Shri. P.K. Pathak - Shivaji University

Curriculum Vitae
PRAVEEN KUMAR PATHAK
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
Shivaji University Ph : +91-231-2609194
Kolhapur Fax : +91-231-2692333
Maharashtra-416004 Mob : +91-8007389928
India
Email: pkp_pathak@rediffmail.com
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FIELD OF RESEARCH INTEREST
Social Capital and Demographic Behaviour, Health Inequalities, Maternal and Child
Health, Geospatial Analysis of Population and Health, Geography of Development
EDUCATION
2008 (onwards): Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Population Studies (pursuing) at the
International Institute for Population Sciences (I.I.P.S.), Mumbai, India.
2006-2007: Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Population Studies at the International
Institute for Population Sciences (I.I.P.S.), Mumbai, India with Grade „A-‟ (7.2/10).
2004-2006: Master of Arts (MA) in Geography at Banaras Hindu University (B.H.U.),
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, awarded Gold Medal for standing first (8.4/10).
2001-2004: Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Geography, English Literature and Education at
Ewing Christian College (E.C.C.), University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh,
with First Class (69%).
TEACHING ASSIGNMENT
Teaching courses on Population Geography, Settlement Geography, Quantitative
Techniques in Geography, Regional Development and Planning to M.A. /M.Sc. students.

PUBLICATIONS
Articles in International Peer-Reviewed Journals:
Singh A, Pathak PK, Chauhan RK, Pan W (2011) Infant and child mortality in India in
the last two decades: a geospatial analysis. PLoS ONE Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.
0026856. Public Library of Science Journal with Impact Factor (4.411).
Pathak PK, Singh A (2011) Trends in malnutrition among children in India: growing
inequalities across different economic groups. Social Science and Medicine 73 (4): 576-
585. Elsevier Journal with Impact Factor (2.742).
Prakash R, Singh A, Pathak PK, Parasuraman S (2011) Early marriage, poor
reproductive health status of mother and child well-being in India. Journal of Family
Planning and Reproductive Health Care 37 (3): 136-145. BMJ Group Journal with
Impact Factor (1.243).
Pathak PK, Singh A, Subramanian SV (2010) Economic inequalities in maternal health
care: prenatal care and skilled birth attendance in India, 1992-2006. PLoS ONE 5(10):
e13593. Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013593. Public Library of Science Journal with
Impact Factor (4.411).
Pathak PK, Mohanty SK (2010) Does the safe-motherhood programme reach the poor in
Uttar Pradesh, India? Asian Population Studies 6(2): 173-191. Routledge-Taylor and
Francis Group Journal.
Mohanty SK, Pathak PK (2010) Rich-poor gap in utilization of reproductive and child
health services in India, 1992-2005. Journal of Biosocial Science 41 (3): 381-398.
Cambridge University Press Journal with Impact Factor (1.217).
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Book:
Pathak PK (2010). Wealth Inequalities and Use of Reproductive and Child Health
Services-Insight from Indian National Family Health Survey, ISBN: 978-3-639-25895-
0, VDM Publishing House Ltd., Germany.
Articles in Edited Books:
Prakash R, Pathak PK (2011) Inequality in household environmental standard and
health outcomes in India. In: Civil Society and Health. Eds. A.K.Patra, M.R.Pradhan,
R.L. Panigrahi, New Delhi: Sonali Publication.
Pathak PK, Mohanty SK, Prakash R, Kujur A (2010) Socioeconomic inequalities in
delivery care in India. In: Population, Gender and Health in India: Methods, Processes
and Policies. Eds. K.S. James, Arvind Pandey, Dhananjay W Bansod and Lekha Subaiya,
New Delhi: Academic Foundation, pp: 447-460.
Pathak PK, Singh A (2009) Geographical variation in poverty and child malnutrition in
India. In: Population, Poverty and health: Analytical Approaches. Eds. K.K. Singh, R.C.
Yadava and Arvind Pandey. New Delhi: Hindustan Publishing Corporation, pp: 183-
206.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
International:
Presented Paper entitled “Do social interaction explain fertility preferences among
women in rural Uttar Pradesh, India?” at the International Conference of Technology,
Energy and Sustainable Rural Environment, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi,
Uttar Pradesh, India during 23-25 February, 2011.
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Presented Paper entitled “Examining inequalities in the use of family planning, unmet
need for contraception and abortion decisions in India” at the International Conference
on Demography, Marketing and Culture, Xavier Institute of Management,
Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India during 14-16th December, 2010.
Presented Paper entitled “Socioeconomic inequalities in use of family planning, unmet
need for contraception and abortion decisions in urban India” at the 9th Annual
Conference of International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH), The New York
Academy of Medicine, New York City, USA on 27-29th October, 2010.
Presented Paper entitled “Socioeconomic inequality in Malnutrition in India, 1992-
2005” at the Harvard Centre for Population and Development Studies (HCPDS),
Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA on 7th May, 2009.
Presented Paper entitled “Socioeconomic inequality in Malnutrition in India, 1992-
2005” at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Detroit,
Michigan, USA during 28-2 May, 2009.
Presented Paper entitled “Does safe-motherhood programme reach the poor in Uttar
Pradesh, India?” at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America,
Detroit, Michigan, USA during 28-2 May, 2009.
Presented Paper entitled “Rich-poor gap in delivery care services in India, 1992-2005”
at the 26th International Population Conference of International Union for Scientific
Study of Population (IUSSP), Marrakech, Morocco during September 27-October 2,
2009.
Presented Paper entitled “Alcohol use and extramarital sex among Indian Men” at the
First International Conference on Alcohol use and HIV/AIDS, Mumbai, India during 3-
4 August, 2009.
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National:
Paper presented entitled “Poverty, female literacy, child malnutrition and child
mortality in India: evidence from large-scale household surveys” at the 32nd Annual
Conference of Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP), Utkal University,
Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India during 28-30 November, 2010.
Paper presented entitled “Understanding the magnitude of social-class inequalities in
child undernutrition in India, 1992-2005” at the 7th Annual Conference of Indian
Association for Social Sciences and Health (IASSH) Banaras Hindu University (BHU),
Varanasi during 4-6th March, 2010.
Paper presented entitled “Social interactions and fertility behaviour-evidences from
demographic literature” at the 31st Annual Conference of Indian Association for the
Study of Population (IASP), Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh,
India during 3-5 November, 2009.
Paper presented entitled “Socioeconomic inequalities in delivery care services in India”,
in 30th Annual Conference of Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP),
Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore, India during 17-19
October, 2008.
Paper presented entitled “Poor women, poor children: how poor reproductive health
affects child well-being”, in 30th Annual Conference of Indian Association for the Study
of Population (IASP), Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore,
India during 17-19 October, 2008.
Paper presented entitled “Comparative study of wealth inequalities and utilization of
basic reproductive and child health services in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh” in
National Seminar organized by International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) at
Dehradun, India during 17-19 March, 2008.
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Paper presented entitled “Geographical variation in poverty and child malnutrition in
India” in Bhopal Seminar on Contemporary Issues in Population and Health organized
by Shyam Institute, India during 23-25th January 2008.
Paper presented entitled “Inequality in household environmental standards and health
outcome in India” in 29th Annual Conference of Indian Association for the Study of
Population (IASP), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India during 26-28 October,
2007.
Paper presented entitled “Geographical variation in standard of living and child
malnutrition in India” in 29th Annual Conference of Indian Association for the Study of
Population (IASP), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India during 26-28 October,
2007.
AWARDS/HONORS/FELLOWSHIPS
Visiting Fellow, Harvard Centre for Population and Development Studies (HCPDS),
Harvard University, Boston, USA- May, 2009.
Visiting Fellow, Initiative in Population Research (IPR), Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio, USA- April, 2009.
Received Partial Financial Assistance from The New York Academy of Medicine, New
York, USA and Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Orissa to present the research paper at
the 9 th ICUH Conference, New York, USA, 2010.
Received Research Grant for PhD Data Collection from the London School of Hygiene
and Tropical Medicine, University of London, United Kingdom, 2010.
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Received Travel Award from the International Union for the Scientific Study of
Population (IUSSP) to present research paper at the 26 th Meeting of IUSSP at
Marrakech, Morocco, 2009.
Received Travel Grant from the Population Association of America (PAA) to present
research paper at the 74 th Annual Meeting of PAA at Detroit, Michigan, USA, 2009.
Awarded Dr. K. B. Pathak Memorial Award of the Indian Association for the Study of
Population (IASP) for the Best Published Paper of the Year (2009) by a Young
Demographer in XXXI Annual Conference of IASP held at the Sri Venkateswara
University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.
Awarded Dr. S.N. Memorial Award of the Indian Association for the Study of
Population (IASP) for the Best Poster Paper (2008) in the XXX Annual Conference of
IASP held at the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore,
Karnataka.
Awarded Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) by UGC for PhD (April 2010 to September,
2010) at IIPS, Mumbai, India.
Awarded Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) by UGC for M.Phil./PhD (June 2007 to
April 2010) at IIPS, Mumbai, India.
Awarded Government of India Fellowship for Master in Population Studies (MPS,
2006-07) at IIPS, Mumbai, India.
Awarded B.H.U. Medal for standing First at the M.A. /M.Sc. (Final) Geography
Examination-2006, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Professionally conversant with software packages like STATA, SPSS, CSPro, Arc GIS,
GeoDa, SPECTRUM, MORTPAK, ATLAS TI and ANTHROPAC.
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PROFESSIONAL WORK/ RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Shivaji University, Kolhapur,
Maharashtra, December 20 th 2010 till date.
Lecturer, Department Applied Geography, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Orissa,
India, October 1 st , 2010- December 19 th , 2010.
Research Officer, International Institute for Population Sciences (I.I.P.S.), Mumbai
January 1 st 2008- February28 th , 2008.
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Member of the International Union for Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)
Annual Membership of Population Association of America (PAA), 2009-2010, USA
Member of the Asian Population Association (APA), Bangkok, Thailand
Life Member of the Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health (IASSH), India
Fellow of the Society of Earth Scientists (SES), Lucknow, India.
TRAINING COURSES
Participated in the training workshop on “Family Planning and Reproductive Health”
jointly organized by the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai
and John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH), USA at IIPS, Mumbai
during 12-23 January, 2009.
COUNTRIES VISITED
United States of America (USA), Morocco, Switzerland.
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PERSONAL DETAILS
Name:
Praveen Kumar Pathak
Father‟s Name:
Shri. Ramesh Chand Pathak
Mother‟s Name:
Smt. Asha Pathak
Date of Birth: 27 January, 1984
Sex:
Male
Marital Status:
Unmarried
Nationality:
Indian
Passport Details (Passport No.): G5831069, Valid up to
14/10/2017
Permanent Address: H.No. B3/43, Vishwa Bank
Yojana, A.D.A. Colony, Naini,
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh-211008
Email:
pkp_pathak@rediffmail.com or
pathakprave@gmail.com
DECLARATION
I hereby declare that all the above statements are correct and complete to the best of
my knowledge and belief.
Date: 18/10/2011
Place: Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
Yours Sincerely,
Praveen Kumar Pathak
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