Ph.D.(Population Studies)
(2001) from International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai
under the guidance of Prof. F.Ram, Director, IIPS, Mumbai.
Title of Ph.D. thesis:
"A Study of Self-Reported Symptoms of Reproductive Morbidity among
Early-Youth Women in Rural Madhya Pradesh".
Received monetary grant from the Ford foundation for the
fieldwork related to research.
Advance Certificate courses in Bio-Statistics from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in “Advance Statistics for Life Sciences” and “Statistics and R for the Life Sciences”.
Completed advance certificate courses in Bio-Statistics (“Advance Statistics for Life Sciences” and “Statistics and R for the Life Sciences”) from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health;
Completed “Advance Specialization in Data Sciences” from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Successfully completed certificate courses in Global Health topics (1- M&E Fundamentals; 2 - Gender M&E and 3- Knowledge Management (KM) in Global Health Programs) from Global Health e-Learning Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Advance Certificate courses in Bio-Statistics from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in “Advance Statistics for Life Sciences” and “Statistics and R for the Life Sciences”.
Completed advance certificate courses in Bio-Statistics (“Advance Statistics for Life Sciences” and “Statistics and R for the Life Sciences”) from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health;
Completed “Advance Specialization in Data Sciences” from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Successfully completed certificate courses in Global Health topics (1- M&E Fundamentals; 2 - Gender M&E and 3- Knowledge Management (KM) in Global Health Programs) from Global Health e-Learning Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Master of Population Studies
(M.P.S.) (1995) from International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS),
Mumbai in May 1995 with 'A' grade.
Optional: Health Economics.
M.A. (Economics) (1994) with
specialization in Regional Planning and Economic Growth
(Major optional's Quantitative Economics & Econometrics) from Bhopal University in 1994, with Ist division.
Qualified the National Eligibility Test
(N.E.T.) for Lectureship conducted by University Grants Commission
(U.G.C.) with Economics as optional, in June 1994.
Certificate Course on Leadership
in Strategic Health Communication Workshop organized by Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health during May 3 - May 10th, 2009.
Successfully completed Basic/Refresher Curriculum
for IRB Members, IRB Training English International Modules Curriculum and
Social and Behavioral Responsible Conduct of Research Curriculum from CITI
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative by University of Miami.
Successfully completed globally recognized e-learning course on “Research Ethics” organized by The Global Health Network - Global Health Training Centre globalhealthtrainingcentre.org/eLearning Certificate Number 77241.
Successfully completed globally recognized e-learning course on “Research Ethics” organized by The Global Health Network - Global Health Training Centre globalhealthtrainingcentre.org/eLearning Certificate Number 77241.
Awards & Honours
Received grant from the Andrew Mellon Foundation, USA to present two research papers from Ph.D. work in Population Association of America (PAA) 2001 Annual meeting in Washington DC.
Received monetary grant from the Ford Foundationproject on Reproductive Health for the fieldwork related to Ph.D. work.
Received Chandra Sekharan Award for writing best paper on the topic "India's Population - Challenges Ahead" conducted by the IASP in its annual conference held at B.H.U., Varanasi in February 1998.
