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Dr. Saswata Ghosh is Associate Professor at the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK). He completed his Ph.D. in Population Studies from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). He obtained the Sir Ratan Tata Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Asia Research Centre of the London School of Economics (LSE) during 2014-15. He also received the International Fellowship for Young Bio-Medical Scientists from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) during 2012-13. He
served as a Visiting Fellow at the LSE and at Bangladesh Institute of Development tudies (BIDS). Previously, he has worked with the Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA), Centre for Health Policy (CHP), ADRI, Population Council, and Council for Social Development in various capacities. He has co-edited (with Dr. Aparajita Chattopadhyay) the book Population Dynamics in Eastern India and Bangladesh: Demographic, Health and Development Issues. Currently, he serves as a member in the International Advisory Board of Asian Population Studies Journal published by Routledge. He has been published extensively in peer-reviewed journals of international standing. His areas of interest include religious demography, fertility, Family planning and son preference, family demography, field survey methods,demographic estimations, and econometric methods.