INTERNATIONAL

INSTITUTE FOR

POPULATION

SCIENCES IIPS Newsletter

Volume 51 Numbers 3 & 4 July 2010

Capacity Building For a Better Future( Established in 1956 )

Vision "To position IIPS as a premier teaching and research institution in population sciences responsive to emerging national and global

Needs based on values of inclusion, sensitivity and rights protection."

Mission "The Institute will strive to be a centre of excellence on population, health and development issues through high quality education,

teaching and research. This will be achieved by (a) creating competent professionals, (b) generating and disseminating scientificknowledge and evidence, (c) collaboration and exchange of knowledge, and (d) advocacy and awareness.”

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Greetings !!

This issue of Newsletter reports the activities of IIPS during January to June, 2010.

The proceedings of the Fifty second convocation is given briefly in this issue. Also

we have reported the meritorious students who have received medals in the

convocation. The entire activity of IIPS faculty, research staffs and students during

the academic year 2009-10, completed as well as ongoing project of IIPS and the

list of passed out students are given in the Director’s report Those who are

interested can download it from our website www.iipsindia.org

We look forward to your continuing support and suggestions to improve the

Newsletter much further.

Dr. S.K.SinghDr. Abhishek Singh

(Editors

The fifty-second convocation of IIPS was conducted on

26 June 2010 at IIPS.th

Dr. R.A. Badwe, Director, Tata Memorial Centre,

Mumbai was the Chief Guest at this convocation. Ms.

K. Sujatha Rao, Secretary, Ministry of Health and

Family Welfare, Government of India, presided over

the convocation.

FIFTY SECOND CONVOCATION

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Prof. F. Ram presenting the Director’s Report(L-R) Ms. K. Sujatha Rao, Dr. R.A.Badwe,

Prof. B. Paswan and Prof. F.Ram

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Proceedings of the 52nd Convocation 2

Award/Medal Winning Students of IIPS 3

List of Students who have received their DoctoralDegrees in the convocation

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Conferences/Seminars/WorkshopsOrganised by IIPS

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Other Programmes / Informations 8

Homage to Prof. Asha Bhende 10

Forthcoming Programmes /Events 11

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Prof. F. Ram, Director and Senior Professor of IIPS gave

the welcome address and presented the Director's Report

for the academic year 2009-2010. He elaborately

described all the activities of IIPS during this period.

Ms. K.Sujatha Rao delivered the presidential address. Dr.

R.A. Badwe delivered the convocation address.

Ninety nine students have received their degrees/diplomas at this

convocation - Diploma in Health Promotion Education (DHPE) - 22

students; Master of Population Studies (MPS) - 19 students; Masters in

Philosophy in Population Studies (M.Phil.) -13 students; Doctor of

Philosophy in Population Studies (Ph.D.) - 20 students; Master of

Population Studies (Distance Learning) - 18 students; and Diploma in

Population Studies (Distance Learning) - 6 students. Ms. K.Sujatha Rao

presented the degrees/diplomas to the passing-out students. Dr. Badwe

bestowed the meritorious students with medals.

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The Director's report (2009-10) can beaccessed from our website:

www.iipsindia.org

Dr. Badwe delivering the Convocation address

Ms. K.Sujatha Rao delivering the

presidential address

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTY SECOND CONVOCATION

(Left) Academic procession entering the convocation hall

(Below) View inside the convocation hall

MEDAL/AWARDWINNINGSTUDENTS

Every year gold medals are awarded to the meritorious students, whose overall performance is adjudged to be the best in their

respective programme. They are Dr. C. Chandrasekaran Gold Medal, Dr. K.Srinivasan Gold Medal, Dr. P.N.Mari Bhat Gold Medal

and IIPS Gold Medals. Additionally a student from MPS programme, whose seminar paper is rated as the best is awarded Dr. J. R.

Rele award. This award is based on the Seminar paper's content, and the student's presentation and defense skill, while presenting

the paper at the IIPS Student-Faculty seminar. Silver medals (IIPS) are awarded to students whose overall performance is ranked as

the second best, in the respective programmes MPS, DHPE, PGDCH, DPS (Distance Learning) and MPS (Distance Learning).

This year the medals/awards were given to the students by the chief guest of the convocation, Dr.R.A.Badwe, Director, Tata

Memorial Centre, Mumbai. The list of students who received gold and silver medals is given below. .

1. Dr. C. Chandrasekaran Gold Medal

Ms. Nidhi Jain (MPS)Mr.Sharad Kumar Singh

(MPS Distance learning)

4. Dr. K Srinivasan Gold Medal

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2. IIPS Gold Medal

Mr. Kammari Adinarayana (DHPE)

3. Dr. P .N. Mari Bhat Gold Medal

M.s.Akanksha Srivastava (M.Phil.)

5. Dr. J R Rele Award

Ms. Nidhi Sharma (MPS)

6. IIPS Silver Medal

1. Ms. Kshipra Jain (MPS)

2. Dr. Manoj Nandkishor Toshniwal

(MPS Distance learning)

.3. Mr. Ampineni Eswaraiah (DHPE)

Ms. Nidi Jain (MPS)Gold Medal from Dr. Badwe

receiving Dr. C.Chandrsekaran

Mr. Sharad Kumar Singh (MPS- Distance Learning)K.Srinivasan Gold Medal from Dr. Badwe

receivingDr.

Mr. Kammari Adinarayana (DHPE) IIPS GoMedal from Dr. Badwe

receiving ld Ms. Akanksha Srivastava (M.Phil.) Dr. P.N.MariBhat Gold Medal from Dr. Badwe

receiving

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LIST OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE RECEIVED DOCTORAL DEGREE

Sr.No. Student Title of PhD Theses Guide

1. Mr. Sudipta Mondal Knowledge, Attitude and Risk: A Study of Male Clients of Female SexWorkers in the Wake of HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Mumbai

Dr. S.K. Singh

2. Mr. Nikhilesh Parchure Levels and Determinants of Infant Mortality in Madhya Pradesh Dr. H. Lhungdim

3. Mr. Sourabh Chakraborty HIV/AIDS Related Risk Behavior and Sexual Health Problems amongDiamond Workers of Surat, India

Dr. S.K. Singh

4. Mr. S. Srinivasan Risk Exposures, Treatment Seeking Behaviour and Quality of Life: A Studyamong Hospital based Hepatitis Patients in Mumbai

Dr. K.C. Das

5. Mr. Sandip Anand Exploring Public-Private Partnership Paradigm Through a LongitudinalStudy of Reproductive Health Care Service Utilization in India

Prof. R.K. Sinha

6. Ms. Shilpi Mishra Schooling of Children: A Micro-level Analysis of Tribal District Jhabua inMadhya Pradesh

Prof. S. Parasuraman

7. Mr. Jalandhar Pradhan Assessing Health Inequalities among Indian Children: A DecompositionAnalysis

Prof. P. Arokiasamy

8. Mr. Nihar Ranjan Rout Linkages Between Population, Land Use and Environment : A Case Studyof Bhubaneswar City

Prof. R.B. Bhagat

9. Mr. Bijaya Kumar Malik Proximate Determinants and Fertility Preferences Among Chronic Poor,Poor and Non-Poor: A Case Study of Balasore District of Rural Orissa

Dr. S.K. Mohanty

10. Mr. Murali Dhar An Indirect Study of Survival from a Disease in the Context of DevelopingCountries

Prof. S. Lahiri

11. Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Pattern and Association of Reproductive Morbidity in Bihar: Evidence fromDLHS-2

Prof. S. Parasuraman

12. Ms. Sucharita Pujari An Insight into Men’s Experiences of Involuntary Childlessness – A Studyof Rural Childless Men in Andhra Pradesh

Prof. Sayeed Unisa

13. Ms. Daliya Sebastian Demography of Ageing and Extent of Elder Abuse: A Study ofPathanamthitta District in Kerala

Dr. T.V. Sekher

14. Ms. Manisha Nainakwal Reproductive Morbidity Among Women in Urban Slums of Mumbai Prof. B. Paswan

15. Mr. Manoj Kumar Some Socio-economic and Demographic Factors Affecting Maternal HealthCare Utilization: A Study of Mainpuri District in Uttar Pradesh

Prof. B. Paswan

16. Ms. Puspita Datta Impact of Fertility Decline on Child Schooling in India Prof. F. Ram

17. Ms. Shrabanti Sen An Investigation into the Dynamics and Perspectives of the Use ofTraditional Methods of Fertility Regulation in West Bengal

Prof. F. Ram

18. Mr. Soumitra Ghosh Inequalities in Health, Health Care and Health Care Financing in India Prof. P. Arokiasamy

19. Mr. Avishek Hazra Potential Role of Health Insurance in Health Care Utilization and Quality ofCare: A Study of Rural West Bengal

Prof. S. Lahiri

20. Mr. Atanu Ghosh Street Adolescents of Kolkata: A Study of their Vulnerabilities Prof. L. Ladusingh

II. National Dissemination Seminar

The National dissemination seminar of the “Youth in India:

Situation and Needs Study” was organized at India Habitat

Centre, New Delhi on 20 February, 2010. The seminar was

inaugurated by the Honorable Union Health Minister Shri Ghulam

Nabi Azad, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare,

Government of India. Ms. K. Sujatha Rao, Secretary, Health and

Family Welfare, Government of India chaired the inaugural

session.

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The key note address was delivered by Prof. Amartya Sen, (Nobel

Laurete) Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics

and Philosophy, Harvard University. Prof. F. Ram, Director and Sr.

Professor, IIPS welcomed the dignitaries and delivered the opening

address.

above Youth Study dissemination seminars were

organised by Dr. Usha Ram, Dr. S.K.Mohanty, Dr. Abhishek Singh

and Prof. F. Ram.

The dissemination seminar was attended by nearly 300 delegates

including government officials, executives from international and

National organisations, academia, researchers and press.

Both the

I. Andhra Pradesh Dissemination Seminar

The Andhra Pradesh dissemination seminar of the “Youth in

India: Situation and Needs Study” was organized at Hotel

Green Park, Begumpet, Hyderabad on 22 January, 2010. The

seminar was inaugurated by Shri J. Satyanarayana, Principal

Secretary, Health, Medical, and Family Welfare Department,

Govt. of Andhra Pradesh and Shri A.K.Parida, Principal

Secretary, Youth Services, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. Dr. Usha

Ram, IIPS welcomed the delegates. The dissemination

seminar was attended by over 150 delegates including

government officials, executives from international and national

organisations, academia, researchers and press.

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CONFERENCES/SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS RGANISED BYO IIPS

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Nobel Laurete, Prof. Amartya Sen deliveringthe keynote address in the National Dissemination

of Youth Study Dissemination Seminar (L-R) Prof. Amartya Sen,Prof. F. Ram, Dr. Saroj Pachouri and Shri. Ghulam Nabi Azad

Releasing National Report of Youth in India: Situation and NeedsStudy

`Honourable Union Health Minister of Health and Family Welfare,Sri Gulam Nabi Azad, inaugurating National Dissemination of

Youth Study Seminar

III. Seminar on Demography: InternationalPerspective and Challenges in India

A seminar on 'Demography: International Perspective and

Challenges in India' was held at IIPS during 12-13 February,

2010. The seminar was organized by IIPS, jointly with the

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA),

Austria, and Technology Information, Forecasting & Assessment

Council (TIFAC), New Delhi. The main purpose of this seminar

was to examine and understand the importance of some of the

population issues particularly in the context of population and

development linkages and the necessary methodological

developments thereof. The primary aim of the seminar was to

discus various methodological issues in demographic data

analysis with a special attention on future research collaboration.

Being a member of the National Committee for the India-IIASA

programme, Prof. S. Lahiri of this Institute was initially contacted

by TIFAC, New Delhi to organize such a seminar at IIPS, Mumbai.

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Around 25 renowned demographers and social scientists from

India and Austria participated in this seminar. In the inaugaral

function Prof. F. Ram, gave an introduction of the seminar and

welcomed all the participants. Prof. Kirit Parikh, Chairman,

Integrated Research and Development, and Chairman, National

Committee for the India-IIASA Programme gave the Key note

address. Dr. Wolfgang Lutz, Leader, World Population Program,

IIASA, Vienna, and Director, Vienna Institute of Demography (VID),

gave an introduction about IIASA and its research activities. Ms.

Kiran Abraham-Zacharia, Member Secretary, National Committee

for the India-IIASA Programme gave an introduction of India-IIASA

Programme.

Prof. F Ram, Prof. S. Lahiri, Prof. Sayeed Unisa and Dr.

A.Chattopadhyay were the Seminar Coordinators .

IV. National Conference on Demographic Convergence,Demographic Dividend, Population Ageing and Implications forHealth and Socio-economic Transformations: Special Focuson South Indian States

A three day IIPS national conference was organized in the city of

Chennai during 25-27 March 2010, to deliberate on new and

emerging scientific themes namely: demographic convergence,

fertility transition and determinants, health, mortality and morbidity

transition, age-structural transition and demographic dividend,

labour force and migration, demography of ageing, health and well

being of older population including employment, pension, social

security for the elderly population and health care and health

financing issues in general. The conference also extensively

deliberated on key health, population and social policy challenges

faced by the four south Indian states namely, Andhra Pradesh,

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Inaugural session of the National Conference (L-R) Prof. P.Arokiasamy,Dr.K.M.Sathyanaryana, Dr. Mallick,Padma Bhusan Sri. T.V.Antony,

Shri. V.K. Subburaj and Prof. S.Lahiri

A panel discussion on emerging research issues for futurecollabration (L -R) Prof. F. Ram, Prof. T. K. Roy, Dr. Prem

P. Talwar, Prof. K. Srinivasan and Dr. Wolfgang Lutz

Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, in the context of second

demographic transition.

The conference provided an enabling forum and opportunity in which

seniors shared their expertise and experience with young researchers

while the later discussed their creative research work while learning from

the enlightened veterans.

The conference was partly sponsored by the United Nations Population

Fund (UNFPA), and Population Foundation of India (PFI), New Delhi.

Prof. F. Ram, Prof. P. Arokiasamy, Dr. D.A. Nagdeve, Dr. Ponnapalli

Krishna Murthy and Mr. P. H. Fulpagare organised this conference.

The conference was attended by a large number and a great blend of

about 200 participants: government officials, distinguished researchers,

veterans, senior academics, mid career and young scholars in the

subject areas of demography, economics, social science and public

health.

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V. Panel Discussion on ‘Women and ClimateChange’

A half-day Panel Discussion on 'Women and Climate Change' was

organised on 9 March, 2010 by IIPS. The symposium was supported by

the UNFPAState Office, Maharashtra.

The programme started with a welcome address by Prof. F. Ram,

Director, IIPS. In his speech, he re-iterated that the climate change is no

longer a debatable issue and that the time has come where government

policies need to intrinsically link climate change issues with gender

perspective, as women are most affected by climate change, particularly

in India. He strongly recommended that in the

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policies and programmes

that cover issues emerging due to changing climate, women’s issues

must find central place and provide opportunities and services to women

For their self development and not just because improving their lives

would help countries achieve development goals.

He then requested Ms. Vandana Krishna, Secretary, Women

and Child Development and Mission Director, NRHM,

Government of Maharashtra to chair the panel discussion and

carry forward with the proceedings.

Dr. D.K.Mangal, State Programme Coordinator and Ms. Anuja

, State Programme Officer, from the UNFPAState Office,

, Dr. Vibhuti Patel, Director, SNDT University and

Prof. Gupta were the guest speakers. In

Gulati

Maharashtra

Kamla addition to the

guest speakers, an opportunity was given to IIPS students to

share their views in the panel discussion. Ms. Kshipra Jain, Ms.

Nidihi Sharma and Mr. Aditya Singh, shared their views on the

theme.

Dr. Usha Ram organised this panel discussion.

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Panel discussion on ‘women and climate change’ ( L- R)Prof. F.Ram, Prof. Kamla Gupta, Ms. Vandana Krishna, Dr.

Vibhuti Patel, Dr. D.K. Mangal

VI. Debate on Inclusion of Questions onCaste in 2011 Census

A debate on Inclusion of questions on caste in 2011 Indian

Census was organized on 7 June 2010 at IIPS. W

ding question on , the challenges

that Census is likely to face and its positive and negative

effects on final data quality were debated.

Prof. R.B.Bhagat facilitated the debate.

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The following training programmes were conducted at IIPS between

January - June 2010

1. A‘Refresher Course on Demography' was conducted for fifteen

Senior level ISS Officers during 4-8 January 2010.

2. A‘Training Programme on Large Scale Sample Survey (LSSS) in

Demographic and Health Research’was conducted

during 18-29 January, 2010.

3. Training on 'Application of SPSS for DataAnalysis' was conducted

during 22-26 February, 2010 .

4. Training on 'Application of Qualitative Methods of Data Collection in

Population Research' was conducted from

22 March to 2April, 2010 .

for eight

participants

For twenty participants

for twelve participants

5. Training on ‘Population and Development’was conducted for nine

participants during 21 June to 9 July, 2010 .

Dr. Rajiva Prasad and Dr. A. Chattopadhyay were the Coordinators for

these training programmes.

SHORT- TERM TRAINING PROGRAMMESCONDUCTED BY IIPS

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1. Panel Discussion on 'Women and Climate Change’

IIPS organised a Panel Discussion on ‘Women and Climate Change'

on 9 March 2010. Students were encouraged to actively participate

in this discussion and an opportunity was given to them to express

their views in this subject. Ms. Kshipra Jain talked about 'Problem of

Women in naturally devastated areas'; Ms. Nidhi Sharma talked on

'Condition of special populations women who are forced to take

professions such as sex-work due to natural disasters; and Mr.

Aditya Singh expressed his views on 'Importance of improving

access to reproductive health services including contraception'.

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SPECIALTALKS BY STUDENTS

STUDYTOUR

2. Debate on Inclusion of Questions on Caste in

2011 Census

A debate on Inclusion of questions on Caste in 2011

Indian Census was organized on 7 June 2010. Prof. R.B.

Bhagat facilitated the debate and our students, Mr. Kunal

Keshri, Mr. Aditya Singh, Mr. Goli Srinivas and Mr. C. P.

Abdul Jaleel debated on the Topic. Mr. Kunal Keshri and

Mr. Aditya Singh spoke against the inclusion of caste in

Indian Census and debated on the challenges that

Census is likely to face and its effect on final data quality.

On the other hand, Mr. Goli Srinivas and Mr. C. P. Abdul

Jaleel spoke in support of inclusion of caste in Indian

census.

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STUDYTOUR

Every year as a part of the academic programme, all the

students of Master in Population Studies are taken for a

study tour to different parts of the country. This year’s study

tour was undertaken from 21 March to 1 April, 2010. The

study tour included visits to Bangalore, Mysore, Chennai,

Madurai, Gandhigram, Thiruvananthapuram and

Kanyakumari.

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Students presenting theirviews during the panel

discussion on ‘Women andClimate Change’

( Clockwise) Ms. Kshipra Jain,Ms. Nidhi Sharma and

Mr. Aditya Singh

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RETIREMENT

Prof. Kamla Gupta, Head of Department of Migration and Urban

Studies retired from the services of the Institute on 31st March

2010 on superannuation.

Prof. Kamla Gupta joined IIPS in 1979 as a Lecturer. She became

Reader in 1988 and Professor in 2000 and was heading the

Department of Migration and Urban Studies since then. Besides

teaching, she was also involved in research . Her research has

focused on a variety of topics including migration, urbanization,

ageing, gender and health. It is worth mentioning here that she

was the Chief coordinator for the latest two DHS surveys in India

(NFHS- 2 & 3). Also she was the Principal investigator of a project

on 'Alcohol Use, Sexual Behaviour and HIV Risk in Mumbai.

This tour provided an opportunity to the students to have

direct interaction and exposure to two premier social

science research institutions (Institute for Social and

Economic Changes (ISEC), Bangalore and Center for

Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram), two

Population Research Centers, one social action institute

(Indian Social Institute (ISI), Demography department in

Kerala University and three NGOs working in the areas of

health, HIV prevention, tribal welfare and social

development.

Apart from this, the students were given an opportunity to

actively participate in the National Conference on

‘Demographic Dividend and Fertility Transitions’ held at

Chennai, which had many scientific sessions and

deliberations on demographic issues. Besides participating

in this conference, the students had interaction with a large

number of demographers and social scientists who

attended the national conference.

Dr. T.V. Sekher and Dr. Manoj Alagarajan accompanied the

students as Faculty Guides.

Those who wish to receive the electronic version

of our newsletter may contact us at

publicationcell@iips.net

Prof. Asha Athmaram Bhende passed away on 28 May

2010 at the age of 82.

She had excellent academic career. She had two Master

degrees, one from the University of Bombay (1956) and

one from the University of California, Berkely (1962). In

1976 she received Doctorate in Sociology from the Tata

Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.

She joined IIPS in 1963 and served the institute in various

capacities. In 1988 she retired from IIPS as Professor and

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Head, Department of Population Policies and Programme. She

was considered as a best teacher in IIPS. She was also involved

in research and guided students for their doctoral research. Her

book "Principles of Population Studies" (Co-authored with Prof.

Tara Kanitkar) is well acclaimed by all demographers and

students. The first edition of this book was published in 1978 by

Himalaya Publication House. Recently, in 2010, the 20 edition

of this book was published .

Besides being an academician, Prof. Asha Bhende, was a well

acclaimed actor and model too. Despite a demanding career in

academics, she continued her passion in acting and came to be

recognized as a multi faceted actress. She received the award

for the best actress by the Government of Maharashtra in 1964-

65. She has modeled for many commercials. Her modeling for

the recent commercial advertisements such as State Bank of

India Life Insurance (which won an award in 2007) and Asian

Paints Tractor Emulsions (January, 2009) are worth mentioning.

On her 80 birthday, she released a book she's written on her life,

titled (In my own world, am I)

Prof. Asha Bhende led a very productive and fruitful life all

through her life. We, the IIPS family convey our condolences to

her bereaved family members.

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Dr. Asha A. Bhende

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Annual Conference of Indian Association for theStudy of Population

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For detailed information visit IASP website:

he thirty-second annual conference of IASP will be held at Utkal University,

Bhubaneshwar during 28-30 November, 2010. Dr. G.K. Panda, Head,

Geography, Dept. & Hon. Deputy Director, PRC, Bhubaneshwar will be the

local organising secretary. The main theme of the conference is “Population

and Public Health”.

http://www.iasp.ac.in/

Editorial Team

Dr. F. Ram

Dr. S. K. Singh

Dr. Abhishek Singh

Ms. P. Princy Yesudian

1.Application of SPSS for DataAnalysis

2. Demographic Techniques & Application of Software

Packages

3. Gender issues in Population , Health and Development

4.Application of SPSS for DataAnalysis

Time Schedule : 13-17 September, 2010.

Time Schedule : 18 October to 4 November, 2010.

Time Schedule : 22- 26 November, 2010.

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Time Schedule : 20-24 December, 2010.

5. Large-Scale Sample Surveys in Demographic & Health

Research

6.Application of SPSS for DataAnalysis

7. Application of Qualitative Methods of Data Collection in

Population Research

8. Population- Poverty and Development

Time Schedule: 10 - 21 January, 2011.

Time Schedule: 7 - 11 February, 2011.

Time Schedule: 7- 19 March, 2011.

Time Schedule: 11- 24April, 2011.

Admission Procedure:

Contact details

For admission to these short-term training programmes, participants have to send thefilled in application form to the programme coordinator the commencement of the respectiveprogramme, along with the DD. Payment of course fee will be through crossed Demand Draft drawn in favour ofDirector, IIPS, and payable at Mumbai.

InternationalInstitute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, 400 088, Maharashtra, India

Phone: +91 22 42372426; 9869337260 Fax: +91 22 25563257 E-mail: shortterm@iips.net

Training Coordinators: Dr. Rajiva Prasad and Dr. A. Chattopadhyay

Dr. Rajiva Prasad / Dr. A. Chattopadhyay, Short-Term Training Coordinator,:

For further details on fees and to download application form, visit our website: www.iipsindia.org

three weeks before

Short-Term Training Programmes

iips Newsletter

Volume 51 (3 & 4) July 2010

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Dr. C. Chandrasekaran Memorial Oration

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Family Planning Research in India in theMid- Sixties: The Insights and Global Legacy of

Dr. C. Chandrasekaran

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