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Nandita Saikia

Nandita Saikia

Nandita Saikia
Nandita Saikia
Assistant Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for the Study of Regional Development,
School of Social Sciences
Room No
431
Off. Phone
011-26704576
Email
nanditasaikia@mail.jnu.ac.in nanditasts@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
www.nanditasaikia.com
Qualifications

PhD in Population Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Mortality, longevity and Disability status
Forecasting & projection
Health inequalities
Quality of large data
Unauthorised immigration 

Experience

Assistant Professor in Centre for the Study of Regional Development since 31st October 2013

Assistant Professor in Population Research Centre, Institute of Economic Growth from 1st July 2011 to 30th September 2013 

Awards & Honours

Awarded Prof P N Mari Bhat Gold Medal for the best PhD thesis during 2011-2014 by International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai.

Awarded Population Association America’s travel grant to attend Annual meeting of Population Association of America, 2014.

Awarded Raja Rao Memorial Award 2013-2014 by Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata for best Research done in the area of Demography in India (under age 35).

Visiting Fellow in Vienna Institute for Demographic Research, Vienna, Austria during 18 December to 21 December 2013.

Awarded Max Planck-India fellowship, Max Planck Society, Germany, for collaborative demographic research with scientists from Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany 2012-2015.

Interview by Max Planck Society, Germany on “The Demographics of Inequality” in 2011. Available at
http://www.mpg.de/4432824/Demographics_of_Inequality?filter_order=LT&research_topic=KG-SW

Fellow Researcher position in Institut National d`etudes Demo- graphiques (INED), Paris, French during 16-29 October, 2011. 

2011, Prof K B Pathak Award from Indian Association of Study of Population (IASP), for the article “Trends and geographic Differentials in mortality under age 60 in India” (published in Population Studies) for methodological innovation in the field of Population and Health.

Guest Researcher position in Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany during December, 2010.

Guest Researcher position in Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany during December, 2009 - January, 2010.

Visiting Scholar in Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany during October, 2008 to March, 2009. 

Government of India and UGC Fellowship for pursuing PhD Course in International Institute for population Sciences from 9 May, 2007 to 9 December, 2010.

Silver Medal Winner in Master in Population Studies, 2005-2006, IIPS, Mumbai. 

Government of India Fellowship for pursuing MPS/M Phil Course in International Institute for population Sciences from 11 July, 2005 to 31 December, 2006. 

International Collaboration/Consultancy

Collaboration with Scientists from Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany

Collaboration with Scientists from Institut National d`etudes Demo- graphiques (INED), Paris, French

Collaboration with Scientists from John Hopkins Bloomberg School of School of Public Health, Maryland, USA

Collaboration with Scientists from Vienna Institute of Demography, Vienna, Austria 

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

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. 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. 

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

Saikia, N., Mortality Trends in India during 1970-2010. in "40% of world`s population" ed. by Christophe Z Guilmoto and Gavin Jones, National University of Singapore press.

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. 

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 

Patents (if any)

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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.