• Population and Health

• Women and child Health

• Ph.D In Population Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai (1994)
  Title of the Thesis: Effect of Infant and Child Mortality on Fertility and Family Planning Acceptance in Goa.

• M.Phil in Population Sciences, IIPS, Mumbai (1989)

• Certificate Course in Population Sciences (CPS), IIPS Mumbai (1988)

• M Sc Anthropology, University of Pune (1987)

Articles

• Menopause: An Emerging Issue in India (with M Sivakami). Economic and Political Weekly, 2005. Vol. 40(47).

• Does Community Level Mortality affect Reproductive Performance of women? Evidences from Goa, India. The Anthropologist, Vol.6, 2004.

• Relationship Between Socio-Demographic Factors and Child Survival: Evidences from Goa, India, Indian Journal of Human Ecology, Vol.16, No.2, 2004.

• Do Health Worker Female Equipped to Provide Primary Health Care in Tribal areas? Evidences from Tribal Andhra Pradesh. Studies of Tribes and Tribals, No.2, Vol 2, 2004.

• Nutritional status of Adolescent Girls of Urban slums and the impact of IEC on their nutritional knowledge and practices Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2002

• Relationship between Infant and Child Mortality and Fertility: An Enquiry into Goan Women. Indian Journal of Pediatrics, Vol. 69, December 2001.

• Project on "Functioning of Ultrasound Sonography Centres in Karnataka" (with M Sivakami). 2005. This project is sponsored by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.

• Project on "Menopause: An Emerging Issue in India" (with M Sivakami), 2004. This report is based on the NFHS-II data that was prepared for the institute (ISEC) during 2004.

• Pilot Project on "Maternal Mortality in Karnataka" (with M. Sivakami), 2003. This project is jointly done by ICMR and PRC, Bangalore and funded by MOHFW during 2003

• Project on Sex Differentials in Nutritional Status and Morbidity among Children in Karnataka