Listen to @Santanu_NDIC NCAER on cnbctv18.com/live-tv/ regarding results from Delhi NCAER Coronavirus Telephone Survey at 4:20 IST

Result from Delhi NCR Coronavirus Telephone Survey (DCVTS) show both tremendous support for lockdown (88%) as well as income drops (84% households) and supply shortages (29% households) NCAER @Santanu_NDIC ncaer.org/news_details.p…

Alongside the loss in income, the safety net measures announced in the wake of lockdown extension are kicking in. Although the proportions of households receiving benefits are higher than observed in other parts of the country, urban exclusion is worrisome. #DCVTS

Sonalde Desai, Neerad Deshmukh & Santanu Pramanik write "𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯" indianexpress.com/article/opinio… via The Indian Express

My article in the Indian Express with Sonalde Desai on the challenge of designing social safety nets, targeting aid for those most vulnerable in the event of a disaster NCAER indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

"Decline in female labour force participation. Be careful how you interpret it", advise @sonaldedesai @santanu_NDIC @neerad_d @DineshK68874188 in this paper bit.ly/3bqDr3F #WomensDay #InternationalWomensDay

Students and practitioners are particularly welcome. Our goal is to use these seminars to build a community of people interested in talking about data and data collection methodologies.

India has achieved close to 100% enrolment in age- group 5- 16 years, but attendance is far from universal. I along with Kopal Mathur examine the correlates of poor attendance in a new research paper available at sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Measurement Memo for August from WEDGE: mailchi.mp/682e86616373/w… Check out monthly updates on measurement of women's empowerment in LMICs. UMD Sociology Sonalde Desai Maryland Population Research Center Omkar Joshi Neerad Deshmukh Arun Balachandran (@arunabc3.bsky.social)

IHDS Forum for August: mailchi.mp/fc909d12e3f1/i…] Meet Dr. Poonam Gupta, new Director General of NCAER, and great paper by Bose, Arun & Arun on information networks in female-headed households. Sonalde Desai UMD Sociology Arun Balachandran (@arunabc3.bsky.social) NCAER Neerad Deshmukh Omkar Joshi

Join us for an exciting discussion exploring the trends in employment during different phases of the pandemic and what the result teach about collecting data during emergencies. Part of NCAER National Data Innovation Centre DataTalk

At the peak of the pandemic, telephonic surveys became the mainstay of data collection. The importance of telephones as modes of data collection is likely to grow in the coming years. But what determines response to telephonic surveys? 1/2

Join Manjistha Banerji and me as we discuss our experience with telephonic survey rates during COVID #PAA2022 on April 7, 2:00 p.m. in the Flash Session on "Data Collection in Difficult Times: COVID-19 and Other Challenges" PAA. 2/2

Neerad Deshmukh of UMD Sociology and Maryland Population Research Center looks at how health outcomes vary by SES across life course IHDS Corner #PAA2023

Congratulations to Neerad Deshmukh for receiving George M Phillips award for outstanding contributions made by graduate students to topics of significant community and public concern Neerad Deshmukh UMD Sociology BSOS @ UMD