Barsharani Maharana

Assistant Professor
K J Somaiya Institute of Management, Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai, India

barsha.iips@gmail.com

Field of Study: Demography, Population and Development, Statistics
 
Specialization: Age and Sex Structure, Ageing, Economic Demography, Families and Households, Gender Roles-Differentials, Income, Poverty and Welfare, Mortality, Health, and Longevity, Population and Development
 
Regional focus: South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia
 
Education: Doctorate (Ph.D, or MD), International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Demography, 2016
 
Other association membership in population or related fieldsIndian Association for Study of Population
Working languages: English
Hindi, Oriya, Bengali
 
Other association membership in population or related fields: Asian Population Association (APA), Population Association of America (PAA)
 
Professional web page:
 
Professional Summary:

Dr. Barsharani Maharana

In a developing country like India, poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, caste and gender- discrimination are the primary obstacles to development. Witnessing these problems and understanding their improper management and flawed policy decisions, I was motivated to focus on interdisciplinary science of Population Studies. I have a mission to improve the living conditions and quality of life of the people of my country through imparting the knowledge that I have gained from higher education and research.

 

Please refer my curriculum vitae for the brief on my educational qualifications, technical & large scale data analysis skill, research papers presented and published in India & abroad, awards & fellowships and professional work & research experience.

 

Publications:

·         Topic:

Gender Disparity in Health and Food Expenditure in India among Elderly

Publisher:

Hindawi Publishing Corporation 

Journal:

International Journal of Population Research, Volume: 2014/150105.

Authors:

Barsharani Maharana & Laishram Ladusingh

 

 

·         Topic:

Factors Affecting Patterns of STI/HIV in Four High Prevalence States in India: An    Epidemiological Exploration                                                                                           

Publisher:

Population, Reproductive and Child Health Perspectives and Challenges, IASP     Conference proceedings, 2012.

Authors:

S. K. Singh, Nidhi Sharma & Barsharani Maharana

·         Topic:

Correlates of Spontaneous and Induced Abortion in India: An Investigation using a Nationwide Large Scale Survey Data

Publisher:

Demographic Institute, University of Indonesia.

Journal:

Author:

Journal of Population, Vol. 16(1), 2010. 

Barsharani Maharana

 

 

·         Topic:

Determinants of Alcohol Use, Risky Sexual Behavior and Sexual Health Problems Among Men in Low Income Communities of Mumbai, India

Publisher:

Springer

Journal:

Aids & Behavior, Volume 14, Supplement 1, August 2010.

Authors:

S. K. Singh, Jean J. Schensul, Kamla Gupta, Barsharani Maharana, David Kremelberg & Marlene Berg

 

 

·         Topic:

Community Well-being and Infant Mortality in Orissa, India

Publisher:

Demographic Institute, University of Indonesia

Journal:

 Journal of Population, Vol.14(1),2008.

Authors:

Barsharani Maharana & Laishram Ladusingh

 
Honorary or professional positions and awards:
 
● Awarded by Dr. C. Chandrasekharan Gold Medal for securing first position in the Diploma in Population Studies at International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, 2008.

● Awarded by Youth Best Paper Award in ninth annual conference of Indian Association for Social Sciences & Health (IASSH) held at Mumbai, India during 24-26 November, 2011.

● Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) offered by U.G.C., Ministry of Human Resources and Development (HRD), Govt. Of India for Ph.D. work in the area of Population studies in April 2010.

● Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET - Population Studies) conducted by U.G.C. in 2009 & again in 2010.

● PAA fellowship to attend "The annual meeting of Population Association of America” during March 31 – April 2, 2011 at Washington, DC, United States of America.

● APA fellowship to attend “3rd Asian population Association (APA) Conference” during 27th – 30th July, 2015 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

● APA fellowship to attend “2nd Asian population Association (APA) Conference” during 26th – 29th August, 2012 at Bangkok, Thailand.

● IUSSP fellowship to attend “XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference” during 27th September – 2nd October, 2009 at Marrakech, Morocco.

● IIPS fellowship to attend “National Seminar on Population & Development: Issues & Challenges in 21st Century” during 18th – 19th March 2016 at Nagpur, India.

● IASSH fellowship to attend “Twelfth Annual Conference of Indian Association for Social Science & Health” during 21st – 23rd November, 2014 at University of Lucknow, India.

● IASP fellowship to attend “The XXXth National Seminar of Indian Association for the Study of Population” during 17-19 October, 2008 at Institute of Social & Economic Change, Bangalore.