91-22-42372429 | +91-22-25563257

    Additional Information

Education
  • Statistical Methods for Epidemiology and Clinical Research, 2017, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), Liverpool, UK 
  • Mini-Medical School on Demography, Economics and Epidemiology of Ageing, 2010, Rand Summer Institute, Santa Monica, USA
  • Summer Programme on Discrete-Time Survival Models to Draw Out the Policy Implications of Demographic & Health Surveys, 2008, East-West Center, Hawaii, USA.
  • International Programme on Demographic Aspects of Population Ageing and its Implications for Socioeconomic Development, Policies and Plans, 2004, International Institute on Ageing (INIA), Malta.
  • Ph.D. (Population Studies), 2004, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India.
  • Masters of Population Studies (MPS), 1999, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India.
  • Masters of Sciences (Statistics), 1998, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.
  • Post B.Sc. Diploma in Computer Science and Applications, 1996, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.
  • B.Sc. Hons. (Statistics), 1995, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.
  1. Professor, Department of Fertility & Social Demography, IIPS, Mumbai.
  2. Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Demography and Statistics, IIPS, Mumbai.
  3. Lecturer, Department of Population Policies and Programmes, IIPS, Mumbai.
Area of Interest
  • Fertility
  • Family Planning
  • Abortion 
  • Reproductive & Child Health
  • Ageing in Developing Countries
  • Population Projection & Estimation
  • Survey Data Analysis and Mathematical Models in Demography
  • Member, International Union for Scientific Studies in Population (IUSSP), France
  • Ex-Member, Population Association of America (PAA), USA
  • Founder Member, Asian Population Association (APA), Thailand
  • Life Member, Indian Association for Studies in Population (IASP), India
  • Research Team Member, Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies (HDHS), Sweden
  • Life Member, Indian Association for Social Sciences (IASS), India
  • Former Vice-President, International Institute for Population Sciences Alumni Association (IIPSAA), India
Achievements/ Awards
  • WHO Fellowship, 2017
  • Bixby International Fellowship, USA, 2017
  • Indian Society for Study of Reproduction and Fertility, 2012
  • Stockholm International Water Institute Fellowship, 2011
  • Rand Summer Institute Fellowship, 2010
  • Measures DHS Fellowship, 2008
  • Five Year Full Membership Award by the International Union for Scientific Studies in Population, 2007
  • United Nations-INIA Fellowship, 2004
  • Junior Research Fellowship (Population Studies) by The University Grant Commission (Govt. of India), 1999
  • MoHFW, Government of India Merit Fellowship, 1998
Research & Publication
  1. Lancet
  2. Lancet Global Health
  3. Contraception
  4. BMJ Global Health
  5. BMC Public Health
  6. PloS One Global Public Health
  7. Journal of Comparative Family Studies
  8. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
  9. Asia-Pacific Population Journal
  10. Economic & Political Weekly
  11. Journal of Human Behaviour in the Social Environment

(Current/Previous)

  1. Spotlight Series on MTP ACT@50-A move on the Right Track? by FPAI,IIPS,Ipas,PHSI,Common Health,LM,Mausam,Pratigya,GHS, FOGSI
  2. State Health Resource Centre, Government of Madhya Pradesh
  3. Assessing Data Quality of the Intercensal Survey, Central Statistics Office, Ethiopia
  4. Estimation of Malaria Burden in India using NFHS and DLHS, WHO-India
  5. Operation Research in Reprouctive Health for Programme Managers by Frontiers in Reproductive Health, Pop Council, India
  • USA, UK, China, Sweden, Japan, Republic of South Korea, Indonesia, Nepal, South Africa, Rawanda, Thailand, Malaysia, Portugal, Ethiopia, Vietnam, Malta
Other Important Info.

Position Held

  1. Professor, Department of Fertility & Social Demography, IIPS, Mumbai.
  2. Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Demography and Statistics, IIPS, Mumbai.
  3. Lecturer, Department of Population Policies and Programmes, IIPS, Mumbai.

Country Visited

  • USA, UK, China, Sweden, Japan, Republic of South Korea, Indonesia, Nepal, South Africa, Rawanda, Thailand, Malaysia, Portugal, Ethiopia, Vietnam, Malta

Professional Membership

  • Member, International Union for Scientific Studies in Population (IUSSP), France
  • Ex-Member, Population Association of America (PAA), USA
  • Founder Member, Asian Population Association (APA), Thailand
  • Life Member, Indian Association for Studies in Population (IASP), India
  • Research Team Member, Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies (HDHS), Sweden
  • Life Member, Indian Association for Social Sciences (IASS), India
  • Former Vice-President, International Institute for Population Sciences Alumni Association (IIPSAA), India

Consulting

(Current/Previous)

  1. Spotlight Series on MTP ACT@50-A move on the Right Track? by FPAI,IIPS,Ipas,PHSI,Common Health,LM,Mausam,Pratigya,GHS, FOGSI
  2. State Health Resource Centre, Government of Madhya Pradesh
  3. Assessing Data Quality of the Intercensal Survey, Central Statistics Office, Ethiopia
  4. Estimation of Malaria Burden in India using NFHS and DLHS, WHO-India
  5. Operation Research in Reprouctive Health for Programme Managers by Frontiers in Reproductive Health, Pop Council, India

Other Info

Major Responsibilities:

  • Teaching, Research and Capacity Building

Principal investigator (PIs)/Co-PIs to nationally important Large-scale Sample Surveys:

  • National Family Health Survey (NFHS)
  • Longitudinal Ageing Survey of India (LASI)
  • Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Incidence (UPAI)
  • District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS)

Committees/Commissions of National Importance (as Expert/Member/Consultant/Technical Support) :

  • Expert Group Member on MoHFW Committee, GoM for The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2020
  • Economic Survey of India 2020, Ministry of Finance, Government of India
  • High Level Committee on Tribal Health, MoHFW, Government of India
  • National Commission on Population, Government of India
  • National Commission on Enterprises in Unorganized Sector, Government of India

International Research Collaborations (Current/Previous):

  • International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), France
  • Guttmacher Institute, USA
  • University of Hitotsubashi, Japan
  • Hardward TH Chan School of Public Health (HSPH), USA
  • University of Southern California, USA
  • ICF International, USA

Principal Investigator/Consultant/Collaborator for the Studies/Project funded by:

  • UNFPA, USAID, UNDP, DFID, POPULATION COUNCIL, WHO, TATA TRUST, DAVID & LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION, McARTHER
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