Santosh Kumar Mishra

I retired on June 30, 2020 from the Population Education Resource Centre, Department of Lifelong Learning and Extension, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai, India (https://sndt.ac.in/). I underwent training in demography, with award of Government of India Fellowship, during 1986-1987 from the International Institute for Population Sciences (Deemed University) at the IIPS, Mumbai (https://www.iipsindia.ac.in/). Also, I acquired Ph. D. from University of Patna in 1999. My other qualifications include (a) Post-Master’s Diploma in Adult & Continuing Education, (b) Certificate Course on Hospital and Health Care Management, & (c) Diploma in Human Resource Development. Professional training that I underwent abroad with grant of scholarship/bursary are (a) 5th European Policy Conference (Swedish Society of Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden, October 18-19, 2012); & (b) Healthy Life Expectancy from Longitudinal Data: Understanding how Health and Mortality Evolve Workshop (AN University, Canberra, Australia, 17-19 June, 2014). My prime area of interest and expertise include population & development, sustainable development, gender issues & allied subject areas. I have authored (some co-authored) 5 booklets, 4 books, 22 book chapters, 77 journal articles, and 49 papers for conferences (some with bursary for presenting research papers at international events held at Sweden, Australia, Tajikistan, USA, Tanzania, Philippines, Ireland, Nepal, and Pakistan). I was invited as Guest Speaker (with award of scholarship) to present research paper at the 11th International Convention on Quality Improvement, which took place in Karachi, Pakistan, during November 26-27, 2007. Also, I have contributed to 196 e-discussions. I served as Judge for the 2021 IHA Health Literacy Awards. After retirement from the SNDTWU, I am presently involved, in my individual capacity, with academic activities, such as authoring manuscripts (research papers), contributing to online consultations, & serving as international conference organizing committee member. Also, I am involved as collaborator for over 50 international agencies, including: (1) Ecosystem based Adaptation for food security in Africa Assembly, Kenya; (2) Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Switzerland; (3) Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Germany; (4) International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics, Sweden; (6) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy; (7) Institute for Healthcare Advancement, USA; (8) International Institute of Knowledge Management, Sri Lanka; (9) North American Association for Environmental Education, USA; (10) Wisconsin Health Literacy (a division of Wisconsin Literacy, Inc.), USA; & (11) Technical Program Committee of the 2021 International Conference on Preschool Education and Child Development, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. I can be reached at (a) email: drskmishrain@yahoo.com, & (b) via tel.: (+91) 9224380445 (Whatsapp).