Punit Mishra

Lead - Research Partnerships
PopulationCouncil Consulting

punitrd@gmail.com

Field of Study: Demography, Population and Development, Public Health/ Epidemiology, Statistics
 
Specialization: Applied Demography, Business Demography, Children and Youth, Data Collection and Processing, Estimates and Projections, Fertility, Gender Roles-Differentials, Mathematical Demography, Mortality, Health, and Longevity, Population and Development, Population and Environment, Reproductive Health (Family Planning), Social Demography, Spatial Analysis (and Geographic Information), Vulnerability and Human Rights
 
Regional focus: Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia
 
Education: Masters level, , Demography, 2011
 
Working languages: English
Hindi
 
Other association membership in population or related fields: Asian Population Association (APA), Population Association of America (PAA)
Population-Environment Research Network


Curriculum Vitae:
CV_Punit Mishra_July 2024.pdf
Professional web page:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/punitmishra/  
 
Professional Summary:

Punit Mishra has over 15 years of experience in research, monitoring, and evaluating social development projects. He leads research partnerships at PopulationCouncil Consulting, collaborating with institutions across India and raising funds from USAID, UNICEF, and others. Previously, he led RMLE at Piramal Foundation, overseeing projects like the Aspirational Districts Collaborative. His work spans roles at RTI International and Abt Associates, contributing to evaluations funded by BMGF, CIFF, and USAID. Punit is skilled in operations research and social interventions, and he actively mentors young researchers in RMLE and data analytics.

 

Publications:

Purbey, A., Mishra, P. K., Nayak, D. K., Acharya, R., Saggurti, N., Mondal, S. (2024). Assessing Geographical and Contextual Vulnerability of Reproductive, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health in North East India. Economic and Political Weekly, 59(35). https://www.epw.in/journal/2024/35/national-family-health-survey-5/asse…

Mishra, P., Hegde, S., Ram, U., Pradhan, M., Basu, T., Dogra, V. (2020). District Factsheets: Health and Nutrition Indicators for the Tribal and Non-Tribal Population, 2015-16: Compendium.

Mishra P, Ray Saraswati L, Baker M, Mishra A, Bhandari P, Rai A, Chandan A, Crockett M, Pelly L, Anthony J, Shetye M, Krotki K, Kraemer J. (2020). ‘Know-Can’ gap: gap between knowledge and skills related to childhood diarrhoea and pneumonia among frontline workers in rural Uttar Pradesh, India. Trop Med Int Health, 25(4):454-466. doi: 10.1111/tmi.13365. Epub 2020 Jan 18. PMID: 31863613.

Mishra, P. (2012). Institutional delivery in India. Intrastate variations in Uttar Pradesh: 1998–2008. Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing.

Mishra, P. (2012). Poverty and public/private divide in institutional delivery care in India. In U.V. Somayajulu, G.K., Panda, R. Kar, P. Mishra, & Singh, K.K. (Eds.), Population, reproductive and child health: Perspectives and challenges (105–115). New Delhi, India: Serials Publications.