PhD Students

Ph.D. Awarded at JNU

1. Dr. Sasmita Jena (Supervised together with Prof. M Vemuri): Work status and utilization of antenatal care among rural and urban poor women in Khordha and Sundargarh, Odisha

2. Dr Priyanka Yadav Gender Differentials in Levels, Trends, and Patterns of Mortality in India and Regions Since 1970

3. Dr Tek Chand Saini Spatial Inequality in Access to Health Care Services in Rajasthan

4. Dr. Vandana Tamrakar Explaining the Trends and Determinants of Gender Differential in Under-Five Mortality in Selected South Asian Countries

5.  Dr Moradhvaj Dhakad Changing adult mortality in India: Socio-economic and regional disparity

6. Dr C Nagendra Socio-economic factors influencing HIV/AIDS in Bengaluru.

7. Dr Benjamin Debbarma Prevalence, determinants, and consequences of substance use among male tribal youth in West district of Tripura

8. Dr Ankita Srivastava National and sub-national projections of aging in India: a probabilistic approach

9. Dr Shewli Shabnam  Health Expectancies and Burden of Disease in Six Large States in India

10. Dr Sudheer Shukla Health Shocks and Wellbeing among Urban Lower Middle Income Group: A Case Study of NCT of Delhi

11. Dr Mukesh Kumar Dynamics of mortality and morbidity compression in India and States 1970-2015

12. Dr Saddaf Naaz AkhtarTrends and Determinants of Mortality in Old Age in India

13. Dr Somdutta Barua Overweight and Obesity among adults population in Kolkata

14. Dr Girimallika Bora (supervised together with Dr Bhawati Das): Impact of Floods on Morbidity and Health Expenditure in Assam

15.Dr Bandita Boro (supervised together with Dr Bhawati Das): Differential and determinants of health status among the elderly in India

16. Dr Krishna Kumar (Supervised together with Dr Bhawati Das): The level, trends, and determinants of  death registration in India: An analysis at the national and sub-national level

Pre-submission seminar given at the IIPS

17. Ms Neha Kumari Demographic dynamics, health profile, and healthcare utilization among the older tribal population in India

18. Ms Piyasa Mal Gender roles among the matrilineal and patrilineal tribes and their impact on women’s health

20. Mr Mihir Adhikari The physical and mental health effects of air pollution in India’s NCR region

21. Ms Poulami Barman Supervising together with Prof. Dr. Gabriele Doblhammer, University of Rostock): Risk Factors and Patterns of Cognition and Dementia in the Ageing Population of India and Germany

19. Ms Rufi Shaikh  (Supervising together with Faculties from the University of Groningen): The Tobacco Pandemic in India and Its contribution to sex differences in Life Expectancy

Ongoing PhDs in the IIPS

22. Mr  Rishabh Kumar Seasonality in Mortality and Morbidity: An Investigation at National and Subnational levels in India from 1992 to 2024

23.Mr Sasanka Bodo Profile of Substance Abusers and their Treatment Seeking Behaviour in De-addiction Centres of Assam

24. Mr Deepak Verma Heatwave Vulnerability among the Slum Dwellers of Metropolitan Delhi (NCT)

25. Mr Jayanta Das: Population and Health Dynamics along the India-Bangadesh Border Region

26. Dharam Singh: Impact of PMJAY on healthcare utilization and
healthcare spending in India using Quasi experimental methods

27. Ananya Barman: Livelihood among Jharkhan Tribes.

28. Triben Sonowal: Child marriage in Assam.

29. Mousam Pegu: To be decided