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

• Head, Center of Demography of Gender, IIPS, Mumbai since October 1 2021.
• In-charge, International Relations Cell, IIPS, Mumbai since August 1 2020.
• Professor, Department of Public Health & Mortality Studies, IIPS, Mumbai, India since December 18, 2016 -
• Associate Professor, Department of Public Health & Mortality Studies, IIPS, Mumbai, India during December 18, 2013 – December 17, 2016
• Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health & Mortality Studies, IIPS, Mumbai, India during April 03, 2006 – December 17, 2013
• Visiting Faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA during April – June 2008
• Leverhulme Fellow at the School of Health Sciences and Social Work, University of Portsmouth, UK during June 01, 2011-May 31, 2012

• Mortality analysis; Health inequalities; Maternal and child health; Large-scale survey research; Gender issues in population, health, and development

• Full member of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) (2004-2009, 2013-)
• Member of the Population Association of America (PAA) (2007-2009, 2019-2020)
• Member of the Asian Population Association (APA) (2015-)
• Life Member of the Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP)
• Life Member of the Indian Society of Medical Statistics (ISMS)

• K B Pathak Memorial Award of the IASP for contribution in terms of methodological innovation in the field of population and health, 2013
• K Srinivasan Award of the IASP for publishing best paper in ‘Demography India’, 2010
• Chandrasekaran Award of the IASP for presenting best research paper in an IASP conference by a young demographer, 2004
• Member of the IUSSP Scientific Panel on 'Couple's Reproductive Health and Fertility' for the period 2018-2021

•  'GENDER Project' funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through the University of California San Diego.
• 'National Family Health Survey 2015-16' funded by MoHFW New Delhi, USAID, DFID, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, UNICEF, UNFPA and MacArthur Foundation
• ‘Family Health and Wealth Study’ funded by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, United States of America and International Institute for Population Sciences, India
• ‘Shaping Demand and Practices to Improve Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and Nutrition Outcomes in Northern India’ funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, United States of America
• ‘Youth in India: Situation and Needs Study’ funded by MacArthur and Packard Foundations, India
• ‘Estimation of HIV/AIDS related Mortality in India’ funded by National Institute for Medical Statistics, India

• United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria,Spain, Hungary, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Greece, Turkey, People's Republic of China, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Rwanda

Position Held

• Head, Center of Demography of Gender, IIPS, Mumbai since October 1 2021.
• In-charge, International Relations Cell, IIPS, Mumbai since August 1 2020.
• Professor, Department of Public Health & Mortality Studies, IIPS, Mumbai, India since December 18, 2016 -
• Associate Professor, Department of Public Health & Mortality Studies, IIPS, Mumbai, India during December 18, 2013 – December 17, 2016
• Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health & Mortality Studies, IIPS, Mumbai, India during April 03, 2006 – December 17, 2013
• Visiting Faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA during April – June 2008
• Leverhulme Fellow at the School of Health Sciences and Social Work, University of Portsmouth, UK during June 01, 2011-May 31, 2012

Country Visited

• United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria,Spain, Hungary, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Greece, Turkey, People's Republic of China, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Rwanda

Professional Membership

• Full member of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) (2004-2009, 2013-)
• Member of the Population Association of America (PAA) (2007-2009, 2019-2020)
• Member of the Asian Population Association (APA) (2015-)
• Life Member of the Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP)
• Life Member of the Indian Society of Medical Statistics (ISMS)

Consulting

Other Info

• Research Papers Published/Accepted for Publication – 105
• Edited Book – 2