Dr  Vandana Tamrakar

Indian Council of Medical Research, National Institute of Cancer Prevention And Research
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Academic Qualification

B.Sc. in Statistics, Govt. MVM College, Bhopal University
M.Sc.in Statistics, Govt. MVM College, Bhopal University
Master of Population Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences
M.PHIL. in Population Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Ph.D. in Population Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Position held

1. Academic Associate, Indian Institute of Management, Operation management and quantitative technique
2. Consultant, International Centre for Research on Women, Delhi
3. Consultant, Creating Resources of Empowered of Actions, Delhi
4. Project Fellow, Jawaharlal Nehru University
5. Research Associate, Change Alliance Private Limited, Delhi

Publications

1. Tamrakar V., and Ali. I. (2015) Challenges of SC/ST housing condition and Its Association with Millennium Development Goal in India, 1991-2012, South Asia Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, ISSN:2349-7858 Volume 3 Issue 1. url{http://sajms.com/volume-3-issue-1/}.
2. Guilmoto, C. Z., Saikia, N., Tamrakar, V., and Bora, J. K. (2018). Excess under-5 female mortality across India: a spatial analysis using 2011 census data. The Lancet. Global health, ISSN: 2214-109X, Vol: 6, Issue: 6, Page: e650-e658. url {https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(18)30184-0/fulltext}
3. 'Geographical Variation in COVID-19 Cases, Prevalence, Recovery and Fatality Rate by Phase of National Lockdown in India, March 14-May 29, 2020" contribution by Ankita Srivastava, Vandana Tamrakar, Moradhvaj Moradhvaj, SaddafNaaz Akhtar, Krishna Kumar, Tek Chand Saini, Nagendra C, Corresponding author Dr. Nandita Saikia. url {https://t.co/lZTQ58JYTn}
4. “Trend and pattern in excess female under-5 mortality in India, 1987-1993—2010-2016” contribution by Dr. Nandita Saikia and Vandana Tamrakar. url{https://ssrn.com/abstract=3534201}
5.“District level correlates of COVID-19 pandemic in India” contribution by Vandana Tamrakar, Ankita Srivastava, Mukesh C. Parmar, Sudheer Kumar Shukla, Shewli Shabnam, Bandita Boro, Apala Saha, Benjamin Debbarma, Corresponding author Dr. Nandita Saikia. url{https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.08.20208447v1.full.pdf+html}

Experience

More than seven years of experience in the field of population Studies. A statistician by education and by training demographer. Recipient of the First Dr. T.V.K. Satnarayana Memorial Best Poster Award and NET+JRF Award in Population Studies. Research focuses on missing women and concern for excess female deaths in selected South Asian Countries. And presented many research papers at national and international conferences and participates in training programs. Academic research papers were published in peer-reviewed national and international journals (PlosOne, Lancet Global Health) “District level correlates of COVID-19 pandemic” and “Excess female deaths in India”. A

Area of Specialization

Quality of Demographic data, gender, family planning, Public health and mortality, nutrition and COVID-19.

Membership of other Professional Associations

Life Membership -International Institute for Population Sciences Alumni Association
Life Membership - Indian Society for Medical Statistics
Life Membership - Indian Association of Social Science and Health
Life Membership - Indian Health Economics and Policy Association
Annual Membership - International Union for the Scientific Study of Population

I have diligently conducted field-based evidence collection and surveys for developing high-quality reports. I am detail-oriented, pragmatic, sincere, and time-bound in delivering the expected outputs. Additional key strengths Non -Technical (Cooperation with the team members, Adaptability and Time management, Good Communication and interpersonal relation skills, Liaisoning)
Technical: Research Proposal, Research design, Survey Tools, Data quality, Data processing, Data analysis, SPSS, STATA, Data interpretation, Data visualization, Report writing, and Documentation Technical- (Project Coordination and organization with the Team and client. Content analysis of Reports and other documents )