Santhya KG
Given name: Santhya
Surname: K G
Country of nationality: India
Country of residence: India
Mailing address: Population Council, India Habitat Centre,
Lodi Road, New Delhi
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Telephone (Home): 91-11-29811750
Telephone (Office): 91-11-24642901
Highest degree: Ph.D
Year: 2000
Institution: Flinders University of South Australia
Discipline: Population Studies
Current employment/position: Associate II, Population Council
Previous employment:
1. Associate I, Population Council
2. Senior Programme Officer, Population Council
3. Programme Officer, Population Council
Other honorary or professional positions:
1. APA Council member (2013-15)
2. Member, IUSSP Scientific Panel on Reproductive Health (2011-2014)
3. Member, IUSSP Scientific Panel on Sexual Behaviour and HIV/AIDS (2006-2010)
Publication:
1. School quality and its association with agency and academic achievements in girls and boys in secondary schools: Evidence from Bihar, India, International Journal of Educational Development, 2015 (with A.J. Francis Zavier, Shireen Jejeebhoy).
2. Sexual and reproductive health and rights of adolescent girls: Evidence from low- and middle-income countries, Global Public Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, 2015 (with Shireen Jejeebhoy)
3. Trafficking of minor girls for commercial sexual exploitation in India: A synthesis of available evidence, New Delhi: Population Council, 2014 (with Shireen Jejeebhoy, Sharmistha Basu)
4. Population and Reproductive Health in India: An Assessment of the Current Situation and Future Needs, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2014 (with Shireen Jejeebhoy, PM Kulkarni and Firoza Mehrotra)
5. Violence against women in South Asia: The need for the active engagement of the health sector, Global Public Health,2014 (with Shireen Jejeebhoy and R Acharya)
6. Demand for contraception to delay the first pregnancy among young women in India, Studies in Family Planning, 2014 (with Shireen Jejeebhoy and AJ Francis Zavier