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Anuradha Banerjee

Anuradha Banerjee

Anuradha Banerjee
Anuradha Banerjee
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for the Study of Regional Development,
School of Social Sciences
Room No
Room No. 437, SSS-III
Off. Phone
26704534
Residence
9899703318
Email
anuradha@mail.jnu.ac.in, banerjee.anb@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in/Faculty/anuradha/cv.pdf
Qualifications

1997 – Ph.D. CSRD, SSS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
1989 - M.Phil. CSRD, SSS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
1987 – M.A. CSRD, SSS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
1984 – B.Sc. (Hons) Lady Brabourne College, University of Calcutta, W.B.

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Urbanisation and Urban Environment; Population Issues including Maternal and Child Health; Reproductive Health; Public Health; Human Ecology; Integrated Coast Zone Management; Development Studies (Women and Child Development); Human Settlements, Issues of Uneven Development; Exclusion and Discrimination of Marginalised Communities and Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Geographical Analysis.

Experience

25+ Years

  • 1999 to Present - Professor, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
  • 1997 to 1999 - Senior Consultant, National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi

Research Experience

  • Has supervised fifty-two (52) Ph.D. students (44 Ph.D. Awarded + 8 Continuing..).
  • Has supervised fifty-one (51) M.Phil. students (51 M.Phil. Awarded)
  • Books- Self-authored/Co-authored/Edited- Total No: 5 (Five)
  • Chapters Contributed to Edited Books - Total No: 28 (Twenty Eight)
  • Research Articles/ Papers Published in Journals/Periodicals/Conference Proceedings/Newspapers - Total No: 44 ( Forty Four)
  • Research Projects (International /National) - Total No: 11 (Eleven)
  • Refresher Course, Methodology, Workshops, Training, Faculty, & Development Programmes, etc. - Total No: 17 (Seventeen)
  • Papers presented in Regional/ National and International Seminars/Conferences/Workshop/ Symposium - Total No: 102 (One Hundred and Two)
  • Lectures/ Special Lectures in Institutions of Repute within the Country and Outside - Total No. 63 (Sixty Three)
  • Position Held (Administrative/Expert/Chief) - Number 30, (Thirty)
Awards & Honours
  • President Indian National Cartographic Association
  • Adjunct Professor Indian Institute of Dalit Studies (IIDS), New Delhi;
  • 2002: Awarded Certificate of Best Presentation of paper titled “Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Demographic and Socio-economic Analysis of Dehradun City”; at the XXII INCA International Congress on “Convergence of Imagery, Information and Maps”, organised by XXII INCA Congress, Ahmedabad; October 30 to November 1.
  • CSIR Senior Research Fellowship holder (during PhD)
  • CSIR Junior Research Fellowship holder (during M.Phil.)
  • First in University (during M.A.), 1987
  • First Class First, Awarded Jubilee Prize from Calcutta University,1984
  • First Class First, Scholarship Holder, Awarded two Silver Medals, 1983
International Collaboration/Consultancy
  • 2009: Undertaken a study of Goa Chapter as Research Associate in the project entitled “Regional Anti-Trafficking Programme in South Asia 2000-2009”; sponsored by UNIFEM.
  • 2003: Conducted collaborative research project entitled “Inter GIS Programme on International Curriculum Development”; sponsored by EU in collaboration with Geography Department, Salzburg University, Austria, 2003 to 2006.
Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  1. 2023: “Sustainable Livelihoods of Tribal Communities in Odisha, India: The Case of Mayurbhanj”; (Co-authored by Narayan Chandra Jana, Anuradha Banerjee and Prasanta Kumar Ghosh), published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Pages 198, [ISBN (10): 1-5275-9014-3], [ISBN (13):978-1-5275-9014-4].
  2. 2022: Banerjee Anuradha (Co-author: Twisha Singh), “The Exodus in Times of Pandemic: Mobility, Migration and Livelihood of Informal Migrant Workers During COVID-19 Crisis in India”, published in the book ‘Livelihood Enhancement Through Agriculture, Tourism and Health; Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences’ edited by Narayan Chandra Jana, Anju Singh, R.B. Singh (Series Editor: R.B.Singh): IGU-UGI: Springer, Chapter 2, pp. 37-61, ISBN: 978-981-16-7309-2, ISBN:978-981-16-7310-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7310-8
  3. 2020: Banerjee Anuradha, (Co-author: Bidisha Chattopadhyay) “Inequalities in Access to Water and Sanitation: A Case of Slums in Selected States of India”, published in the book ‘Urban Health Risk and Resilience in Asian Cities’, edited by R.B.Singh, Bathula Srinagesh, Subhash Anand; Springer, pp 57-72, ISSN: 2198-3542, Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences, ISBN: 978-981-15-1204-9 ISBN: 978-981-15-1205-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1205-6
  4. 2019: “Population Dynamics in Contemporary South Asia: Health, Education and Migration”; (Edited by Anuradha Banerjee, Narayan Chandra Jana and Vinod Kumar Mishra), published by Springer, Pages 437, ISBN 978-981-15-1668-9.
  5. 2019: Banerjee Anuradha, (Co-author: Vidyasagar Trigun) “Attitude of Men Towards Contraceptive Use in India: A Case Study of the High Focus State of Bihar”, published in the book ‘Population Dynamics in Contemporary South Asia:Health, Education and Migration’, edited by Anuradha Banerjee, Narayan Chandra Jana and Vinod Kumar Mishra; Springer, pp 3-22, ISBN: 978-981-15-1668-9.
  6. 2014: Banerjee Anuradha, (Co-author: Joydeep Saha,) “Population Environment Interface in Urban India: A Geographical Analysis”, published in the book ‘Landscape Ecology and Water Management’, edited by Mehtab Singh, R.B.Singh and M.I. Hassan; Springer: Tokyo, Heidelberg, New York, Dordrecht, London. pp.147-164, ISBN: 978-4-43154870-6.
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
  1. 2023: Banerjee Anuradha, (Co-author: Monirujjaman Biswas) “Examining the Linkages between Maternity Services and Postpartum Modern Contraceptive Adoption among Young Women in India: Insights from the 2015-16 and 2019-21 National Family Health Survey”; PLoS ONE 18(8): e0289701. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289701
  2. 2023: Banerjee Anuradha, (Co-author: Monirujjaman Biswas) “Investigating Various Correlates Associated with Maternity Care Expenditure in India: Evidence from National Sample Survey Data”; Demography India Vol 52; No.1, November 2023.
  3. 2022: Banerjee Anuradha, (Co-author: Eshita Tripathi) “Locating the Urban Poor: Socio-Economic Differentials of Core and Periphery in Prayagraj Metropolitan City, Uttar Pradesh”; North Eastern Geographer, Gauhati University, ISSN 0973-0915 NEIGS, Vol. 41; No. 1 & 2, 2021-2022, pp 88-98.
  4. 2021: Banerjee Anuradha, (Co-author: Dinabandhu Mondal), “Exploring Peri-Urban Dynamism in India: Evidence from Kolkata Metropolis”; Journal of Urban Management, Vol.10; Issue 4, pp. 382-392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jum.2021.06.004.
  5. 2021: Banerjee Anuradha, (Co-authors: Rayhan Sk., Md. Juel Rana), “Nutritional Status and Concomitant Factors of Stunting among Pre-School Children in Malda, India: A Micro-level Study using a Multi-level Approach”; BMC Public Health, 21:1690. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11704-w.
  6. 2021: Banerjee Anuradha, (Co-author: Poonam Arya), “Urbanization and Land Use- Land Cover Change: A Case Study of Udaipur City, Rajasthan”; PATHFINDER: The International Multidisciplinary Research Journal (Indian Journals.com), Vol.1; No. 1, pp.15-24.
  7. 2021: Banerjee Anuradha, (Co-author: Rayhan Sk), “Measuring Child’s Home Learning Environment and its Associated Factors in Malda: A Micro-level Study in India”; ScienceDirect, Children and Youth Services Review. https//doi.org/10.1016j.childyouth. 2021.105984.
  8. 2020: Banerjee Anuradha, (Co-authors: Dinabandhu Mondal, Suranjana Karmakar), “Women’s Autonomy and Utilization of Maternal Health Care: Evidence from a Recent National Survey”; journals.plos.org, PLoS ONE 15 (12): e0243553, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243553.
  9. 2020: Banerjee Anuradha, (Co-authors: Joydeep Saha, Dinabandhu Mondal) “The Urban Challenge: Provisioning of Basic Services in Notified and Non-notified Slums of India”; The Indian Geographical Journal - Volume 95 (1); January to June,ISSN: 0019 – 4824.
  10. 2019: Banerjee Anuradha, (Co-authors: Rayhan Sk, Rakesh Mishra, Somdutta Barua) “Quality of Care and Early Childhood Developmental Status in Nepal: a Multilevel Analysis”; published online in the journal ‘Early Child Development and Care’ by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2019.1570503.

 

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.