Alaka Malwade Basu (born 1951) is an Indian sociologist and

demographer Demography () is the statistics, statistical study of populations, especially human beings. Demographic analysis examines and measures the dimensions and Population dynamics, dynamics of populations; it can cover whole societies or groups ...

, a professor of development sociology at the

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

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. Between 2002 and 2008, she was the director of the South Asia Program of Cornell University. She is a senior fellow for public health at the

United Nations Foundation The United Nations Foundation is a charitable organization headquartered in Washington, DC, that supports the United Nations and its activities. It was established in 1998 with a $1 billion gift to the United Nations by philanthropist Ted Turner, ...

and a member of the editorial boards of the ''

Population and Development Review ''Population and Development Review'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Population Council. It was established in 1975 and the journal is co-edited by Raya Muttarak and Joshua Wilde. The j ...

'' and the ''Asian Population Studies''. She is also a member of the Lancet-Guttmacher Commission on sexual and reproductive health and rights. Basu has extensive publications in the fields of social demography, gender and development, and South Asian Studies. She was formerly a professor at the

Jawaharlal Nehru University Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is a public major research university located in New Delhi, India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. The university is known for leading faculties and r ...

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...

and at the

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Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

, and the chairperson of the scientific committee on anthropological demography at the

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(IUSSP) and member of committees on population projections and reproductive health at the

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of the National Academy of Sciences, United States. She has also served in the governing boards of the

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and the

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Personal life

Alaka Malwade Basu is married to the economist

Kaushik Basu Kaushik Basu (born 9 January 1952) is an Indian economist who was Chief Economist of the World Bank from 2012 to 2016. He is the C. Marks Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics at Cornell University, and academic advisory ...

, who have one son, Karna Basu and one daughter, the writer and actor,

Diksha Basu Diksha Basu is an American writer and actress. She is the author of the critically acclaimed novel ''The Windfall'' which is under adaptation for a television series by Shonali Bose. Biography Diksha Basu was born in Delhi, to the sociologist ...

Bibliography

Books

*''Culture, the Status of Women, and Demographic Behaviour: Illustrated with the Case of India''. (1992)

Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books ...

. . *''Girls' Schooling, Women's Autonomy and Fertility Change in South Asia''. (eds. 1996; with Jeffery, Roger)

SAGE Publications SAGE Publishing, formerly SAGE Publications, is an American independent publishing company founded in 1965 in New York by Sara Miller McCune and now based in Newbury Park, California. It publishes more than 1,000 journals, more than 800 books ...

. . *''The Methods and Uses of Anthropological Demography''. (eds. 1998; with Aaby, Peter)

. . *''The Sociocultural and Political Aspects of Abortion: Global Perspectives''. (eds. 2000)

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. .

Selected publications

* "Demography for the Public: Literary Representations of Population Research and Policy". (2004) ''

Development and Change ''Development and Change'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Institute of Social Studies. The journal was established in 1970 and covers development studies and social change. Specific topic ...

''. 45 (5): 813–837

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1467-7660. * "Hopes, dreams and anxieties: India's one-child families". (2006) ''

Asian Population Studies "Asian Population Studies" is the twelfth episode of the second season of the American comedy television series ''Community'', and the 37th episode of the series overall. It aired in the United States on NBC on January 20, 2011. Plot The study ...

''. 12 (1): 4–27.

1744-1730. PMC 4869707.

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27200106 * "Zika, Sex and Reproductive Health". (2015) ''

Economic and Political Weekly The ''Economic and Political Weekly'' (''EPW'') is a weekly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all social sciences, and is published by the Sameeksha Trust. In January 2018, academic Gopal Guru was named the new Editor of the journal. Guru wil ...

''. 51 (9): 7–8.

References

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