• Ageing

• Public Health

• Large Scale Survey Research

• 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.

Books

• Elderly and Coping Mechanisms: Health, Family and Social Adjustment of Elderly in Rural Maharashtra, India, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH & Co., Germany, 2011.

• Population, Gender and Health in India: Methods, Processes and Policies, K S James, Arvind Pandey, Dhananjay W Bansod and Lekha Subaiya (eds), Academic Foundation, New Delhi, 2010.

Publications in Scientific Journals

1. "Care and Support during Twilight Years: Perception of Elderly from Rural Maharashtra on Their Descendants", Indian Journal of Gerontology, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2011, Jaipur.

2. (Forthcoming) "Status, Decision Making Role and Expectations of Elderly in Rural Maharashtra, India", Asia-Pacific Population Journal, United Nation ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand   

3. (Forthcoming) "Perceived risk and vulnerability to HIV of youth in Uttarakhand", in T. V. Shekar et al. (eds.) Book, Academic Foundation, New Delhi, 2011. (co-author: Benoy Peter)

4. "Health Status of Elderly in Rural Maharashtra: Do Socio-Economic Differentials Matter?" in S. C. Gulati (eds.) Population, Health and Human Resources in India’s Development, Academic Foundation, New Delhi, 2011. (co-author: B. Paswan)

5. “Perception of Elderly on Their Children: A Case of Rural Maharashtra”, in K N S Yadava and Alok Kumar (Eds.) AGEING: SOME EMERGING ISSUES - Profiles, Trends and Policy Perspectives, Manak Publications, Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, India, 2010,

6. "Perceived Risk and Behaviour among Youth: A Comparative Study of High and Low HIV Prevalent States in India", in K S James, Arvind Pandey, Dhananjay W. Bansod and Lekha Subaiya (eds.) Population Gender and Health in India: Methods, Processes and Policies, Academic Foundation, New Delhi, 2010.

7.  "Health Care Utilization in Karnataka: A Regional Perspective", International Geography Journal. The Deccan Geographer, Vol. 48(2) 2009, Pune. (co-author: M Lingaraju)

8. "Living Arrangement and its effect on Health of Elderly in Rural Maharashtra", The Indian Journal of Social Work (IJSW), Vol. 70 (1); 2009, Mumbai.    

9. "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. (co-authors: L K Dwivedi and B Paswan)

10. "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. (co-author: B. Paswan)

11. "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. (co-author: B. Paswan)

Research Projects Ongoing

• "Building Knowledge Base on Ageing in India: A Series of Programmatic and Research Studies" (with Prof. K S James & Others); Funded by UNFPA, New Delhi.

• "Sub-national Estimation of MDG Goals Indicators: An Analysis of Two States with Differential Quality of Data", (with Prof. K S James & Dr. T S Syamala); Funded by UNFPA, New Delhi, September 2009 ongoing

1. "Knowledge and Risk Behaviour among Youth: A Comparative Study of High and Low HIV Prevalent States in India", ISEC, 2008 Bangalore.

2. "Behaviour Change Impact Survey (BCIS) Phase 1 among Female Workers in Selected Garment Companies in Bangalore, Karnataka Focusing HIV Prevention as well as Treatment of Tuberculosis", (With T.S. Syamala). This Project Sponsored by Project CONNECT, Population Services International (PSI), ISEC, 2008, Bangalore.

3. "Rapid Appraisal of NRHM Implementation", (with K.S. James, T.S. Syamala, R. Mutharayappa, and Lekha Subaiya) September, 2008 to April, 2009. Funded by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi.

4. "Monitoring of RCH-DLHS 3 in Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu States", (with K.S. James, T.S. Syamala, T. N. Bhat) September, 2007 to October, 2008. Funded by UNICEF and granted by MoH&FW, Govt. of India, New Delhi.

Recent Presentation of Papers for Conferences and Seminars

1. "Health and Labour Force Participation of Elderly in India: An Investigation", presented at National Conference 2011 organized by International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai at Rajasthan University, Jaipur during April 4-6, 2011.

2. "Inequality in Health and Health Care Utilization among Tribes and Non-Tribes in India", XXXII Annual Conference of IASP-2010, during November 28-30, 2010 at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa.

3. "Linkages between Health and Work Force Participation of Elderly in India:  An Investigation", Presented at 1^st Asian Population Association Conference (APA) 2010, during November 15 –20, 2010 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.

4. "Knowledge and Risk Behaviour among Youth in Karnataka", Presented in 2^nd National Conference of Society for Indian Medical Anthropology (SIMA) on India’s Health Care Challenges held at Department of Anthropology, Kannada University, Hampi, Karnataka, during 1–3 February 2010.

5. "A Paradox of Women’s Work Participation in India: Special Reference to Punjab". Presented in National Seminar on Population and Development: Issues and Challenges in Punjab, organized by International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai and at Center for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), Chandigarh, during 3-4 March 2009.

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

7. "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.   

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

9. "Living Arrangement and Health of Elderly in Rural Maharashtra". Selected and Presented in the Bhopal Seminar: Contemporary Issues in Population and Health at Bhopal, during 23-25 January 2008.

10. "Health Status of Elderly in Rural Maharashtra: Do Socio-Economic Differentials Matter?" Selected and Presented in the 6^th International Conference on Health Economics, Management and Policy, at Athens, Greece, during 4-6 June 2007.

11. Attended International Conference on "Emerging Population Issues in the Asia-Pacific Region: Challenges for the 21^st Century" held at Hotel Grand Hyatt, Mumbai organized by International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India, during 10-13 December 2006.

12. "Perceived Health status of Elderly in Rural Maharashtra: Do Socio-Economic Differentials Explain Anything?". Selected and Presented in 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.  

13. "From Home to Old Age Home: A Situational Appraisal of Elderly in Old Age Homes in Maharashtra". Selected and Presented in the National Seminar on Population of Madhya Pradesh, at Bhopal during 18 - 20 January 2006.

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

15. Attended Seminar on "Follow-up of the National Population Policy 2002" at International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India, during 25-27 October 2004.

16. "Immunization Coverage in Northeastern States: A District Level Analysis", presented in the National Seminar on Population and Development in North-East India, held at North East Hill University, Shilong, during 25-27 February 2004.

Workshops/ Trainings

1. Attended 42^nd Summer Seminar on Population and Workshop on Communicating with Policy Makers about Population and Health held at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, from May 28 to June 18, 2011.

2. Attended Annual Review Meeting of PRCs convened by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare at NIHFW, New Delhi, July 26-27, 2010.

3. Workshop on “Data Quality for HMIS” at National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi during 11th – 13th May, 2010, organized by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India.

4. Attended International Conference on "Environment, Agriculture and Food Security", at Dept. of Geography, Bangalore University, Bangalore during 19-21    February 2010.

5. Attended the one-day dissemination seminar on "Youth in India: Situation and Needs", at Hyderabad on 22 January 2010, jointly organized by International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai and Principal Secretary, Health, Medical & Family Welfare Department, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh.

6. Attended the workshop on "Methodologies for Small Area Estimation", at ISEC, Bangalore April 24-25, 2009 organized by ISEC and UNFPA. 

7. Attended two days workshop on "Application of Geographic Information Technology", at the Dept. of Geography and Geo-informatics, Bangalore University, Bangalore, During March 23-24, 2009

8. Short course on "Family Planning and Reproductive Health" organized jointly by the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai and Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA, during 12-23, January 2009, at IIPS, Mumbai. 

9. Attended Data Dissemination Seminar  on "Karnataka National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-3  Findings", held at Hotel Capitol, November 4, 2008, Bangalore, organized by Government of Karnataka and International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai

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

11. Workshop on "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.  

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

13. District Level Household Survey (DLHS) -3 "Training of Trainers’ Workshop", during 24 September - 5 October, 2007, at Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

14. 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.

15. "1^st Summer Program on Large Scale Survey Research: Theory and Practice", during June 02-22, 2003, IIPS, Mumbai.

Memberships

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

2. Annual Member of International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), France, 2009-2010.

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

4. Member of Asian Population Association (APA), Bangkok, Thailand - 10330.

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