• Maternal And Child Health Nuptiality.

• Ph. D. in Social Demography from Bangalore University in 1998. - Topic: "Mate Selection and Age at Marriage among Rural Females: Study of the Vokkaliga Community in Karnataka".

• M A In Sociology

Articles

• Maternal Health and Family Planning Among Maid Servants In Bangalore City. Journl of social and Economic Development, Bangalore, Vol. II, No.1, Jan-June 1999.

• Cultural Factors and Pre-Puberty Marriages in Karnataka (Co- author), Man In India 77 (4): 363-374. December 1997.

• Janasankhya Belavanige Kutumba Yojane Hagu Arogya Soukaryagalu (Co- author) in Prof Abdul Aziz and K G Vasuki (edited) Karnaataka Arthikahe, Kannada University, Hampi. 1997.

• Differential Acceptance of Family Planning Methods in High Performance District in Karnataka (Co-Author). The Journal of Family Welfare. Vol.40 No.2, 1994.

• Incidence Of Widowhood In Karnataka In Nagesh H V ., Nair P S And Katti, A P edited Widowhood in India (Co- author), Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Educational Trust, Ujire and Janaaaata Sikshana Samithi, Dharwad. 1988.

• Infant And Childhood Mortality In Karnataka:Levels, Trends And Differentials, Assessed through Indirect Techniques (Co-author), Health and Population Perspectives and Issues. Vol.8, No 3, 1985.