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PAA Award

PAA Award

NCAER Professor Sonalde Desai has been awarded the prestigious Harriet B. Presser Award at The Population Association of America’s Annual Meeting’2025 for her outstanding contributions to gender and population research. Her pioneering work on the India Human Development Survey continues to shape global conversations on data, gender, and policy.

The Population Association of America’s Annual Meeting’2025

The Population Association of America’s Annual Meeting’2025

The official lineup of NCAER’s India Human Development Survey (IHDS) team is set to present at The Population Association of America’s Annual Meeting’2025. From health and education to climate migration and gender disparities, the data-driven research brings Indian perspectives to the forefront of global demographic dialogue.

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NCAER with its consortium partners, University of Maryland and University of Michigan, has set up a National Data Innovation Centre (NDIC) in December 2017. The main objective of the NDIC is to serve as a laboratory for experiments in data collection, interfacing with partners in think tanks, Indian and international universities, and government. Initial funding for NDIC is provided by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Dr Sonalde Desai, Professor, NCAER and Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland, is serving as its first director.

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