Vandana Tamrakar

Scientist
National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research

v7tamrakar@gmail.com

Field of Study: Demography, Public Health/ Epidemiology, Statistics
 
Specialization: Age and Sex Structure, Children and Youth, Estimates and Projections, Fertility, Gender Roles-Differentials, Mortality, Health, and Longevity, Population and Development, Reproductive Health (Family Planning), Social Demography, Urbanization
 
Regional focus: South Asia, Southeast Asia
 
Education: Doctorate (Ph.D, or MD), Jawaharlal Nehru University, Demography, 2022
 
Working languages: English
Hindi
 
Other association membership in population or related fields: Asian Population Association (APA)
IASP, IASSH, IIPSAA,IHEPA,ISMS


Curriculum Vitae:
SHORT CV-2.pdf
 

Publications:

1. ICC’s Cricket World Cup 2023 and the dirty game of surrogate advertisements of smokeless tobacco, Prashant Kumar Singh, Amit Yadav, Sagarika Rout, Chandresh Pragya Verma, Varsha Pandey, Sanchita Roy Pradhan, Vandana Tamrakar, Shalini Singh. Special article in Industry Watch, BMJ, Tobacco Control Published Online First: 28 May 2024. https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2024-058632

2. Tamrakar, V., Srivastava, A., Saikia, N., Parmar, M. C., Shukla, S. K., Shabnam, S.& Debbarma, B. (2021). District-level correlates of COVID-19 pandemic in India during March-October 2020. PloS one, 16(9), e0257533. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.02575…
3. Guilmoto, C. Z., Saikia, N., Tamrakar, V., & Bora, J. K. (2018). Excess under-5 female mortality across India: a spatial analysis using 2011 census data. The Lancet. Global health, ISSN: 2214-109X, Vol: 6, Issue: 6, Page: e650-e658. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(18)3018…
4. Tamrakar V. & Ali. I. (2015) Challenges of SC/ST housing condition and Its Association with Millennium Development Goal in India, 1991-2012, South Asia Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, ISSN:2349-7858 Volume 3 Issue 1, http://sajms.com/volume-3-issue-1/.
5. Geographical Variation in COVID-19 Cases, Prevalence, Recovery, and Fatality Rate by Phase of National Lockdown in India, March 14 May 29, 2020, contribution by Ankita Srivastava, Vandana Tamrakar, Moradhvaj Moradhvaj, SaddafNaaz Akhta, Krishna Kumar, Tek Chand Saini, Nagendra C, Nandita Saikia https://t.co/lZTQ58JYTn

6. Trend and pattern in excess female under-5 mortality in India, 1987-1993—2010-2016" by Dr. Nandita Saikia and Vandana Tamrakar https://ssrn.com/abstract=3534201

7. District level correlates of COVID-19 Pandemic in India contribution by Tamrakar, V., Srivastava, A., Saikia, N., Parmar, M. C., Shukla, S. K., Shabnam, S,& Debbarma, B. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.08.20208447v1.full.pdf+…
8. Promotion of tobacco, alcohol and high in fat, sugar, and salt (HFSS) products in sports: Observation from the Cricket World Cup 2023 held in India.

 
Honorary or professional positions and awards:
 
Dr. T.V.K. Satnarayana Memorial Best Poster award at XIII Annual Conference of the Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health (IASSH) held at University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 2015.

Research grants:
Senior Research Fellowship in Population Studies from University Grant Commission

Travel Scholarship for International Union for the Scientific Study of Population 2017 Cape Town