Madhurima Sharma
International Institute for Population Sciences, University of Calcutta
About
Madhurima Sharma is a Doctoral Fellow at the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, and a recipient of the University Grants Commission Senior Research Fellowship (UGC-SRF). She completed her Master of Population Studies (MPS) from International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) in 2022, securing first rank. She holds a Bachelor’s degree (Honours) and a Master of Science in Geography from the University of Calcutta (CU). She has worked on the project titled “A Study on Marriage and Dissolution Pattern in India” at the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai.
Her research focuses on social demography, fertility, public health, gender inequalities, aging, and spatial analysis. She has experience working with large-scale datasets such as NFHS, LASI, Census of India, NSSO, SRS, and DLHS. Her methodological expertise includes multilevel modelling, logistic and survival analysis, decomposition techniques, life table methods, and spatial autocorrelation analysis. She is proficient in Stata, R, SPSS, Python, ArcGIS, QGIS, CSPro, NVivo, and advanced MS Excel.
Employment
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International Institute for Population Sciences Project Officer2022 - 2023
Education
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International Institute for Population Sciences Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)2023 - Present
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International Institute for Population Sciences Master of Population Studies (MPS)2021 - 2022
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University of Calcutta M.Sc. in Geography2019 - 2021
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University of Calcutta B.Sc in Geography2019 - 2021
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (10)
- Who falls and why? Navigating the physiological and psychological contributors in fall outcomes among self-perceived unhealthy middle-aged and older adults in India Save
- Explore linkages between shared sanitation facilities and socio-economic drivers: a case study from South Twenty-four Parganas, West Bengal Save
- Multivariate decomposition of gender differentials in cognitive impairment among older adults in India based on Longitudinal Ageing Study in India, 2017–2018 Save
- Burden and clustering of anaemia among children aged 6-59 months in Uttar Pradesh, India: a district-level spatial analysis Save
- Gender differentials in cognitive frailty among older adults in India: a multivariate decomposition approach Save
- Demographic, socioconomic, and health correlates of sleep quality and sleep duration among community-dwelling older adults in India Save
- Marital dissolution in India: Patterns and correlates Save
- Association of obesity and bone disease among older adults in India: Role of modifiable risk factors Save
- Factors associated with delayed initiation and non-exclusive breastfeeding among children in India: evidence from national family health survey 2019-21 Save
- Socioeconomic inequality in cognitive impairment among India’s older adults and its determinants: a decomposition analysis Save