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Arun Kumar Sharma
PhD (IIT Bombay)
Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research Interest
Sociology of health, rural development, research methodology, and statistical inference.
FB 618, IIT Kanpur
Specialization
Social Demography and Social Statistics, Neo-Social Movements, Social Development, Social Aspects of Science, Gandhian Theory, Representations of Health and Illness, Sociology of HIV/AIDS
Education
PhD (Sociology), IIT Bombay, 1980Thesis Title: A Longitudinal Study of Fertility and Family Planning in Rural AreasThesis Supervisor:Prof. B.D.Misra
Diploma of Population Studies, IIPS Bombay, 1977.
Certificate of Population Studies, IIPS Bombay, 1976.
M.Sc. (Statistics), Meerut University, 1972, with specialization in Operations Research.
B.Sc. (Physics, Mathematics, and Statistics) Agra University, 1970
Teaching Area
Statistical inference
Sociology of health
Population studies
Sociological theories
Research methods
Sociology
Values and happiness
Professional Affiliations
International Union of Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP), Ethnographic & Folk Culture Society (EFCS), Indian Sociological Society (ISS), Indian Society for Medical Statistics (ISMS), Indian Academy for Mathematical Modelling in Engineering and Sciences (IAMMES), later named as Indian Academy for Mathematical Modeling and Simulation (IAMMS), Indian Society for Social Sciences and Health (IASSH), Uttar Predesh and Uttarakhand Economic Association (UPUEA).
Selected Publications
The National Rural Health Mission: A Critique, Sociological Bulletin, 63:2, 287-301.
Missing Female Fetus: A Micro Level Investigation of Sex Determination in a Peri-urban Area of Northern India, Health Care for Women International, 20 December 2011, published in 33:1, 2012 (jointly with Rohini Ghosh), http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07399332.2011.610537, 1020-34.
Stigma and Social Exclusion among Tuberculosis Patients: A Study of Ladakh, India, The International Journal of Health, Wellness and Society, 1:4, 2011, http://HealthandSocietyJournal.com/, ISSN 2156-8960 (jointly with Sonal Mobar).
Determinants of Tetanus and Septicemia among the Last Neonatal Deaths at Household Level in a Peri-urban Area of India, POSTGRADMEDJ/2010/102723, 2010 (jointly with Rohini Ghosh).
Men's Understanding of Women's Health Issues in Kanpur City, India: A Preliminary Research Report, Population Review, 43:2, Section 2, 2004 (jointly with Rita Singh).Women Academic Scientists in India, Social Studies of Science, Vol. 32: 6, Dec. 2002 (jointly with Namrata Gupta).
Women Academic Scientists in India, Social Studies of Science, Vol. 32: 6, Dec. 2002 (jointly with Namrata Gupta)
Awards & Fellowships
Fellow of Indian Academy for Mathematical Modeling and Simulation (IAMMS), 2015.
Distinguished Teacher Award, 2014, IIT Kanpur
P K Kelkar Chair by IIT Kanpur for three years, 2013-16
Distinguished Honorary Professorship of GLA University, Mathura, February 2012
Editor (Social Science), Everyman's Science, 2011-13, The Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata
Chandrasekaran Award of the Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP), 1993
Extra Curricular Activities
Swimming, yoga, and reading.
Keywords
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Professional Experience
Thirty five years of teaching and research experience at IIT Kanpur.
Has been a consultant for various national and international organizations on issues such as family planning, HIV, panchayati raj and evaluation of development programmes (monitoring and evaluation)
Additional information
Project Investigator for Rajbhasha Prakoshtha, IIT Kanpur, and editor of the Institute Newsletter, Sajag. Previously, Chief editor of IIT Kanpur Hindi literary magazine,, Antas, 2011-2014.