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Ph.D. <\/strong>Awarded at JNU<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Dr. Sasmita Jena\u00a0(Supervised together with Prof. M Vemuri): Work status and utilization of antenatal care among rural and urban poor women in Khordha and Sundargarh, Odisha<\/p>\n

2. Dr Priyanka Yadav<\/a> Gender Differentials in Levels, Trends, and Patterns of Mortality in India and Regions Since 1970<\/p>\n

3. Dr Tek Chand Saini<\/a>\u00a0Spatial Inequality in Access to Health Care Services in Rajasthan<\/p>\n

4. Dr. Vandana Tamrakar<\/a> Explaining the Trends and Determinants of Gender Differential in Under-Five Mortality in Selected South Asian Countries<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Dr Moradhvaj Dhakad<\/a> Changing adult mortality in India: Socio-economic and regional disparity<\/p>\n

6. Dr C Nagendra<\/a>\u00a0Socio-economic factors influencing HIV\/AIDS in Bengaluru.<\/p>\n

7. Dr Benjamin Debbarma<\/a> Prevalence, determinants, and consequences of substance use among male tribal youth in West district of Tripura<\/p>\n

8. Dr Ankita Srivastava<\/a> National and sub-national projections of aging in India: a probabilistic approach<\/p>\n

9. Dr Shewli Shabnam<\/a> \u00a0Health Expectancies and Burden of Disease in Six Large States in India<\/p>\n

10. Dr Sudheer Shukla<\/a> Health Shocks and Wellbeing among Urban Lower Middle Income Group: A Case Study of NCT of Delhi<\/p>\n

11. Dr Mukesh Kumar<\/a>\u00a0Dynamics of mortality and morbidity compression in India and States 1970-2015<\/p>\n

12. Dr Saddaf Naaz Akhtar<\/a>Trends and Determinants of Mortality in Old Age in India<\/p>\n

13. Dr Somdutta Barua<\/a>\u00a0Overweight and Obesity among adults population in Kolkata<\/p>\n

14. Dr Girimallika Bora<\/a> (supervised together with Dr Bhawati Das): Impact of Floods on Morbidity and Health Expenditure in Assam<\/p>\n

15.Dr Bandita Boro<\/a> (supervised together with Dr Bhawati Das): Differential and determinants of health status among the elderly in India<\/p>\n

16. Dr Krishna Kumar<\/a> (Supervised together with Dr Bhawati Das): The level, trends, and determinants of\u00a0 death registration in India: An analysis at the national and sub-national level<\/span><\/p>\n

Pre-submission seminar given at the IIPS<\/strong><\/p>\n

17. Ms Neha Kumari<\/a> Demographic dynamics, health profile, and healthcare utilization among the older tribal population in India<\/p>\n

18. Ms Piyasa Mal <\/a>Gender roles among the matrilineal and patrilineal tribes and their impact on women’s health<\/p>\n

20. Mr Mihir Adhikari <\/a>The physical and mental health effects of air pollution in India\u2019s NCR region<\/p>\n

21. Ms Poulami Barman<\/a>\u00a0<\/a>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<\/p>\n

19. Ms Rufi Shaikh<\/a> \u00a0(Supervising together with Faculties from the University of Groningen): The Tobacco Pandemic in India and Its contribution to sex differences in Life Expectancy<\/p>\n

Ongoing PhDs in the IIPS<\/strong><\/p>\n

22. Mr \u00a0<\/a>Rishabh Kumar<\/a>\u00a0Seasonality in Mortality and Morbidity: An Investigation at National and Subnational levels in India from 1992 to 2024<\/p>\n

23.Mr Sasanka Bodo<\/a>\u00a0Profile of Substance Abusers and their Treatment Seeking Behaviour in De-addiction Centres of Assam<\/p>\n

24. Mr Deepak Verma<\/a> Heatwave Vulnerability among the Slum Dwellers of Metropolitan Delhi (NCT)<\/p>\n

25. Mr Jayanta Das: Population and Health Dynamics along the India-Bangadesh Border Region<\/p>\n

26. Dharam Singh: Impact of PMJAY on healthcare utilization and
healthcare spending in India using Quasi experimental methods<\/p>\n\n\n

27. Ananya Barman: Livelihood among Jharkhan Tribes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

28. Triben Sonowal: Child marriage in Assam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

29. Mousam Pegu: To be decided<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ph.D. Awarded at JNU 1. Dr. Sasmita Jena\u00a0(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\u00a0Spatial …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanditasaikia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanditasaikia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanditasaikia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanditasaikia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanditasaikia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":83,"href":"https:\/\/nanditasaikia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1314,"href":"https:\/\/nanditasaikia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124\/revisions\/1314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanditasaikia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}