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National Seminar on Methodological Is- sues in Measuring Millennium Develop- ment Goals in Districts of India
A National Seminar on “Methodological Issues in Measuring Millennium Development Goals in Districts of India” was organ- ized by IIPS with the assistance of UNDP and UNFPA. It was conducted at IIPS during 12-13 December, 2008. This issue The seminar was inaugurated with lighting of lamp (R-L) Dr. N. Tumkaya, UNFPA Country Representative, India, provides a brief summary of the deliberations of this seminar. Prof. Ashish Bose, Prof. F. Ram and Prof. K. Srinivasan
Greetings! Inside this Issue Page no. We are happy to present our 50th Volume of Newsletter. We New Registrar of IIPS 2 look forward to your continuing cooperation. Our IIPS li- Fifty Years of IIPS Library 3 brary has achieved 50 years of its existence. We are pre- senting an article ‘Fifty years of IIPS Library’ in this issue. National Seminar on MDG 8 The activities of faculty members and research staff during ISBEID Workshop 9 June to December 2008 are also presented. IIPS is organis- Report on the activities of Faculty and 10 ing a conference on Alcohol and HIV/AIDS in 1-4 August, Research Staff 2009 in Mumbai. Information about it is given in this issue IIPS Foundation Day 29 for those who are interested in the theme. Dr. Madhav Deliberations of Hindi Week 30 Kishanrao Kulkarni has joined IIPS as Registrar. A brief Ongoing Projects at IIPS 32 introduction of him is given in this Newsletter. International Conference on Alcohol, 36 Sexuality and HIV: Research and Pre- Editor vention in India
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Dr. M.K. Kulkarni Registrar, IIPS
Dr. Madhav Kishanrao Kulkarni has been appointed as Registrar of IIPS with effect from 21st October 2008. Prior to joining our Institute he was working as Assistant Director (Confidential) with Union Pub- lic Service Commission (UPSC) in New Delhi.
He has done his M.Sc. (Zoology) at Marathwada University, Aurangabad. He acquired his PhD de- gree from the same University in 1994. The topic of his thesis was “A study of Biotoxins of Algal Ori- gin”. He has vast experience on finance, administration, training and preparing university syllabus. He worked for various Staff Selection Commission boards to conduct exams, such as Indian Railway Recruitment Board, B.S.R.B., Medical and UGC’s National Eligibility Test for Lectureship (NET) and State Eligibility Test for Lectureship (SET).
Editorial Team
Prof. F. Ram Editorial Guidance Prof. R B Bhagat Editor Dr. T V Sekher Member Dr. M V Vaithilingam Member
Ms. P Princy Yesudian Editing & Communication At the Valedictory function of the short-term course on Ms. Sarita Gunaji Pawar Assistance “Demography, Gender and Reproductive Health”, held at IIPS dur- ing July-August, 2008. (L-R) Dr. Mirja Juntenen, Director of Nordic Center in India, Prof. F.Ram and Dr. T.V. Sekher
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IIPS Newsletter Fifty Years of IIPS Library
The IIPS library has completed fifty years of its existence. The perfect documentation, regular procurement of demographic information sources, quick and smooth service, adoption of tech- nology etc. are the unique qualities adopted by the IIPS library from the beginning and continued till today. We are presenting a brief reminiscence about our library.
Front view of the Library
A BRIEF OVERVIEW As we all know, IIPS was started as Demographic Training From a modest start of 500 volumes since its inception, and Research Centre (DTRC) in July 1956 under the Di- the library has taken a long leap towards equipping itself rectorship of Dr. K.C.K.E. Raja. Initially the centre was with a substantial collection of books, pamphlets and situated at Tata Institute of Social Sciences building, at periodicals of demographic interest. During 1961 the Deonar, Bombay. For the main objectives of the centre - to library had a collection of nearly 4000 books, 2500 re- provide training and to conduct the research on demogra- prints and pamphlets, 80 periodicals, and microfilm cop- phy – a library was an essential section to support the ac- ies of 40 census volumes (IIPS Newsletter, No. 4, 1961). tivities and for documentation. Hence, the centre has The library was extensively made use by the students, started its library in February, 1957 with a small collection. staff members and other scholars in Demography and During this period the responsibility of the library was given allied fields visiting Mumbai (Bombay). This was re- to the then librarian of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, flected by the fact that over 5000 issues were made dur- Mr. B.I. Trivedi. ing 1961-62 (IIPS Newsletter, No. 4, 1961).
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PROFILE OF THE PRESENT LIBRARY The library is housed in a separate building and con- sists of a reading hall with a seating capacity of 80 users at a time and has well furnished conference hall of seating capacity of 40 with computer network con- nectivity to conduct academic programs. Photocopy- ing, Inter Library Loan, Reference Service, Current Awareness Service, Selective Dissemination of Infor- mation, Indexing, Documentation, Document Deliv- ery, OPAC are the major services provided by the library.
The library receives about 325 Indian as well as for- An archive picture of IIPS library during late 1980s when it was functioning in the main building eign journals, of which 175 journals are received by (Currently occupied by the administration unit) way of subscription and another 150 journals are re- ceived by gift/ exchange. More than 17,500 journal articles have been indexed and added in the library management software. The library has a special col- Being established by the United Nations, as a Regional Centre of Asia-Pacific Region, the library gets almost all the publications from UN and specifically from UNESCAP and UNFPA. The important publications such as Statisti- cal Yearbook, Demographic Yearbook, World Monitoring Report, World Population Prospects and World Popula- tion Policies etc. are available since its first volume in the series. The library adds on an average 2000 such docu- ments per annum.
In 1960 the centre has shifted on its own campus. Initially it was occupying a portion of the main building (currently occupied by the administration section office, IIPS). On 19th June, 1982 the library has shifted to an independent new building. The library cum computer centre (G+2) building is centrally located in the campus, the first, sec- ond floor of the building is allotted for the library, the car- pet area for the library measuring about 12000 Sq. Ft. It is centrally air-conditioned, well equipped with furniture, Cataloguing shelf used by the library in the earlier computer networking and internet facility. years
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lection of all the Census Publications of India & neighbour- ing countries which are made available through OPAC.
The library is fully automated with SLIM-21 software and offers online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) through a network of computers. The computers are located in differ- ent places in the library to ease the library users instead of centralized at one place. The library has books on differ- ent disciplines such as Demography, Statistics, Public Health, Family Planning, Anthropology, Mathematics, Eco- nomics, Sociology, Psychology, Health Education, Political Science, Geography, Computer Programming etc. pub- The library counter lished by the Union Government, State Governments, Cor- porate Bodies, International Agencies and Commercial post-independence period since 1951 to the latest one. The library preserves the old traditions of effective services and enhanced them with the help of advance technology. Cur- rently the library is in the process of digitalizing all the old census volumes (1881-1941) to provide the e-access through intranet.
Digital Services The library is using ‘System for Library & Information Man- agement’ (SLIM-21) for its operation. The SLIM 21 provides search facility on two levels, simple search and advance The display board showing all the new Journal/book arrivals search. Boolean operation search is extended in advance
Publishers of India as well as abroad. There are 77,180 books, 13,108 bound volumes of periodicals and 15,844 re- prints in the library. Seminar papers, conference proceedings, M. Phil. Dissertations, Ph. D. thesis are also been categorized as important reading material.
DDC 18th Edition of classification scheme has been adopted and AACR-2 cataloguing rules are followed in the library.
SPECIAL COLLECTION: The library has procured many old ar- chival of journals to maintain the academic quality. It has a unique collection of Census Publications published during Compact Twin Mobile Drive Units at the Library British Period (pre-independence period) i.e. 1881 – 1941, and
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search. A library user can see his/her library account on Web- OPAC on intranet as well as on internet. Browsing to view the new arrivals, list of holdings, and library rules are made easier through the OPAC. Introduction of the library as well as infor- mation about how to use the library is also provided in intro- duction and information part of the home page. Orientation of the library and the software is a part of the academic program of the Institute. Digital documents are accessible through a central server on intranet and are accessible by all the com- puters on the campus. The Librarian, Mr. D.D. Mestri with a visitor
b) Offline Services
Databases like, Census of India 1881, 1991 and 2001, DLHS, NUCSAL, NSSO and NFHS are accessible from NASSTOR. Special care has been taken to retrieve 2001 census data as desired by the library user. Series A – HH have indexed, prepared the table of all the titles in its se- quence and hyperlinked with NASSTOR. It provides direct access from index itself.
The IIPS library is one of the active members of the INFLIB- NET program. This is the national level program of the Uni- The Director Prof. F. Ram with the visitors at the library versity Grants Commission. Offline database of National Union Catalogue of Serials in Academic Libraries (NUCSAL) and INDCAT as well as Document Delivery Ser- a) Online Services vices are extended to the library users. INFLIBENET web-
site is www.inflibnet.ac.in The Institute library has been fully automated and made available through online since 2003. It has enough computers with internet connectivity for students, faculty members and visitors. The library staff are very helpful in assisting every needy individual for library document retrieval and online data-base searching. The library collection is accessible through IIPS homepage at www.iipsindia.org . From the main menu of the Online Catalogue, one can reach OPAC with a click. The library subscribes valuable information sources like, POPLINE, JSTOR, INDIASTAT.COM, SCOPUS; and they are made available through OPAC. The library staff cataloguing the newly arrived books
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The library is in the process of becoming a member of the d. Submission of Book/Journal Requisition Form NODLINET program and its facilities. (The IGNOU has online. launched NODLINET (National Open and Distance Learners’ Library and Information Centre Network) program to assist the • The library provides Inter Library Loan (ILL) service distance learning libraries in India). to the students, researchers, faculty members from all local libraries in Mumbai. OTHER SERVICES OFFERED BY THE LIBRARY: • Document delivery service - basically it refers to the • The library brings out 'Acquisition List' containing biblio- supply of photocopy of research papers from journals or graphic entries pertaining to the documents added to the IIPS conference proceedings, against a request from a user library. It includes Books, Census Documents, Reports and with due consideration of Copy Right Act. The users can send their request either by telephone, post, E-Mail or Fax. The Xerox cost and postage will be charged and the desired material will be delivered. • To promote the national language, Hindi, a biblio- graphical database has been made available in Dev- nagiri script.and is accessible through OPAC. The re- sults can be retrieved even if the query is in English.
The Institute library is organizing frequently the Book Exhibition in the library and the opportunity of selection of books extended to all the faculty members, students, including staff members. During 22-23rd October, 2008 Inauguration of Book Exhibition the library has organized Book Exhibition. Prof. S. Lahiri, Ag. Director and Sr. Professor, inaugurated the Book electronic documents. It is a bi-annual (January-June & July- Exhibition function. The Library & Information Officer, December) publication. Online version of the Acquisition List Registrar and some of the faculty members were at- can be provided on request. tended. • SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION
(SDI): The library informs to their clienteles every week on The following persons have contributed to the manage- their e-mail account as follows: ment of the library as the librarians since its inception: a. List of research articles appeared in journals, edited Mr. Parkhi (1956-1957), Mrs. D.K. Boga (1958-1960) books, conference proceedings, seminars especially on Miss. S. Abraham (1961-1985) Mr. R.T. Randeria (1986- population studies and related disciplines. 2002), Mr. K.V.R. Rao (February – May 2002) and b. List of new books, journals available in the market on Mr.D.D. Mestri (since June 2002). One remarkable thing our subject. we would like to share here is, Mr. T.V. Sathe, one of c. Library Acquisition list publication with the regular inter- our library staff, has worked with all the librarians men- val of a month. tioned above since its inception.
For further details about library, contact: Mr. D.D. Mestri, library & Information Officer - Ph. 022-25585643 e-mail: [email protected]
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National Seminar on Methodological Issues in Measuring Millennium Development Goals in Districts of India
With this aim, a two-day seminar was organized at IIPS during 12-13 December, 2008, with the financial assistance from UNDP and UNFPA, New Delhi. The sub-themes for the seminar were, to discuss the progress of MDGs at sub- national level; Estimating Poverty; Knowledge and Utiliza- tion of SRH services; Infant and Child Mortality; Maternal Mortality; and HIV/AIDS estimation. Prof. F. Ram, Dr. Usha Ram and Dr. S.K.Mohanty were the organisors for The inaugural session (L-R) Dr. Usha Ram, Prof. F. Ram, this seminar. Prof. K. Srinivasan, Dr. N. Tumkaya and Prof. Ashish Bose Various national and International scholars, intellectuals Consequent to the Millennium Declaration, in 2000 India too has and experts in this field have participated and presented integrated millennium development indicators in the planning their papers during this seminar. The seminar was inaugu- documents. In post millennium declaration, emphasis has shifted from national and sub-national level planning to district level or below to strengthen the process of decentralized planning. In order to monitor at the lowest level of implementation (district or lower), it becomes important to understand the quality of available data and suitable tools to arrive at indicators that would help ef- fective assessment of the programs in general and MDG indica- tors in particular.
To fill in the existing data gaps for computing millennium develop- ment indicators so as to enable preparation of State Level Human Development Reports, the UNDP has initiated a number of ef- Participants during the deliberation forts. In this series, the UNDP awarded IIPS to undertake two studies namely, ‘Strengthening State Plans for Human Develop- ment: District Level Vital Statistics’ and ‘Progress and Prospects rated by the Chief Guest, Dr. N. Tumkaya, UNFPA Coun- of Millennium Development Goals in India’ to address some of try Representative, India. Dr. N.Tumkaya briefed the par- these issues. While conducting these studies, it was realized that ticipants about the role of UNFPA in promoting MDGs in the existing methodologies and the available data at the district India. Prof. Ashish Bose delivered the key note address. level are often deficient or inadequate to address some of these challenges. Hence, it was thought appropriate to bring together The selected twenty one abstract of the papers were com- intellectuals and experts working in the areas to discuss these piled and printed in a book form by IIPS. The presentations issues and come up with possible solutions. are available at our website: www.iipsindia.org .
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Workshop on Indian State Basic Environmental Information Database (ISBEID)
Participants of the Workship
The Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India ENVIS Secretariat has developed web enabled ISBEID soft- has setup a Population and Environment Centre at IIPS to col- ware for State Government ENVIS centres to fill the collected lect and disseminate information relating to population, environ- data using web based online interface (with login and pass- ment and sustainable development. A workshop of Indian State word authentication). The software is being developed for Basic Environmental Information Database (ISBEID) was held preparation of the State of Environment Report, keeping in on 18th October 2008 at IIPS, with funding from the National mind the objective and advantage of storing this data on a Informatics Centre and Ministry of Environment and Forests. Ms database to finally generate the national level report on In- Valsa Nair- Singh, Principal Secretary, Government of Ma- dia’s State of Environment. The GIS interface of the software harashtra inaugurated the workshop. is being developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC).
Besides ENVIS Centre, IIPS, the following organizations partici- Dr S.P. Sharma, Statistical Advisor, Ministry of Environment pated in the workshop and Forests explained the rationale of ISBEID, and Shri S.S. Gahlout, Senior Technical Director, NIC made a presentation 1. Department of Environment, Govt. of Maharashtra of the ISBEID software and its interface with GIS 2. BNHS- ENVIS Centre, Bombay Natural History Society 3. Indian Centre for Plastics in the Environment, Mumbai 4. Solid Waste Management Association, Mumbai 5. ENVIS Centre, Environmental Protection Training and Re- search Institute ( EPTRI), Hyderabad 6. Disaster Management Institute, Housing and Environment Department, Government of M.P. 7. ENVIS Centre, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology Ms Valsa Nair- Singh, Principal Secretary, Dept. and Environment (KSCSTE) of Environment, Government of Maharashtra during inauguration Volume 50 (1& 2) January 2009 9
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Report on the Performance of Faculty and Research Staff (May to December, 2008)
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
I. PUBLISHED RESEARCH PAPERS
R.B. Bhagat and Anand Parihar K. Srinivasan and S.K. Mohanty “Access to Basic Amenities in Urban India: Implications for “Household Deprivation and Its Linkages with Reproduc- Health and Wellbeing” Population Geography, 29 (1&2), tive and Child Healthcare and Health Outcome”, Eco- pp. 15-26, July 2008. nomic and Political Weekly, 43 (48), pp. 67-76, 2008.
A . Chattopadhyay Bijaya Kumar Malik and S.K. Mohanty “GENE POOL”, Geography and You, Vol.8, May-June “Contraceptive Dynamics and Poverty: Comparative 2008. Study of Madhya Pradesh and Orissa”, Indian Journal of Population Education, New Delhi, No 42, July- Dipak K. Adak , A . Chattopadhyay and P. Bharati September 2008. (Edited book) In People of Contemporary West Bengal, Mohit Publisher, S.K.Mohanty and P. K. Pathak New Delhi, 2008. “Rich-poor Gap in Utilization of RCH Services in India, 1992-05”, Journal of Biosocial Sciences, Cambridge Kaushlendra Kumar and F. Ram University Press. Appeared on line doi:10.1017/ “Maternal Deaths in India: An Attempt to Assess the Rela- S002193200800309X, 10th October 2008. tive Importance of Economic Versus Educational Status of Household”. In K.K.Singh, R.C.Yadava and Arvind P. Murugesan Pandey (Eds.) Population Poverty and Health: Analytical “Population, Environment and Sustainable Development Approaches, Hindustan Publishing Corporation, New in Tamil Nadu: A Socio Welfare Approach”, International Delhi, India, 2009. Research Journal of Social Science , Pondicherry Uni- versity, Vol.1(2), pp. 219-229, July-December 2008. D.D. Mestri "Criteria for efficient Library Management Software Selec- “Socio-Welfare Reforms and Fertility Deadline in Tamil tion", DLIBCOM, Vol. 3 (7), July 2008. Nadu: MACRO Perspectives”, Indian Journal of Popula- tion Education, Indian Adult Education, No. 42, pp. 48- "Doctoral theses in library and information science com- 66, July-December 2008. pleted in Indian universities, 2001-2007", Education for Information, Vol. 26 (3-4), December 2008. B. Paswan, and Uttam Sonkamble “Menstruation Characteristics among Adolescents”, In- "Connecting to the Population Information" In Ramaiah, dian Journal of Population Education, No.41, New L.S.; Reddy, Sankara; Kumar, Hemant (Eds.), E-Libraries: Delhi , April-June 2008. Problems and Perspectives, Allied Publishers, 2007.
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Rajiva Prasad, R.B.Upadhyay Pandey (Eds.) Population, Poverty and Health: Analyti- “Emergency Contraceptives: Provider’s Perspective from cal Approaches, Hindustan Publishing Corporation Uttar Pradesh”, Indian Journal of Population Education Asso- (India), New Delhi, pp 207-216 , 2009. ciation, Vol. 41, 2008. Mohit Thukral and Chander Shekhar C.P.Prakasam, Rajiva Prasad “Role of Aganwadi Centers in Improving the Status of “Knowledge and Risk Behaviour of HIV/AIDS among Women Full Immunization in Madhya Pradesh”, Indian Journal of in Sex Work in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka”, HIV and Preventive and Social Medicine, Vol. 39(1-2), pp: 91-95, AIDS Vulnerability of Women in Asia and Africa, The Women 2008. press, New Delhi, 2008. S.K.Singh K.G. Santhya, F.Ram , R.K.Sinha et al. “Addressing Stigma and Discrimination to PLWHA to Empowering Married Young Women and Improving their Strengthen the Care and Support Program: Macro and Sexual and Reproductive Health, Population Council, New Micro Level Perspectives”. In K.K.Singh, R.C.Yadava Delhi, October 2008. and Arvind Pandey (Eds.) Population Poverty and ME Khan, F. Ram, Jim Foreit, Chander Shekhar and Sohini Health: Analytical Approaches, Hindustan Publishing Roychowdhury Corporation, New Delhi, India, 2009. “Developing Regional Operation Research Training Capacity in South Asia”, Population Council Frontiers, New Delhi, “Touching, Treating and Translating: Experiencing Be- 2008. haviour Change among Male Power-loom Workers in Maharashtra, India within a Five Years Long ago Inter- Usha Ram and M.R.Pradhan vention”, In the Proceedings of the IUSSP Regional “Contact with Health Worker Improves Reproductive Health Conference on Contribution to Behaviour Change Inter- Services: Evidences from Orissa”, Demography India, Vol. 36 ventions in Curbing the Pace of HIV/AIDS, Year.. (2) pp. 215-230, 2007 T. K. Roy, R. K. Sinha , M. Koening, S.K. Mohanty and R.S.Reshmi and Sayeed Unisa S. Patel ‘Work Status and Job Satisfaction among Female Migrants “Consistency and Predictive ability of Fertility Preference from Kerala Working in Mumbai’. In K.K.Singh, R.C.Yadava Indicators: Longitudinal Evidence from Rural India”, Inter- and Arvind Pandey (Eds.) Population, Poverty and Health: national Family Planning Perspective, U.S.A, Vol. 34(3): Analytical Approaches, Hindustan Publishing Corporation pp. 138-145, September 2008. (India), New Delhi, pp 169-182, 2009. M.V. Vaithilingam L.K. Dwivedi and R. S. Reshmi “Selected Child Health Indicators of India and States “Role of Antenatal Care in Utilizing Maternal Health Care Ser- (NFHS 3)”, IASSH Newsletter, 1(3), pp. 7, 2008. vices in Maharashtra”, In K.K.Singh, R.C.Yadava and Arvind
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II. RESEARCH REPORTS / MONOGRAPHS/ RESEARCH BRIEFS/FACT SHEETS PUBLISHED AT IIPS
F. Ram, Usha Ram, Chander Shekhar and N. Agarwal S.K. Singh, Sunita Kishor and Lakhan Singh Strengthening State Plans for Human Development: District National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), Bihar, 2005-06, Level Vital Statistics, International Institute for Population International Institute for Population Sciences, and Mum- Sciences, Mumbai, 2008. bai and Macro International, 2008.
L.Ladusingh, B.Paswan,, Sayeed Unisa, Rajiva Prasad, S.K. Singh, Fred Arnold and Kiran Agrahari T.V. Sekher and Chander Shekhar National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), Sikkim, 2005-06, District Level Model Fact Sheets based on (DLHS -3), Inter- International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai national Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, Decem- and Macro International, 2008. ber, 2008. S.K. Singh, Sunita Kishor, Lakhan Singh and Kiran Agra- L.Ladusingh, B.Paswan,, Sayeed Unisa, Rajiva Prasad, hari T.V. Sekher and Chander Shekhar National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), Himachal State Fact Sheets (DLHS-3), for 15 Indian states, Interna- Pradesh, 2005-06, International Institute for Population tional Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, December Sciences, Mumbai and Macro International, 2008. 2008. National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), Punjab, 2005- T.V. Sekher, L.Ladusingh, B.Paswan, Rajiva Prasad, 06, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai Sayeed Unisa and Chander Shekhar and Macro International, 2008. Policy Brief of District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS-3), No.1, International Institute for Population Sci- S.K. Singh, Sunita Kishor, Lakhan Singh and Bhawana ences, September, 2008. Malik National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), Haryana, 2005- Kamla Gupta, Fred Arnold and Kiran Agrahari 06, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mum- National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), Madhya Pradesh, bai and Macro International, 2008. 2005-06, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai and Macro International, September, 2008 P. Arokiasamy, Fred Arnold, Rajeshri Chitanand, Y. Vaidehi and Bhawana Malik H.Lhungdim, Sunita Kishore, Amenla Nuken National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), Tamil Nadu, National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), Manipur, 2005-06, 2005-06, International Institute for Population Sciences, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai and Mumbai and Macro International, 2008. Macro International, August, 2008. P. Arokiasamy, Sunita Kishore, Rajeshri Chitanand and National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), Assam, 2005-06, Bhawana Malik International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai and National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), Karnataka, Macro International, November, 2008. 2005-06, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai and Macro International, 2008.
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P. Arokiasamy, Fred Arnold, Rajeshri Chitanand and Bha- Sheet, International Institute of Population Sciences, wana Malik Mumbai and Population Council, New Delhi2008. National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), Andhra Pradesh, 2005-06, International Institute for Population Sciences, Youth in India: Situation and Needs 2006-07, Andhra Mumbai and Macro International, 2008. Pradesh, Fact Sheet, International Institute of Population Sciences, Mumbai and Population Council, New Delhi, F. Ram, Usha Ram, S.K. Mohanty, Abhishek Singh and 2008. Population Council Coordinators Youth in India: Situation and Needs 2006-07, Maharashtra, Usha Ram International Institute of Population Sciences, Mumbai and Workload Time Allocation and Job Satisfaction of the Population Council, New Delhi, 2008. Grass Root Level Workers at the PHC, Sub-Centre and ICDS Centers, IIPS Project report, International Institute of Youth in India: Situation and Needs 2006-07, Bihar, Fact Population Sciences, Mumbai, June, 2008. Sheet, International Institute of Population Sciences, Mumbai, and Population Council, New Delhi, 2008. Childlessness and Its Consequences in India: Levels, Pat- terns and Differentials, IIPS Project report, International Youth in India: Situation and Needs 2006-07, Rajasthan, Fact Institute of Population Sciences, Mumbai, 2008.
III. RESEARCH PAPERS PRESENTED IN SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES
Sumati Kulkarni and Aparajita Chattopadhyay velopment, Issues, Strategies and Options, organised by “Navi Mumbai:Changing Demographic Scenario and its School of Development Studies, Dept. of Applied Eco- Implications- Issues and Concerns “. Presented at the seminar nomics, Kannur University and ICMR, held at Kannur on Shaping of Navi Mumbai: Its Physical Environment and Kerala, 22-23 October, 2008. Social Issues, held at Navi Mumbai, 4-5 October, 2008. Kaushlendra Kumar Kamla Gupta “Women's Autonomy and Maternal Health Care Utilization in “Health Infrastucture in Navi Mumbai and Alcohol Use and Uttar Pradesh: Implications for Reducing Maternal Mortality”. Risky Sexual Behaviour in Slum Communities In Navi Presented at the 30th Annual Conference of “The Indian Mumbai: Implications for Reproductive Health and Spousal Association for the Study of Population”, held at ISEC Violence”. Presented at the seminar on Shaping of Navi Bangalore, Karnataka, India, 17-19 October, 2008. Mumbai: Its Physical Environment and Social Issues, held at Navi Mumbai, 4-5 October, 2008. S.K.Mohanty and R.K. Sinha “Poverty among Elderly in India”. Presented at the South “Children's Nutrition and Anaemia Status in Urban India”. Asian Regional Conference on Demographic Scenarios, Presented at the International Conference on Health De- Employment and Social Security: Issues of Aged and
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Vulnerable, organised by Institute of Economic Growth, New F. Ram, Usha Ram and S.K.Mohanty Delhi, 10-11 November, 2008. “Progress and Prospects of Millennium Development Goals
in India”. Presented at the National Seminar on Methodologi- S.K.Mohanty and Bijaya Kumar Malik cal Issues in Measuring Millennium Development Goals in “Misuse of BPL card: A case study of Balasore district of rural Districts of India, held at International Institute for Population Orissa”. Presented at the International Conference on Eradication Sciences, (IIPS), Mumbai, 12-13 December, 2008. of Chronic poverty: Guideline of policies and strategies,
Organased by CPRC and SSU, held at JNU New Delhi, , 1-3 October, 2008. Usha Ram and Youth Study Team “Parental Influence on Youth Agency and Sexual and Repro- K.Srinivasan and S.K.Mohanty ductive Behaviours: Findings from the Youth in India: Situa- “A Simple Measure of Household Deprivation: Definition, vali- tion and Needs Study, Maharashtra”. Presented at the 30th dation and usefulness in redefining poverty”. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Indian Association for the Study of National Seminar on Methodological Issues in Measuring Population (IASP) Annual Conference held at ISEC, Banga- Millennium development Goals in Districts of India, held at lore, 17-20 September, 2008. International Institute for Population Sciences, (IIPS), Mumbai,
12-13 December, 2008. “How early marriage compromises girls’ lives and reproduc- D.A. Nagdeve tive health and choices in Maharashtra: Evidence from the “Fertility and Family Planning among Scheduled Tribes and Youth in India: Situation and Needs Study”. Presented at the Non Scheduled Tribes in Madhya Pradesh”. Presented at the International Seminar on Changing Transitions to Marriage: XXXII Indian Social Science Congress, held at Indian Acad- Gender Implications for the Next Generation, organized by emy of Social Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 18- Scientific Panel on Adolescent Life-course in Developing 22 December, 2008. countries, IUSSP, Population Council, India and Centre for Demographic, Urban and Environmental Studies (CEDUA), D.A. Nagdeve Mexico and held at New Delhi, 10-12 September, 2008. “Maternal Healthcare in Jharkhand”. Presented at the Na- tional Seminar on Methodological Issues in Measuring Millen- Usha Ram, KG Santhya, N. Haberland, F.Ram, R.K.Sinha, nium development Goals in Districts of India, held at Interna- S.K.Mohanty and Arup Das tional Institute for Population Sciences, (IIPS), Mumbai, 12-13 “Fostering Married Young Women’s Empowerment and Re- December, 2008. productive Health in India: The Effects of the First-Time Par- ents Project”. Presented at the International Seminar on Rajiva Prasad and M.N.Singh Changing Transitions to Marriage: Gender Implications for the Next Generation, organized by Scientific Panel on Ado- “Child Health and Immunization among Slum Dwellers of lescent Life-course in Developing countries, IUSSP, Popula- Mumbai”. Presented at the 30th Annual Conference of the tion Council, India and Centre for Demographic, Urban and Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP), held at Environmental Studies (CEDUA), Mexico and held at New ISEC, Bangalore, 16-19 October, 2008. Delhi, 10-12 September, 2008.
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Daliya Sebastian and T.V.Sekher Health Challenges Conference, held at the University of “Gender Differentials in Health Status of Elderly in India and Oslo, Norway, 26-29 August, 2008. Kerala: An Analysis of two rounds of National Sample Sur- vey”. Presented at the 30th Annual Conference of the Indian Sayeed Unisa, L.L.Singh, B.Paswan, Rajiva Prasad, Association for the Study of Population (IASP), held at Ban- T.V.Sekher and Chander Shekhar galore, 16-19 October, 2008. “Sexual and Reproductive Health Including HIV/AIDS: Results from District Level Household Survey -3”. Pre- sented at the National Seminar on Methodological Issues Chander Shekhar and F. Ram in Measuring Millennium Development Goals in District of “Evaluation of UHP/UFWC in India”. Presented at the Work- India, held at IIPS, Mumbai, 12-13 December, 2008. shop on Health of the Urban Poor in Maharashtra, organised by Institute of Health Management, Pachod and YASHADA, Pune, 4-8 November, 2008. Sayeed Unisa, T.K.Roy, S.Gangully and Anaemia Study Group S.K.Singh “A Multi Method Assessment of Anaemia and Response “Does violence against women affect their reproductive to Iron supplementation among Women in West Bengal”. health? Evidences from India". Presented in the session 54 of Presented at 30th Annual Conference of the Indian Asso- the conference, Socio-Cultural Context of Reproductive ciation for the Study of Population (IASP), held at ISEC, Health at the European Population, held at Barcelona 9-13 Bangalore, 16-19 October, 2008. July, 2008.
“Awareness, Knowledge and Misconceptions about STIs and M.V. Vaithilingam, D.D.Mestri, K.Praveen Kumar, HIV/AIDS in selected States of India”, Presented as Poster in D.N.Vidhate and Santosh R. Pawar the Session 3 of the conference, Socio-Cultural Context “Role of a Special Library in Teaching- Learning Proc- of Reproductive Health at the European Population, held at ess: A Case Study of International Institute for Popula- Barcelona 9-13 July, 2008. tion Sciences Library”. Presented at the Indian Library . Association (ILA) - TISS 2008 International Conference on Knowledge for all: Role of Libraries and Information’s Sayeed Unisa Centers, organized by Tata Institute of Social Sciences “Longitudinal Study of Childless Women in India: Success of and ILA, held at TISS, Mumbai, 12-15 November, 2008. Fertility Enhancing Treatments”. Presented at the Reproductive
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IV. SEMINARS/ CONFERENCES/ WORKSHOPS/ SESSIONS ORGANIZED
Date Name of the Seminars/Conferences/ Sessions/ Work- Organisation/ Place Faculty shops Organized Sponsor
15 May 2008 Sayeed Unisa A half day symposium, ‘New Horizon in IIPS Mumbai R.K.Sinha Population Studies’, in memory of Prof. S. Mukerji 11-12 June Kamla Gupta NFHS-3 dissemination seminars and NFHS-3 Uttaranchal 2008 press conferences for the state, Uttaranchal
30 June 2008 B.Paswan Bidder’s Conference of GATS India pro- IIPS & NIHFW New Delhi ject
14-17 July 2008 H.Lhungdim Training workshop on Data Entry Pro- WHO IIPS, gramme for WHO-SAGE Project Mumbai
July-Aug 2008 T.V.Sekher Short-term course on ‘Demography, Gen- Nordic Centre in IIPS, Manoj Alagarajan der and Reproductive Health’ for the stu- India (NCI) Mumbai dents from Nordic Countries
26-29 July 2008 S.K.Singh State level dissemination of Key findings of NFHS-3 Ranchi, 2005-06 National Family Health Survey in Patna Bihar and Jharkhand,
11-12 August Kamla Gupta NFHS-3 dissemination seminars and NFHS-3 Uttar 2008 press conferences for the state, Uttar Pradesh Pradesh
22 Sptember to T.V.Sekher Short-term course on ‘Sample Surveys and IIPS IIPS 3 October 2008 Manoj Alagarajan Research Methods’ Mumbai
30 Sptember P. Arokiasamy State level dissemination of Key findings of NFHS-3 Chennai 2008 2005-06 National Family Health Survey in Tamil Nadu
4-5 October S.K.Singh State level dissemination of Key findings of NFHS-3 Shimla 2008 2005-06 National Family Health Survey in Himachal Pradesh
10 October 2008 H.Lhungdim NFHS -3 dissemination seminar for Manipur NFHS-3 Imphal State
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02-12 S.K.Singh Data analysis work shop under IIPS Mumbai November the ASHRA project for inte- 2008 grating qualitative and quantita- tive data on Alcohol, Sex and HIV for ASHRA team members, ICR, Connecticut faculty and project consultants
4 November P. Arokiasamy State level dissemination of Key NFHS-3 Bangalore 2008 findings of 2005-06 National Family Health Survey in Karna- taka
4-6 Usha Ram Workshop on Health of Urban IHM, Pachod Pune November Poor in Maharashtra and YASHDA 2008
10 -19 S. Lahiri GATS-INDIA IT Training work- IIPS Mumbai November S. Parasuraman shop 2008 L.Ladusingh B. Paswan S.K.Singh K.C.Das
20-21 November S.K.Singh State level dissemination of Key NFHS-3 Chandigar 2008 findings of 2005-06 National Family Health Survey in Punjab
24 November T.V.Sekher Short-term course on IIPS Mumbai to Manoj Alagarajan ‘Application of Qualitative Meth- 5 December ods of Data Collection in Popu- 2008 lation Research’
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Date Name of the Seminars/Conferences/ Sessions/ Organisation/ Place Faculty Workshops Sponsor Organized
28 November P. Arokiasamy State level dissemination of Key findings NFHS-3 Hyderabad 2008 of 2005-06 National Family Health Survey in Andhra Pradesh
8 F.Ram National Level Dissemination Seminar IIPS & MoHFW New Delhi December S.Lahiri based on DLHS-3 of RCH project 2008 L.Ladu Singh B.Paswan Sayeed Unisa Rajiva Prasad T.V.Sekher Chander Shekhar
9-10 S.K.Singh State level dissemination of Key findings NFHS-3 Punchkula December of 2005-06 National Family Health Survey in Haryana 12-13 F.Ram Two day National Seminar on UNDP and UNFPA IIPS, December Usha Ram ‘Methodological Issues in Measuring Mil- Mumbai 2008 S.K. Mohanty lennium Development Goals (MDG) in Districts of India’
17-26 R.K. Sinha Contact program and examination for the IIPS Mumbai December distance learners of the Institute. 2008
19-20 S.K.Singh Organized state level dissemination of NFHS-3 Gangtok December Key findings of 2005-06 National Family 2008 Health Survey in Sikkim
25 S.K.Singh Organized a community dissemination on IIPS Navi December Key findings of the ASHRA project at the Mumbai 2008 Institute for the Key stake holders from Hanuman Nagar, organized at Hotel De- vis Residency
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V. LECTURES DELIVERED/ CONSULTANCY PROVIDED
Date Name of the Lectures delivered/ Consultancy Pro- Organisation/ Place Faculty vided Sponsor
6 June 2008 F.Ram Discussant for Microbicides Introduction London School of Hy- London in India in context of HIV /AIDS gie and Tropical Medi- cine, University of Lon- don
11-12 June Kamla Gupta Presented the findings of NFHS-3 Uttara- NFHS-3 Dehradoon 2008 khand in the dissemination seminar and the press conference
15 June to T.V. Sekher Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford Wellcome Trust, UK London 15 July Brookes University 2008
29 June 2008 B.Paswan Worked as an UGC Observator for UGC Nagpur University Nagpur Test for Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship
29 June 2008 F.Ram Lecture on ‘Access to Government NSSO (West Region) Mumbai Statistics by Public’ on the Statistics Day in memory of Prof. P.C.Mahalanobis
30 June 2008 F.Ram Welcome speech at GATS – India inau- MoHFW New Delhi guration
15 July 2008 S.K.Singh Lecture on ‘Methodological issues in col- NIAAA Connecti- lecting data on convergence of alcohol cut use and risky sexual behaviour in India: U.S.A Evidences from community based and network based approaches in some se- lected slums of Mumbai, India’
9-19 July Kamla Gupta Lecture on ‘Gender Empowerment and Institute of Community Hartford 2008 Spousal Violence: Findings from NFHS-3’ Research, University U.S.A of Connecticut
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IIPS Newsletter Cont…. Date Name of the Fac- Lectures delivered/ Consultancy Provided Organisation/ Place ulty Sponsor 26 July S. Parasuraman Presented the key findings of NFHS-3 for NFHS-3 Ranchi, 2008 S.K.Singh Jharkhand at the NFHS-3 Jharkhand State Jharkhand H.Lhungdim level dissemination seminar
29 July S. Parasuraman Presented the key findings of NFHS-3 for NFHS-3 Patna, 2008 S.K.Singh Bihar at the NFHS-3 Bihar State dissemina- Bihar H.Lhungdim tion seminar
5 August Kamla Gupta Presented the findings of NFHS-3 for Ma- NFHS-3 Mumbai 2008 S. Parasuraman harashtra at the Maharashtra state level dis- S.K.Singh semination seminar and press conference
6 August F.Ram Presented the results of TAC under DLHS -3 MoHFW and IIPS New Delhi 2008 for 15 States
11-12 Kamla Gupta Presented the findings of NFHS-3 for Uttar NFHS-3 Lucknow August S.K.Singh Pradesh at the Uttar Pradesh state level dis- 2008 semination seminar and press conference
14 R.B.Bhagat Lecture on ‘Religious Identity and Census Department of Hu- Kanpur August Enumeration’ manities and Social 2008 Sciences, IIT 6 Septem- Usha Ram Lecture on ‘Basic demography concepts, SNDT University Mumbai ber 2008 demographic transition theory, population structure and population characteristics’ de- livered to the student of M.Sc.(Home Science)
10-11 Kamla Gupta Presented the key findings of NFHS-3- NFHS-3 Raipur, Septem- S. Parasuraman Chhattisgah at the Chhattisgah state level Chhattisgah ber 2008 S.K.Singh dissemination seminar and press conference
19 Sep- S. Parasuraman Lecture on ‘Logistic Regression’ Tata Institute of So- Mumbai tember cial Sciences (TISS) 2008 20 Sep- S. Parasuraman Lecture on ‘Health Situation of Women in K G Joshi College of Thane, tember Maharashtra’ to the Geography Department Arts & N G Bedekar Mumbai 2008 College of Science Cont…. 20 Volume 50 (1& 2) January 2009
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25 S. Parasuraman Lecture on ‘Projection of Labour Force’ deliv- Mumbai University Mumbai September ered in UGC Refresher course, Economic 2008 Department
30 Septem- R.B.Bhagat Lecture on ‘Ecological Issues, Population Indo French techni- Mumbai ber 2008 and Development’ delivered in the meeting of cal Association the Indo French technical Association ( IFTA)
29-30 S.Parasuraman Presented the findings of NFHS-3-Tamil Nadu NFHS-3 Chennai September P. Arokiasamy at the Tamil Nadu State level dissemination 2008 S.K.Singh seminar
4 S.Parasuraman Presented the findings of NFHS-3-Himachal NFHS-3 Shimla October Pradesh at the Himachal Pradesh state level 2008 dissemination seminar
10-11 Kamla Gupta Presented the findings of NFHS-3-Manipur at NFHS-3 Imphal October 2008 S.K.Singh the Manipur state level dissemination seminar and press conference
13-29 F.Ram Served as technical expert to the Govt. of Viet Govt. of Viet Nam Viet Nam October 2008 Nam for Assessing Fertility Mortality and Sex and UNFPA Ratio at Birth
15 October S.Parasuraman Lecture on ‘Population Trends: World and In- Lal Bahadur Shastri Mussoorie 2008 dia’ delivered to the participants of Foundation Academy of Ad- Course ministration
14-15 Kamla Gupta Presented the findings of NFHS-3 on Alcohol National Drug De- New Delhi October 2008 Use Estimate pendence Treat- ment Centre, AIIMS
17 S. Parasuraman Presented the key findings of NFHS-3– Orissa NFHS-3 Bhu- 0ctober 2008 P. Arokiasamy at the Orissa state level dissemination seminar baneshwar
17-19 0cto- T.V.Sekher Chaired a session on ‘Fertility and Contracep- Annual Conference Bangalore ber 2008 tion’ of the IASP
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22-23 Kamla Gupta Invited as a Panel Speaker at International Kannur University Kerala October Conference on Health Development, Issues, 2008 Strategies and Options
3-4 S. Parasuraman Lecture on ‘Techniques in Fertility and Mor- IIHMR Jaipur November tality’ delivered to the Master’s students 2008 4 P. Arokiasamy Presented the findings of NFHS-3– Karna- NFHS-3 Bangalore November taka at the Karnataka state level dissemina- 2008 tion seminar
4-6 No- Usha Ram Discussant at the Plenary Session-I , Institute of Health Pune vember ‘Context and Background of Urban Health’ at Management, Pachod 2008 the Workshop on Health of the Urban Poor and YASHDA in Maharashtra
15 Novem- S.K.Singh Lecture on ‘Statistical methods used in TISS Mumbai ber 2008 Population data analysis’ for the participants in a TISS short term programme
17 Novem- S. Parasuraman Lecture on ‘National family Health Survey Tata Institute of social Mumbai. ber 2008 Methodology’ delivered to the M Phil/Ph D sciences students 19 Novem- S. Parasuraman Lecture on ‘Women’s Empowerment: Meas- Indira Gandhi Institute Mumbai ber 2008 urement Issues’ at the seminar on Women’s for Development Re- empowerment search (IGIDR) 21 Novem- Kamla Gupta Presented the findings of NFHS-3- Punjab NFHS-3 Chandigarh ber 2008 at the Punjab state level dissemination semi- nar and press conference
28 Novem- S. Parasuraman Presented the findings of NFHS-3– Andhra NFHS-3 Hyderabad ber 2008 P. Arokiasamy Pradesh at the Andhra Pradesh state level dissemination seminar and press conference
8 Decem- T.V.Sekher Presented the findings of ‘Child health status MoHFW & IIPS New Delhi ber 2008 in India’ at National Dissemination Seminar
of DLHS-3
9 Kamla Gupta Presented the findings of NFHS-3- Haryana NFHS-3 Panchkula December P. Arokiasamy at the Haryana state level dissemination 2008 seminar and press conference
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Cont…. Date Name of the Fac- Lectures delivered/ Consultancy Provided Organisation/ Place ulty Sponsor 13 K.C.Das Lecture on ‘Environmental Infrastructure De- Thakur College, Mumbai December velopment in India’, delivered to the students Kandivli (E) 2008 of Science and Commerce
23 S. Parasuraman Presented the key findings of NFHS-3 West NFHS-3 Kolkata December S.K.Singh Bengal at the West Bengal State level dis- 2008 H.Lhungdim seminations seminar
VI. SEMINARS/ CONFERENCES/ WORKSHOPS/ MEETINGS/LECTURES ATTENDED
Date Name of the Fac- Seminars/ Conferences/ Meetings/ Organisation/ Place ulty/Research Workshops/ Lectures Attended Sponsor Staff
10 June 2008 Kamla Gupta Consultation meeting on Social Norms: Pre- UNICEF New Delhi venting child marriages an abandonment strategy 11-12 June 2008 Kamla Gupta NFHS-3 Uttarakhand press conference and NFHS-3 Dehradoon S.K.Singh dissemination seminar
28June to Rajiva Prasad RCH Training Programme for Investigators IIPS Manipur 7 July 2008
30 June 2008 F.Ram GATS – India Project bidder workshop MoHFW and New Delhi B.Paswan IIPS
7 July 2008 T. V. Sekher Workshop on History of Public Health in Oxford Brookes Oxford, UK India University and Wellcome Trust
26 July 2008 S. Parasuraman NFHS-3 Jharkhand State level dissemina- NFHS-3 Ranchi S.K.Singh tion seminar H.Lhungdim
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VI. SEMINARS/ CONFERENCES/ WORKSHOPS/ MEETINGS/LECTURES ATTENDED Cont….
Date Name of the Fac- Seminars/ Conferences/ Meetings/ Work- Organisation/ Place ulty/ shops/ Lectures Attended Sponsor Research Staff 28-30 July F.Ram Meeting to discuss net working among partners PPD-A South-South Dhaka 2008 for short term course in Population and Poverty Initiative Bangladesh
29 July 2008 S. Parasuraman NFHS-3 Bihar State dissemination seminar NFHS-3 Patna S.K.Singh H.Lhungdim
5 August Kamla Gupta NFHS-3 Maharashtra State dissemination semi- NFHS-3 Mumbai 2008 S. Parasuraman nar S.K.Singh H.Lhungdim
5 August F.Ram Grant-in Aids Committee meeting for NRHM MoHFW New Delhi 2008 Concurrent Evaluation
8 August H.Lhungdim Meeting on functioning of New sight Committee DGHS (ME) and New Delhi 2008 for Implementation of Reservation for OBC Can- MoHFW,GOI didates in Central Educational Institutes
8-13 August Rajiva Prasad RCH Training programme for Investigators IIPS Nagaland 2008
11-12 Kamla Gupta NFHS-3 Uttar Pradesh press conference and NFHS-3 Lucknow August 2008 S.K.Singh dissemination seminar
26 August F.Ram Grant-in Aids Committee meeting for NRHM MoHFW New Delhi 2008 Concurrent Evaluation Agency selection
26-29 Sayeed Unisa Conference on Reproductive Health Challenges University of Oslo Norway August 2008
30 August F.Ram NACO-TAC for SIMS under NACP-III NACO & MoHFW New Delhi 2008
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Date Name of the Fac- Seminars/ Conferences/ Meetings/ Organisation/ Spon- Place ulty/Research Staff Workshops/ Lectures Attended sor
3 September 2008 F.Ram SIMS Under NACP-III: Evaluation NACO New Delhi Meeting
5 September 2008 Usha Ram Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Population Council New Delhi Quality Assurance Manual for Adoles- cents – AFHS
9 September 2008 F.Ram National Advocacy Workshop sensitiz- Public Health Foun- New Delhi ing various stakeholders on tobacco dation of India and control laws, measures and implemen- MoHFW tation
10-11 September Kamla Gupta NFHS-3 Chhattisgarh State dissemi- NFHS-3 Raipur 2008 S. Parasuraman nation seminar S.K.Singh
15 September Usha Ram The first meeting of the organizing IHMP and YASHADA Pachod 2008 committee for the proposed workshop on Health for the Urban Poor in Ma- harashtra under NUHM’
19 September F.Ram The MIPD Public Lecture Series Management Institute Jaipur 2008 of Population and Development
22 September to Kaushlendra Kumar Workshop cum training programme on Banaras Hindu Uni- Varanasi 4October Stochastic Modelling and its Applica- versity (BHU) 2008 tions
29 September Usha Ram Executive council meeting of the IIPS IIPS Mumbai 2008 29-30 September S.Parasuraman NFHS-3 Tamil Nadu State level dis- NFHS-3 Chennai 2008 P. Arokiasamy semination seminar S.K.Singh
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4 October S.Parasuraman NFHS-3 Himachal Pradesh State NFHS-3 Shimla 2008 S.K.Singh level dissemination seminar H.Lhungdim 4-5 October Kamla Gupta Seminar on Shaping of Navi Mumbai: Indian Women Scien- Navi Mumbai 2008 A.Chattopadhyay Its Physical Environment and Social tists Association Issues (IWSA) and TISS
6-11 October P.Murugesan International Conference on ‘Land use N.M.Christian College, Kanniyakumari 2008 Change, Bio diversity and Climate Marthandam Change’
10 October Kamla Gupta NFHS-3 Manipur State level dis- NFHS-3 Imphal 2008 H.Lhungdim semination seminar
17-19 October Sayeed Unisa XXX Annual Conference of IASP IASP Bangalore 2008 Usha Ram T.V.Sekher Abhishek Singh P.Murugesan Kaushlendra Kumar
17 October S. Parasuraman NFHS-3 Orissa State level dissemi- NFHS-3 Bhubaneshwar 2008 P. Arokiasamy nation seminar H.Lhungdim
31 October S.K. Singh Attended TAG meeting of Pathfinders IIPS Patna 2008 International to discuss the operational issues of Prachar project in some se- lected districts of Bihar
4-6 November R. B. Bhagat Workshop on ‘Health of the Urban Institute of Health Pune 2008 Usha Ram Poor in Maharashtra’ Management, Pachod Chander Shekhar and YASHADA
6 November Kamla Gupta Workshop on Health Information Sys- International Public New Delhi 2008 tem Health Institute
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10-11 Novem- R.K.Sinha South Asian Regional Conference Institute of Economic New Delhi ber S.K.Mohanty on Demographic Scenarios, Em- Growth 2008 ployment and Social Security Is- sues of Aged and Vulnerable
10 November H.Lhungdim Meeting with the Department of GOI New Delhi 2008 Drinking Water Supply, Ministry of Rural Development
10-14 Novem- S.K.Singh IT training for the coordinators and IIPS Mumbai ber 2008 research staff of GATS -India pro- ject organized at during
12 November Usha Ram Release Event of the ‘2008 State of UNFPA Mumbai 2008 D.A. Nagdeve World Population Report’ of United (Maharashtra) Nations Population Fund
14 November F.Ram Meeting on discussing Mapping/ NACO New Delhi 2008 Listing & Estimation of HRG
17-22 Novem- D.A. Nagdeve Training Course on Planning and Centre for Rural Infrastruc- Hyderabad ber 2008 Management of Rural Healthcare ture National Institute of Rural Development
21 November Kamla Gupta NFHS-3 Punjab State level dis- NFHS-3 Chandigarh 2008 S.K.Singh semination seminar H.Lhungdim
21 November F.Ram CHARME Project meeting by Fam- Karnataka Health Promotion ISEC, 2008 ily Health International, ICMR and Trust Bangalore London University, UK
25 F.Ram 1st TAC for 2011 Census meeting Registrar General of India New Delhi November 2008 at RGI
27-28 R. B. Bhagat Workshop on Urban Neoliberalism: Tata Institute of Mumbai November Restructuring South Asian Cities Social Sciences 2008
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28 S. Parasuraman NFHS-3 Andhra Pradesh State level dis- NFHS-3 Hyderabad November P. Arokiasamy semination seminar 2008 8 December F.Ram National Dissemination Seminar of District IIPS and MoHFW New Delhi 2008 S.Lahiri Level Household Survey (DLHS-3) L.Ladusingh B.Paswan Sayeed Unisa Rajiva Prasad T.V.Sekher Chander Shekhar
12-13 All Faculties National Seminar on Methodological Issues IIPS,UNDP and IIPS, December 2008 in Measuring Millennium development UNPFA Mumbai Goals in Districts of India
15 December R.B. Bhagat NRHM meeting MoHFW MoHFW 2008 D.A. Nagdeve New Delhi Usha Ram Abhishek Singh
15-19 S. Parasuraman Meeting on Population Ageing Scenario in Harvard School of Harvard, December 2008 T.V.Sekher India Public Health USA
18-22 D.A. Nagdeve XXXII Indian Social Science Congress Indian Academy of New Delhi December 2008 Social Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia,
19 H.Lhungdim NFHS-3 Sikkim State level dissemination NFHS-3 Gangtok December 2008 seminar
23 S. Parasuraman NFHS-3 West Bengal State level dissemi- NFHS-3 Kolkata December 2008 S.K.Singh nations seminar H.Lhungdim
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52nd IIPS Foundation Day
Prof.. F. Ram, Director and Dr. K.C. Das Dance by students
The 52nd Foundation Day of the Institute was celebrated on 14th August, 2008. The Foundation day Celebration was inaugurated by Director Prof. F. Ram. A grand cultural programme was organized on this occasion. The IIPS family mem- bers namely students, teachers, staff and their families took active part in the cultural programme and made the eve- ning colorful. The new students of MPS and DPS programme performed a vari- A solo number by Mr. Bhalerao, Skit by the students ety of highly entreating programs. The IIPS Security guard cultural programme was coordinated by Dr. K.C.Das.
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Being a premier institution of Population Studies in the country, IIPS conducts research in a number of fields concerning population problems of the region using its own resources as well as through external funding. The ongoing projects at IIPS are given below
IIPS funded Projects
Sr.no Title of the project (IIPS funded) Name of the Coordinator/s
1 Assessment of management and quality of health & family planning welfare Rajiva Prasad services in Bihar and Orissa. Prof. C.P. Prakasam R. .Upadhyay
2 Migration, population growth and changing demographic scenario in NE K.C.Das and eastern states of India Rajiva Prasad
3 Health Infrastructure and MCH Care in the Rural Areas of India Manoj Alagarajan, M.Gururswamy
4 Women’s Work, Health and Fertility Behaviour in Rural Maharashtra: A D. A. Nagdeve Case Study of Bhandara district Sulabha Parasuraman
5 Follow-up Survey of Childless Women in Andhra Pradesh Sayeed Unisa
6 Health System Decentralization at District level: A Pilot Study in Maharash- T.V. Sekher tra and Karnataka Chander Shekhar S. Parasuraman
7 Linkages between Availability of Basic Amenities with Demographic and D. A. Nagdeve Health Aspects of the Population in the EAG States
8 Cost Analysis of Reproductive and Child Health Services including Family M.Guruswamy Planning, Immunization and MTP: An Exploratory Study of Two Districts In S.K.Mohanty Maharashtra
9 Exploring Contextual, Family and Neighborhood Effects on Morbidity, Nutri- L. Ladusingh tion and Growth Pattern of Children in Thane District. Sayeed Unisa
10 Integration of family planning programme services with reproductive health Prof. K.Srinivasan services: An evaluation of inputs, processes and impact in three states. Chander Shekhar P Arokiasamy 11 Assistance for the urban poor woman through self help groups Aparajitha chattopadhyay M.Guruswamy 12 Construction of Abridged life tables: districts in India, 2001& 1991 P.Krishna Murthy Sulabha Parasuraman
13 The Speed and Trend of Ageing in India: A Regional Analysis (1971-2001) H. Lhungdim
14 Pattern of urbanization and metropolitan growth in India: 1971-2001 R.B.Bhagat K.C.Das
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Sr.no Title of the project (IIPS funded) Name of the Coordinator/s
15 Socio-psycho, economic and health concerns of elderly in rural B. Paswan Uttar Pradesh Chander Shekhar
16 Functional classification of Indian towns/UAs K.C.Das Prof. T.K.Roy 17 Availability of health facility (including ICDS) and utilisation of RCH Usha Ram services: Evidence from DLHS II F. Ram
18 Fertility and health seeking behaviour among Gond tribes of Chattis- Dewaram A. Nagdeve garh 19 Urban-rural Differentials in Fertility and health seeking Behaviour Rajiva Prasad among scheduled Tribes in Nandurbar District of Maharashtra D.A. Nagdeve Prakash H. Fulpagare
20 Inequality in human development by selected social and economic F.Ram groups in India S.K.Mohanty
21 Are the urban poor doing better than their rural counterparts? A M Guruswamy comparative study of selected development parameters A. Chattopadhyay
22 Empirical Modeling of Child Nutritional Status Sayeed Unisa
Outside funded Projects
Sr.no Title of the project (Outside funded) Funding Agencies Name of the Coordinator/s
1 DLHS-3 of RCH project Ministry of Health and Family Wel- F. Ram (District Level Household and Facility Survey) fare (MoHFW), Government of L. Ladusingh India. B. Paswan Sayeed Unisa Rajiva Prasad T. V. Sekher Chander Shekhar
2 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3) USAID, UNICEF, UNFPA, DFID, Kamla Gupta Gates Foundation and MoHFW, Sulabha Parasuraman Government of India. P. Arokiasamy S.K. Singh H. Lhungdim
3 Youth in India: situation and needs study Packard Foundation and MacAr- F. Ram thur Foundation Usha Ram S. K. Mohanty Abhishek Singh
4 Population Environment Centre Ministry of Environment and For- R. B. Bhagat ests, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
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Sr.no Title of the project (Outside funded) Funding Agencies Name of the Coordinator/s
4 Strengthening State Plans for Human Devel- United Nation Development Program (UNDP) and F. Ram opment: District Level Vital Statistics- Planning Commission Usha Ram Methodology, Software and Training Chander Shekhar
5 Alcohol, Sexual Health Risk and HIV preven- National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Addiction, Kamla Gupta tion in Mumbai- India (referred as ASHRA) Washington D.C. S. Lahiri S.K. Singh
6 Study of Global Ageing and Adult Health The World Heath Organization, Geneva and the P. Arokiasamy (SAGE)- India, 2007 USAID, New Delhi. S. Parasuraman H. Lhungdim T. V. Sekher
7 Estimation of AIDS Mortality using different UNAIDS through National Institute of Medical Statis- Abhishek Singh Methodologies in India tics, New Delhi S.M.Thatte
8 Population Projection 2007-17 for the States National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorgan- Chander Shekhar and Union Territories by Rural, Urban and ised Sector, Government of India S.M. Thatte SC/ST
9 Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS-INDIA), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), S. Lahiri, 2008 Government of India; Centre for Disease Control S.Parasuraman (CDC), Atlanta and World Health Organisation L.Ladusingh (WHO) B. Paswan S.K. Singh K.C.Das
10 Concurrent Evaluation of NRHM MoHFW Govt. of India R.B.Bhagat Usha Ram H.Lhungdim Dewaram A. Nagdeve Abhishek Singh Manoj Alagarajan
11 Shaping Demand and Practices to Improve Population Council Usha Ram Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Abhishek Singh Health and Nutrition Outcomes in Northern T.K.Roy India: A Landscaping Grant
12 Revalidating Mapping and Size Estimation of National AIDS Control Organisation F. Ram HRGs in 17 States of India S.K. Singh H. Lhungdim K.C.Das
13 Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI) - NIA, NIH, USA and MoHFW, Govt. of India P. Arokiasamy Pilot S.Parasuraman T. V. Sekher S. K. Mohanty
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Prof. S. Lahiri and Prof. Saxena ( R) who has given the lecture Audience at the Chandrasekaran Memorial Lecture on “Consanguineous marriages” at the Chandrasekaran Memo- (R-L) Prof. R.B.Bhagat, Mr. Nirmal, Dr. M. K. Kulkarni, rial Lecture held at IIPS on 24th October, 2008. Prof. S. Unisa and Prof. Sulabha Parasuraman
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES
Name of Faculty/Research Staff Organisation
H. Lhungdim International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), France T.V.Sekher Asian Population Association (APA), Thailand
S.K.Mohanty Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP), India International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), France 2009-2010
Chander Shekhar Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies, Member of International Research Team, Sweden International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), France – (Award membership) Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP), India Indian Association of Social Science and Health (IASSH) Indian Social Science Association, India Asian Population Association (APA), Thailand
A. Chattopadhyay International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), France Geographical Society of India
Kaushlendra Kumar International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), France Asian Population Association (APA), Thailand Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP), India
Vaithialingam Indian Association of Social Science and Health (IASSH) P.Murugesan
P.H. Fulpagare Board of Maganement (Bom) for Janshikshan Sansthan - Dharavi, Mumbai
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International Conference on
Alcohol, Sexuality and HIV Research and Prevention in India
IIPS is going to organize an International Conference on ‘Alcohol, Sexuality and HIV Re- search and Prevention in India’ during 1-4 August, 2009. This conference, the first of its kind in India, which will examine the role that alcohol plays in contributing to sexuality and sexual risk related to sexually transmitted diseases and HIV. Indian and non-Indian re- searchers working with Indian partners are invited to submit posters for two special inter- active poster sessions on topics related to the conference agenda. Themes for the Conference
* New Approaches Exploring the Links between Alcohol use, Sexuality and STIs/HIV. * Methodological Innovations in Research on Alcohol use, and Sexuality. * Epidemiology and Demographics of Drinking and Sexuality. * Research with Implications for Interventions and Policies to Prevent or Reduce Alcohol Use and Sexual Risk
The organizing committee members are Dr. Faujdar Ram, Dr. Jean J. Schensul, Dr. Subrata Lahiri, Dr. Kamla Gupta, Dr. S. K. Singh and Dr. Kendall J. Bryant
For details about the conference and registration please visit the following website: http://www.alchivconf2009.in
To Contact the Conference Secretariat: Tel: +91-22-25563254 / 55 / 56; Fax: 91-22-25563257; E-mail: [email protected]
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