Qualification

• M.Phil. in Population Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai
• Masters in Population Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai
• Bachelors in Geography (Hons), University of Delhi
• UGC-NET in Population Studies, 2022
• Currently pursuing PhD in Health Services and Management, School of Health System Studies at Tata Institute for Social Sciences, Mumbai

Specialization

• Computational Sociology
• Demography
• Gender and Health
• Monitoring and Evaluation of Programmes and Policies

Research Areas

• Population Health and Epidemiology
• Gender inequality and Women’s empowerment
• Maternal and Child Health
• Migration

Course Taught

• Quantitative Methods in Social Science Research
• Computational Demography
• Data Harvesting for Social Science Research
• Causal Inferences for Social Sciences
• Healthcare Data Analytics
• Survey Research Methods

Training Experience

• Attended the “12th KOSTAT-UNFPA Summer workshop on “Event History Analysis”, co-hosted by Statistics Korea (KOSTAT) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and organized by the Korea Statistics Promotion Institute (KSPI), South Korea, during 7th to 11 July, 2025

Paper Presentations

• Paper “World refugee trend and Pattern”, Presented at the presented at International Seminar on “Population, Health and Development: Global and National Policy Perspectives” conducted by International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai., held from Feb. 15-17, 2017 at YMCA Delhi
• Paper “Gender Egalitarian Households and Women’s Nutritional Status in South Asian Countries: Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys”. Paper presented at the British Journal of Sociology Conference 2026, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, UK, 23–24 April 2026.

Honours and Awards

• Bursary awarded to attend the British Journal of Sociology Conference 2026 at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, UK.
• Government of India fellowship – During Master and MPhil at International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India
• Best Research Poster Award – awarded in conference at International Seminar on “Population Health and Development” Global and National Policy, IIPS, held in Feb. 15-17, 2017 at YMCA Delhi

Research Experiences

• Research Officer, Institutional Review Board (IRB), International Institute for Population Science Mumbai, Funded by the Ministry of Health and Family welfare (MOHFW), Government of India; April 2023-July, 2026
• Research Consultant, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University (North Campus) In the Project Anemia Mukt Bharat (UNICEF): July-2020 August 2022
• Programme Associate in project title “Impact of Demand Side Financing Instrument on the Continuum Care for Maternal and Child Health in India and Bangladesh’ funded DBT and MRC, at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala; July 2018 - June 2020

Publications

• Rinju. (2026, June). Parental migration and child undernutrition: Evidence from NFHS. Health Empirics, 1(2), 70–90. Publication Link
• Rinju, Mishra, U. S., & Saha, R. (2025). Measuring multidimensional anthropometric failure: An alternative approach. Millennial Asia. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1177/09763996241304866
• Mishra, U. S., Rinju, & Panda, B. K. (2022). Gauging class and caste differences in mortality: The Indian experience. OMEGA—Journal of Death and Dying, 86(1), 4–20. DOI: 10.1177/0030222820959970
• James, K. S., Mishra, U. S., Rinju, V., & Pallikadavath, S. (2022). Sequential impact of components of maternal and child health care services on the continuum of care in India. Journal of Biosocial Science, 54(3), 450–472. DOI: 10.1017/S002193202100016X
• Joe, W., Rinju, Patel, N., Alambusha, R., Kulkarni, B., Yadav, K., & Sethi, V. (2022). Coverage of iron and folic acid supplementation in India: Progress under the Anemia Mukt Bharat strategy 2017–20. Health Policy and Planning, 37, 597–606. DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czac015
• Mishra, U. S., Padhi, B., & Rinju. (2021). Examining calorie undernourishment in India: Is it due to choice or inadequacy? Nutrition and Health, 27(1), 17–26. DOI: 10.1177/0260106020949739

Editor-reviewed Articles

• Rinju, & Mishra, U. S. (2020, May 22). COVID-19: How do India’s urban informal settlements fight the pandemic? Down To Earth. Article Link
• Mishra, U. S., & Rinju. (2025, December 10). Transforming menstrual hygiene in India: A multi-faceted approach to empower women. ETGovernment. Article Link

Book Chapter

• Rinju & Sharma, A. (2024). Continuum of Care for Maternal and Child Health in India and EAG States. In Health and Nutrition of Women and Children in Empowered Action Group States of India (pp. 78-88). Routledge India. Publication Link
• S. Irudaya Rajan, Rinju. “Exploring the Livelihood Strategies of Religious Minority Refugees in India: a case of Pakistani Hindu Refugees in Jodhpur, Rajasthan”. Rajan, S. I. (Eds.) (2022). Handbook of Refugees in India. Routledge Publication Pvt. Limited. Publication Link
• S. Rajan, Prasad, Rinju. “Migration and language”. Rajan, S. I., & Sumeetha, M. (Eds.) (2019). Handbook of Internal Migration in India. Sage Publications Pvt. Limited. Publication Link

Software

STATA, ArcGIS, R

Country Visited

United Kingdom, South Korea, Singapore, Nepal

Membership

• Life Member of Indian Health Economics and Policy Association

Email

rinjucss@cuap.edu.in