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S. Irudaya Rajan was a Former Professor at the Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Kerala (close 40 years of post-graduate experience) Currently, he is the chair of the KNOMAD (The Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development,)World Bank working group on internal migration and urbanization. He is one of the expert committee members to advise the Government of Kerala on Covid-19. He has published in international journals on social, economic, demographic, psychological and political implications of migration on individuals, community, economy and society. He is the editor of the annual series India Migration Report since 2010 and South Asia Migration Report since 2017 published by Routledge. Founder Editor in Chief, Migration and Devleopment (Taylor and Francis).
Dr Sunitha S is a trained demographer with more than 15 years of experience in the field of Ageing and Migration. Prior to joining IIMAD, she served for over 10 years as a Research Analyst at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala and has been part of various research projects nationally and internationally. Sunitha holds a PhD in Demography from the University of Kerala. She has published her works in various books and journals on different demographic aspects. Her area of expertise includes International Migration, Ageing and Development.
Dr. Irshad CV completed PhD in Economics (Specialisation: Health Economics) from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He completed a bachelor’s and master’s in Economics from the University of Calicut. His Ph.D. thesis titled “Healthy Ageing in India: A Mixed Methods Approach” explored various research questions on healthy ageing in India using both quantitative and qualitative tools. His thesis work proposed the first multi- dimensional Healthy Ageing Index (HAI) for the health status measurement of older adults in India. Two of the core works of his thesis was published in the Journal of Population Ageing, an official journal of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford by Springer. His extended thesis work was also presented at a conference conducted by the Asian Development Bank, Manila, with full funding support from the Government of Japan. Besides his Ph.D. thesis work, he has been extensively collaborating with various researchers in Gerontology, and published works in reputed journals. In 2021, he received a research grant from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, to study social frailty status among older adults in India.
He holds a Masters in Economics and Population Studies. He has an M.Phil and a Doctorate in Population Studies from the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai. He has served as an Assistant Professor at Pillai’s Institute for Management Studies and Research (PIMSR), Mumbai, and ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad. He was a former Research Fellow at the Speakers Research Initiative Cell (SRIC), New Delhi.
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Kuldeepsingh Rajput has an enriching experience spanning over fifteen years in the fields of
academia, research and practice. He has worked as a Visiting Faculty at the Department of
Sociology, Savitribai Phule Pune University for four years and as an Assistant Professor at a
teacher education institute in Pune for eight years. Along with this, he has worked as a faculty
for the course Diploma in Youth Development and Social Change run by the Centre for
Lifelong Learning, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai in collaboration with the
Centre for Youth Development and Activities (CYDA), Pune. He was also a resource person
for many modules of the Certificate Course designed by TISS and Nehru Yuva Kendra
(Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, GoI).
He is UGC-NET qualified in Sociology and Education. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology in
which he has attempted to examine the poly-victimisation and hidden vulnerabilities among
the young migrant construction workers. His articles are published in reputed peer-reviewed
journals and daily newspapers like The Indian Express, The Hindu, Hindustan Times, Sakal
etc. His research interest lies in internal labour migration, policy dynamics, and education of
children of seasonal migrants, politicisation of migrants, social security, urban migrant youth,
urban informality and migration, inclusive cities, and qualitative-driven mixed methodology.
Rohit is a Masters graduate in International development from University of Northumbria, UK. He has earlier completed his bachelors of Economics from Madras Christian College India. He has co authored an article on Climate change. His major areas of Interests are Student Migration and Climate Change. He is currently working as a Public Relations Officer and Research fellow at the Institute. He is closely working with Monash University, Australia and Institute of Developing Economies, Japan on multiple projects regarding skilled migration of Indians to UK and Australia. He also currently oversees the Ageing Survey with Dr.Sunitha who is the senior research fellow of the Institute
Migdad’s experience as a return migrant makes him an indispensable part of IIMAD. His administrative and managerial qualities have been guiding the organization as well as the individuals on establishing best practices internally.