Meenakshi Sharma
Biographic Data
| ID | 3725732 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meenakshi Sharma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meenakshi |
| FAMILY NAME | Sharma |
| SIGNATURE | SHARMA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6841-052X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 26 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Marginalized as Conservation’s Detritus
Colonial rule has had long-lasting impacts on large parts of the world, with direct and indirect transformations brought about in the social fabric and in the management of resources. This article takes a postcolonial perspective to examine this impact in the Indian context and traces the connection between the uneven co-option of social classes into the Western worldview and the marginalization and disregard of certain communities both by policy…
Changing patterns in health-seeking behaviour and prescription practices for treatment of hypertension in nine districts – insights from India Hypertension Control Initiative, 2018-19 and 2023-24
The India Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI) aimed to strengthen public sector primary care for hypertension treatment and control. Our study describes changes in health-seeking behaviour, prescription practices, and key predictors influencing treatment adoption in the public sector using data from IHCI repeat cross-sectional surveys. We conducted baseline (2018-19) and follow-up (2023-24) surveys in nine districts across five Phase I states …
Microbial Analysis of Nundkol Lake Water
This study investigates the water quality of Nundkol Lake, also known as Nandi Kund or Kalodaka Lake, located in the Ganderbal district of the Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Conducted over a year (January to December 2023), the research aimed to assess the lake's physicochemical properties and their ecological implications. Surface water samples were collected using clean glass stoppered bottles, adhering to the guidelines established …
Determinants of green purchase intention in the banking sector
The worldwide climate emergency has made it imperative for financial institutions to adopt a proactive attitude towards sustainable business practices. However, little has been done to develop an integrated framework that would enhance the purchase intention for banks using green initiatives and thus facilitate the green economy. This study summarizes the literature on four constructs – green brand image, green brand equity, green brand trust and…
Burnout among surgeons before and during the Sars-CoV-2 pandemic
The study was registered on clicaltrials.gov "NCT04433286" on 16/06/2020
Translation and Validation of the Malayalam Version of the Subjective Happiness Scale
The subjective happiness scale (SHS) is a brief instrument used to measure global subjective happiness that has been translated from its original English to many other languages. To date, there is no reported translation of this scale into Malayalam, a language spoken by over 32 million people especially in the southern state of Kerala, India. In the present study, 656 community-dwelling older adults participating in the Kerala Einstein study (KE…
Development of a ‘green IT brand image sustainability model for competitive advantage’
Green banking
Banking institutions are in a strategic position to implement the ‘Go Green’ strategy and can encourage other firms for the same. This qualitative study analyses the extent of green banking efforts within Delhi NCR and compares them with other organizations. Semi-structured in-depth interviews of 40 different bankers (including managing directors to branch managers) from 10 different public and private Indian banks were undertaken. Both primary a…
Understanding the impact of social learning forms on environmentally sustainable consumption behavior among school children
Purpose The learning environment is not a vacuum, but rather is rich in social contexts with innumerable points, interests, and beliefs. This takes one of the concepts of “social learning” which is not just a natural occurring phenomenon but also a way of organizing learning and communities of learners. Social Learning (SL) tends to refer to learning that takes place when divergent interests, norms and values of reality meet in an environment tha…
Cross sectional study on digital eye strain among undergraduate medical students in a medical college in South India
Background: Digital eye strain has been a matter of serious concern since the usage of digital devices has increased exponentially in the last few years. Several individuals suffer from physical discomfort, vague pain in the eyes, neck, head & shoulders, dryness, blurring & watering of eyes after screen use for longer than two hours at a time. The collection of these symptoms are referred to as digital eye strain. Purpose: To evaluate the prevale…
Green banking initiatives
Protocol of Process Evaluation of Secondary Prevention by Structured Semi-Interactive Stroke Prevention Package in India (SPRINT India)Trial
Background and aims Secondary Prevention by Structured Semi-Interactive Stroke Prevention Package in India (SPRINT India) is a complex intervention delivered across 30 centres in 16 Indian states. The study delivers intervention in 12 languages in the form of workbook, videos and short messaging using cellular device and internet as a tool. Objectives of process evaluation are to assess whether trial was implemented as planned (fidelity and dose)…
Health and economic impact of air pollution in the states of India
BACKGROUND: The association of air pollution with multiple adverse health outcomes is becoming well established, but its negative economic impact is less well appreciated. It is important to elucidate this impact for the states of India. METHODS: We estimated exposure to ambient particulate matter pollution, household air pollution, and ambient ozone pollution, and their attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years in every state of Ind…
Modeling the effects of digital transformation in Indian manufacturing industry
The impact of air pollution on deaths, disease burden, and life expectancy across the states of India
Background Air pollution is a major planetary health risk, with India estimated to have some of the worst levels globally. To inform action at subnational levels in India, we estimated the exposure to air pollution and its impact on deaths, disease burden, and life expectancy in every state of India in 2017. Methods We estimated exposure to air pollution, including ambient particulate matter pollution, defined as the annual average gridded concen…
Ambedkar’s Feminism
This article focuses on the role of Dr B. R. Ambedkar in the empowerment of women through mobilization of the womenfolk against the subjugation meted out to them by the caste and gender hierarchy in order to maintain the existing caste structures. Ambedkar realized the need for women to become the torchbearers of the new reformed society which is both casteless and classless in nature. He therefore advocated a companionate relationship between me…
Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950–2017
BACKGROUND: Assessments of age-specific mortality and life expectancy have been done by the UN Population Division, Department of Economics and Social Affairs (UNPOP), the United States Census Bureau, WHO, and as part of previous iterations of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD). Previous iterations of the GBD used population estimates from UNPOP, which were not derived in a way that was internally consistent wit…
Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017
BackgroundThe Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2017 comparative risk assessment (CRA) is a comprehensive approach to risk factor quantification that offers a useful tool for synthesising evidence on risks and risk–outcome associations. With each annual GBD study, we update the GBD CRA to incorporate improved methods, new risks and risk–outcome pairs, and new data on risk exposure levels and risk–outcome associatio…
Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations
BACKGROUND: A key component of achieving universal health coverage is ensuring that all populations have access to quality health care. Examining where gains have occurred or progress has faltered across and within countries is crucial to guiding decisions and strategies for future improvement. We used the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2016 (GBD 2016) to assess personal health-care access and quality with the Healthc…
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017
BACKGROUND: The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2017 (GBD 2017) includes a comprehensive assessment of incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) for 354 causes in 195 countries and territories from 1990 to 2017. Previous GBD studies have shown how the decline of mortality rates from 1990 to 2016 has led to an increase in life expectancy, an ageing global population, and an expansion of the non-fatal…
Nations within a nation
BACKGROUND: 18% of the world's population lives in India, and many states of India have populations similar to those of large countries. Action to effectively improve population health in India requires availability of reliable and comprehensive state-level estimates of disease burden and risk factors over time. Such comprehensive estimates have not been available so far for all major diseases and risk factors. Thus, we aimed to estimate the dise…
Antimycobacterial activity of Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. against drug sensitive and drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mott clinical isolates
Language and the negotiation of identity and sense of belonging
The writings of Indians in English provide a rich ground to explore the ways in which travellers and migrants from India to England relate to the realities of the place and to their place in it. Language and the literary education that characterised English education in India during colonial times play an important role in the construction of identity of such Indians. The love and idealisation of an ‘imagined’ England constructed from literary te…
Neuroprotective role of Convolvulus pluricaulis on aluminium induced neurotoxicity in rat brain
Institutionalization of English in India—A Historical Background
(2006). Institutionalization of English in India—A Historical Background. South Asian Review: Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 175-189
Modeling the effects of digital transformation in Indian manufacturing industry
Translation and Validation of the Malayalam Version of the Subjective Happiness Scale
The subjective happiness scale (SHS) is a brief instrument used to measure global subjective happiness that has been translated from its original English to many other languages. To date, there is no reported translation of this scale into Malayalam, a language spoken by over 32 million people especially in the southern state of Kerala, India. In the present study, 656 community-dwelling older adults participating in the Kerala Einstein study (KE…
Ambedkar’s Feminism
This article focuses on the role of Dr B. R. Ambedkar in the empowerment of women through mobilization of the womenfolk against the subjugation meted out to them by the caste and gender hierarchy in order to maintain the existing caste structures. Ambedkar realized the need for women to become the torchbearers of the new reformed society which is both casteless and classless in nature. He therefore advocated a companionate relationship between me…
Institutionalization of English in India—A Historical Background
(2006). Institutionalization of English in India—A Historical Background. South Asian Review: Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 175-189
Constructions of Englishness from the “Outside”
Institutionalization of English in India—A Historical Background
(2006). Institutionalization of English in India—A Historical Background. South Asian Review: Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 175-189
Neuroprotective role of Convolvulus pluricaulis on aluminium induced neurotoxicity in rat brain
Language and the negotiation of identity and sense of belonging
The writings of Indians in English provide a rich ground to explore the ways in which travellers and migrants from India to England relate to the realities of the place and to their place in it. Language and the literary education that characterised English education in India during colonial times play an important role in the construction of identity of such Indians. The love and idealisation of an ‘imagined’ England constructed from literary te…
Antimycobacterial activity of Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. against drug sensitive and drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mott clinical isolates
Nations within a nation
BACKGROUND: 18% of the world's population lives in India, and many states of India have populations similar to those of large countries. Action to effectively improve population health in India requires availability of reliable and comprehensive state-level estimates of disease burden and risk factors over time. Such comprehensive estimates have not been available so far for all major diseases and risk factors. Thus, we aimed to estimate the dise…
Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950–2017
BACKGROUND: Assessments of age-specific mortality and life expectancy have been done by the UN Population Division, Department of Economics and Social Affairs (UNPOP), the United States Census Bureau, WHO, and as part of previous iterations of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD). Previous iterations of the GBD used population estimates from UNPOP, which were not derived in a way that was internally consistent wit…
Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017
BackgroundThe Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2017 comparative risk assessment (CRA) is a comprehensive approach to risk factor quantification that offers a useful tool for synthesising evidence on risks and risk–outcome associations. With each annual GBD study, we update the GBD CRA to incorporate improved methods, new risks and risk–outcome pairs, and new data on risk exposure levels and risk–outcome associatio…
Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations
BACKGROUND: A key component of achieving universal health coverage is ensuring that all populations have access to quality health care. Examining where gains have occurred or progress has faltered across and within countries is crucial to guiding decisions and strategies for future improvement. We used the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2016 (GBD 2016) to assess personal health-care access and quality with the Healthc…
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017
BACKGROUND: The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2017 (GBD 2017) includes a comprehensive assessment of incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) for 354 causes in 195 countries and territories from 1990 to 2017. Previous GBD studies have shown how the decline of mortality rates from 1990 to 2016 has led to an increase in life expectancy, an ageing global population, and an expansion of the non-fatal…
The impact of air pollution on deaths, disease burden, and life expectancy across the states of India
Background Air pollution is a major planetary health risk, with India estimated to have some of the worst levels globally. To inform action at subnational levels in India, we estimated the exposure to air pollution and its impact on deaths, disease burden, and life expectancy in every state of India in 2017. Methods We estimated exposure to air pollution, including ambient particulate matter pollution, defined as the annual average gridded concen…
Ambedkar’s Feminism
This article focuses on the role of Dr B. R. Ambedkar in the empowerment of women through mobilization of the womenfolk against the subjugation meted out to them by the caste and gender hierarchy in order to maintain the existing caste structures. Ambedkar realized the need for women to become the torchbearers of the new reformed society which is both casteless and classless in nature. He therefore advocated a companionate relationship between me…
Health and economic impact of air pollution in the states of India
BACKGROUND: The association of air pollution with multiple adverse health outcomes is becoming well established, but its negative economic impact is less well appreciated. It is important to elucidate this impact for the states of India. METHODS: We estimated exposure to ambient particulate matter pollution, household air pollution, and ambient ozone pollution, and their attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years in every state of Ind…
Modeling the effects of digital transformation in Indian manufacturing industry
Green banking
Banking institutions are in a strategic position to implement the ‘Go Green’ strategy and can encourage other firms for the same. This qualitative study analyses the extent of green banking efforts within Delhi NCR and compares them with other organizations. Semi-structured in-depth interviews of 40 different bankers (including managing directors to branch managers) from 10 different public and private Indian banks were undertaken. Both primary a…
Understanding the impact of social learning forms on environmentally sustainable consumption behavior among school children
Purpose The learning environment is not a vacuum, but rather is rich in social contexts with innumerable points, interests, and beliefs. This takes one of the concepts of “social learning” which is not just a natural occurring phenomenon but also a way of organizing learning and communities of learners. Social Learning (SL) tends to refer to learning that takes place when divergent interests, norms and values of reality meet in an environment tha…
Cross sectional study on digital eye strain among undergraduate medical students in a medical college in South India
Background: Digital eye strain has been a matter of serious concern since the usage of digital devices has increased exponentially in the last few years. Several individuals suffer from physical discomfort, vague pain in the eyes, neck, head & shoulders, dryness, blurring & watering of eyes after screen use for longer than two hours at a time. The collection of these symptoms are referred to as digital eye strain. Purpose: To evaluate the prevale…
Green banking initiatives
Protocol of Process Evaluation of Secondary Prevention by Structured Semi-Interactive Stroke Prevention Package in India (SPRINT India)Trial
Background and aims Secondary Prevention by Structured Semi-Interactive Stroke Prevention Package in India (SPRINT India) is a complex intervention delivered across 30 centres in 16 Indian states. The study delivers intervention in 12 languages in the form of workbook, videos and short messaging using cellular device and internet as a tool. Objectives of process evaluation are to assess whether trial was implemented as planned (fidelity and dose)…
Development of a ‘green IT brand image sustainability model for competitive advantage’
Microbial Analysis of Nundkol Lake Water
This study investigates the water quality of Nundkol Lake, also known as Nandi Kund or Kalodaka Lake, located in the Ganderbal district of the Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Conducted over a year (January to December 2023), the research aimed to assess the lake's physicochemical properties and their ecological implications. Surface water samples were collected using clean glass stoppered bottles, adhering to the guidelines established …
Determinants of green purchase intention in the banking sector
The worldwide climate emergency has made it imperative for financial institutions to adopt a proactive attitude towards sustainable business practices. However, little has been done to develop an integrated framework that would enhance the purchase intention for banks using green initiatives and thus facilitate the green economy. This study summarizes the literature on four constructs – green brand image, green brand equity, green brand trust and…
Burnout among surgeons before and during the Sars-CoV-2 pandemic
The study was registered on clicaltrials.gov "NCT04433286" on 16/06/2020
Translation and Validation of the Malayalam Version of the Subjective Happiness Scale
The subjective happiness scale (SHS) is a brief instrument used to measure global subjective happiness that has been translated from its original English to many other languages. To date, there is no reported translation of this scale into Malayalam, a language spoken by over 32 million people especially in the southern state of Kerala, India. In the present study, 656 community-dwelling older adults participating in the Kerala Einstein study (KE…
Marginalized as Conservation’s Detritus
Colonial rule has had long-lasting impacts on large parts of the world, with direct and indirect transformations brought about in the social fabric and in the management of resources. This article takes a postcolonial perspective to examine this impact in the Indian context and traces the connection between the uneven co-option of social classes into the Western worldview and the marginalization and disregard of certain communities both by policy…
Medicine (10 works) · Geography (9 works) · Business (7 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Burden of disease (6 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Biology (5 works) · Environmental Sustainability in Business (5 works) · Political science (5 works)