Rishi Kumar
Biographic Data
| ID | 3697741 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rishi Kumar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rishi |
| FAMILY NAME | Kumar |
| SIGNATURE | KUMAR R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Hyderabad Campus |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7520-0187 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Impact of customised community training program on the prevention and control of dengue fever: A study from India
Enhancing women entrepreneurship through resource orchestration and digital technologies
Will she scale: Determinants that influence women-led enterprise growth in India
Does a woman's life before marriage affect her empowerment level? – Perspective from rural India
Purpose Women's empowerment is a crucial gender issue and more so in developing countries. Women's empowerment has far-reaching consequences at individual, household, societal and global levels. In this study, the authors focus on the effect of their childhood and pre-marriage conditions on the present level of empowerment in the rural setting in the southern part of India controlling for relevant variables. Design/methodology/approach This study…
Intimate partner violence in India: A study of associated factors
Purpose Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a global phenomenon. IPV is a public health, social policy and human rights concern across the globe. It remains a serious issue in Indian context as well. This paper aims to identify the factors associated with IPV using India’s nationally representative National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data. Design/methodology/approach To identify the factors associated with IPV in India, the authors …
Institutional deliveries in India: A study of associates and inequality
Purpose India has shown good progress in maternal health outcome indicators. However, an area for improvement is to ensure all deliveries take place in institutions under the supervision of skilled birth attendants. This paper attempts to identify the factors that affect institutional deliveries using nationally representative National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data. Further, the authors investigate the factors contributing to the wealth-based …
Household poverty dynamics in tribal Madhya Pradesh, India: A case study of 54 villages
I study the time path of households' poverty, as well as determinants of mobility in and out of poverty in rural India. The research combines qualitative and quantitative data collected from tribal settlements of rural Kesla block of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Methodologically, we build on the “stages of progress” framework and additionally conduct a transition matrix analysis of mobility using participatory data. Nonpoor but vulnerable …
Financial awareness: A Bridge to Financial Inclusion
Financial inclusion, which means access to formal financial services for the whole population is India's important policy objective. In this paper, we examine the association between financial awareness and financial inclusion. Using statistical association tests on the primary data, collected from 200 respondents in Nalgonda and Medak districts in Telangana, India, we find that financial awareness is significantly associated with financial inclu…
Psychological and Behavioral Impact of Lockdown and Quarantine Measures for Covid-19 Pandemic on Children, Adolescents and Caregivers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Women’s Empowerment and Child Stunting in India: An Investigation
Child stunting is associated with substantial impediments to human development and loss in human capital. An important factor contributing to the prevalence of stunting, a manifestation of malnutrition among children, is believed to be women’s lack of empowerment. This paper, therefore, aims to describe the trends and variations in child stunting in India using data from the National Family and Health Survey. This study also seeks to find the fac…
Rising cesarean deliveries in India: Medical compulsions or convenience of the affluent
From 2005-06 to 2015-16, proportion of cesarean deliveries in total deliveries has almost doubled in India. In this paper, we study changes in prevalence of cesarean deliveries across different social-economic groups and study factors affecting odds of undergoing cesarean delivery. The present paper was based on National Family Health Surveys and employs logistic regression. We find that rise in cesarean deliveries has been across social groups, …
Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption among Indian Women
CANCER CONTROL 2014 43 T he harm caused by tobacco has been established for decades, yet still one in five adults in the world currently smokes cigarettes.Globally, tobacco use kills nearly 6 million people a year, including approximately 600,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure. 1If current trends continue, it is estimated that tobacco will cause approximately 8 million deaths per year by 2030, and 1 billion total deaths in the tw…
Different Approaches to Identify the Poor: Do They converge
Of Least Concern? Range Extension by Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) Threatens Long-Term Survival of Bonnet Macaques (M. radiata) in Peninsular India
More on nonwhite migration, welfare levels, and the political process
More on nonwhite migration, welfare levels, and the political process
Of Least Concern? Range Extension by Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) Threatens Long-Term Survival of Bonnet Macaques (M. radiata) in Peninsular India
Different Approaches to Identify the Poor: Do They converge
Women’s Empowerment and Child Stunting in India: An Investigation
Child stunting is associated with substantial impediments to human development and loss in human capital. An important factor contributing to the prevalence of stunting, a manifestation of malnutrition among children, is believed to be women’s lack of empowerment. This paper, therefore, aims to describe the trends and variations in child stunting in India using data from the National Family and Health Survey. This study also seeks to find the fac…
Rising cesarean deliveries in India: Medical compulsions or convenience of the affluent
From 2005-06 to 2015-16, proportion of cesarean deliveries in total deliveries has almost doubled in India. In this paper, we study changes in prevalence of cesarean deliveries across different social-economic groups and study factors affecting odds of undergoing cesarean delivery. The present paper was based on National Family Health Surveys and employs logistic regression. We find that rise in cesarean deliveries has been across social groups, …
Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption among Indian Women
CANCER CONTROL 2014 43 T he harm caused by tobacco has been established for decades, yet still one in five adults in the world currently smokes cigarettes.Globally, tobacco use kills nearly 6 million people a year, including approximately 600,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure. 1If current trends continue, it is estimated that tobacco will cause approximately 8 million deaths per year by 2030, and 1 billion total deaths in the tw…
Psychological and Behavioral Impact of Lockdown and Quarantine Measures for Covid-19 Pandemic on Children, Adolescents and Caregivers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Institutional deliveries in India: A study of associates and inequality
Purpose India has shown good progress in maternal health outcome indicators. However, an area for improvement is to ensure all deliveries take place in institutions under the supervision of skilled birth attendants. This paper attempts to identify the factors that affect institutional deliveries using nationally representative National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data. Further, the authors investigate the factors contributing to the wealth-based …
Household poverty dynamics in tribal Madhya Pradesh, India: A case study of 54 villages
I study the time path of households' poverty, as well as determinants of mobility in and out of poverty in rural India. The research combines qualitative and quantitative data collected from tribal settlements of rural Kesla block of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Methodologically, we build on the “stages of progress” framework and additionally conduct a transition matrix analysis of mobility using participatory data. Nonpoor but vulnerable …
Financial awareness: A Bridge to Financial Inclusion
Financial inclusion, which means access to formal financial services for the whole population is India's important policy objective. In this paper, we examine the association between financial awareness and financial inclusion. Using statistical association tests on the primary data, collected from 200 respondents in Nalgonda and Medak districts in Telangana, India, we find that financial awareness is significantly associated with financial inclu…
Does a woman's life before marriage affect her empowerment level? – Perspective from rural India
Purpose Women's empowerment is a crucial gender issue and more so in developing countries. Women's empowerment has far-reaching consequences at individual, household, societal and global levels. In this study, the authors focus on the effect of their childhood and pre-marriage conditions on the present level of empowerment in the rural setting in the southern part of India controlling for relevant variables. Design/methodology/approach This study…
Intimate partner violence in India: A study of associated factors
Purpose Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a global phenomenon. IPV is a public health, social policy and human rights concern across the globe. It remains a serious issue in Indian context as well. This paper aims to identify the factors associated with IPV using India’s nationally representative National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data. Design/methodology/approach To identify the factors associated with IPV in India, the authors …
Impact of customised community training program on the prevention and control of dengue fever: A study from India
Enhancing women entrepreneurship through resource orchestration and digital technologies
Will she scale: Determinants that influence women-led enterprise growth in India
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