Demographer by profession, economist by training. Love to play with data. Views are personal.
New Delhi, India
Joined February 2013
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Dear IASP members! I am contesting for the position of MEMBER OF the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE in the upcoming IASP election for the term 2026-28. Requesting your support in this journey 🙏
@flyspicejet Do you plan to operate SG2471 from Delhi to Gorakhpur today? Please share a honest answer.
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Sharing the recorded video of the 3rd March NCAER webinar, in case you missed it.
NCAER hosted a webinar titled “Gender Transformation: Insights from the India Human Development Survey (IHDS)” on March 3, 2026 to mark Women’s History Month.
Moderated by Professor Sonalde Desai, the event featured NCAER Director General, Mr Suresh Goyal and IHDS team members Dr Pallavi Choudhuri, Dr Debasis Barik, Dr Ruchi Jain, Dr Dibyasree Ganguly and Dr Athira Vinod from NCAER, along with Dr Sharan Sharma from University of Maryland. The discussion drew on two decades of IHDS data (between 2004 and 2024) to highlight shifts in education, family expectations, women’s mobility, and the ongoing challenges of measuring work and empowerment.
@SonaldeDesai | @Pallavi_Econ | @snsharma | @DebasisBarik25 | @jruchi6 | @DibyasreeG @UofMaryland | @ihdscorner
Watch the webinar here: youtube.com/watch?v=5pEYvtmc…
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Chronic obesity confers the highest NCD risk, while reverting to normal BMI lowers the risk substantially. Socio-economic gradients in NCD weakens once obesity status in includeed in the model. Please find the latest evidence based on longitudinal IHDS data from India.
The latest edition of NCAER’s peer-reviewed journal, Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, has been released.
This issue features research papers spanning a wide range of themes, including corporate foreign exchange risk; noncommunicable diseases and female obesity; effective communication channels for financial inclusion; trade in value added and employment in the manufacturing sector; and, intergovernmental transfers and revenue efforts of Indian states.
@usdas | @rohitgoel_rg | @DebasisBarik25
Read here: ncaer.org/publication/margin…
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@BlueDartCares @BlueDart_ Dear Bluedart, I am expecting a package from Bangalore Waybill # 20868998054. The tracking data shows "Wrong pincode, will impact delivery", which is not correct. Nobody responded to the call we made. Please help deliver the order.
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@PizzaHutIN where is my pizza? Order# 18477165. Status shows out for delivery, but nothing to track/trace. The given number says BUSY on repeated calls. Will you deliver at all? Frustating
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Digital data collection unfurls some great opportunity to monitor field progress as well as interviewers reluctance in some cases. -ve screening helps in early detection of interviewing malpractices. Read the latest #IHDS newsletter to know how we tacked such fraud in IHDS 3.
NCAER's IHDS-3 used Negative Screening rates to monitor data quality.
High NS rates, coupled with computer-assisted audio recordings, improved results with daily monitoring & feedback.
Read more in the July IHDS Newsletter: bit.ly/3LzYFwW
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#CII Annual Business Summit 2024 @TajHotels New Delhi. ❤️ The thoughts of BVR Subramanyam of NITI Aayog. He emphasised the need to integrate women in the development process. "We look back and feel happy about that, but if we look left and right, there's much needed to be done"
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Guess, who are most at risk to be missed in birth history reporting? Find out our latest publication @DemographicRes on omitted birth reporting by @ihdscorner respondents @SonaldeDesai @snsharma @opsharma7222
New paper based on @ihdscorner data conservatively estimates that 4% of births are omitted in birth history data. Married-out daughters and dead infants are most at risk. Implications for survey design and quality control. #IHDS
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This is a great opportunity to IHDS data users. We expect to follow a fast review process. The deadline is approaching....Do hurry
The IHDS invites scholarly papers, using IHDS data from rounds I & II for @ncaer's peer-reviewed journal, Margin, co-published with @Sage_Publishing.
📑8,000 Words
✅Deadline: June 1, 2024
For submission & inquiries: rjain@ncaer.org.
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ALT The IHDS invites scholarly papers, around 8000 words, using IHDS data from rounds I & II for @ncaer's peer-reviewed journal, Margin, co-published with @Sage_Publishing. ✅Deadline: June 1, 2024. For submission & inquiries: rjain@ncaer.org.
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JSY is hugely successful in increasing hospital delivery. It needs to change the focus on increasing pre and postnatal visits to achieve the larger goal of reducing maternal & child death. Read our take on today's Hindu BusinessLine.
JSY, the popular maternity benefit scheme successfully achieves an almost universal hospital delivery target for all castes & classes. But, how well does it work to increase prenatal care?
Read @ncaer faculty @DebasisBarik25 & @SonaldeDesai's take on this bit.ly/48EtKZs
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Apart from some excellent papers using IHDS, this issue provides a glimpse of the quality monitoring aspect of the ongoing IHDS3 fieldwork. We have discussed in brief the challenges and opportunities of quality monitoring in a digital world. Subscribe if you like such discussion.
📃 Newsletter alert! @ihdscorner has published its update for February— find publications based on the @ncaer India Human Development Survey: bit.ly/3SSPcnT
You can also read @ncaer faculty @DebasisBarik25 & Dinesh Tiwari's account of monitoring field inputs from IHDS-3
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IHDS Newsletter in new avatar demonstrating some of the challenges faced during the data collection process. This issue illustrates on how we tackled the translation challenges. Do subscribe if you find this interesting.
New IHDS newsletter covering papers on gender, employment & vaccination. Added feature, lessons from designing IHDS.
Read here: rb.gy/affbl0
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@CareMagicpin I purchased a Domino's voucher worth Rs. 500. The first time I bought it on June 18, 2023 & got an expired voucher with expiry date Feb 17, 2023. After few email xchange I got it replaced by another voucher with expiry date Dec06, 2023. I tried to 1/3
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Older woman, even in land owning households, lacks decision making power & lower survival compared to older man. However, her name in land title & operational control over the piece of land offers her more power & better survival. Exercising land rights are important for woman.
Article by @HopeYanxu, @SonaldeDesai & @DebasisBarik25 using @ihdscorner data, shows that older men benefit from simply living in land-owning households, but women need to control land themselves to have improved decision-making & survival probability.
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@ola_supports Just now I revealed that I have an ongoing trip since August 01, 2023. How is it possible? I was trying to cancel the ride today. But, my surprise, even I couldn't do that from ola support.
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Smoking n chewing of tobacco not only are injurious to health, but reduces life span. Our paper (with ICMR colleagues) using #ihds shows how smoking n smoke less tobacco (guthkha, khaini, etc.) reduces life expectancy among Indians @PopAssocAmerica #NewOrleans #PAA2023 #NCAER
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Providing access to health insurance is essential, but not enough. Creating awareness and guiding the beneficiaries on entitlements and benefits are equally important. Gradual decline/stagnation in budget allocation on PMJAY hints on the need of the hour.
Despite the wide coverage of insurance schemes across states, fund use is constrained by limited awareness about entitlements among citizens, points out @ncaer Fellow @DebasisBarik25 in an OP-Ed in @the_hindu's @businessline today: thehindubusinessline.com/opi…
Looking forward very much to join the esteemed panel.
We introduce to you our 4th panellist Dr Debasis Barik.(@DebasisBarik25)
A renowned fellow at the National Council of Applied Economic Research with significant contributions to the research fields of public health and mortality.
#kachingxejcon
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This is utterly disgusting @airindiain . I have huge respect to @RNTata2000 sir and Tata Group. Flyers should not be harassed like this. I myself visited the Safdarjung Enclave office more than a year ago,but nothing progressed. @Ministry_CA @DGCAIndia Please look into this issue
Is this how your customer service works...???? Only false promises...!!! Learn how hassle-free refund procedure can be from @flyspicejet airlines... this is literally the height of harassment @airindiain
@RNTata2000 @TataCompanies
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