Population Research Centre (PRC)
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Centre Activities
Teaching
A core function of the Population Research Centre (PRC) is to train Ph.D. scholars. Each academic year four papers are offered for Population Studies as part of the Ph.D curriculum. These include advanced level courses in demographic techniques using both direct and indirect methods, population and development, and theories of population processes.
Ph.D Students on Rolls
Sr. No. | Name of Student | Batch | Discipline | Tentative/Finalised Topic of Research | Guide |
1 | Mr Bikram Barman | 2021 | Development Studies | Poverty Among Older Adults: A Life Course Approach | Dr. Lekha Subaiya |
2 | Ms Ranjita Ghosh | 2021 | Development Studies | Menopausal transition and Gynaecological Morbidities among Women in India | Dr. T S Syamala |
3 | Mr. Akash Jash | 2020 | Sociology | Urban Lakes as Contested Social Spaces: The Urban Transformation of Lakes in Bangalore | Dr. Lekha Subaiya |
4 | Ms. Madhubrota Chatterjee | 2020 | Development Studies | Ageing and Care Needs: A Study in Kolkata | Dr. T S Syamala |
5 | Ms. Madhuwanti Mitro | 2020 | Development Studies | Migrant Childhoods: Spatiality, Meaning-making and Perceptions of Bengali Child Migrants | Dr. Lekha Subaiya |
6 | N. Prajwal | 2017 | Sociology | Moving together: Equitable Access to Mobility Infrastructure for Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities in Bengaluru | Dr. Lekha Subaiya |
7 | Ms Anamika Das | 2015 | Development Studies | Domestic Violence against Women and its Impact on Women and Child Health: A Study in West Bengal | Dr C M Lakshmana |
8 | Mr Ankit Anand (Part-time) | 2014 | Development Studies | Quality of Life, Social Networks and Health of Elderly Living in Old-Age Homes | Dr T S Syamala |
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9 | Mr Pautunthang | 2015 | Development Studies | Demographic Transition and Familial Changes: A case of Single Child Families in India | Dr T S Syamala |
10 | Mr Kinkar Mondal | 2015 | Development Studies | Childhood Morbidity in India: A Comparative Analysis | Dr Lekha Subaiya |
Ph.D Degree Awarded
Sr. No. | Name of Student | Batch | Discipline | Tentative/Finalised Topic of Research | Guide |
1 | Dr Prem Shankar Mishra | 2015 | Development Studies | Achieving Universal Health coverage in India: A Study Based on Equity and Access to MCH Services | Dr T S Syamala |
2 | Dr Raju Sarkar | 2014 | Development Studies | Linkages of Urbanization and Demographic Behaviour in India | Dr C M Lakshmana |
3 | Dr Nikhil P N | 2013 | Development Studies | Institutional Care, belonging and migration:Lived experiences of the elderly in old age homes | Dr Lekha Subaiya |
4 | Dr Arun B Chandran | Population Studies | Population ageing in Europe and Asia: Beyond Traditional Perspectives | Prof K S James | |
5 | Dr Allen Prabhakar Ugargol | 2012 | Population Studies | Ageing and Exchange of Care in Emigrant Households: Case Studies from Kerala | Prof K S James |
6 | Dr Jhuma Halder | 2009 | Development Studies | Access to Schooling in West Bengal: A Geo-Social Analysis | Prof C M Lakshmana |
7 | Dr. Angan Sengupta | 2008 | Population Studies | Double Burden of Malnutrition in India: Macroand Micro Perspectives | Prof. T S Syamala |
8 | Dr. Rajesh Raushan | 2010 | Development Studies | Child Health and Social Differentials in India: Caste and Neighbourhood Effect | Prof R Mutharayappa |
9 | Dr. Benson Thomas | 2008 | Economics | Epidemiological Transition and State Health Expenditure: A Study in Kerala, India | Prof K S James |
10 | Dr. Baishali Goswami | 2007 | Development Studies | Marriage Patterns in India: A Demographic Inquiry | Prof. K S James |
11 | Dr. Sandhya Rani Mahapatro | Development Studies | Migration as a Risk Aversion Behavior | Prof K S James | |
12 | Dr. Sancheeta Ghosh | Development Studies | Medicalisation of Maternal Health Care: An Analysis of Caesarean Section Delivery in West Bengal | Prof K S James |