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Curriculum Vitae

RAM BABU BHAGAT

1. Current position:

Professor and Head

Department of Migration and Urban Studies

International Institute for Population Sciences

Deonar, Mumbai – 400 088, India

(http://www.iipsindia.org)

Ph- +91-22-42372473 (O)

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Mobile: 09869947264

2. Current of Duties:

i) Teaching – Students of MA/ Master of Population Studies

ii) Guiding - M.Phil and PhD students in Population Studies

iii) Co-ordinator- Concurrent Evaluation of National Rural Health Mission, Government of India.

iv) Co-ordinator- Population and Environment Centre (Under the programme of Environmental Information System Programme, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India).

4. Educational Qualifications

Master in Human Geography with specialization in Regional development, 1984, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

Ph.D. in Population Studies, 1988, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India.

5. Institutional Affiliation;

i) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (Project)

ii) Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India (project)

iii) Visiting Scientist, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, November, 2007

iv) Visiting Fellow Tata Institute for Social Sciences, Mumbai 2002-2003

v) Member on the IUSSP Scientific Panel on Demography of Armed Conflict 2006-09

vi) Working Group on Urbanization, IUSSP, 2002-06.

vii) Lecturer and Reader, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, 1988-2002 (India)

viii) Reader, Department of Fertility Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai 2003-06.

ix) Executive Member, National Association of Geographers of India 2000-2.

x) Resource Person, Haryana Vigyan Manch, 1988-2001

xi) Member Population Association of America, PAA

xii) Member, Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP), New Delhi.

xiii) Visitor, International Institute of Ageing, UN-Malta, Malta, 2006

5. Research Interest.

Ethnicity, Fertility and Nuptiality

Rural-urban Interface and Development

Urbanization and migration

Environment and Development

Census and Ethnicity

6. Courses Taught

i)	Population and Social Geography, Regional Development, Research Methodology (MA and M.Phil Students in Human Geography), MD Univeristy, Rohtak (1988-2001).
ii)	Rural and Urban Sociology, and Environmental Management (Master in Social Work Students), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, 2002-2003.
iii)	Nuptiality and Fertility, Population Policy and Population Programme Management, Historical Demography and Urbanisation and Migration (Diploma and Masters in Population Studies) International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai (2003 onwards).

7. Publications

A. Books and Reports

i).	Population and Environment Linkages, Rawat Publication, Jaipur, 2007, (Edited with C.P. Prakasam).

ii).	*Early Marriages in India: A Socio-Geographical Study*, Rajat Publication, Delhi, 2002.

iii).	State of Natural and Human Resources of India: Human Resources, 2 Vols ., Edited with Sudesh Nangia and N.C.Jana, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2010.

iii).	National Family Health Survey, 1998-99, Haryana, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai and Macro International, Washington, D.C. (Jointly with Praveen Nangia et al 2001)

iv).	Urbanisation in India: A Spatio-Demographic Study, UGC Project, March 2003, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.

v).	Evidence of Sex Selective Abortion from Two Cultural Settings of India: A Study of Haryana and Tamil Nadu International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, 2003 (with Dr S. Unisa, Dr R.K. Sinha and Dr C. P. Prakasham).

vi).	Establishment of Child Monitoring System in India, UNICEF Project (with Professor S. Mukerji), International Institute for Population Sciences, 1986.

vii).	Vision Mumbai: A Concept Plan for Mumbai City, Seminar Discussion Report, (with Dr R.N. Sharma and Ms Anita Rath), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, 2003.

viii).	Issues and Barriers in the Management of Family Welfare Programmes in UP, India, International Institute for Population Sciences, 2006.

ix).	Levels, Trends and Structure of Workforce 1981-2001: A Census Analysis (with three others) IIPS Research Brief No. 3, 2007, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai.

x).	Summary and Recommendations of National Seminar on Tribal Demography, Health and Development held at Raipur, February 25-26, 2005 ( with Rama Rao and S.K. Singh), International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai.

xi).	Spatial Organisation of New and Declassified Towns of India: 1981-2001 International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai 2008 ( with K.C. Das).

xii).	Sex Preference in Relation to Child Mortality and Fertility in India International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai 2008 (with S.Lahiri and A . Chattopadhyaya).

xiii).	Food Security and Health Status among Tribal and Non-Tribal Populations in Maharashtra, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, 2009 (with S. Unisa, D. A. Nagdeve and P. Fulpagare)

Research Papers Published in International and National Referred Journals/Reviewed Books

1.	“Internal Migration in India : Are the Underprivileged Migrating More”, Asia Pacific Population Journal, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2010.

2	“Emerging Pattern of Urbanization and the Contribution of Migration in Urban Growth in India” Asian Population Studies, Vol.5, No. 1, 2009, pp. 5-20.

3	“Assessing the Measurement of Internal Migration in India”, Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, Vol 17, N0.1, 2008, pp. 91-102.

4	“Demographic Transition or Demographic Trepidation? The Case of Parsis in India”, Economic and Political Weekly, January 5, 2008, pp. 61-65.

5	Salient Features of India’s Internal Migration, Geography and You, Vol.58, Issue 56, January-February 2010, pp.20-23.

6	“Access to Basic Amenities in Urban India: Implications for Health and Wellbeing” ( with Anand Prihar), Population Geography Vol. 29, No. 1&2, June- December 2007, pp.15-26.

7	“Aging and Dependency in India: A New Measurement” Asian Population Studies Vol. 2, No. 2, 2006, pp. 201-214 (with S. Unisa).

8	“Census and Caste Enumeration: British Legacy and Contemporary Practice” Genus, Vol. 62, No. 2, 2006, pp. 119-134.

9	“Mumbai after 26/7 Deluge: Issues and Concerns in Urban Planning”, Population and Environment, Vol. 27, pp. 337-349, 2006 (with Mahua Guha and Aparajita Chattopadhyay).

10.	“Hindu-Muslim Fertility Differentials” Economic and Political Weekly, January 29, 2005, pp. 411-418 (with Purujit Praharaj).

11.	“Population Change and Economic Restructuring in Indian Metropolitan Cities: a Study of Mumbai” in Annapurna Shaw (ed.) Indian Cities in Transition, Hyderabad, Orient Longman, 2007, pp. 59-82.

12.	“ Space, Place and Fertility Behaviour” Economic and Political Weekly, November 19 (Vol 40, No. 47), pp.4908-4911.

13.	“Rural-urban Classification and Municipal Governance in India”, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, Vol. 26, No. 1, (March 2005), pp. 61-73.

14.	“Dynamics of Urban Population Growth by Size Class of Town and Cities in India”, Demography India, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan.-June), pp. 47-60.

15.	“ Characteristics and Correlates of Tribal Fertility in India: A Comparative Study of Selected Tribes”, Demography India, Vol. 33, No. 2 (July-December), pp. 295-310.

16.	“Census 2001 and Religion Data: Fact and Fiction”, Economic and Political Weekly, September 25, 2004, pp. 4292-4293.

17.	“Hindu-Muslim Fertility Differentials in India: A Study of Selected States”, in T. K. Roy, M. Guruswamy and P. Arokiaswamy (2004), Population, Health and Development, Rawat, Jaipur, pp. 137-156.

18.	Population Growth, Development Process and Environmental Degradation: Issues, Concerns and Policies, *Population-ENVIS Bulletin*, Vol. 1, No.2, 2003, pp 3-8.

19.	“Role of Census in Racial and Ethnic Construction: US, British and Indian Census” Economic and Political Weekly, February 22, 2003, pp.686-691.

20.	“Maharshtra: Impact of Investment Decisions on Industrial and Urban Scenario”, Transaction of the Institute of Indian Geographers, Vol. 25, No. 1&2, 2003, pp. 94-107 (with Dr K. Sita).

21.	“Challenges of Rural-urban Classification for Decentralised Governance “ Economic and Political Weekly, June 22, 2002, pp. 2413-2416.

22.	“Towards Measuring Rural Stratification and Agrarian Classes: Socio-economic and Demographic Variables”, *IASSI Quarterly* (Indian Association of Social Science Institutions), Vol. 21, No 2, 2002, pp. 81-96.

23.	Integration of Demographic Issues in Sustainable Development: Reflections on India’s Population Policies, Population Geography, Vo. 24, No. 1&2, pp. 21-30.

24.	”Census and Construction of Communalism in India” Economic and Political Weekly, Nov. 24, 2001, pp. 4352-4356.

25.	“Quality of Life, Gender Bias and Fertility Behaviour in Urban Haryana: A Case Study of Rohtak City”, Annals of the National Association of Geographers, India, Vol.21, No. 2, 2001, pp. 47-57.

26.	" Population Growth and Fertility Level Among Muslims in India", in M.H. Qureshi (ed.) Regional Perspective of Muslims in India, Institute of Objective Studies, New Delhi 1997, pp.67-80.

27.	“Relationship between Family Size and Farm Size: India and Other Developing Countries” Man and Development, Sept. 2001, pp. 12-22.

28.	“Correlates of Population Growth in North-east India” in R.K. Ray et al (eds.) Environment, Resources and Development, The Geographical Society of North-eastern Hill Region, Dept. of Geography, NEHU, Shillong, 2001.

29.	“Social Dimension of Fertility in India: Insights from a Regional Study” International Journal of Anthropology, Vol. 25, No. 1&2, 2000, pp 63-83 (Official organ of European Anthropological Association, published by Institute of Anthropology, Firenze, Italy – co-authored with S. Unisa).

30.	“Population Growth, Poverty and Food Grain Supply in India” Asian Profile, August 2000 (Richmond, Canada), pp.309- 318.

31.	“Population Growth and Food Grain Supply in India with Special Reference to Madhya Pradesh”, Indian Journal of Regional Science, June 1999.

32.	“Interrelationship between Population and Environment with Special Reference to Greenhouse Gases: the Results from Cross-Country Study “Indian Journal of Regional Science, December 1997, pp. 89-101.

33.	“Regional Variation in Household Size of Owner and Tenant Cultivator in Uttar Pradesh” in Kamla Gupta and A. Pandey (1997 Eds.) Population and Development in Uttar Pradesh, B.R.Publishing House, New Delhi

34.	"Relationship between Population and Environment: a Political Economy Perspective" Deccan Geographer Vol. 34, No. 2, 1996.

35.	"On the Relationship Between Population, Underdevelopment and Environment: Are We Really in Malthusian Trap", Indian Geographical Journal Vol. 69, No.1, 1994, pp. 93-98.

36.	"Indian Census Data on Religion” Annals of the National Association of Geographers of India Vol. 14, No.1, 1994, pp.74-80.

37.	”Regional Variations in Female Age at Marriage in India, 1961-81" Transaction, Institute of Indian Geographers, Vol. 15, No.1, 1993, pp. 27-38.

38.	" Female Age at Marriage in India: Temporal Trends and Regional Variations", in A. Ahmad (ed., 1993) Social Structure and Regional Development: A Social Geography Prospective, Rawat, Jaipur, pp.239-262.

39.	" Components of Urban Growth in India with Reference to Haryana: Findings from Recent Censuses, " Nagarlok Vol.24, No. 3, 1992, pp.10-14.

40.	" Child Marriages in India: Is Ameena an exception", Social Action Vol.24, Jan. 1992, pp.86-88.

41.	“Religion, Caste/Tribe and Female Age at Marriage in India: A Study Based on Recent Census Data", Journal of Family Welfare, Vol. 37, No. 1 (March) 1991, pp.17-22.

42.	" Status of Women and Age at Marriage in India". Social Change, Vol 20, No. 2 (June 1990), pp. 20-25.

43.	" Economic Factors and Age at Marriage in India", Journal of the Institute of Economic Research, Vol. 24, No. 2 (June 1989), pp.16-26.

44.	" Characteristics of Family and Female Age at Marriage", Journal of Family Welfare, June, 1989, pp. 22-27.

45.	”Types of Dwellings in Relation to Environment: A Case Study of Orissa”, Journal of National Building Organisation, Vol. 34, No. 2, 1989, pp. 21-24.

46.	“Space and Social Research: Some Methodological Issues”, The Indian Journal of Social Work, Vol. 67, No. 1&2, pp. 82-91.

47.	“Housing Conditions, Household Assets and Amenities in Newly Organized States of India”, in V.B. Jugale and Y.V. Jugale (Eds) The State of Indian Economy Vol II: Infrastructure and Service Sector, Serial Publications, New Delhi (with Purujit Prharaj), 2006, pp. 312-335.

8. Paper Presented in International Conference:

i).	“Urbanisation in India: A Demographic Appraisal” paper presented in 24th IUSSP General Population Conference, Salvador- Bahia, Brazil, 18-24 August 2001.

ii).	Rockefeller Sponsorship to attend International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) as a Discussant in the Working Group Meeting on New Forms of Urbanization, Bellagio, Italy, March 10-12, 2002.

iii).	“Hindu-Muslim Tension in India: Interface between Census and Politics in Colonial India”, Paper presented in IUSSP Seminar on Demographic Dimension of Conflict and Violence, Oslo, Norway November 8-11, 2003.

iv).	“Role of Census in Ethnic and Racial Construction: A Comparative Study of US, British and Indian Censuses” Annual Meeting of Population Association of America, Minneapolis, USA, May 1-3, 2003.

v).	“Globalization and Issues in Rural-urban Classification in India” 3rd Convention of Asia Scholars, Singapore, August 18-22, 2003.

vi).	“Aging and Dependency in India: A New Measurement” Paper Presented in the Seminar on Demographic Window and Healthy Aging, Beijing, China, 10-11 May 2004 (with Dr S Unisa)

vii).	“ Conceptual Issues in Measurement of Migration in India”, Paper presented in 25^th International Population Conference, Tours, France, July 19-23, 2005.

viii).	“ Census Categories and Gender Construction: The Indian Context”, Paper presented in 25^th International Population Conference, Tours, France, July 19-23, 2005.

ix).	“ Spatial Dimension of Hindu- Muslim Riots and Religious Composition of India’s Population” Paper Presented in IUSSP on Space and Time in Historical Demographic Research, held at Minneapolis, USA October 31- November 1, 2006.

x).	“Trend and Pattern of Urbanisation in India: A Demographic Assessment” paper presented in Annual Meeting of Population Association of America, April 16]19, 2008, New Orleans, USA.

xi).	“Internal Migration in India: Are the Underclass More Mobile”, Paper Presented in the 26^th International Population Conference, held in Marrakech, from 27^th September to 2^nd October 2009.

9. Research Guidance

A. PhD Guidance:

Name of Student	Title of Thesis		Year of Award/ Submitted
Ms Summi Sharma	Demographic Dimension of Quality of Life in an Urban Setting: A Case Study of Rohtak City		Awarded by Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, 1999
Mr Hari Shankar Gupta (Co-Guide with Dr Ashok Gupta)	Cultural Transformation of Migrants in Chandigarh City: A Statistical Analysis		Awarded by Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, 2002
Mr Phool Kumar		Land Use and Children’s Nutritional Status in Rural Haryana	Awarded by Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, 2003
Mr Nihar Ranjan Rout		Linkages between Population, Land Use and Environment: A Case Study of Bhubaneswar City	Year of Award 2009 by IIPS, Mumbai

B. M.Phil Guidance

Mr Ramesh Kumar	Spatial Pattern of Urbanisation in Haryana 1981-91	Awarded by Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, 1991.
Mr Phool Kumar	Land Use and Nutritional Status: A Case Study of Mokhra Village (Haryana)	Awarded by Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, 1996.
Mr Ramji Lal	Population Pressure and Agricultural Change in Haryana 1981-91	Awarded by Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, 1998.
Ms Seema	Inequities in Urban Literacy in Haryana 1981-91	Awarded by Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, 1999.
Mr Purujit Praharaj	Availability and Utilization of Health Care Services Among Santhal Tribe	Awarded by International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, 2004.
Ms Grace B. Mundu	Characteristics of Slum Population in the Metropolitan Cities with Special Reference to Mumbai	Awarded by International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, 2007
Mr Kunal Keshri	Rural-Urban Migration and Child Survival in India	Awarded by International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, 2009

10.	Country Visited: USA, Singapore, China, Brazil, Italy, France, Norway, Thailand, Malta and Morocco.

11.	Any Other Information: Public Information Officer (Under Right to Information Act 2005); and Editor, IIPS Newsletter; Population and Environment Bulletin, funded by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India

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