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
Edited book/Working paper etc
Saikia, N., Mortality Trends in India during 1970-2010. (2014) in "40% of world's population" ed. by Christophe Z Guilmoto and Gavin Jones, Springer, forthcoming.
Saikia, N., Bora, J.K. and Ram, F. (2013). Who Gets Education in Uttarakhand? In Population, Health and Development: Perspectives on Uttarakhand, Eds.T.V. Sekher, A.Singh and S. Parasuraman, Academic Foundation, New Delhi.
Canudas-Romo, V. and Saikia, N. (2013). “The role of causes of death in explaining the Female-Male mortality gap” working paper no 322, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.
Husain, Z., Saikia, N. and Bora, RS. (2012). Opportunities and challenges of Health Management Information System in India: A case study of Uttarakhand.
Available at: muenchen.de/40014/1/MPRA_paper_40014.pdf
Ram, F. Singh, A. and Saikia N. (2010). Comment on Paper entitled “Mortality Transition in India 1970-2005” by Aalok Ranjan Chaurasia published online in Asian Population Studies” Asian Population Studies 6(1): 347 – 351 Publisher: Routledge.
Peer Reviewed Journal Article
Saikia, N., Singh, A., Jasilionis, D. and Ram, F. (2013). “Explaining the trends in rural-urban gap in infant mortality in India” Demographic Research 29(18):473-506. http://www.demographic-research.org/Volumes/Vol29/18/ DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2013.29.18
Saikia, N., Singh, A. and Ram, F.(2013). “Adult male mortality in India since independence: An application of widowhood method” Asian Population Studies). DOI:10.1080/17441730.2013.785720; Publisher: Routledge
Saikia, N., Jasilionis, D., Ram, F. and Shkolnikov, V. (2011) “Trends and geographic differentials in mortality under age 60 in India” Population Studies 65(1):73-89. DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2010.534642; Publisher: Routledge
Saikia, N., Singh, A. and Ram, F. (2010) “Has child mortality in India really increased in last two decades? Economic and Political Weekly” Vol.XLV, 51.
Saikia, N. and Ram, F. (2010) “Determinants of adult mortality in India” Asian Population Studies 6(2). Publisher: Routledge
Saikia, N., Jasilionis, D., Ram, F. and Shkolnikov, V. (2010) “Estimates of mortality under age 60 in India and its states, 1970-2004” MPIDR Technical Report TR-2010-006, Rostock: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.
Saikia, N., Jasilionis, D., Ram, F. and Shkolnikov, V. (2009) “Trends in geographic mortality differentials in India”. Working paper in Max Planck Institute of Demographic Research, Germany WP-2009-13.
Saikia, N. and Singh, A. (2009) “Does type of family affect maternal health? Evidence from India” Journal of Bio- social Sciences 41(3):329-353.Publisher: Cambridge University press
Saikia, N. and Bhat, P.N. Mari (2008) “Factors Affecting Adult Mortality in India: An Analysis of National Family Health Surveys of 1992-1993 & 1998-1999” Demography India 37 (2):291-302.
Academic Publications
Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawahar lal Nehru University, New Delhi
