Dr. Ravendra Sharma

Scientist ‘B’

ravendra_s@yahoo.com

 

 

Date of Joining ICMR                           :5th April 2006

 

 

Date of Joining Current Position      :5th April 2006

 

 

Discipline                                : Biostatistics

 

Educational Qualifications           :M.A.(Eco.), M. Phil.(Eco.), MPS (Population Studies), Ph D (Population Studies)

 

 

Research Experiences                 : 9 years

 

 

Awards/ Fellowships         :

1.       Young Scientist Award for Third Best oral presented at National Symposium on Tribal Health held at RMRCT (ICMR), during 19th – 20th October 2006, Jabalpur, India.

2.       Raja Rao Memorial Award for best Research Work/PhD thesis in Population Studies/Economics/Operation & Survey Research, presented by Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata, on 11 February 2004.

3.       Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Doctoral Scholarship granted by Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, New Delhi, to pursue Ph.D. Degree course at IIPS, Mumbai, during 1st January, 2001 to 15th August 2002.

4.       Junior Research Fellowship granted by University Grant Commission, to pursue Ph.D. Degree course at IIPS, Mumbai, from August 1998 to 31st December 2001.

5.       Government of India Fellowship to pursue the M.P.S. Degree course at IIPS, Mumbai, during June 1997 to May 1998.

6.       1st Rank in M.Phil for securing highest marks in Department of Economics, Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut, India.

7.       University Merit Scholarship to pursue the M.Phil. Degree course at Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut, India, during June 1996 to May 1997.

8.       GOLD MEDAL in M.A. for securing highest marks in the Subject in the University.

 

 

 

 

Member of Scientific Societies         :

1.       Life Member of Asian Population Association (APA), Bangkok, Thailand.

2.       Life Member of Indian Association of Health and Social Sciences (IAHSS), Trupati, India.

3.       Life Member of Indian Society for Medical Statistics (ISMS), Lucknow (U.P.), India.

4.       Life Member of Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP), New Delhi, India.

5.       Annual Member of International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP),

 

 

 

Conference & seminar(s)                :

1)      Ravendra K. Sharma & D.C. Jain. Tribes of Uttarakhand: A Socio-economic and Demographic Study, paper presented at National Seminar on Population, Environment and Development, at Dehradun during 17th – 19th March2008.

2)      Ravendra K. Sharma, Manju Rani & Arvind Pandey. Value of Children in Uttar Pradesh: How Rural Parents see it, paper presented at XIX Annual Conference of Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP), at BHU, Varanasi during 26th – 28th October 2007.

3)      Manju Rani & Ravendra K. Sharma, Contraceptive use, morbidities and its determinants among tribal women of Central India, paper presented at XIX Annual Conference of Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP), at BHU, Varanasi during 26th – 28th October 2007.

4)      Ashok Kumar & Ravendra K. Sharma, Self reported reproductive morbidities and treatment seeking behaviour among women of Jharkhand, India, paper presented at XIX Annual Conference of Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP), at BHU, Varanasi during 26th – 28th October 2007.

5)      Ravendra K. Sharma & Rajiv Ranjan, Gender Perspective in the knowledge and prevalence of RTI and STI in India: Some experiences from RCH-RHS survey, Paper presented at Bhopal Seminar, held in Bhopal during 17-19th January 2007.

6)      Ravendra K. Sharma & D.C. Jain, Family Planning use among Tribes of Central India: with special focus on some selected Tribes, Paper presented at Bhopal Seminar, held in Bhopal during 17-19th January 2007.

7)      Ravendra K. Sharma & Ashok Kumar, Reproductive health in Madhya Pradesh: Evidences from DLHS-RHS 2002-04 survey, Paper presented at Bhopal Seminar, held in Bhopal during 17-19th January 2007.

8)      Ranjan, Rajiv & Ravendra K Sharma, Gender Differentials in Knowledge of HIV/AIDS among Tribal and Non Tribal Couples in Madhya Pradesh, Paper presented at National Symposium on Tribal Health, held at RMRCT, Jabapur, on 19-20th October 2006.

9)      Pandey, C.M., Ravendra K. Sharma, Uttam Singh & Abdulla H Baqui, ‘Birth interval and Child Survival in Rural Uttar Pradesh, India, Poster presented at National Symposium on Tribal Health, held at RMRCT, Jabapur, on 19-20th October 2006.

10)   Ravendra K. Sharma, Arvind Pandey, Rajiv Ranjan & Ashok Kumar. Utilization of Health Services and RCH Status in Madhya Pradesh, India: A District level Analysis, paper presented at National Symposium on Tribal Health, held at RMRCT, Jabapur, on 19-20th October 2006.

11)   Pandey, C.M., Ravendra K. Sharma, Uttam Singh & Abdulla H Baqui, ‘Probability of Child Survival in Rural India, Paper presented at Twelfth International Conference of Forum for Interdisciplinary Mathematics, Auburn University, USA, 2-4 December 2005.

12)   Sharma, Ravendra K. & Ashok Kumar, ‘Workers in India: Some observation from Census-2001’, Paper presented in Student-Faculty seminar at international Institute for Population sciences, Mumbai, on 23rd August, 2002.

13)   Sharma, Ravendra K., ‘Women Status, Contraceptive Use and Fertility Preferences in an Agriculture Society in Uttar Pradesh’, Paper presented at XXV IASP Annual Conference on Women Empowerment and population Stabilization, IIPS, Mumbai, 11-13 February 2002.

14)   Kumar, Ashok & Ravendra K. Sharma, ‘Global Warming and Climate Change in India’ Paper present at International Conference on Industrial Pollution and Control Technologies’ conducted by JNT University, Hyderabad, 7-10 December 2001.

15)   Sharma, Ravendra K., ‘Poverty, Education and Children Work: A District level Analysis of two Indian States’ Paper presented at XXIV Indian Social Sciences Congress, held at Punjab University, Chandigarh, 1-4 March, 2001.

 

 

 

 

Publications                               :

1)         Sharma RK, Rajiv Ranjan, Manju Rani. 2008. Regional Variation in the Knowledge and Prevalence of RTI and STI in India: A Gender Perspective. Man in India (accepted).

2)         Williams EK, MB Hossain, RK Sharma, V Kumar, CM Pandey, AH Baqui. 2008. Birth interval and risk of stillbirth or neonatal death: findings from rural north India. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Journal of Tropical Pediatrics April 27.

3)         Sharma RK, Manju Rani, Arvind Pandey. 2008. Women status and fertility behaviour in an agricultural society in Uttar Pradesh. Man in India, Vol. 88, No. 1& 2.

4)         Sharma RK, Ashok Kumar. 2007. District level analysis of reproductive health status in Madhya Pradesh. In Ranjan A (ed) Population Issues. Bhopal: Shyam Institute.

5)         Sharma, Ravendra K. 2007. Newborn Health among Tribes of Madhya Pradesh - An Overview. RMRCT UPDATE, Vol. 4 (1): 1-4.

6)         Sharma, Ravendra K. 2007. Population growth and agricultural change in India since independence. In A. Mohammad, A. Munir, S.H. Siddiqui and H. Rehman (eds). Fifty Years of Indian Agriculture. New Delhi: Concept Publication.

7)         Sharma, Ravendra K, Rajiv Ranjan, Ashok Kumar, Arvind Pandey.  2007. Utilization of Health Services and RCH Status in Madhya Pradesh: A District Level Analysis. In Tribal Health: Proceedings of National Symposium. Jabalpur: Regional Medical Research Centre for Tribal (ICMR).

8)         Baqui AH, EK Williams, GL Darmstadt, V Kumar, TU Kiran, D Panwar, RK Sharma, S Ahmed, V Sreevasta, R Ahuja, M Santosham, & RE Black. 2007. New Born Care in Rural Uttar Pradesh. Indian Journal of Pediatrics. Vol. 74 (3): 241-247.

9)         Kumar, Ashok & Ravendra K. Sharma, 2005. Practices and Approach of Mothers in Initiation of Breast Feeding among Tribal and Non-Tribal: A District Level Analysis of Chhattisgarh. SERC Newsletter. Vol. 19(3): July – Sept. 2003 (published in Sept. 2005),Hyderabad.

10)      Sharma, Ravendra K., 2002. Child Education and Work in Karnataka: A District level Analysis, in Baidyanath Mishra (eds.), Population Stabilization and Development, Council of Cultural Growth and Cultural Development, The Universe, Cuttuck. 

11)      Ranjan, Rajiv & Ravendra K. Sharma, 2002. Utilization of Health Facilities and Reproductive Health Status in Erstwhile Bihar: A District Level Analysis, in Baidyanath Mishra (eds.), Population Stabilization and Development, Council of Cultural Growth and Cultural Development, The Universe, Cuttuck.

12)      Kumar, Ashok & Ravendra K. Sharma, 2002. Recent Estimate of Infant and Child Mortality in Orissa: A District Level Analysis in Baidyanath Mishra (eds.), Population Stabilization and Development, Council of Cultural Growth and Cultural Development, The Universe, Cuttuck.

13)      Sharma, Ravendra K. & Arvind Pandey, 2001. Rural-Urban Fertility Differentials in India and Its Major States: An Application of Demand-Supply Framework, Demography of India, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 231-243.

14)      Sharma, Ravendra K., 2001. Poverty, Education and Child work in Rajasthan: A District level Analysis of 1991 Census in Proceedings of International Conference on Population, Development and Environment, at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan.