
Assistant Professor in Population Studies
Centre for the Study of Regional Development
School of Social Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
email: nanditasts@gmail.com
Office landline: 01126704576
Fax number: 01126742580
ABOUT ME
I am a trained statistician & demographer with a deep interest in mortality and public health studies. Besides I am interested in studies related inequality in health, indirect demographic techniques & migration studies.
EDUCATION
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Public Health & mortality Studies
Social determinants of health, trends & differential in life expectancy, disability studies
2011, PhD in Population Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai on the topic “Adult Mortality in India: Levels, Trends, Determinants and Causes”.
2007, M Phil in Population Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai with score 7.2/10 second rank.
2005, M.Sc in Statistics, Gauhati University, Assam; secured 1st class second rank.
2002, B.Sc in Statistics, Gauhati University, Assam; secured 1st Class with distinction marks.

Large scale survey research
Quality of data, comparison of indicators
Migration Studies
Inequality in health by mogrants & non-migrants