Udaya Shankar Mishra
Professor
E-mail: mishra@cds.ac.in
Area of specialisation: Population Policies and Programme Evaluation, Analytical and Measurement issues in Gender and Health, Stochastic Models to Study the Bio-social Determinants of Fertility and Child Mortality, Poverty, Inequality and Human Development

Academic Background:

  • Ph.D in Population Studies, “On Some Analytical Models for the Study of Open Birth Interval and Open Status of Women”, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, 1992.
  • MPhil. in Population Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, 1988.
  • Certificate in Population Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, 1987.
  • MA. Statistics, Sambalpur University, Orissa, India, 1985.

Work Experience:

  • Professor, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum (since 8th October 2014)
  • Associate Professor, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum (24th Aug, 2001 to 7th October 2014)
  • Assistant Professor, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum (29th Oct, 1991 to 23rd Aug, 2001)
  • Research Executive, Operation Research Group, Baroda (3rd Jan, 1991 to 28th Oct, 1991)

Teaching Experience:

  • 30 Years, Teaching at M.Phil. in Applied Economics Programme at Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Trivandrum, registered under Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and participants for UNDP sponsored Global Training Programme in Population and Development at CDS
  • Regular Courses for M.Phil. Programme:
    • Survey Research and Research Methodology
    • Measurement of Poverty and Inequality
    • Human Development
    • Population and Development
  • Courses for UNDP Training Programme:
    • Sampling Techniques
    • Basic Statistics

Professional and Technical Collaborations:

  • Served as Temporary Scientific Advisor, Gender Mainstreaming in Health Research, World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Served as Technical Advisor, Cross-National Infertility Estimation using Survey Data, Gender Reproductive Health and Population Policies (GRHPP) Network, University of Amsterdam
  • Served as Member, Board of Studies of Post-graduate Course in Demography, University of Kerala, India.
  • Served as Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Small Grant Programme, Gender and Social Issues in Reproductive Health Research, Ford Foundation.
  • Served as Expert Group Member, Review Committee ‘Designing of Household Sample Surveys’ at the United Nations Statistics Division (UN), New York.
  • Takemi Fellow (2003-05), Department of Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston USA
  • Associate Member, Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, University of Southampton, UK
  • Winner, 2005 Global Grant commissioned by International Secretariat for Human Development, York University, Canada.
  • Member International Editorial  Board of the Journal Migration and Development published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
  • Member Technical Expert Committee on finalising district infrastructure index (DII) for the North East Region, Ministry of DoNER, Govt. Of India
  • Member Committee of Direction, and Governing Board Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum
  • Member Academic Council International Institute for Population Sciences ( Deemed University), Mumbai
  • Member of the Board of Studies and Research of the International Institute for Population Sciences ( Deemed University) Mumbai

Publications: International Journals

  1. Basant K Panda, Itishree Nayak and U.S Mishra (2020) `Determinants of Inequality in Caesarean Delivery in India: A decomposition Anlaysis’ Health Care for Women International (forthcoming)
  2. Basant K Panda, U.S Mishra and Sanjay K Mohanty(2019) `Rising Extent Caesarean Delivery and its Differential Access in regions of India, 2005-16’ Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice( forthcoming)
  3. Vachaspati Shukla and U.S Mishra (2019) ` “Educational Expansion and Schooling Inequality: Testing Educational Kuznets Curve for India’ Social Indicators Research, Vol.141(3), pp. 1265-1283.
  4. William Joe, U.S. Mishra (2017) `Reckoning Level Differential in the Measurement of Progress: An Application in the Context of Deliveries Attended by Skilled Health Personnel across Least Developed Countries (LDCs)’ Journal of International Development, Vol.29(3), pp.330-350.
  5. Vachaspati Shukla and U.S Mishra (2017) ` “Literacy Achievement in India: A Demographic Evaluation’ Prospects Vol.47(3), pp.257-274
  6. U.S.Mishra (2016) `Measuring Progress Towards MDGs in Child Health: Should Base Level Sensitivity and Inequity Matter?’ Evaluation and Programme Planning, Vol.58, pp.70-81.
  7. U.S.Mishra and Vachaspati Shukla (2016) `Welfare Comparisons with Multidimensional Well-being Indicators: An Indian Illustration’ Social Indicators Research, Vol.129, pp.505-525.
  8. U.S.Mishra and Vachaspati Shukla (2015) `On Counting Multi-dimensional Well-being: An Indian Illustration’ Empirical Economic Letters, Vol.14(10), pp.957-965.
  9. U.S.Mishra and Mohammad Kashif Khan (2015) `Poor amidst the Non-poor: Ill-being implications of Poverty’ International Economics Letters (forthcoming).
  10. U.S. Mishra and Deepak Singhania (2014) ` Contrasting the Levels of Poverty against the Burden of Poverty: An Indian Case’ International Economics Letters, Vol.3(2), pp26-35.
  11. U.S. Mishra, Mohammad Kashif Khan and Mala Ramanathan (2013) “Should Life Potential be a better Alternative to Life Expectancy at Birth? An Indian Illustration” Economics Bulletin, Vol.33(2), pp.1311-1316.
  12. William Joe, U.S. Mishra and K. Navaneetham (2013) “Inter-group Inequalities in Child Undernutrtion in India: Group Analogue of Gini Coefficient and Atkinson Index” Oxford Development Studies, Vol.41(2), pp 239-257.
  13. Singh A, Padmadas SS, Mishra U.S., Pallikadavath S, Johnson FA, et al. (2012) “Socio-Economic Inequalities in the Use of Postnatal Care in India”, PLoS ONE 7(5): e37037. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037037
  14. U.S. Mishra, William Joe and R.N. Mishra (2011) “Towards making Comparison of Dichotomous Measures Robust: A Case of Calorie Undernourishment” Empirical Economic Letters, Vol.10(3), pp. 259-267.
  15. U.S. Mishra and Atish Kumar Dash (2011) “Elderly: Does Count or Characteristics Matter?” Journal of Aging in Emerging Economies, Vol.3 (1), pp.24-35.
  16. U.S. Mishra and William Joe (2010) “Defining Poor to Defining Rich: Gauging the Middle Class in India” Economics Bulletin, Vol.30 (4), pp.3321-3328.
  17. U.S. Mishra and William Joe (2010) “Socio-economic Inequalities in Childhood Undernutrition in India: An Application of the Corrected Concentration Index” Economics Bulletin, Vol.30 (1), pp 847-854.
  18. William Joe, U.S. Mishra ad K. Navaneetham (2009) “Inequalities in Childhood Malnutrition in India: Some Evidence on Group Disparities” Journal of Human Development, Vol.10 (3), pp. 417-439.
  19. William Joe, U.S. Mishra and K. Navaneetham (2010) `Socio-economic Inequalities in Child Health: Recent Evidence from India’ Global Public Health, Vol.5 (5), pp.493-508.
  20. U.S. Mishra and Rudra Narayan Mishra (2009) “On Comparison of Nutritional Deprivation: An Illustration Using FGT Criterion” Applied Economic Letters, Vol.16(10), PP.1021
  21. Piroska Ostlin, Elizabeth Eckermann, U.S. Mishra, Mwansa Nkowane and Eva Wallstam (2006) “Gender and Health Promotion: A Multisectoral Policy Approach” Health Promotion International, Vol. 21, pp.25-35.
  22. U.S. Mishra and S. Subramanian (2006) “On Measuring Group Differentials by Socioeconomic Indicators” Applied Economics Letters, Vol.13(8), pp. 519-521.
  23. U.S. Mishra (2006) “Making Comparisons of Demographic Aggregates More Meaningful: A Case of Life Expectancies and Total Fertility Rates” Social Indicators Research, Vol.75, pp.445-461.
  24. Achin Chakraborty and U.S. Mishra (2003) “Making Inter-Country Comparison of Life Expectancy Inequality Sensitive” Social Indicators Research, Vol.64 (2) pp. 191-208.
  25. S. Irudaya Rajan, P.S. Sarma and U.S. Mishra (2003) “Demography of Indian Aging, 2001-2051” Journal of Aging and Social policy, Vol.15(2-3), pp.11-30.
  26. U.S. Mishra and Mala Ramanathan (2002) “Delivery-related Complications and Determinants of Caesarean Section Rates in India” Health Policy and Planning, Vol.17 (1), pp.90-98.
  27. T.K.S. Ravindran and U.S. Mishra (2001) “Unmet Need for Reproductive Health in India” Reproductive Health Matters, Vol.9 (18), pp.105-113.
  28. S. Irudaya Rajan, U.S. Mishra and P.S. Sarma (2001) “Health Concerns among the Indian Elderly”, The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, Vol.53 (3), pp.181-194.
  29. M. Ramanathan and U.S. Mishra (2000) “Correlates of Female Sterilisation Regret in Southern States of India” Journal of Bio-social Sciences, Vol.32(4), pp.547-558.
  30. U.S. Mishra, Mala Ramanathan and S.Irudaya Rajan (1998) “Induced Abortion Potential among Indian Women” Social Biology, Vol. 45, No.3-4, pp. 278-288.
  31. S. Irudaya Rajan, U.S. Mishra (1995) “Defining Old Age: An Indian Assessment”. Journal of United Nations International Institute on Aging, Malta, Volume. 5, No.1.
  32. S. Irudaya Rajan, U.S. Mishra and P.S. Sarma (1995) “Living Arrangement Among the Indian Elderly,” Hong Kong Journal of Gerontology, Vol. 9, 1995.
  33. S. Irudaya Rajan, U.S. Mishra and Mala Ramanathan (1993) “Two Child Family in India: Is it Realistic?” International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 19, No. 4.

Publications: National Journals

  1. U.S. Mishra and William Joe (2020) `Household Assets and Wealth Quintiles, India 2006-16: Insights on Economic Inequalities’ Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.55(6), pp.83-91.
  2. Sanchita Mukherjee and U.S. Mishra(2019) `Govt. Interventions on Tobacco Control in India: A Critical Review’ Indian Journal of Human Development, Vol.13(2), pp.183-194
  3. Balakrushna Padhi, Udaya S Mishra and Urmi Pattanayak (2019) `Gender based wage discrimination in Indian Urban Labour Market: An Assessment’ The Indian Journal of Labour Economics (Forthcoming)
  4. Banantika Dutta and Udaya S Mishra(2019) ` Effect of Education–Occupation Mismatch on Wages in India’ The Indian Journal of Labour Economics (Forthcoming)
  5. Shraddha Jain and Udaya S Mishra (2019) `Demand for Domestic Workers in India: Its Characteristics and Correlates’ The Indian Journal of Labour Economics (Forthcoming)
  6. William Joe, Shalini Rudra, U.S. Mishra and Mala Ramanathan (2018) `Social Choice and Political Economy of Health: Reflections on National Health Policy, 2017’ Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.53(28), pp.83-91.
  7. Vachaspati  Shukla and U.S.Mishra(2019)` Literacy Achievement in India: Across the States and Over the Age Cohort’ Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.54(48), 07 Dec, pp.43-53
  8. U.S.Mishra and Vachaspati Shukla (2015) `Provision of Basic Household Amenities in India: A Progress Report’ Social Change, Vol.45(3), pp.421-439.
  9. Nutan Shashi Tigga and U.S.Mishra (2015) `On Measuring Technical Efficiency of Health Systems in India: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis’ Journal of Health Management, Vol.17(3), pp.285-298.
  10. Vachaspati Shukla and U.S. Mishra (2014) `Age Composition and Literacy Progress in India: An Inter-state Analysis’ Journal of Educational Planning and Administration, Vol. 28(3), pp.223-234.
  11. Vachaspati Shukla and U.S. Mishra (2014) `Literacy Progress in Uttar Pradesh: A District Level Analysis’ Indian Journal of Human Development, Vol.8(1), pp.171-182.
  12. Rudra Narayan Mishra and U.S. Mishra (2014) `Assessing Characteristic Differential in Dichotomous Outcomes’ Social Change and Development, Vol.11(2), pp.35-47.
  13. Vachaspati Shukla and U.S. Mishra (2014) `Is the recent reduction in India’s Poverty Inclusive?, Economic and Political Weekly , Vol.XLIX, No. 47, pp.70-75.
  14. Mala Ramanathan, P.Sankara Sarma and U.S. Mishra (2012) `Compensation for Trial-related Injury: Does Simplicity Compromise fairness’ Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol.9(4),pp. 232-235.
  15. Praveena Kodoth and U.S. Mishra (2011) “Gender Equality in Local Governance in Kerala”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 46(38), pp. 36-43.
  16. U.S. Mishra (2011) “On Adjusting the Survivorship Dimension in Human Development Index”, Indian Journal of Human Development, Vol.5 (1), pp.245-256.
  17. T.R. Dilip and U.S. Mishra (2008) “Self and Proxy Reporting of Morbidity in Large Scale Surveys of Morbidity in India”, Journal of Family Welfare, Vol.54 (2), pp. 25-31.
  18. U.S. Mishra and T.R. Dilip (2008) “Reflections on Wealth Quintile Distribution and Health Outcomes”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.43, No.48, 29th Nov-5th Dec, pp. 77-82.
  19. William Joe, U.S. Mishra and K. Navaneetham (2008) “Health Inequality in India: Evidence from NFHS-3”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.43, No.31, 2-8 August, pp. 41-48
  20. Srijit Mishra and U.S. Mishra (2004) “Secluded and Proximate Illiterates among Couples: Implications for Health of Women and Children”, Economic and Political Weekly Vol. 39 No 7,14th Feb.
  21. U.S. Mishra and T.R. Dilip (2002) “Does Better Reproductive Health Status Mean Low Fertility Levels? Evidence from Asian Countries”, Health and Population Perspectives and Issues, Vol.25 (2), pp.65-73.
  22. U.S. Mishra and S. Irudaya Rajan (2000) “Towards Attaining Replacement Level of Fertility in India: Is it enough to meet the Unmet Need?”, Janasamkhya, Vol.15-18, pp.47-58.
  23. U.S.Mishra, S. Irudaya Rajan and M. Ramanathan (1999) “1981-91: A Decade of Urban Explosion” Nagarlok, Vol.31 (3), pp. 10-21.
  24. S. Irudaya Rajan, U.S. Mishra and P.S. Sarma (1999) “Ageing in India: Retrospect and Prospect”, Indian Social Science Review, Vol.2 (1), pp.1-47.
  25. S. Irudaya Rajan, U.S. Mishra and P.S. Sarma (1999) “Indian Elderly: Some Views of the Populace” The Indian Journal of Social Work, Vol.60 (4), pp.487-507.
  26. U.S. Mishra, T.K. Roy and S.Irudaya Rajan (1998) “Antenatal Care and Contraceptive Behaviour in India: Evidence from National Family Health Survey”, The Journal of Family Welfare, Vol.44(2),pp 1-14.
  27. S. Irudaya Rajan, U.S. Mishra and T.K. Vimala (1999) “Role of Abortion in Fertility Decline in Kerala”, Demography India, Vol.29(1), pp.75-84.
  28. S.Irudaya Rajan and U.S. Mishra (1997) “Restructuring Welfare Programmes: Emerging Trends”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.32 (6), pp.261-263.
  29. S. Irudaya Rajan and U.S. Mishra (1996) “Fertility Transition in Kerala: Implications for Educational Planning”, Productivity, Vol.37 (3), pp.386-396.
  30. U.S. Mishra, Arvind Pandey and S.Irudaya Rajan (1996) “Biosocial Determinants of Abortion among Indian Women”, Radical Journal of Health, Vol.2, No.4, pp.213222.
  31. S. Irudaya Rajan, U.S. Mishra and T.K. Vimala (1996) “Choosing a Permanent Contraceptive: Does Son Preference Matter?”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 31(29),pp.1980-84.
  32. S. Irudaya Rajan, U.S. Mishra and P.S. Sarma (1995) “An Agenda for National Policies on Aging in India”, Research and Development Journal, Journal of the Help Age India, New Delhi, Volume 1, No.2.
  33. K.B. Pathak, Arvind Pandey and U.S. Mishra (1995) “A Bivariate Distribution of Open Birth Interval and Open Status”, Journal of Indian Society of Probability and Statistics, Vol. 2.
  34. S. Irudaya Rajan, U.S. Mishra and P.S. Sarma (1993) “Demographic Transition and Labour Supply in India”, Productivity, Volume. 34, No.1, AprilJune, Pp. 1121.
  35. S. Irudaya Rajan, U.S. Mishra and K. Navaneetham (1992) “Decline in Sex Ratio: An Alternative Explanation Revisited”, Economic and Political Weekly November 14.
  36. S. Irudaya Rajan, U. S. Mishra (1992) “Fertility Policy in India: Need for a Fresh Thinking”, Indian Journal of Public Administration, Vol.38, No.3.
  37. S. Irudaya Rajan, U.S. Mishra and K. Navaneetham (1991) “Decline in Sex Ratio: An Alternative Explanation” Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.26, No.51.
  38. K.B. Pathak, Arvind Pandey and U.S. Mishra (1991) “On Estimating Current levels of Fertility and Child Mortality from the Data on Open Birth Interval and Survival Status of the Last Child”, Janasamkhya, Vol.9(1), Pp.1524.
  39. K. B. Pathak, Arvind Pandey and U.S. Mishra (1990) “Estimation of Current Fecundability from Data on Open Status of Women”, Demography India, Vol.19, No 1.
  40. R.B Bhagat and U.S. Mishra (1989) “Types of Dwellings in Relation to Environment: A Case study of Orissa”, Journal of National Building Organisation, Vol.34, No.2.
  41. U.S. Mishra (1987) “Childlessness and Fertility”, IIPS Newsletter, Vol. 28, No. 4, 1987.

Publications: Books

  1. (Co-authored) Demographic Transition in Kerala in 1980’s, Centre for Development Studies, 1994, Trivandrum.
  2. (Co-authored) India’s Elderly: Burden or Challenge, Sage Publications, 1999 New Delhi
  3. (Co-authored) Towards Quality of Care in Kerala, India,  Het Spin Huis Press, 1998, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam.
  4. (Co-edited) `India’s Aged: Needs and Vulnerabilities’ 2017 Orient Blackswan
  5. (Coedited) `Demographic and Development Divide in India:A District Level Analysis’ 2019, Springer Nature, Singapore

Publications: Edited Books

  1. U.S.Mishra and S. Irudaya rajan (2020) `Tracing the Changing Economic Status of Kerala Households: The KMS Experience’ India Migration Report 2020, S. Irudaya Rajan (Ed), Routledge Publications, New Delhi
  2. U.S.Mishra and Pinak Sarkar (2018) `Associated reasons of Internal Migration in India: The Education-Employment Divide’ In S.Irudaya Rajan and P. Sivakumar (Ed) Youth Migration in Emerging India` Orient Blackswan, India pp.32-46
  3. William Joe, Abhisek Kumar and U.S. Mishra (2016), `Elderly Inpatient Care Utilization and Financing in India: Is there a Gender Difference? In Tannistha Samanta (Ed) Cross-cultural and Cross-disciplinary Perspective in Social Gerontology` Springer Singapore, pp.245-270.
  4. Balakrushna Padhi, U.S. Mishra and Mohammad Kashif Khan (2015) `Is Poverty Comparable Across varying Size of Population Among Indian States’ in Almas Heshmati, Guanghua Wan and Esfandiar Maasoumi (Eds) Poverty Reduction Policies and Practices in Developing Asia, Asian Development Bank and Springer International Publishing AG.
  5. U.S.Mishra and T.R.Dilip (2015) `Managing Grassroots health Systems in Kerala: The Roles and Capacities of Local Self Government Institutions’ in  Michael R Reich and Keizo Takemi (Eds) Governing Health Systems: for Nations and Communities around the World, Lamprey and Lee Publications, Boston.USA.
  6. S.Irudaya Rajan and U.S. Mishra (2014) `The National Policy for Older Persons: Critical Issues in Implementation’  in G. Giridhar et.al (eds) Population Ageing in India, Cambridge University Press
  7. William Joe and U.S. Mishra (2012) “Inequalities in the Provision of Safe Water and Sanitation and Childhood Undernutrition India” In A Prakash, G. Saravanan, and J. Chourey (Ed) Water and Health in South Asia: A Reader, Sage Publications.
  8. U.S Mishra and Priyajit Samaiyar (2012) “Migration the Divider” in Kerala’s Demographic Future: Challenges and Options S. Irudaya Rajan and K C Zachariah (Eds), Academic Foundation, New Delhi
  9. S.Irudaya Rajan and U.S. Mishra (2011) “The National Policy for Older Persons: Critical Issues in Implementation” BKPAI Working paper No.5, UNFPA, New Delhi
  10. S.Irudaya Rajan and U.S. Mishra (2011) “Facets of Indian Mobility: An Update” in Migration Identity and Conflict: India Migration Report 2011, S. Irudaya Rajan (Ed), Routledge Publications, New Delhi
  11. William Joe, Priyajit Samaiyar and U.S. Mishra (2011) “On Examining Migration-Poverty nexus in Urban India” in Migration Identity and Conflict: India Migration Report 2011, S. Irudaya Rajan (Ed), Routledge Publications, New Delhi
  12. S.Irudaya Rajan and U.S. Mishra (2010) “Managing migration form India: Lessons form the Philippines” in Governance and Labour Migration: India Migration Report 2010, S. Irudaya Rajan (Ed), Routledge Publications, New Delhi.
  13. P. Balasubramanian, T. K. Sundari Ravindran and U.S. Mishra (2007) “Induced Abortion: A Study of Rural Tamil Nadu” Abortion in India: Ground Realities, Leela Visaria and Vimala Ramachandran (Eds), Routledge, New Delhi.
  14. K.B. Pathak, Arvind Pandey and U.S. Mishra (2002) “The Systematic Component of Variation in the Distribution of Open Birth Interval: An Assessment”, C.M.Pandey , et.al. (Eds), Bio-statistical Aspects of Health and Epidemiology, Department of Biostatistics, Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
  15. U.S. Mishra and S. Irudaya Rajan (1997) “Dynamics of Age at Maternity in Kerala” Kerala’s Demographic Transition: Determinants and Consequences, K.C. Zachariah and S.Irudaya Rajan (Eds), Sage Publications, New Delhi.
  16. S. Irudaya Rajan and U.S. Mishra (1997) “Population Aging: Causes and Consequences” Kerala’s Demographic Transition: Determinants and Consequences, K.C.Zachariah and S.Irudaya Rajan (Eds), Sage Publications, New Delhi.
  17. S. Irudaya Rajan, U.S. Mishra and P.S. Sarma (1995) “The Aged Speak” Chapter 3 in K. Vijayakumar (eds). Challenges before the Elderly: An Indian Scenario. M.D. Publications, New Delhi.
  18. S. Irudaya Rajan, Mala Ramanathan and U.S. Mishra (1995) “Female Autonomy and Reproductive Behaviour in Kerala: New Evidence from the Recent Kerala Fertility Survey” A.M. Basu (eds), Girls’ Schooling, Women’s Autonomy and Fertility Change in South Asia, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
  19. K.B. Pathak, Arvind Pandey and U.S. Mishra and S. Sreenivasan (1994) “On a Synthetic Cohort Model of Open Birth Interval” In Biosocial Aspects of Human Fertility: Models and Applications, K.B. Pathak & A. Pandey (eds), B.R Publishing Corporation, New Delhi,Pp 59-68.

Book Reviews and Published Communications

  1. Debroy, Bibek and Bhandari, Lavlish (2004) `District Level deprivation in the New Millenium, Konark, New Delhi for Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics (2005)
  2. Christophe Z Guilmoto and S. Irudaya Rajan (Eds) (2005) Fertility Transition in South India, Sage Publications, New Delhi for The National Medical Journal of India (2005)
  3. Swaminathan, M.S. and Medrano, Pedro (Eds) (2004) `Towards Hunger Free India: From Vision to Action, East-West Books ( Madras) Pvt. Ltd for Economic and Political Weekly, Nov.2005
  4. U.S. Mishra (2004) `Who Should Decide on Caesarean Sections?’ British Medical Journal, Vol.328, pp.1320.
  5. U.S. Mishra (2004) `Millenium Development Goals: Whose Goals and for whom?’ British Medical Journal, Vol.329, pp.742.
  6. U.S. Mishra, S.Irudaya Rajan, William Joe and Ali Mehdi (2016) `Surveillance of Chronic Diseases: Challenges and Strategies for India’ ICRIER Working paper no.322. New Delhi.
  7. U.S. Mishra (2018) `Men Outnumbering Women: Concerns and Consequences’ Srinivasan Sarada adn Li, Shuzhuo (Eds) Scarce Women and Surplus Men  in China and India: Macro Demographics Vs. Local Dynamics, Springer International Publishing Basel pp 164.Review of Agrarian Studies, Vol.8(1), pp. 121-124.

Ongoing Research

  1. Female Education Externalities on Household Well-being: Does male Education Matter?
  2. Towards Conecptualising a Household Educational Indicator

Research Projects

  • Demographic Transition in Kerala in the 1980’s (with Prof. K.C. Zachariah)
  • Assistance in the Development of Comprehensive National Policies on Ageing: Life long Preparatory Measures including Social Security’, ESCAP – Social Development Section, (with Prof. S.I. Rajan)
  • Quality of Services in the Indian Family Welfare Programme, InDRA, University of Amsterdam and HAIN Philippines (Co-authored Two Project Report for Kerala and Orissa)
  • Review of Literature and Development of Annotated bibliography on Declining Child Sex Ratio (0-6) in India, UNFPA.
  • A Study of Roles and Capacities of Panchayati Raj Institutions to Manage the Grass Root Health System, ICMR

Research Supervision:

Ph.D Degree in Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

  1. Undernutrition in Under India: Dimensions and Correlates
  2. Deprivation and Poverty among Elderly in India
  3. On Measurement and Interpretation Health Inequalities: An Application in Indian Context
  4. Seasonal Labour Migration and Role of MGNREGS: A Case Study of Mahabubnagar District in Andhr Pradesh
  5. Diffusion of Information and Communication Technologies: Evidence from Indian Agriculture
  6. Socio-Economic Transformation and Educational Deprivation of Children in Andhra Pradesh
  7. Examining Educational Progress in india: Characteristics and Consequences
  8. Understanding Internal Migration in India: Implications of Regional Imbalance and Gains from Migration
  9. Explaining Differential Health Outcomes Across the Indian States: An Enquiry from a Health System Perspective
  10. Higher Education and Inclusive Development: The Indian Experience

M.Phil. Degree in Applied Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

  1. Economic role of Women and Child Survival: A Re-examination
  2. Urbanization in Orissa: 1951-81
  3. Internal Migration in Kerala
  4. Patterns and Determinants of Under-nutrition among women and Children in Orissa
  5. Changing Age Structure and its Economic Implications in India: An Inter-State Analysis
  6. Catastrophic Health Care Expenditure And Impoverishment in Kerala: An Analysis based on NSSO 55th Round, 1999-2000
  7. Economics of Disability in India
  8. Tribal Deprivation in Orissa
  9. Working Mothers and Child Survival: A Critical Exploration of the West Bengal Experience
  10. The Economics of Health Care : An Assessment of Health Care Financing by Households
  11. Linkage Between Internal Migration and Regional Development: A case of India
  12. Socio-economic Mobility of Slum Dwellers: A Case Study of Barton hill Colony and Thekkumudu Slum in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
  13. Household Non-food Consumption Expenditure of India: Understanding Trends and Patterns
  14. Contrasting Consumption poverty with Asset Poverty: A case of India
  15. Nutritional Deprivation in Jharkhand: Facts and Interpretations
  16. Income Mobility and its Implications on Inclusion in Contemporary Indian Economy
  17. On Examining Characteristics and Correlates of Out of Pocket Expenditure on Health In India
  18. Understanding Calorie Consumption Puzzle and Undernourishment in India
  19. Towards a Standardised Quantification of Urbanization: Understanding Degree, Spread and Quality of Urbanization in India
  20. Dynamics of Economic Mobility, Migration and capability Interface
  21. Employment Relations for Female Domestic Workers in the National Capital Region
  22. The Accessibility of JAM and Cash versus In-kind Transfer: A study in Bihar
  23. Residential Segregation in South Indian Cities: Patterns and Correlates

Diploma in Population and Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

  • The Determinants and Consequences of the First Age at Marriage: Chinese Experience from 1950 to 1980s.
  • Impact of Family Planning Programme in the State of Madhya Pradesh, India.
  • Women in Belize Labour Force.
  • Involvement of Practitioners of Traditional Medicine in Family Welfare Programme, India.
  • Fertility Differential in Indonesia: Is there any Generation gap?
  • Determinants of Desired Fertility in the Republic of South Africa.
  • De-facto and De-jure Census in Turkey.
  • Unmet Need for Family Planning in Jamaica