DR. DILIP KUMAR

EDUCATIONAL/PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION

1988-90: Ph.D.[Title of the Thesis: The Bivariate Negative Binomial Distribution and Its Application to Population Sciences and other Areas.]Patna University, Patna, India.

1987-88: MA in Population ResearchUniversity of Exeter, Exeter, UK.

1982-84: Diploma in Population StudiesInternational Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India.

1979-81: M.Sc. (Statistics)Patna University, Patna, India.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCESept. 2012-Till Date Additional Director, PRC, Patna University, PatnaJune 2004 - Sept. 2012 Joint Director, PRC, Patna University, Patna.1991-June 2000: Research Officer, PRC, Patna University, Patna.1990-91: Senior Research Executive, Operations Research

Group, Vadodara (India).1984-90: Research Officer, PRC, Patna University, Patna.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Special Training Received:1) Govt. of India fellowship for two year Diploma in Population Studies (1982/84) from International Inst. for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India.2) British Government fellowship (under ODA scheme) for M.A in Population Research (1987/88) from Institute of Population Studies, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.3) USAID grants for attending training on Determinants of Contraceptive Use, Oct '93 from East-West Population Inst., University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA.

Professional Membership: a) Life member of Indian Association for the Study of Population (India).b) Life member of Indian Society for the Medical Statistics (India).c) Honorary Director of Society for Population and Development Studies, Patna (India).

PUBLISHED ARTICLES

Written 40 research articles/papers in the different books and Journals of national and international repute. Coordinated and completed 120 studies on population, health and nutrition issues funded by the agencies namely; Unicef, WHO, Care India, World Bank, Population Council, New York and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Some Important publications:

1. Study of the awareness of RTI, STI and HIV/AIDS in Bihar. 2. National Family Health Survey (NFHS-2), Bihar, 1998-1999.3. Rapid Household Survey-RCH Project, Bihar and Jharkhand, 1992-99. 4. Levels of Some Health Indicators of Bihar. 5. Heterosexual Behaviour of the Spread of AIDS. 6. Evaluating the Impact of Family Planning on Fertility in Bihar and Kerala: Based on

NFHS Result. 7. The Socio-Cultural and Personal Factors Governing IUD Performances, paper

accepted for the presentation in the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) Conference, Montreal, Canada, 24th Aug.-1st Sept., 1993.

8. An Appraisal of the Demand for Family Planning in Bihar, In: U.P. Sinha and R.K.Sinha (1993) Population and Development in Bihar, B.R. Publishing Corporation, New Delhi.

9. A Technical Note on Index of Migration Differentials (with J. P. Singh), Genus, Vol.XLVIII, No.1-2, 1992.

10. Some Demographic Estimates of the Schedule Tribes of Santhal Pargana, In: R.N. Pati and et al. (1991) Tribal Demography in India, Asia Publishing House, New Delhi.

11. An Application of the Symmetrical Bivariate Negative Binomial Distribution, paper presented at the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) Conference, New Delhi, 20-27th Sept. 1989 and published in: S.N. Singh and et al. (1991) Population Transition in India, Asia Publishing House, New Delhi.

Foreign Travel: USA, UK and France.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Basic research, operations research on Health, Family Planning and MCH care.

Methodological and theoretical research on Demography and Statistics.

Training of Trainers/ professionals, Programme/Project Monitoring and Evaluation, Project proposal writing on the various issues of the population problems, raising awareness of RTI, STI and HIV/AIDS.

Questionnaire preparation, training, survey research, data processing on computer, data analysis and report writing.

Liaison with the National and International funding agencies for the project funding.

Awareness raising and dissemination of the Report/ Research findings through Conferences/Seminars.

Developing partnerships and providing technical support to NGOs.

To guide students for the award of Ph.D. degree. Capacity building and management work. Administrative work.

LANGUAGES KNOWN

English, Hindi, Bhojpuri, Maithili.

PERSONAL DETAILS

DATE OF BIRTH 10th August 1959NATIONALITY INDIANMARITAL STATUS MARRIED