• Statistical inference, sociology of health, population studies, sociological theories, research methods, sociology, and values and happiness.

• The National Rural Health Mission: A Critique, Sociological Bulletin, 63:2, 287-301.

• Missing Female Fetus: A Micro Level Investigation of Sex Determination in a Peri-urban Area of Northern India, Health Care for Women International, 20 December 2011, published in 33:1, 2012 (jointly with Rohini Ghosh), http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07399332.2011.610537, 1020-34.

• Stigma and Social Exclusion among Tuberculosis Patients: A Study of Ladakh, India, The International Journal of Health, Wellness and Society, 1:4, 2011, http://HealthandSocietyJournal.com/, ISSN 2156-8960 (jointly with Sonal Mobar).

• Determinants of Tetanus and Septicemia among the Last Neonatal Deaths at Household Level in a Peri-urban Area of India, POSTGRADMEDJ/2010/102723, 2010 (jointly with Rohini Ghosh).

• Men's Understanding of Women's Health Issues in Kanpur City, India: A Preliminary Research Report, Population Review, 43:2, Section 2, 2004 (jointly with Rita Singh).Women Academic Scientists in India, Social Studies of Science, Vol. 32: 6, Dec. 2002 (jointly with Namrata Gupta).

• Women Academic Scientists in India, Social Studies of Science, Vol. 32: 6, Dec. 2002 (jointly with Namrata Gupta)

• Thirty five years of teaching and research experience at IIT Kanpur.

• Has been a consultant for various national and international organizations on issues such as family planning, HIV, panchayati raj and evaluation of development programmes (monitoring and evaluation).

• International Union of Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP), Ethnographic & Folk Culture Society (EFCS), Indian Sociological Society (ISS), Indian Society for Medical Statistics (ISMS), Indian Academy for Mathematical Modelling in Engineering and Sciences (IAMMES), later named as Indian Academy for Mathematical Modeling and Simulation (IAMMS), Indian Society for Social Sciences and Health (IASSH), Uttar Predesh and Uttarakhand Economic Association (UPUEA).

• Fellow of Indian Academy for Mathematical Modeling and Simulation (IAMMS), 2015.

• Distinguished Teacher Award, 2014, IIT Kanpur

• P K Kelkar Chair by IIT Kanpur for three years, 2013-16

• Distinguished Honorary Professorship of GLA University, Mathura, February 2012

• Editor (Social Science), Everyman's Science, 2011-13, The Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata

• Chandrasekaran Award of the Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP), 1993

• Swimming, yoga, and reading.

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• Project Investigator for Rajbhasha Prakoshtha, IIT Kanpur, and editor of the Institute Newsletter, Sajag. Previously, Chief editor of IIT Kanpur Hindi literary magazine,, Antas, 2011-2014.