The National Data Innovation Centre (NDIC) at NCAER, in collaboration with the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), organized a two-day conference on “Enhancing Gender Statistics” on 15th and 16th January 2026 at the NCAER campus in New Delhi.
The IHDS Forum is a monthly update of socio-economic developments in India by the IHDS research community, based on the India Human Development Survey, jointly conducted by NCAER and the University of Maryland. While two earlier rounds of the survey were completed in 2004-05 and 2011-12, respectively. Fieldwork for the third round was undertaken in 2022-24 and the data is currently being cleaned and processed.
Government of India is set to launch its first household income survey. Among non-governmental organisations, NCAER is a pioneer in collection of income data. NCAER Professor Sonalde Desai has been appointed to the technical advisory panel of the new MOSPI survey.
IHDS team will be participating in the Population Association of America Annual Meeting 2026 from May 7th – 9th in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
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