• Ageing

• HIV/AIDS

• Public Health

• Ph.D in Population Studies (2007): International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai. "Health, Family and Social Adjustment of Elderly in Rural Maharashtra”.

• M.Phil in Population Studies (2002): International Institute of Population Sciences, Mumbai.

• M.A in Geography (2000): Amravati University, Amravati, Maharashtra.

Articles

• “Immunization of Children in North-Eastern States of India”, Journal of Empirical Research in Social Science, Vol. 2 No. 1-2 March, 2007, Guwahati, India.

• “From Home to Old Age Home: A Situational Appraisal of Elderly in Old Age Homes in Maharashtra”. HelpAge India Research & Development Journal, Vol. XII (3) October 2006, New Delhi.

• “Perceived Health status of Elderly in Rural Maharashtra: A Case Study of Amravati”, Ageing and Society, The Indian Journal of Gerontology, Vol. XVI No. III, July-Sep., 2006, Calcutta.

Research Projects Ongoing

• Project on “Conducting Behaviour Change Impact Survey (BCIS) Phase 1 among female workers in selected five garment companies in Bangalore, Karnataka focusing HIV prevention as well as Treatment of Tuberculosis”.

• Project entitled “Knowledge and Risk Behaviour among Youth in High HIV Prevalent States in Southern India”, 2008.

Recent Presentation of Papers for Conferences and Seminars

1. “Risk Perception and Behaviour among Youth in High HIV Prevalent States in Southern India”, at XXX Annual Conference of IASP held at Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore during October 17^th – 19^th, 2008.

2. “Health Care Utilization in Karnataka: A Regional Perspective”, presented in the 3rd International Geography Conference on “World Tourism, Environment and Sustainable Development”, during 26^th–28^th September, 2008, at Nagpur, Maharashtra.

3.  “Health Status of Elderly in Rural Maharashtra: Do Socio-Economic Differentials Matter?”. Presented in the International Conference on Population, Health and Human Resources in India’s Development, during 24-25 March 2008, at Institute of Economic Change, Delhi, India.   

4. “Perceived Risk and Vulnerability to HIV of Youth in Uttarakhand”. Presented in the National Seminar on Population, Environment and Development in Uttarakhand, during 17 - 19 March, 2008, Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

5. “Living Arrangement and Health of Elderly in Rural Maharashtra”. Presented in the Bhopal Seminar: Contemporary Issues in Population and Health at Bhopal from 23 through 25 January 2008.

6. “From Home to Old Age Home: A Situational Appraisal of Elderly in Old Age Homes in Maharashtra”. At the National Seminar on Population of Madhya Pradesh, at Bhopal from 18 through 20 January 2006.

7. “Perceived Health status of Elderly in Rural Maharashtra: Do Socio-Economic Differentials Explain Anything?”. At the National Seminar on Population and Ageing, UGC–Special Assistance Programme (Phase-I), Department of Population Studies Sri Venkateshwara University: Tirupati. During 10-11 March, 2006.

8. “Inequality in Health Care Utilization among Tribes and Non-tribes in the Central-West States of India: Evidence from NFHS-2”, at the National Seminar on Tribal Demography, Health and Development in India, Raipur, 25-27 February 2005. 

9.  Participated in the seminar on “Follow-up of the National Population policy 2002” IIPS, Mumbai, India, October 25-27, 2004.

10.  “Immunization Coverage in Northeastern States: A District Level Analysis”, at the National Seminar on Population and Development in North East India, February 25-27, 2004, which was held in North East Hill University, Shilong.

Workshops/ Trainings

1. TOT for the Rapid Appraisal of “NRHM and for the Training of SPSS Software to PRCs”, during 22nd -24th September 2008, at New Delhi.

2. “Improving Child Sex Ratio - A Step to Counter Missing Women”, during 11–13 February 2008, at National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Hyderabad, A.P.  

3. “Data user workshop on National Family Health Survey 3    (NFHS 3)” in Institute for Social and Economic Change, during 2-3 January 2008. 

4. Workshop on Scientific Writing for Reproductive Health Programmes jointly organized by the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai and the FRONTIERS Programmes of the Population Council, India, and the World Health Organization (WHO), held at the IIPS, Mumbai, India, on 16-19 May 2006.

5. 1^st Summer Program on Large Scale Survey Research: Theory and Practice: June 02-22, 2003, IIPS, Mumbai.

Memberships

1. Life member of Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP), New Delhi, India.

2. Life Member of “The Deccan Geographer”, Research Journal of the Deccan Geographical Society, Pune  

Dr. Dhananjay W. Bansod
Assistant Professor
Population Research Centre
Institute for Social and Economic Change
Nagarabhavi P.O. BANGALORE-560072, India
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e-mail: dhananjay@isec.ac.in , dbansod@gmail.com