Mr. Inakoti Veera Prasad

Assistant Professor (Temporary & Contractual),

Qualification(s):
  • PhD in Population Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai
  • M.Phil in Population Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai
  • Masters in Population Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai
  • Bachelors in Social Sciences, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
  • Student Exchange with University of Gävle, Sweden
  • UGC-NET in Population Studies, 2017
 
Specialization: :
  • Computational Demography, and Urban Sociology
 
Research Areas: :
  • Commuting, Migration, Gender, Urban Development, Ageing, Survey Research, Sustainable and Inclusive cities.
 
Course Taught :
  • Fundamentals of Computational Social Science
  • Computational Demography
  • Mixed-method research techniques
  • Behavioral Theories in Social Sciences
  • Data harvesting for Social Science Research
  • Introduction to Python programming
  • Quantitative and Qualitative data analysis using software
 
Training Experience (selective list):
  • Attend “Summer workshop on urban mixed methods across the disciplines” at School of Cities, University of Toronto, Canada, during 27 – 31 July, 2024
  • Attended an online course “Qualitative Research Methods” organized by the International Institute of Migration & Development (IIMAD), Kerala, during 6 – 28 July, 2022
  • Attended the “6th KOSTAT-UNFPA Summer workshop on Analysis of Demographic Data with GIS Technology”, co-hosted by Statistics Korea (KOSTAT) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and organized by the Korea Statistics Promotion Institute (KSPI), South Korea, during 29 July – 2 August, 2019
 
Paper Presentations (selective list):
  • Paper titled “Exploring the relationship between migration status and commuting to the workplace: Evidence from NSS Data” presented at the International Conference on Labour migration and Sustainable Development in Asia: Opportunities, Challenges, and way forward, organized by the South Asia Centre for Labour Mobility and Migrants, Mumbai, during 1 – 3 June, 2023
  • Paper titled “Commuting for work: Gendered facet and Inequality dimensions in India” has been accepted for the annual conference of the Population Association of America (PAA), Washington DC, the United States of America, during 22 – 25 April, 2020
  • Paper titled “Commutation and Gender in Indian cities” presented at International Seminar on “Population, Health and Development: Global and National Policy Perspectives” organized by IIPS in New Delhi, during 15-17 February, 2018
  • Paper titled “Urban commuters in India” presented at 38th Annual Conference of Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP) at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam during 20 – 22 December, 2017
 
Honours and Awards:
  • Best Research paper Award – awarded by South Asia Centre for Labour Mobility and Migrants (SALAM), 2023
  • Government of India fellowship – awarded by International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India, 2019
  • Linnaeus-Palme Scholarship – awarded by the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency, Sweden, 2014
 
Publications:
  • Sharma, S., Sharma, R., Manani, P., Prasad, I.V. (2024). “Infertility among married women in Northern India: A qualitative study of coping strategies and social stigmas”. International Journal of Women’s Health and Reproductive Sciences, Vol. 12, No.1, pp. 33-41
  • Rajan, S.I., Prasad, I.V., and Rinju. (2020). “Migrant and Language”. In S. Irudaya Rajan and M. Sumeetha (Eds.) Handbook of Internal Migration in India (Chapter 45, pp. 622 - 628). Sage Publications
 
Software:
  • SPSS, STATA, QGIS, R, Python
 
Countries Visited:
  • Sweden, Finland, Canada, South Korea, and Nepal
 
Email :  ivprasad@cuap.edu.in