Dr  G.L. Dasvarma

College of Humanities, Arts and Social
Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box
2100, Adelaide SA 2001, Australia
gl********@gmail.com
+61 438****87

Academic Qualification

B.Sc (1961, Patna University); M.Sc (Statistics, 1964, Patna University); Diploma in Population Studies (1971, IIPS); PhD (1980, Demography, The Australian National University)

Position held

1. Associate Professor, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University, Australia). Since February 1992
2. Associate and Country Representative, in Indonesia, The Population Council, New York. April 1987-June 1992
3. Research Fellow, The Australian National University and Advisor, United Nations Population Fund, Jakarta, Indonesia. June 1981 - March 1987.

Publications

1. Dasvarma, Gouranga (2023). COVID-19 AND LIVING ARRANGEMENTS
IN AUSTRALIA. The Demographer. Journal of the Department of Demography, University of Colombo. pp. 51-63. Vol.1, Issue 1, Dec 2023. (ISSN 3030-7112)
2. Gayatri, M., Utomo, B., Budhiharsana, M. & Dasvarma, G. (2022). “Pregnancy resumption following contraceptive discontinuation: Hazard survival analysis of the Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey Data 2007, 2012 and 2017”. PLoS One. 17, 2 February, 13 p., e0264318.
3. Saikia, U., Dodd, M. M., Chalmers, J., Dasvarma, G. & Schech, S., (2021). “COVID-19, individual wellbeing and multi-dimensional poverty in the state of South Australia”. PLoS One. 16, 6, 17 p., e0252898
4. Hosseini, M., Saikia, U. & Dasvarma, G.(2021) “The gap between desired and expected fertility among women in Iran: A case study of Tehran city”. PLoS One. 16, 9, 21 p., e0257128.
5. Gayatri, M. & Dasvarma, G. L.,(2020). “Predictors of early initiation of breastfeeding in Indonesia: A population-based cross-sectional survey”. PLoS One. 15, 9, 15 p., e0239446.
6. Akhter, Sanzida, Gouranga Lal Dasvarma and Udoy Saikia (2020). “Reluctance of women of lower socio-economic status to use maternal healthcare services – Does only cost matter?” PLoS ONE 15(9): e0239597. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239597
7. Gayatri, Maria and Gouranga Lal Dasvarma (2020): “Predictors of early initiation of in Indonesia: A population-based cross-sectional survey”. PLoS One.
8. Paudel, M., Javanparast, S., Dasvarma, G.L. and Newman, L.A. (2019). “A critical account of the policy context shaping perinatal survival in Nepal: policy tension of socio-cultural versus a medical approach”. BMC Health Services Research (2019) 19:166. (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-3979-3)

Experience

Ageing, Estimates and Projections, Fertility, Mortality, Health, and Longevity, Population and Development, Population and Environment

Area of Specialization

Women's health (including reproductive health); child mortality; fertility and family planning; HIV/AIDS research; human resource development, population ageing, migration, population policies, population and environment, population and development; and inter-relations of population-health with development, environment, governance.

Membership of other Professional Associations

1. International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
2. Australian Population Association
3. Asian Population Association

I was Director of the Applied Population Studies program, 1992-2013. My current teaching includes convening and teaching in one postgraduate subject (Women's Health and Child Survival) and teaching in three other postgraduate subjects (Population and Environment, Population Studies and Sustainable Development). As of March 2024, I have supervised 18 completed PhD theses (nine as Principal Supervisor), 65 completed Masters and seven completed Diploma theses. I am currently supervising three PhD theses (as Associate Supervisor). I initiated and completed a major restructuring of the population studies program in 1996, 2003 and 2009, and coordinated external reviews of the program in 1999, 2004 and 2009. During 2006 - 2010, I negotiated and completed a major contract between Flinders University and the Indonesian National Population and Family Planning Board for postgraduate training in population studies with funding from the Asian Development Bank. During 2003-2005, I coordinated the Master of Environmental Management program. I have provided consultancies to the Government of South Australia, the United Nations Population Fund (in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia and Myanmar) and the then Australian Agency for International Development (in Indonesia)