| Time | Activity |
| 09:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Panel Discussion on Geo-spatial Vulnerabilities of Persons with Disability in India: Breaking the Barriers |
| 09.00 AM– 09.05 AM | Dr. Binod Kumar Singh - Welcome Address Director, NATMO |
| 09.05 AM – 09.45 AM | Prof. S. K. Singh - Keynote Speaker and Chairman Former Director, International Institute of Population Science, Mumbai |
| 09.45 AM – 09.55 AM | Prof. S.C. Rai - Speaker Former Head, Department of Geography, Delhi University |
| 09.55 AM – 10.05 AM | Prof. A. K. M. Anwaruzzaman - Speaker Department of Geography, Aliah University |
| 10.05 AM – 10.15 AM | Smt. Upali Roy Mukherjee - Speaker Commissioner of Disabilities, Govt. of West Bengal |
| 10.15 AM – 10.25 AM | Shri Prabhat Kumar - Speaker Social Policy Specialist, UNICEF, Kolkata |
| 10.25 AM – 10.30 AM | Dr. Raghubansh Mani Singh - Speaker Assistant Director, DCO Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal |
| 10:30 AM -11:00 AM | Tea |
| 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Technical Session 1A Fertility, Family Planning & Reproductive Health |
| 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Technical Session 1B Maternal & Child Health Interventions |
| 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Technical Session 1C Mortality, Morbidity & Non-Communicable Diseases |
| 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Technical Session 1D Reproductive Rights, SRH & Legal Frameworks |
| 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Technical Session 1E Gender, Socio-Economic Inequalities & Empowerment |
| 12:30 PM – 02:30 PM | Poster Presentation 1 |
| 12:30 PM – 01:30 PM | Plenary Session by Population Council on “Adolescents in Transition: Integrating Nutrition, Mental Well-being, and Social Contexts for Holistic Health”
Discussion/ Q&A: 10 minutes |
| 01:30 PM– 02:30 PM | Lunch Break |
| 02:30 PM – 04:00 PM | Plenary Session on Population, environment and culture: Interdisciplinary approaches from ongoing projects of the Anthropological Survey of India. Panel Discussion (Chaired by Prof. BV Sharma, Director, AnSI) Speakers
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| 04:00 PM – 04:30 PM | Tea |
| 04:30 PM– 06:00 PM | Technical Session 2A Adolescents, Life Skills & Education |
| 04:30 PM– 06:00 PM | Technical Session 2B Public Health and Nutrition |
| 04:30 PM– 06:00 PM | Technical Session 2C Urbanisation & Infrastructure |
| 04:30 PM– 06:00 PM | Technical Session 2D Ageing & Elderly Wellbeing |
| 04:30 PM– 06:00 PM | Technical Session 2E Morbidity, Anaemia and Tribal Health |
| 04:30 PM– 06:00 PM | General Body Meeting (IASP Members Only) |
| 07:30 PM onwards | Dinner |
Technical Session 1A
Theme: Fertility, Family Planning & Reproductive Health
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
| Chairperson | Prof. Mohanachandran Nair |
| Discussant | Dr Archana Muthye |
| Session Coordinator | Dr. Gudakesh |
| Rapporteur | Anaswara BG |
| Room | 406 |
| Abstract ID | Title of the Paper | Name of the Presenter |
| IASP-033 | Son preference and parity progressions: the case of Uttar Pradesh | Anup Kumar |
| IASP-222 | Inequality in Teenage Pregnancy Prevalence among the Tribals and Non Tribals in India: Evidence from NFHS-5 | Niranjan Rout |
| IASP-102 | Housing and fertility preferences in urban India: The intersection of tenure, house type and dwelling size | Dr. Ismail Haque |
| IASP-232 | An analysis of the model fitting methods for the estimation of life expectancy at birth at national and state level of India using NFHS and SRS data | Pawan Kumar Yadav |
| IASP-231 | Understanding Fertility Mismatch in India: Patterns and Determinants | Paramita Majumdar |
| IASP-291 | Bridging the gaps in high-risk pregnancies management by public health cadre though classroom training and handholding | Sandhya NVS Dittakavi |
Technical Session 1B
Theme: Maternal & Child Health Interventions
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
| Chairperson | Prof. N S Bisht |
| Discussant | Dr Kavitha N |
| Session Coordinator | Dr Priyanka Yadav |
| Rapporteur | Dr.Kiran Sharma |
| Room | 405 |
| Abstract ID | Title of the Paper | Name of the Presenter |
| IASP-011 | Understanding post-abortion complications and treatment-seeking behavior in India: the role of frontline health workers | AJ Francis Zavier |
| IASP-029 | Trends, Economic Inequalities and Predicted Probabilities in Maternal health care services in India, 2005-2021 | Ankush Singh |
| IASP-050 | Effect of mHealth intervention on improving maternal health care services utilization: a systematic review | Bal Govind Chauhan |
| IASP-077 | Assessing the Incremental Impact of Digital Learning and WhatsApp Chatbot on Frontline Health Workers’ Competencies for High-Risk Pregnancy Management | Dr Devan Kumar Kuda |
| IASP-344 | Impact of maternal and child interventions on perinatal outcomes: A three-year analysis | Tila Khan |
| IASP-363 | Understanding Knowledge Attitude and Practices of ASHA Workers in Addressing Maternal Mental Health: A Qualitative Study from Uttar Pradesh, India | Yogita Kharkwal |
Technical Session 1C
Theme: Mortality, Morbidity & Non-Communicable Diseases
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
| Chairperson | Prof. S K Singh |
| Discussant | Dr Bashir Ahmad Bhat |
| Session Coordinator | Dr Rahul Kumar |
| Rapporteur | Deepak Kumar |
| Room | 407 |
| Abstract ID | Title of the Paper | Name of the Presenter |
| IASP-003 | Financial Toxicity Among Gastric and Pancreatic Cancer Survivors in India and Its Impact on Quality of Life | Abhishek Anand |
| IASP-049 | Availability, Accessibility & Quality of Healthcare Services for Patients with Sickle Cell Disorder in Wardha district of Maharashtra. | Badal Santoshrao Thool |
| IASP-044 | Employment Disruption and Financial Vulnerability among Dialysis and Transplant Patients in Kerala | Arun Kumar M |
| IASP-065 | Cancer Screening Practices in India: Spatially Disparaging Stigma and Taboo in the Reproductive Age Group | Deepak Kumar |
| IASP-278 | Seasonal Dynamics of Asthma Mortality in India: A Time Series Perspective | Rishabh Kumar |
| IASP-336 | The Toll of Deaths during the COVID-19 Pandemic Period for India and its States: Unravelling the losses in life expectancy using SRS mortality data | Suryakant Yadav |
Technical Session 1D
Theme: Reproductive Rights, SRH & Legal Frameworks
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
| Chairperson | Dr. Bhaswati Das |
| Discussant | Dr Asharaf Abdul Salam |
| Session Coordinator | Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh |
| Rapporteur | Prerna Rai |
| Room | 307 |
| Abstract ID | Title of the Paper | Name of the Presenter |
| IASP-065 | Cancer Screening Practices in India: Spatially Disparaging Stigma and Taboo | Deepak Kumar |
| IASP-058 | Temporal Pattern of Reproductive Health Parameters in Eastern India | Brijesh P. Singh |
| IASP-403 | Contraceptive Neglect After Childbirth Among High-Parity Women in India | Dr. Kiran Sharma |
| IASP-063 | Socio-Economic powerlessness Matters: Non-Therapeutic Abortion, Reproductive Rights and Anthropological Worldview | Debendra Kumar Biswal |
| IASP-241 | Multilevel Analysis of Early Marriage and Its Determinants Among Young Women in A High Prevalence State of India | Pratima Barman |
| IASP-486 | Spatial Shifts in Delivery and Postnatal Care Indicators in West Bengal: A GISBased Comparative Study Using NFHS Data | Dr. Subhasish Sutradhar |
Technical Session 1E
Theme 5: Gender, Socio-Economic Inequalities & Empowerment
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
| Chairperson | Dr. Anil Chandran S |
| Discussant | Dr Gudakesh |
| Session Coordinator | Dr Archana Muthye |
| Rapporteur | Ravina Ranjan |
| Room | Library Building |
| Abstract ID | Title of the Paper | Name of the Presenter |
| IASP-055 | Gender Inequality in Educational Attainment | Binod Bihari Jena |
| IASP-220 | Utilizing Gender Dialogues as a Mechanism for Institutional Transformation: An Empirical Study in Four Districts of West Bengal | Nilanjan Bala |
| IASP-302 | Financial Freedom among Indian Married Women- A State-Level Analysis | Sefali Verma |
| IASP-308 | Empowerment of Women: Analysing Trends and Determinants in India, Evidence from NFHS | Shivangi Gupta |
| IASP-290 | Assessing Public Welfare Awareness Among Baiga PVTGs: An Index-Based Field Study | Sandesh Bandhu |
| IASP-328 | Age and sex specific variations in body composition of paudi bhuyan tribe. | Subham Prasad Sahoo |
TECHNICAL SESSION 2
Technical Session 2A
Theme: Adolescents, Life Skills & Education
04:30 PM TO 06:00 PM
| Chairperson | Mr. Pallav Kumar |
| Discussant | Dr AJ Francis Zavier |
| Session Coordinator | Dr Rajesh Chauhan |
| Rapporteur | Dr Kasturi Mondal |
| Room | 405 |
| Abstract ID | Title of the Paper | Name of the Presenter |
| IASP-114 | Beyond Silence: Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes, Experiences and Preferences on Sex Education Among College-Going Youth in Mumbai | Dr. Pragati Ubale |
| IASP-143 | Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHRs) of Lodha Tribes: Special Focus on National Adolescent Health Program | Gita Naik |
| IASP-256 | Barriers and Facilitators of Mental Health Help-Seeking Among Adolescents and Youth in India: A Systematic Review | Puspita Datta |
| IASP-398 | Can Life Skills Reignite Confidence in Education for Adolescents? An Empirical Exploration? | Somenath Ghosh |
| IASP-401 | Can Play-based Life skills Education Transform the Gender Attitude and Perception of Adolescents in Urban Slums? | Sukanya Bose |
| IASP-188 | Anthropometric assessment of nutritional status among adolescents of paudi bhuyan tribe. | Manashree Manamukta Naik |
Technical Session 2B
Theme: Public Health and Nutrition
04:30 PM TO 06:00 PM
| Chairperson | Dr. Subrato Mondal |
| Discussant | Dr. Angan Sengupta |
| Session Coordinator | Dr. Priyanka Yadav |
| Rapporteur | Bindya Kumari |
| Room | 406 |
| Abstract questions ID | Title of the Paper | Name of the Presenter |
| IASP-174 | Prevalence and Contextual Determinants of Acute Respiratory Infection among Rural Children | Koustav Ghosh |
| IASP-253 | Assessing the Impact of Community-Based Interventions on Maternal Nutrition: A Study from Slum Areas of Kolkata | Purbita Sanyal |
| IASP-273 | Governance to Strengthen Public Health: Mapping Urban Poverty and Its Impact on Child Health Indicators in India | Rayhan Sk |
| IASP-397 | Eradication of Period Poverty: A Case Study in Urban Slums | Joyita Khan |
| IASP-402 | Beyond Calories: Addressing Micronutrient Deficiencies in India | Prarthana Das |
| IASP-410 | Enhancing Health and Nutrition Through Local Governance Engagement | Chitra Chandra |
Technical Session 2C
Theme: Urbanisation & Infrastructure
04:30 PM TO 06:00 PM
| Chairperson | Dr Brijesh P Singh |
| Discussant | Dr. Emily Das |
| Session Coordinator | Dr Archana Muthye |
| Rapporteur | Deepak Kumar |
| Room | 407 |
| Abstract ID | Title of the Paper | Name of the Presenter |
| IASP-471 | Demographic and Environmental Interlinkages of Plastic Pollution: GIS-based Insights from the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority | Dr. Sudipa Halder |
| IASP-079 | Addressing Urban Challenges and Enhancing Sustainability: The Aspirational Cities Program | Dr Imtiyaz Ali |
| IASP-039 | Census Towns and the Shifting Landscape of Indian Urbanisation | Arindam Gupta |
| IASP-131 | Marginal Lives, Marginal Care: Border Securitization and Healthcare Access | Dr. Sumana Das |
| IASP-171 | Is Household Air Pollution a risk factor for age at menopause in India? an examination from National Family Health Survey Data | Kavitha. N |
| IASP-339 | Is the remittance driver of intra and inter household quarrels? | Sutapa Sarkar |
Technical Session 2D
Theme: Ageing & Elderly Wellbeing
04:30 PM TO 06:00 PM
| Chairperson | Prof. Audinarayana |
| Discussant | Prof Abhay Kumar Tiwari |
| Session Coordinator | Dr AG Khan |
| Rapporteur | Dr Kasturi Mondal |
| Room | 307 |
| Abstract ID | Title of the Paper | Name of the Presenter |
| IASP-026 | Socio-Demographic Determinants among Elderly Housing Arrangement in Uttar Pradesh | Anil Kumar Pal |
| IASP-271 | Association of Self-reported Depressed Mood and Tobacco Use among Older Adults | Ravina Ranjan |
| IASP-400 | Fintech and Older adults: A Global Synthesis | Dr. Angan Sengupta |
| IASP-298 | Association between Self-Rated Health and Anemia in Later Life: Insights from the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India, 2017-18 | Saroj Kumar |
| IASP-329 | A Bibliometric analysis and visualization on Ageing in Place (AIP) in the gerontological research | Subham Sharma |
| IASP-019 | Prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases Among the Elderly | Ambady Sivan |
Technical Session 2E
Theme: Morbidity, Anaemia and Tribal Health
04:30 PM TO 06:00 PM
| Chairperson | Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh |
| Discussant | Dr Jeetendra Yadav |
| Session Coordinator | Dr Gudakesh |
| Rapporteur | Ravina Ranjan |
| Room | Library Building |
| Abstract ID | Title of the Paper | Name of the Presenter |
| IASP-474 | Nutrition and TB: Addressing Malnutrition as a Hidden Barrier in TB Elimination in Madhya Pradesh | Dr. Archana Muthye |
| IASP-498 | Prevalence and influencing factors of Anaemia among currently married women in the districts of Bihar: Evidence from large scale survey data | SVSRK Bharadwaj |
| IASP-217 | Expansion or Compression of Morbidity Among India’s Working-Age Population | Nand Lal Mishra |
| IASP-103 | State level Inequalities and Gender Disparities in Death Registration System in India | Dr. Jayanta Kumar Basu |
| IASP-448 | Impact of Digital Exposure on Comprehensive Knowledge of HIV/AIDS among Unmarried Indian Youth: Estimation Using Propensity Score Matching | Lahu Vitthal Rathod |
| IASP-475 | Empowering Tribal Adolescents through Life Skills Education: Evidence from the Alluri Sitaramaraju District, Andhra Pradesh | Ajay Kumar Singh |
Day 2, 28-09-2025
Time 12:30 PM to 02:30 PM
Venue: Near Auditorium
Coordinators: Dr. Archana Muthye and Dr. Emily Das
| S. No. | Abstract ID | Name of the Paper | Presenting Author |
| 1. | IASP-006 | Association between climatic factors and child underweight in India: a geo-spatial analysis using NFHS-5 (2019-21) | Abhishek Rajak |
| 2. | IASP-009 | Addressing Nutritional and Health Disparities Among Tribal Communities in India | Abinash Jena |
| 3. | IASP-010 | Hypertension and Diabetes Across Later Life in India: A LifeCourse Perspective | Aditi Chakraborty |
| 4. | IASP-016 | Loneliness and Its Health Correlates among Older Adults in India: Evidence from LASI | Akriti Singh Rajpoot |
| 5. | IASP-028 | Temporal Changes in Socio-Economic Inequality in Distress Financing for Caesarean Deliveries in India, 2015-21 | Ankita Roy |
| 6. | IASP-031 | Assessing Women’s Physical Health in India: Classical Regression and Machine Learning Approaches | Anshul Pandey |
| 7. | IASP-032 | Sex Preferences and Contraceptive Use among Tribal Women in India: A Regional Analysis | Anubhav Verma |
| 8. | IASP-034 | Navigating the Digital Finance Transition: A Phenomenological Study of Older Adults’ Motivations, Barriers, and Social Influences in India | Anupama S & Dr. Angan Sengupta |
| 9. | IASP-035 | Environmental Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes in Urban India: Insights on Artificial Light at Night and Greenness Exposure | Arabindo Tanti |
| 10. | IASP-048 | Monitoring Spatial Pattern of Birth Weight in India Using Statistical Process Control Techniques | Ayushi Chourasiya |
| 11. | IASP-054 | Guarding the Future: Tackling Substance Use and Mental Health Challenges in Adolescence | Bibaswan Majumdar |
| 12. | IASP-057 | Impact of Gender-Based Violence on Reproductive Health Outcomes Among Indian Women: Evidence from NFHS-5 | Bipul Kumar Roy |
| 13. | IASP-064 | Obstetric Violence and Its Association with Postnatal Depression Among Women in Rural India | Deepak |
| 14. | IASP-066 | Heat Stress and Unequal Nights: Analysing the Impact of Heatwaves on Sleep Disorders Among Slum Dwellers of Delhi (NCT) | Deepak Verma |
| 15. | IASP-073 | Epidemiology of Malaria in India | Divyanshi Verma |
| 16. | IASP-086 | Interplay of Nomophobia, Smart Phone Addiction and Mental Health Among Undergraduate Students | Dr Ranjeeta Kakoti |
| 17. | IASP-094 | Role of Dietary Diversity in Addressing Undernutrition | Dr Anuj Singh |
| 18. | IASP-096 | Advancing Transgender and LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Global Medical Practice | Dr Birendra Kumar Jaiswal |
| 19. | IASP-097 | Knowledge and Determinants of Sexual and Reproductive Health Among Urban Youth of Kolkata | Dr Chandramallika Biswas |
| 20. | IASP-118 | Out-of-Pocket Expenditure of Slum Dwellers | Dr Rashmi Shukla |
| 21. | IASP-122 | Sankalp Themes for Rural Population: A Study in Some Gram Panchayats in West Bengal | Dr Sabari Bandyopadhyay |
| 22. | IASP-127 | Cultural, Traditional and Ritual Barriers to Access Healthcare Among Tribal Communities in Mandla District of Madhya Pradesh | Dr Shatrughan Prasad |
| 23. | IASP-128 | Social Media Addiction and Its Association with Sleep Quality Among Medical Students in Tamil Nadu, India | Dr Srigowtham Subramaniam |
| 24. | IASP-133 | Decomposing the Socio-Economic Inequality in Infant Mortality in Odisha: NFHS-5 | Dr Suvashri Suvadarsini |
| 25. | IASP-141 | Rural Male Out-Migration and Remittances: An Insight from Nadia District of West Bengal | Faruk Biswas |
| 26. | IASP-211 | Nexus between livelihood Diversification and food security in Tribal households: A cross-sectional study in Paschim Medinipur of West Bengal | Mriganka Dolui |
| 27. | IASP-173 | Does Health Insurance Reduce Out-of-Pocket Spending for Lifestyle Diseases? Evidence and ML Risk Stratification from LASI-Kerala | Kishor R |
| 28. | IASP-181 | Access to Menstrual Hygiene Resources and Women’s Health and Participation: A Mixed-Method Study | Mahashweta Chakrabarty |
| 29. | IASP-186 | Impact of Population Growth on Health and Educational Infrastructure in Selected Blocks of Rarh and Barendri Regions, West Bengal | Manab Ghosh |
| 30. | IASP-224 | Patterns of Commuting Among Dual-Worker Couples in India: A Mixed-Method Study | Nivedita Paul |
| 31. | IASP-225 | Healthcare Access, Inequality, and Under-Five Mortality: A Regional Analysis | Nur Alam |
| 32. | IASP-229 | Wetland Ecology Deterioration, Livelihood Issues and Diversification as a Coping Strategy: A Study from Loktak Wetland (India) | Ongtham Kipjen Singh |
| 33. | IASP–207 | Persistent in High Risk Fertility Behaviour among Women in West Bengal between 2003 to 2019 | Mouli Maity |
| 34. | IASP-120 | From Sex to Gender: An Analysis of Private and Public Patriarchy | Sefali Verma |