A. K. Sharma
Professor of Sociology
Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology

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MAJOR RESEARCH/CONSULTANCY PROJECTS  

Interplay between Social-Cultural Milieu and Women's Reproductive Health, ICSSR, 2017-19.

Religion and Politics in India, University of Gothenburg, Rs. 17,94,120, June 2017-October 2017, as Co-PI (and Dr. Debayan Pakrashi as PI).

ICRW-BILL GATES, ICRW, 9,80,000, Nov. 2016- May 2018, as Co-PI (and Dr. Debayan Pakrashi as PI).

Thirty days Free Yoga camp and Celebrating International Day of Yoga, Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy (CCRYN), Ministry of AYUSH, 21 May-21 June, 2015. (This included organizing free Yoga camps in Kanpur, Yoga protocol on 21 June 2015, and conducting a workshop on Yoga, 21 June.

Psychosocial Stress among Pregnant Women: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Survey of Reproductive and Physical Health in a Peri-Urban India, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, 2014-16.

RuTAG: Development of Network Management, Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor (Co-PI), New Delhi, 2013-16 (Still continuing).

Rajbhasha Prakashan, IIT Kanpur, 2012-2017. (Publishing Hindi magazine Antas, and a newsletter Sajag, and related activities of the Rajbhasha Cell.)

Evaluation of the Activities of Banwasi Seva Ashram, jointly with WIZMIN, 2011.

Reducing Drop-out Rates among Girls at the Post-primary Level in Rural UP, Consultant, WIZMIN, National Population Stabilisation Fund, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 2011.

Determinants of Child Mortality, Reported Causes and Quality of Services, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), 2007-2010.

A Base Line Study to Estimate Critical Parameters for Intervention in Maternal Mortality through Reducing PPH in Udaipur District of Rajasthan, Pathfinders International, New Delhi, February, 2010. 

A Base Line Study to Assess Training Needs of PRIs in Himachal Pradesh, a study sponsored by Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, New Shimla, June 2009.

Mapping of HRGs in Bihar: Estimation of FSWs, MSM and IDUs for all the districts of Bihar, Consultant, WIZMIN, a study sponsored by UNICEF, Delhi and NACO, 2008.

Planning for Rural Youths, a project of Banwasi Seva Ashram, Sonbhadra, in selected districts of Uttar Pradesh, under Yuva Samvad Sangoshthi,  January 2008.

Reports of the Vulnerability Mapping and District Situation Analysis for HIV/AIDS in Two Districts of Bihar - Vaishali and Muzaffarpur, Consultant, WIZMIN, a study sponsored by UNICEF, Bihar and UPSACS, December 2007.

Reports of the Vulnerability Mapping and District Situation Analysis for HIV/AIDS in Six Districts of UP - Agra, Allahabad, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Maharajganj and Varanasi, Consultant, WIZMIN, a study sponsored by UNICEF, Lucknow and UPSACS, May 2007.

District Level Monitoring of Total Sanitation Campaign, and all Rural Development Programmes for six Districts of Haryana, Consultant, WIZMIN, Third and Fourth Quarters, 48 project reports submitted to Ministry of Rural Development, New Delhi, February-May, 2007.

Report of the Vulnerability Mapping and District Situation Analysis for HIV/AIDS in Lalitpur District, UP, Consultant, WIZMIN, a study sponsored by UNICEF, New Delhi, August 2006.

Report of the District Level Monitoring of Total Sanitation Programme in Haryana, Consultant, WIZMIN, a study sponsored by Ministry of Rural Development, New Delhi, January 2006.

Report of the District Level Monitoring of Swajaldhara Programme in Haryana, Consultant, WIZMIN, a study sponsored by Ministry of Rural Development, New Delhi, January 2006.

District Level Monitoring of all Rural Development Programmes: District Kurukshetra, Mahendragarh, Panchkula and Sirsa (Haryana), Third Quarter, Consultant, WIZMIN, project report submitted to Ministry of Rural Development, New Delhi, January 2006.

Impact Study of Rural Development Programmes in Fatehpur District of Uttar Pradesh, Consultant, WIZMIN, a study sponsored by the Ministry of Rural Development, New Delhi, 2005.

Assessing the Impact of the Sodic Land Reclamation Project over the Years through Sustainability Index in Villages under Sodic I & I^st  Year of Sodic II, Consultant, WIZMIN, project report submitted to UP Bhumi Sudhar Nigam, June 2005.

Situation Analysis of Girls’ Education in Jhabua District, Consultant, WIZMIN, a study sponsored by UNICEF, Bhopal, Jan. 2004.

Evaluation of Innovative Scheme for Rural Housing and Habitat Development (ISRHHD) and Samagra Awas Yojana (SAY), 2003, Consultant, WIZMIN, a study sponsored by Ministry of Rural Development, New Delhi, Jan. 2004.

Women Academics in India, Project of Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, 2003- 05 (for post-doctoral work of Dr. Namrata Gupta).

Health Seeking Behaviour among Tribes: A Case Study of Two Districts of Chhattisgarh, Consultant, WIZMIN, a study sponsored by Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India, 2003.

Impact Study of Rural Development Programmes in Durg and Raigarh Districts of Chhatisgarh, Consultant, WIZMIN, a study sponsored by Ministry of Rural Development, New Delhi, 2002- 2003.

Co-coordinator of a national level examination for jobs for graduate engineers for BSNL, India, (coordinated by Prof. Vijay Gupta), 2002- 2003.

Impact Assessment Study of Watershed Development Projects, Consultant, WIZMIN, a study sponsored by Ministry of Rural Development, New Delhi, Feb. 2002.

Evaluation of Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas, Consultant, WIZMIN, a study sponsored by Ministry of Rural Development, New Delhi, December 2000.

Modelling of Sustainable Development: Effects of Ecology (Resource), Environment, and Population, A Study sponsored by Centre for Modeling, Environment and Development, an International NGO, 1998.

Reviewer for the reports of various projects sponsored by the Population Council, 1998.

Transportation: Addressing the Problems of Health Workers in the Public Sector or Districts of Uttar Pradesh, a study sponsored by the Population Council, May, 1997.

Expert in the project "Area - specific Approach in Health and Family Welfare - Uttar Pradesh", State Institute of Health and Family Welfare U.P., completed in 1992 (Other members of the research team were Prof. B.D. Misra, IIT Bombay, Prof. C.B. Joshi, NIHFW, New Delhi and Prof. Jagdish Bhatia, IIM, Bangalore).

An Approach Paper on "Conducting a Reliable Census in Somalia", prepared for Ambassador of Somali Democratic Republic, New Delhi, 1988.

A QIP project to prepare a course package on "Management of Quality", completed in 1990 (jointly with Prof. N.K.Sharma).

A QIP project to prepare a course package on "Hostel Management", completed in 1989 (jointly with Prof. N.K. Sharma).

A QIP project to develop a course on "Issues in Social Demorgaphy", completed in 1988.

Developing the Underdeveloped: A Socio-Psychological Study, a study sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), a two-year project completed in 1988.

A Quality Improvement Programme (QIP) project to prepare course material on "Social Inequality and Demographic Processes," completed in 1984.

Cost of Education at IIT, a project sponsored by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay and completed in 1980 (jointly with Dr. S.R. Vemuri, and Prof. B.D. Misra).

A grant from the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) to conduct fieldwork in the study of "Fertility and Family Planning in Rural areas", 1978, (as part of the Ph.D. work).

Residential Background, Occupational Status, and Practice of Family Planning among the Industrial Workers, a project report submitted to IIPS Bombay, 1977 (jointly with As Mohd. Amir Husain, S.C. Jhansi, and P.A. Katarki as part of the Diploma programme in population studies).