Article title: “Impact of one-on-one detailing and mass media on community use of ORS and zinc during a scale-up program in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh” submitted to Journal of Global Health; Chronos reference number: D66EB432-B375-4C5A-9712-97D1C43A745A
V Shastri, S Ganguly “Family Planning Needs during the Extended Postpartum Period in a High Fertility State Bihar in Northern India” Paper presented in The XXXIII. International Conference on Population and Development, Paris, France, November 28-30, 2012. Paper accepted for publication in a special Journal Issue of International Journal of Social and Human Sciences.
V Shastri “Reasons for Low Use of Modern Spacing
Methods in a High Fertility State "Bihar" in Northern India and its
potentials” Paper presented in The
XXXIII. International Conference on Population and Development, Paris, France, November 28-30, 2012. Paper accepted for publication in a special Journal Issue of International Journal of Social and
Human Sciences.
S Ganguly, V Shastri “BirthPreparedness for Safe Delivery: A Matrix of Beneficiaries and Health Providersin Bihar, India” Paper
presented in the Global Maternal and Child Health conference (2013) held in
Tanzania, January 15-17, 2013.
V Shastri “Unmet Need
of Family Planning during Extended Postpartum
Period in Bihar” Paper presented in the poster session of the Annual
conference of Population Association of America (PAA, April 2013).
V Shastri, S Das, S Velu. “A Strategic Communication Campaign to Generate Demand for prevention of
Parent to Child Transmission (PPTCT) Services in India” International
Communication Association (ICA) June 2010.
Shastri V. "Family Planning Needs during the Extended
Postpartum Period in North Indian States" Population Association of
America (PAA) meeting March 31st, 2011.
Shastri V, Ram F “A study of health seeking behaviour among
rural youth women in central India” poster presentation at Investing in
Young People's Health and Development: Research That Improves Policies and
Programs Conference Abuja, Nigeria April 27-30, 2008. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2579279
Shastri V "South Asian Countries: Population, Economy
and Ageing", Published in ENCOUNTER, Journal of Policy Research &
Development Initiatives, Volume 4 No. 3, May/June 2001.
Srinivasan K, Shastri
V "A Set Of Population Projections
of India and the Larger States Based on 2001 Census Results "
published by Planning Commission (http://planningcommission.nic.in/reports/genrep/bkpap2020/25_bg2020.pdf) as a reference material for VISION 2020 Document.
Shastri V, Ram F
"Infant Mortality in Uttar Pradesh
and Madhya Pradesh" Paper published in the IASP journal
"Demography India"(2001).
Shastri V "India's Population - Challenges Ahead",
this paper was selected as best paper in IASP's annual conference, held at BHU,
Varanasi in February 1998. Received Chandrasekharan award for is paper. IASP
has published this paper in its special volume of "Demography India".
Srinivasan K and
Shastri V "Errors in age reporting
of children in the 2001 Census: A preliminary appraisal " in the
Symposium on Sex Ratio in India, jointly organized by IIPS Mumbai and the Ford
Foundation on 10-11 January, 2002. Paper published in an edited book on
symposium by IIPS, Mumbai.
Shastri V "
Measuring Inter-State Disparity in levels
of Rural Development in India using Principal Components Method of Factor
Analysis” Journal of Rural Development (1999).
Shastri V. and Ram F.
“Health Seeking Behaviour and Utilisation
of Reproductive Health Services for Gynaecological Problems- A Study among
Rural Women in Central India”, Indian Journal of Community Medicine.
Sathyanarayana K.M.,
Agarwal D. and Shastri V. “The
Development Context of Population” Paper published in a book edited by Institute
of Economic Growth, New Delhi (June, 2007).
Shastri V. and Ram F. "Reported
Symptoms of Menstrual and Other Gynaecological Problems among Women in a Study
Population of Rural Central India" presented in Population Association
of America (PAA) 2001 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, USA, March 29-31, 2001.
Received grant from the Andrew Mellon Foundation, USA
Shastri V. and Ram F. "Treatment
Seeking Behavior for Various Gynecological Morbidities - A Qualitative Study of
Illness Representation" presented in Population Association of America
(PAA) 2001 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, USA, March 29-31, 2001. Received
grant from the Andrew Mellon Foundation, USA
