The International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) serves as a regional Institute for Training and Research in Population Studies for the

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region. It was established in

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in July 1956; until July 1970, it was known as the Demographic Training and Research Center (DTRC), and until 1985, it was known as the International Institute for Population Studies (IIPS). The Institute was re-designated to its present title in 1985 to facilitate the expansion of its academic activities and was declared as a ' Deemed University' on 19 August 1985 under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956 by the

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. The recognition has facilitated the award of recognized degrees by the Wipro technologies and paved the way for further expansion of the Institute as an

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.The

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is an Indian government ministry charged with health policy in India. It is also responsible for all government programs relating to family planning in India. The Minister of Health and Family Welfare ...

(MOHFW), Government of India has designated IIPS as the nodal agency, responsible for providing coordination and technical guidance for the National Family Health Survey (NFHS). Started in 1956 under the joint sponsorship of

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, the Government of India and the

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, it has established itself as the premier Institute for training and research in Population Studies for developing countries in the

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and

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region. IIPS holds a unique position among all the regional centers, in that it was the first such center to be started, and serves a much larger population than that served by any of the other regional centers. The Institute is under the administrative control of the

, Government of India. Besides

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and

research Research is "creativity, creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular att ...

activities, the Institute also provides consultancy to the Government and Non-Government organizations and other academic institutions. Over the years, the Institute has helped in building a nucleus of professionals in the field of population and health in various countries of the ESCAP region. During the past 53 years, students from 42 different countries of Asia and the Pacific region,

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and

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have been trained at the Institute. Many, who are trained at the Institute, now occupy key positions in the field of Population and Health in Government of various countries, Universities and Research Institutes as well as in reputed National and International organizations.

Teaching

The Institute offers the following regular teaching programmes: * Master of Population Studies (M.A/M.Sc) - A Two-Year Programme * Master of

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and

Demography 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 ...

(MBD) - A Two-Year Programme * Master of Population Studies (MPS) - A One Year Programme * Master of Population Studies (MPS) Correspondence Course - A One Year Programme *Master of Population Studies (M.A/M.Sc) Correspondence Course - A Two-Year Programme *Master of Biostatistics and Demography (MBD) Correspondence Course- A Two-Year Programme * Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Population Studies * Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Biostatistics and Demography Population count (1)

Research

Apart from the teaching activities, the Institute also conducts a large number of

research project Research is " creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness ...

s on various aspects of

population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...

. The Institute also undertakes evaluative studies and large-scale surveys. Emphasis is given on studies related to inter-relationship of various social and economic variables of the components of

population change Population change is simply the change in the number of people in a specified area during a specific time period. Demographics (or demography) is the study of population statistics, their variation and its causes. These statistics include birth ra ...

such as

Fertility Fertility is the capability to produce offspring through reproduction following the onset of sexual maturity. The fertility rate is the average number of children born by a female during her lifetime and is quantified demographically. Fertili ...

Mortality Mortality is the state of being mortal, or susceptible to death; the opposite of immortality. Mortality may also refer to: * Fish mortality, a parameter used in fisheries population dynamics to account for the loss of fish in a fish stock throug ...

and

Migration Migration, migratory, or migrate may refer to: Human migration * Human migration, physical movement by humans from one region to another ** International migration, when peoples cross state boundaries and stay in the host state for some minimum le ...

. The research projects of the Institute are mostly funded by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India and also by the State Governments,

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and other Government and Non-Government organizations.

Consultative Services

The Institute provides

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services and undertakes special studies on problems related to population at the request of the Government, the United Nations and other specialized agencies. Given the expertise of the staff in various areas of population,

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, etc., an active effort is being made to let the organizations which need short term consultancy services, know about the availability of persons.

Departments

*Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology *Department of Fertility & Social Demography *Department of Public Health & Mortality Studies *Department of Migration & Urban Studies *Department of Population & Development *Department of Family & Generations *Department of Survey Research & Data Analytics *Department of Extra Mural Studies and Distance Education (Project Basis)

Directors of IIPS

* Dr. K. C. K. E. Raja (c1956–c1959) * Dr. C. Chandrasekaran (21.07.1959-14.08.1965) * Shri S. P. Jain (23.08.1965-17.04.1967) * Dr. S. N. Agarwal (18.04.1967-07.07.1973) * Dr. J. R. Rele (08.07.1973-16.06.1978) * Dr. K. Srinivasan (17.06.1978-13.09.1992) * Dr. K. B. Pathak (14.09.1992-27.07.1994; 28.07.1994-31.01.1999) * Dr. S. Kulkarni (25.03.1999-24.09.1999) * Dr. T. K. Roy (28.09.1999-31.10.2004) * Dr. G. Rama Rao (01.11.2004-21.06.2005) * Dr. P. N. Mari Bhat (22.06.2005-30.07.2007) * Dr. S. Lahiri (31.07.2007-10.06.2008) * Dr. Faujdar Ram (11.06.2008–28.02.2017) * Dr. Laishram Ladu Singh (01.03.2017-19.11.2018) * Dr. K. S. James (20.11.2018-Till Date)

References

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