NCAER - NATIONAL DATA INNOVATION CENTRE
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.
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.
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.
