Aswini Kumar Nanda (CRRID, Chandigarh)

Aswini Kumar Nanda
Associate Professor
Population Research Centre (PRC)
Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID)
2A, Sector 19A, Madhya Marg
Chandigarh, India - 160019

Phones: 91-172-2725059 (office)
        91-172-2795506 (residence)
Fax:    91-172-2725215 
email:  akn_aswini@yahoo.co.in

Description of work:
Thematic research interest includes study of population dynamics in 
relation to fertility, mortality, migration and family planning changes in 
the states of north India namely western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal 
Pradesh, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.

Some recent publications include:

With Abi et al. Population Research Centres in India: An Annotated 
Bibliography and Abstracts of Research (1987-94) published by the Centre 
for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), Chandigarh, 
March 1997.

With Malhi et al. in National Family Health Survey: MCH and Family 
Planning (1993) the State Report for Punjab jointly published by 
Population Research Centre, CRRID, Chandigarh and International Institute 
of Population Sciences (IIPS), Bombay, September 1995.

With Abbi et al. Operations Research on Spacing Methods: Operational 
Efficiency of Family Planning Programme in Rupnagar District Punjab 
published by the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development 
(CRRID), Chandigarh, June 2000. 

With Kulkarni et al. the State Report for Punjab in the National Family 
Health Survey II (NFHS-2), MEASURE DHS+, ORC Macro, Calverton, Maryland, 
USA, and International Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, 
India, November 2001.  

The Chapter on "Demographic Development" in Punjab Development Report, 
published by the Planning Commission, Government of India, New Delhi, 
September 2002. 

The Chapter on "Population" in the Himachal Pradesh Development Report 
published by the Planning Commission, Government of India, New Delhi, 
April 2004.  

"Death Before Birth: A Study of Awareness and Acceptance of Sex 
Determination Test in North India" with Singh et al. Man and Development, 
XIV(4), December 1993.

"Creating a Small Family Norm" in Patriot, New Delhi, 27th July 1991.

"Urbanisation in West Bengal: Analysis of Sources of Urban Growth 
(1961-81)", Man and Development, XIV(2), June 1992.

"From Hearth to Earth: Use of Natural Resources in Indian Households", 
Demography India, 24(1), January-June 1995, with Khurana, Samidha.

"Socio-economic determinants of health among women: Some evidence from 
poor society", Indian Association of Social Science Institutions (IASSI) 
Quarterly, 19(1), July -September 2000.

"Health Care at the Grassroots: Village Health Guides and Community 
Participation in Rural Punjab", Social Change: Issues and Perspectives, 32 
(3-4), September-December 2002.

"Family Planning Programme in Punjab: A Recent Assessment of 
Sterilisation Beds Scheme", The Journal of Family Welfare, 49(1), June 
2003.  

"Child Sex Ratio Imbalance, Fertility Behaviour and Development in 
India: Recent Evidence from Haryana and Punjab", Indian Social Science 
Review (forthcoming, communicated) with Veron, Jacques.