Niranjan Saggurti

Country Director, India
Population Council

nsaggurti@popcouncil.org

Field of Study: Demography, Public Health/ Epidemiology, Statistics
 
Specialization: Children and Youth, Fertility, HIV/AIDS and STI's, Internal Migration, Mortality, Health, and Longevity, Population and Environment, Reproductive Health (Family Planning)
 
Regional focus: Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia
 
Education: Doctorate (Ph.D, or MD), International Institute for Population Sciences, Demography, 2001
 
Working languages: English
Hindi
 


Personal web page:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3ihXVgYAAAAJ&hl=en
 
Professional Summary:

Dr. Niranjan Saggurti is a Senior Researcher at the Population Council, based in India. He provides strategic, managerial, and technical leadership to Council’s work in India and countries in Africa, filling important knowledge gaps for policymakers and program managers – generating evidence on what works, how and why in case of population, reproductive health and developmental programs. With over 25 years of experience in program- and policy-oriented research, his expertise covers an extensive range of topics, including sexual and reproductive health, HIV, gender-based violence, climate science, migration, and microfinance, along with their interconnected dynamics. As a distinguished author, Dr Saggurti has made significant contributions to the body of knowledge in these areas through numerous articles published in peer-reviewed journals. Additionally, Dr Saggurti serves on several technical and program/policy review committees for a variety of organizations, both governmental and non-governmental, across national and international levels.

 

Publications:

2026: Total Publications- 200+ ; H-index- 49; i10-index- 155; Total Citations- 9000+

N. Saggurti and H. Gupta. From population goals to reproductive health autonomy: Reframing India's fertility transition. Indian J Med Res 2025 Vol. 162 Issue 1 Pages 1-4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40991219

I. S. Speizer, E. A. Sully, G. Binstock and N. Saggurti. Advancing New Directions for Family Planning Measurement. Stud Fam Plann 2025 Vol. 56 Issue 3 Pages 361-371. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40936295

Bajpai R, Kumar A, Acharya R, Saggurti N. (2025). Is economic inequality in maternal and child healthcare decreasing in India? Trends between 2005-2006, 2015-2016 and 2019-2021. BMJ Open 2025 Vol. 15 Issue 1 Pages e084328. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39753254

J. Gausman, N. Saggurti, R. Adanu, D. A. B. Bandoh, M. Berrueta, S. Chakraborty, et al. Revising the definition of "demand satisfied for modern methods of family planning:" A cross-sectional study to explore incorporating person-centered constructs of demand, choice, and satisfaction. PLoS One 2025 Vol. 20 Issue 1 Pages e0316725. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39761254

A. Purbey, A. Kumar, A. Mozumdar, P. Mishra, R. Acharya and N. Saggurti. Trends in the utilisation of maternal and child healthcare services from the public and private health sectors in India, 2005-2021: an analysis of cross-sectional survey data. BMJ Open 2025 Vol. 15 Issue 2 Pages e082241. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39920061

Mahapatra, B., Chaudhuri, T., & Saggurti, N. (2023). Climate change vulnerability, and health of women and children: Evidence from India using district level data. Int J Gynaecol Obstet, 160(2), 437-446. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.14515  

 

 
Research grants:
Active grants: 6

Completed grants/contracts: 80+