South Asia

India

Associate Professor

CRRID, Chandigarh

akn_aswini@yahoo.co.in

Population Research Centre (PRC)
Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID)
2A, Sector 19A, Madhya Marg
Chandigarh, India - 160019

Phones: 91-172-2725059 (office)
91-172-2795506 (residence)
Fax: 91-172-2725215

India

Thematic research interest includes study of population dynamics in
relation to fertility, mortality, migration and family planning changes in
the states of north India namely western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal
Pradesh, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.

With Abi et al. Population Research Centres in India: An Annotated
Bibliography and Abstracts of Research (1987-94) published by the Centre
for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), Chandigarh,
March 1997.

With Malhi et al. in National Family Health Survey: MCH and Family
Planning (1993) the State Report for Punjab jointly published by
Population Research Centre, CRRID, Chandigarh and International Institute
of Population Sciences (IIPS), Bombay, September 1995.

With Abbi et al. Operations Research on Spacing Methods: Operational
Efficiency of Family Planning Programme in Rupnagar District Punjab
published by the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development
(CRRID), Chandigarh, June 2000.

With Kulkarni et al. the State Report for Punjab in the National Family
Health Survey II (NFHS-2), MEASURE DHS+, ORC Macro, Calverton, Maryland,
USA, and International Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai,
India, November 2001.

The Chapter on "Demographic Development" in Punjab Development Report,
published by the Planning Commission, Government of India, New Delhi,
September 2002.

The Chapter on "Population" in the Himachal Pradesh Development Report
published by the Planning Commission, Government of India, New Delhi,
April 2004.

"Death Before Birth: A Study of Awareness and Acceptance of Sex
Determination Test in North India" with Singh et al. Man and Development,
XIV(4), December 1993.

"Creating a Small Family Norm" in Patriot, New Delhi, 27th July 1991.

"Urbanisation in West Bengal: Analysis of Sources of Urban Growth
(1961-81)", Man and Development, XIV(2), June 1992.

"From Hearth to Earth: Use of Natural Resources in Indian Households",
Demography India, 24(1), January-June 1995, with Khurana, Samidha.

"Socio-economic determinants of health among women: Some evidence from
poor society", Indian Association of Social Science Institutions (IASSI)
Quarterly, 19(1), July -September 2000.

"Health Care at the Grassroots: Village Health Guides and Community
Participation in Rural Punjab", Social Change: Issues and Perspectives, 32
(3-4), September-December 2002.

"Family Planning Programme in Punjab: A Recent Assessment of
Sterilisation Beds Scheme", The Journal of Family Welfare, 49(1), June
2003.

"Child Sex Ratio Imbalance, Fertility Behaviour and Development in
India: Recent Evidence from Haryana and Punjab", Indian Social Science
Review (forthcoming, communicated) with Veron, Jacques.

population dynamics ; fertility ; mortality ; migration ; family planning ; India ; Uttar Pradesh.