SHASHI KALA SAROJ

About

Dr. S. K. Saroj is currently working with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-HQ, New Delhi. Her research area is public health, especially non-communicable diseases and maternal and child healthcare in the Indian context. She has published in various renowned international peer-reviewed publications, including PLoS ONE, Elsevier, and BMC. She is also a research collaborator at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). She has also reviewed multiple papers for the internationally reputed journals of public health. Her future research work is focused on public health policies and healthcare inequality in India and LMICs.

Employment

• INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH, HEADQUARTER PROJECT RESEARCH SCIENTIST-III
  2025 - Present
• University of Delhi Guest Faculty
  2024 - 2024
• ICMR- National Institute for Research in Digital Health and Data Sciences PROJECT SCIENTIST-III
  2023 - 2025
• National Institute of Medical Statistics RESEARCH ASSOCIATE-III
  2022 - 2023
• International Institute for Population Sciences Senior Project Officer
  2021 - 2021

Education

• International Institute for Population Sciences M.A. in Population Studies
  2023 - 2025
• Jawaharlal Nehru University Ph.D.
  2016 - 2022
• Jawaharlal Nehru University M.Phil.
  2014 - 2016
• University Grants Commission UGC NET-JRF
  2013 - 2014
• Banaras Hindu University B.Ed.
  2012 - 2013
• Banaras Hindu University M.A.
  2010 - 2012
• University of Allahabad B.A.
  2007 - 2010

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (14)

• Household deprivation in India’s aspirational districts in 2019-21: Comparing EAG and non-EAG states
  SN Social Sciences 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s43545-026-01645-9
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• Local Community Environment Drive India’s Obesity Epidemic: A Multilevel Analysis of Geographic Variations Using Asian-Specific BMI Criteria
  Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s40615-026-03094-9
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• Overweight/obesity clustering and wealth differentials among indigenous households in Eastern India
  Scientific Reports 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-58014-y
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• Multilevel geographic determinants of smoking and smokeless tobacco use among young men in India: evidence for targeted addiction prevention policies
  Addictive Behaviors Reports 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2026.100695
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• Caste and tobacco use: Decomposing inequalities using Global Adult Tobacco Survey, India
  PLOS One 2026 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0341459
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• Beyond physical harm: Emotional violence dominates intimate partner abuse against women with disabilities.
  Psychology of Violence 2026 DOI: 10.1037/vio0000669
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• Spousal Concordance in Overweight and Obesity among Indian Couples: A Nationwide Analysis of Socioeconomic and Dietary Determinants
  Current Developments in Nutrition 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.cdnut.2025.107489
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• Estimation of disease outbreak vulnerability index (DOVI) and resilience index (DORI) at household-level among states of India, (2019–21)
  International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104779
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• COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among adults in India: A primary study based on health behavior theories and 5C psychological antecedents model
  PLOS ONE 2024 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294480
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• National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), India, 2019-21: NCT of Delhi.
  2021
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