Vandana Tamrakar
Also known as: Public Health Expert, Statistician, Demographer, Non-Communicable Disease, Maternal and Child Health, Mortality
National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research, Change Alliance Private Limited, Indian Institute of Management Indore
About
Dr. Tamrakar currently working as a project research scientist -C at the National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research (NICPR-ICMR), Noida India. Earlier she worked research associate at the Change Alliance Private Limited, Delhi. Before this position, she completed her M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Population Studies from the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi India. She has also a Master of Population Studies (MPS) from the International Institute for Population Sciences. She has Bachelor’s and Master‘s Degrees in Statistics from Govt. Motilal Vigyan Mahavidyalaya (M.V.M.) Bhopal. She published research papers in reputed journals like Plosone, Lancet, and South Asia Journal. She has volunteered to review the research article in Demography of India, Plosone, etc. The travel award was granted by International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP). She is a statistician by background and a demographer by training.
Employment
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National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research Project Research Scientist2022 - Present
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Change Alliance Private Limited Research Associate2021 - 2022
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Indian Institute of Management Indore Academic Associate2011 - 2012
Education
Education history is unavailable.
Projects & Funding
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Publications (8)
- Herbal tobacco cessation products on Indian e-commerce platforms: an emerging unregulated market with unsubstantiated health claims Save
- Cricket, commerce, and public health: promotion of tobacco, alcohol, and high in fat, sugar, and salt products Save
- District level correlates of COVID-19 pandemic in India during March-October 2020 Save
- District level correlates of COVID-19 pandemic in India Save
- Geographical Variation in COVID-19 Cases, Prevalence, Recovery and Fatality Rate by Phase of National Lockdown in India, March 14-May 29, 2020 Save
- Trend and the Pattern in Excess Female Under-5 Mortality in India, 1987-1993 — 2010-2016 Save
- Excess under-5 female mortality across India: a spatial analysis using 2011 census data Save
- Challenges of SC/ST housing condition and Its Association with Millennium Development Goal in India, 1991-2012, Save