Session-wise List of Abstracts for Oral presentations

and Poster presentations

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

TS I: Methodological Issues in Population Studies

1. Estimating Life Expectancy at Birth from the only information on CBR and CDR:

With an Application to States and UTs in India over time. Krishna Murthy Ponnapalli

2. Patterns and correlates of digit preference and avoidance in the age statistics in

Indian census Archana K. Roy, Dipti Govil and Aparajita Chattopadhyay

3. Estimating Mortality by Age and Sex and Calculating a Life Table for India and its

States Anurag Verma and F. Ram

4. Comparison of Two Survey Sampling Methods for Estimation of Immunization

Coverage in an Urban set up of Assam, India Dilip C. Nath and Bhushita Patowari

5. Literacy and work status of houseless population in India: Evidences from Census

2011 Mithlesh Chourase

6. Socio-economic Development Dynamics of the Canal Irrigated Villages and Towns:

A Case Study in Indira Gandhi Canal Project Stage I Command Area Sandhya

TS II: Fertility & Family Planning

1. Unmet Need for Family Planning among Muslims: A Comparative Analysis across

Urban and Rural settings in Asian Countries Tamal Reja

2. Use of Family Planning across Indo-Nepal Border: A Comparative Study Ramesh Kafle

3. A Cross Country Study of Fertility and Use of Contraception among Muslims Mohd Usman

4. Differentials in Fertility by Economic Groups in India Harihar Sahoo

5. Birth displacement and its implication on NFHS surveys Anjali Singh

6. Fertility Transition in Gujarat D. A. Nagdeve

TS III: Reproductive & Child Health

1. Impact of Implemented Yojanas under RCH-II in some Indian States Arumugam P

2. Community Based Maternal and Childcare: Concept and Impact in Bihar Ragini Kumari

3. Determinants of Induced and Spontaneous Abortion for Gujarat: Evidence from

DLHS-3 Akhilesh Kumar Pandey, C M Pandey and Uttam Singh

4. Health Problems of Adolescent Lambani Mothers of Shahapur Taluka, Karnataka Sunitha N.H. and Suma T.C.

5. A study of Exclusive Breastfeeding and its impact on Nutritional Status of child in

EAG states Abhishek Kumar

6. A comparative analysis of breastfeeding practices and malnutrition among children

of Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh Shambhavi Mishra, Uttam Singh and CM Pandey

7. Will development ensure increase of male participation in safe motherhood? Mayanka Ambade

TS IV: Migration, Remittances & Development

1. Interpretation of Legal Enactments on Internal Migration: From a Sociological

Perspective Shilpi Smita Panda and Nihar Ranjan Mishra

2. Industrial Classification of Migrant & Non-Migrant Workers in India: An Analysis

Based on NSS Data Gautam K. Vishwakarma and R.B. Bhagat

3. Recent Emigration from Gujarat: Magnitude and Characteristics Ram B. Bhagat, K.C Das, Rajiva Prasad and T.K.Roy

4. Emigration from Gujarat and its Impact on Socio-economic Development of the

Households K. C. Das, R. B. Bhagat, Rajiva Prasad and T. K. Roy

5. Circular Migration: A reflection from KBK Districts in Odisha Narendra K. Behera

6. Factors Associated with Long distance Labour Migration:A study on Bengali

Construction Workers in Kerala Md. Selim Reja and Bhaswati Das

7. Exploring potential linkages between life-style and mental health

(A study of Delhi slum migrants) Jeetendra Yadav and Chander Shekhar

TS V: Morbidity & Mortality- A Changing Perspective

1. “Health Insurance for Health Financing”: Strategy to deal with Medical Poverty

among Urban Poor in India S.K. Singh

2. On Reducing Maternal Mortality in India: Case of Tamil Nadu William Joe, Suresh Sharma, Jyotsna Sharma, Udaya S Mishra and B Subha Sri

3. Prevalence and Influence of Non-Biological Factor on Perinatal Mortality in

India: Evidence from NFHS Bal Govind Chauhan and Bidyadhar Dhehury

4. Infant and Child Mortality Differentials between Tribal and Non-tribal

Population in Central and Eastern India Ranjan Mukesh

5. Lifestyle factors and its risk associated with chronic diseases among the working

Urban Indians: A systematic analysis of SAGE data Anita Pal

6. Tobacco Consumption among Adolescents in India Avadhesh Kumar

7. The HIV Widows- A Study in Anantapuramu District R. Vijaya Krishna Naidu and K.Radhika

TS VI: Urbanisation- Issues & Challenges

1. Situation Analysis of Houseless Population in Gujarat ant its selected Cities:

A Trend Analysis from 1961-2011 Lokender Prashad and Mili Dutta

2. Urbanism and Quality of Life: Causes and Consequences N R Prabhakara

3. Waste as a Bane of Urbanisation: A Threat to Environmental Security in India Vedpal Singh Deswal

4. Role of Urban Informal Workers in Solid Waste Management and Recycling Sector K Chandra Shekar

5. Reduced Lung Function status associated with particulate matter pollution in the

vicinity of Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in National Capital Region (NCR), India. Ritul Kamal, Amarnath Singh, C Kesavachandran and Vipin Bihari

6. Urbanization- Issues and Challenges Yogesh Kherdekar

TS VII: Emerging Gender Issues

1. Impact of Gender based Violence on Child Mortality in India Pradeep Kumar Mishra and Manjushree Panda

2. Initiation and Prevalence of Spousal Violence in Context to Socio-demographic

Factors of Women, Partner, Household and Marital Controls Enu Anand and Jayakant Singh

3. Impact of Women Education-Employment on Fertility-Infant Mortality in Gujarat:

A Geographical Analysis Shamshad

4. Significance of Gender Development Indicators in portraying Status of Women in

Indian Society: A Study in Gujarat Rati Parihar

5. Gender Balance in Villages of Gujarat Aalok Ranjan Chaurasia

6. Differential Determinants of Female Work Participation Rate in Rajasthan and

Gujarat M.R. Singariya

7. ‘DAINI’: The Minorities among Minorities (A sociological exploration of witch

hunting in Assam)

Prerna Talukdar

8. Knowledge and Practices of Family Planning amongst Male Migrant Workers in

Construction Sector. Parthsarathi Dehury

TS VIII: Emerging & Reemerging Public Health- Issues &

Challenges

1. Infertility in Developing Nations: A Regional Analysis of Levels & Consequences Koyel Sarkar and Anuradha Banerjee

2. Male infertility as an emerging issue of public health research: Issues and

Challenges Anshu Baranwal and Aparajita Chattopadhyay

3. Effect of Public Health Spending on Early Childhood Undernutrition: Evidence

from Demographic and Health Surveys From Low Income to Middle Income

Countries. Ashish Kumar Upadhyay

4. Arresting the Deterioration followed by gradual Enhancement – a statistical

assessment of determinants of physical activity using the Health Belief Model to

prevent obesity related T2DM among Urban Ad____. Appakaya Mahesh, G.P.Dinesh & Jagadeesh Babu.K

5. Is Socio-Economic Characteristic Associated with Health-Related Quality of Life

among Elderly: Evidence from SAGE Data in India Mili Dutta and Lokender Prashad

6. Stigma and Discrimination as Differentiating Factors in Health Seeking Behavior

among HIV Positive Female Sex Workers in northern Karnataka, India Rajeshwari Biradar and Shiva S. Halli

7. "Debating" or "Devaluing" Health in Maharashtra: A Critical Discourse Analysis

of Legislative Assembly Debates between 1990-2005 Daksha Parmar

TS IX: Population Aging & Demographic Dividend

1. Population Ageing and Demographic Dividend Tushar Moitra

2. Work Participation of Youth in India: A Comparative Analysis T.Pugalenthi

3. Demographic Dividend for Gujarat: A Reassessment Sunil Rajpal

4. Perception towards Old Age Support among Indian Elderly: Evidence from a large

Scale Survey Laeek Ahemad Siddiqui and Anshul Kastor

5. A Study on Elderly and the Influence of Loneliness on them in Mumbai City Priyanka Janbandhu

6. Health Status of the Rural Elderly in Tamilnadu: A Study of Perceptions with

Reference to Madurai District Ramu Hariharan

7. Does Growing Non-Communicable Diseases among Older Persons makes them

more vulnerable? : A Case of India Dhananjay Bansod

TS X: Empowerment of Women

1. Empowering Women: How Does Neighbourhood Quality Matters? Biplab Dhak

2. Interlinkages of Empowerment and Employment of Rural married women in India Nancy Sebastian

3. Women’s decision making autonomy and their nutritional status within India’s

socio-economic context Swati Srivastava and Ashish K. Upadhyay

4. Women Welfare Programmes in Andhra Pradesh in India M. Ubaidullah,

5. An Analysis of Women Empowerment in India R. K. Doifode, A. R. Doifode and B. R. Chakor

6. Women Empowerment Model in Gujarat: An Overview from Government

Sponsored Health Schemes Sujata Verma and K.S, Niranjan

7. Sustainable Development through Dairy Cooperative Network: Evidence from

White Revolution Strategies to Support Women, Small landholder, Marginal and

Landless farmer for Rural Poverty Alleviation in Gujarat K.S, Niranjan, Sujata Verma and Nivedita Chandravanshi

TS XI: Health Care Utilization & Management- New Horizons

1. Does Facility Based Delivery Care Inspire Post-partum Family Planning? (A cross-

country analysis between India and Nepal) Komal Prasad Dulal

2. Child Delivery Management Practices and its Determinants: A district level analysis

in Gujarat state Sudha Ganesh, Ravisankar and Gayathri

3. Access to and Utilisation of Maternal Health Care among Tribals in Kerala:

A Case of Continuing Exclusion in an Inclusive Society Parvathy Sunaina

4. Health Care Utilisation: A Study of Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) in Uttarakhand Archana Sinha

5. Evaluating Utilization of Maternal Care Services Based on Women's Perceptions in

Bihar Papia Raj

6. Extent and factors associated with reproductive and maternal healthcare utilization

among married tribal women in Jharkhand Vipul Vaibhav Pandey

7. Health Management at Village Level: Role of VHSNC Rajarama K E T, Javeed A. Golandaj and M. S. Kampli

TS XII: Food Security, Hunger & Nutrition

1. Food Security, Infant and Young Children Feeding Practices and Child Nutrition in

Maharashtra Sayeed Unisa, Aparajita Chattopadhyay, Prakash Fulpagare, F Ram and Atreyee Sinha

2. An Emerging Scenario of Food Insecurity in the Households of Maharashtra Prakash H. Fulpagare

3. Dietary Behaviour and Nutritional Health Status of Rural Adolescents: A

Perceptional study in Kumbakonam Taluk S. Vadivel

4. Differentials in Children’s Nutritional Status in Gujarat S.R.J. Singh

5. Poverty, Health and Undernutrition in Gujarat: Has Growth and Social Sector

Interventions Bring Disparity Down Rudra Narayan Mishra, William Joe and Balakrushna Padhi

6. The Impact of Dietary Intake and Nutritional Status of Mothers on the

Anthropometric Measurements of their Neonates Pujitha Padmanabhan, Preetha N and Hemamalini A.J

7. The Prevalence and Correlates of Malnutrition among Elderly Aged 60 Years and

above in an Urban Area in Coimbatore Anil C Mathew, Darsana Das, Saranya Sampath, M Vijaykumar and N Ramakrishnan

TS XIII: Social Inclusion, Exclusion and Dynamics of

Development & Disability

1. Disability in India: Evaluating the Disability-free Life Expectancy and

Decomposition of its Difference over the decade 2001-2011 Kajori Banerje and L .K .Dwivedi

2. Disability and Maternal Health:A Study among Visually Challenged Women in

Tamil Nadu A.K. Ravisankar

3. Psycho-social correlates of psychological health and quality of life among the

parents of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities Rajesh Kumar Mourya and R. N. Singh

4. Rights of Disabled to Employment and Political Economy of Exclusion in India Ranjan Karmakar

5. Inclusion of the Excluded Communities in Elementary Education: Status and

Determinants of school attendance Achala Gupta

6. Social Exclusion: A Case of Homeless Women in Delhi Chetana Naskar

7. Socio- Economic Development and Social capital: A Case Study of National

Capital Region of Delhi Amrita Anand

TS XIV: Population, Environment & Health Interaction

1. Industrialisation and Unplanned Urban Settlements: A study of Health and

Environmental Issues Prashant Agarwal and Rupali Tamuly

2. Social Determinants of Health in India Vijaya P. Khairkar

3. Socio economic and reproductive health of women Living In High Altitudes: A

developmental perspective of Ladakh, India P.M.Sandhya Rani,

4. Trichoderma Viride – An Agricultural Stepping Stone towards Sustainable

Development –A Critical Analysis Using Theory of Planned Behavior N.Jaysheelan, R.Hariharan and G.P. Dinesh

5. Access to improved water, practice of open defecation, use of LPG/PNG, economic

well-being and under-5 mortality in India Abhishek Singh, Manisha Dubey, Kaushlendra Kumar and Faujdar Ram

6. Child Health in High Focused States in India: A District Level Household Amenities

Analysis Jitendra Gouda, Ashish Kumar Gupta and Ajit Kumar Yadav

7. Slum and Health: Correlating Water and Sanitation Ambika Dutta and Shuja Shakir

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

1. Mental Health as a Determinant of the Quality of Life A Situational analysis of

the Elderly in India. Melody Thangjam & Laishram Ladu Singh

2. Youth and Employment: An outlook on challenges of demographic dividend Vidya Yadav

3. Ageing Population and its consequences on demographic dividend: A Case

Study of Goa Debasish Mazumdar and Neeta Mazumdar

4. Women and Decision-Making in the Context of Development: A study of villages

in District Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh Disha Tewari

5. Prevalence of Obstetric Morbidity in Odisha. Binod Jena & Shewli Shabnam

6. Rising Caesarean Section Delivery Rate in India: Causes and Concern Kanchan Negi & Abhishek

7. A Legal Analysis on Disease, Injury and Health Burden: An Indian Scenario Tenzin Jangchup Khampa & Vinoth Raja A

8. Health transition and Out of pocket expenditure on health:A case

study of public health sector in Goa Rupali Tamuly and Prashant Agarwal

9. Study of Migrants in M Ward of Mumbai from droughtprone areas of Satara

District in Maharashtra Amol V. Dadas

10. Educational In-Migrants And Its Effect On Households At Destination: A Case

Study Of Kalimpong, West Bengal, India BhawanaKhati

11. International Migration and Remittance in India: Levels, Trends

and Characteristics Bibhishana Bhuyan and Kailash C. Das

12. Migrant Vendors in Tiruppur City Corporation of Tamilnadu: An Economic

Analysis Panneerselvam Sakthivel and Ramu Hariharan

13. The pattern of migration and remittances sending behaviour among migrants in

India. Ravindra Chowdhary

14. Impact of Health Infrastructure on Health Scenario: A District Level Analysis

on Empowered Action Group States of India Pijush Kanti Khan

15. Maternal Care and Child Health in Four Metropolitan Cities Guru Vasishtha

16. Levels, Trends and Differentials of Perinatal Mortality in India Ankita Srivastava

17. Risk factors, co-morbidities and health seeking behavior of diabetes in selected

states of India Ruchita B. Sakpal

18. The prevalence of gynecological morbidity in India: A district level analysis Archana Poonia

19. Infant and Child mortality among the poor households in India Narendra Kumar

20. An Overview Study of Child Health in India Archana Rajendra Doifode and Rajendra Kanhu Doifode

21. Determinants of Antenatal Care utilization in EAG states of India Ankita Chourasia, Ashish Awasthi, CM Pandey and Uttam Singh

22. Utilisation of Antenatal Care in Rural Areas of Arunachal Pradesh: A Case

Study of Mebo Sub Division Apilang Apum and Lijum Nochi

23. Dimension and Differential of Burden of Multiple Disabilities among Older

Adults in India Abhishek and Kanchan Negi

24. Measuring of Disability Deprivation: Evidence from Indian Census Mohammad Kashif Khan

25. Can unorganized health sector in India be tapped for provisioning family

planning services to rural poor? Findings from a descriptive study in Uttar

Pradesh Ashish Kumar Gupta, Pramod Bhatt and Naveen Gupta

26. Knowledge about consequential effect of over population, contraceptive devices

and attitude towards family size among post graduating girls. Sonam Bedi, CM Pandey, RN Mishra and Uttam Singh

27. Levels and Trends of Fertility in Indian States Alankar Tripathi

28. Reassessment of Fertility Transition and Quality of Data in India and Selected

States and Its Future prospects Ajit Yadav and F. Ram

29. Next Generation Infrastructure Requirement-Issues & Challenges Manish Shah and Sarla Achuthan

30. Sexual Behaviour of Migrant Workers: Evidence from Hotel Industries in Tamil

Nadu Devanathan Ratha, Ravisankar and Gayathri

31. Understanding the Dynamics of Residential Fuel Use and Health Risk In India

and Major States Kaveri Patil

32. Contributions of the Non-Government and Private Organizations in promoting

vocational training towards the empowerment of young underprivileged women Madhulika Tyagi

33. Female Autonomy and its Determinants among Scheduled Tribe in Madhya

Pradesh Kh. Bomolata Devi

34. The Nexus between Child Marriage and Women Empowerment with Physical

Violence in two Culturally Distinct States of India Jayakant Singh and Enu Anand

35. Women Empowerment and Tribal Development - A Case Study of Village

Chompi and Padmapuram in Araku Mandal, Vishakhapatnam, Andhrapradesh Subhadip Gupta and Gargi Sarkar

36. “Gender wise Comparative Study of Work Participation Rate in India and Its

Developed States Maharashtra and Gujarat”

Yogesh P.Suryawanshi.

37. Crimes AgainstWomen in India:Levels, Change, Causes and Recent Case Laws

with Reference to IPC Sunil Sarode, M. V. Vaithilingam, Amol Vinayak Dadas and Bharati Maurya

38. Gender Inequality and Woman Participation in the Democratic Process of

Assembly Election and Socio-Demographic Factors Affecting on woman's voting

pattern, India Rakesh Bhadane

39. Gender Variables and Reproductive Health Behaviour of Women in Rural

Settings of Tamilnadu Kanagasabai Jothy and Sabarathinam Kalaiselvi

40. Prevalence of Spousal Violence and its Consequence in High Economic Class

Families in India Bharati Maurya

41. A critical evaluation of different types of disability in India Lalit K. Rawat, Jang B. Prasad and Alankar Tripathi

42. Disability Scenario and Demand for social care for Livelihood Opportunities

among female with Disabilities in Rural India Brajesh and Akhilesh

43. Changing Physical Environment of Mount Abu, Rajasthan: With Special Focus

on Tourism Ankit U. Sikarwar and Rolee Kanchan,

44. Climatic Variability in Himachal Pradesh for 1901-2002 Vikas Khatik

45. Connecting Green Space to Health Vulnerability: An investigation of Housing

Quality for underprivileged sections in India Priyanka Koiri

46. Sanitary Structure of Varanasi Municipal Corporation: a commentary study Manish Singh and Laishram Ladu Singh

47. Effect of Indoor Air Pollution on Acute Respiratory Infection among Children in

India. Ashwani Kumar

48. Progress towards Millennium Development Goals in the context of Environment

and Child Survival in Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia: Evidences from

Recent Demographic Health Surveys Ankit Anand

49. Measuring Household Food Security, Risk Factors and Coping Strategies: An

Approach Beyond the Calorie Intake Norms

Sanjit Sarkar

50. Mother's nutritional knowledge and children dietary intake under five

Dorothy Tayade and Sudatar Tayade

51. The Role of Urban Housing and Habitat Policy on Child Nutrition: Evidence

from A city of Mumbai, India

Rajan Kumar Gupt and Aparajita Chattopadhyay

52. Information and Communication Technology (ICTs) and the Geographies of Its

Development: Situation in India

Sanchari Mukhopadhyay

53. An Econometric Analysis of Women Labour Force Participation in India.

Bailochan Behera

54. Adolescent and Youth in India: Anatomy of Census 2011

Arvind Shukla and Sarda Prasad

55. Multilevel Approach to understand the factor Associated with Child

Immunization in India

Swati Srivastava