PROF. PREM C. SAXENA

Former Professor, American University of Beirut

603 Manjushree

Plot No. 21 ; Sector 7

Koperkhairne

Navi Mumbai (New Bombay) – 400 709

INDIA

Phone # : 0091-22-2754 6041      Mobile  # : 0091-9821337600

E-mail: premsaxena2004@yahoo.com

 

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION

 

DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH

January 5, 1939  – New Delhi

NATIONALITY

Indian

SEX

Male

MARITAL STATUS

Married

 

HIGHER EDUCATION

 

Ph.D.

(Statistics/Demography)

(1970)

Banaras Hindu University, India

M.A.

(Statistics)

(1964)

Banaras Hindu University, India

M.Sc.

(Mathematics)

(1962)

Banaras Hindu University, India

B.Sc.

(Phy., Math. & Statistics)

(1960)

Agra University, India

 

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

 

2000 –  2003

Professor & Coordinator, MS. Program in Population Studies, Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

 

1995 – 2000

Professor & Chairman, Dept. of Population Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

 

1993 – 1995

Visiting Professor & Chairman, Dept. of Population Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

 

1988 – 1995

Professor & Head, Department of Mathematical Demography and Statistics, International Institute for Population Sciences, Deonar, Bombay, India.

 

1972 – 1988

Reader in Demography, International Institute for Population Sciences, Deonar, Bombay, India.

 

1969 – 1972

Lecturer in Statistics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

 

Short-term Appointments

 

2002

Visiting Professor, Institute of Social Sciences, Lebanese University, Rabia Campus, Lebanon.

 

1998

Consultant, Ministry of Social Affairs, Government of Lebanon for UNFPA supported study Current and Future Demographic Characteristics of the Lebanese Population.

 

1991

UN Consultant, Programme Review and Strategy Development (PRSD) mission, Thimpu, Bhutan.

 

1988

Visiting Professor, Department of Demography and Population Studies, University of Kerala, Trivandrum.

 

1980

Visiting Professor,  Department of Demography and Population Studies, University of Kerala, Trivandrum.

 

Awards

 

1997

Recipient of PAA. Travel Award to participate in the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America held in Washington, D.C., March 27-29, 1997.

 

1977

Fulbright Fellowship of the East-West Population Institute, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.

 

1969

Senior Research Fellowship, Demographic Research Centre (Sponsored by the Population Council, New York, U.S.A), Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

 

1965 – 69

Junior Research Fellowship, Ministry of Education, Government of India, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

 

 

AREAS OF RESEARCH

 

i.

Nuptiality and Fertility in the Arab Region.

 

ii.

Evaluation of Family Planning Programmes; Rapid Assessment of Family Planning Programme Impact.

 

iii.

Mathematical Demography; Population Mathematics; General Demographic Analysis; Measurement and Determinants of Fertility; Indirect Estimation Techniques; Migration and Urbanization; Evaluation and Adjustment of Demographic Data; Population Projections.

 

iv.

Multivariate Graphics and Applications.

 

v.

Stochastic Models and their Applications in Demographic (Fertility, Mortality and Migration) Analysis.

 

vi.

Women Studies (Status of Women: Measurement and Determinants).

 

 

TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

 

THIRTY FIVE YEARS

A.

Doctoral Thesis:

 

Human Fertility and Stochastic Models

B.

Publications:

a. Books  ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ..

 

Three

 

b. Research Papers ...   ...   ...   ..

Eighty

            (For details please see Annexure – I)

 

C.

Experience of Guiding Research at Ph.D. Level

Guided Seven research students for Ph.D. degree in Demography/Population Studies of the University of Bombay/IIPS.

 

 

(For details please see Annexure – II)

 

D.

Experience of Guiding Research at M.PHIL/M.S. Level

Guided Six students for M.Phil. Thesis and Twenty One for M.S. Thesis in Population Studies of the International Institute for Population Sciences, Bombay/American University of Beirut.

 

 

 

          (For details please see Annexure –III & IV)

 

E.

Experience of Guiding Post-Graduate Students for their Seminar/Research Papers

Number of Post-Graduate Students Guided:                                Forty Two.

 

F.

Research Projects Completed During Last Fifteen Years

Number of Research Projects Completed:                               Twenty

 

 

 

 

 

G.

Editorial Experience

Served as Technical Editor of Demography India (Published by the Indian Association for the Study of Population) from 1983-1985.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPERIENCE IN LARGE SAMPLE SURVEYS

 

i.

Conducted a Demographic Survey of Banaras Hindu University Employees in September 1966.

 

ii.

Took active part in planning and execution of Demographic Survey of Varanasi (Rural) in 1969 conducted under the auspices of the Demographic Resaerch Centre Banaras Hindu University

 

iii.

Developed the Schedule of the Demographic Survey of Varanasi (Rural) 1969.

 

iv.

Worked as one of the principal investigators of the study entitled A Survey of Family Welfare Programme Inputs in Four Selected States of India undertaken by the International Institute for Population Sciences, (IIPS) Bombay, with the financial assistance of the USAID (Jointly with Dr. K. Srinivasan Dr. T.K. Roy and Dr. R.K. Verma).

 

EXPERIENCE IN ORGANIZING CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS / SHORT-TERM COURSES

 

i.

Chairman, organizing committee, International Conference on Population, Health and Environment in the Arab Region held at the Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, from May 29-30, 1997.

 

ii.

Coordinator, Workshop on Population Problems Policies and Programmes in India for senior officials of the Indian Statistical Service organized at the IIPS, Bombay from May 22-26, 1989.  The training programme was sponsored by the Central Statistical Organisation, Government of India, New Delhi.

 

iii.

Programme Coordinator, Short-Term Training Programme on Population and Human Resources Planning for senior officials of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, from May 4 to June 28, 1983.  The training programme was sponsored by the International labour Organization (ILO) Turin.

 

iv.

Coordinator, Workshop on Recent Advances in the Techniques for Demographic Analysis organized by the Indian Association for the Study of Population at Bombay from November 2-6, 1982.

 

EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING CURRICULA FOR MASTER’S AND M.PHIL PROGRAMMES IN POPULATION STUDIES

 

i.

Worked as a member-Secretary of the Committee for developing curriculum for M.PHIL degree in Population Studies of the IIPS, Bombay, in April – May 1986.

 

ii.

Worked as a member of the committee for developing curriculum for Master in Population Studies (M.P.S.) degree of the International Institute for Population Sciences Bombay, in April – May 1988.

 

            iii.

Developed the Course Outline for the Compulsory Paper on Advanced Techniques for Demographic Analysis, prescribed for M.PHIL students of Population Studies of the IIPS, Bombay, in May 1988.

          

            iv

 

Developed the M.S. Program in Population Studies of the newly established Department of Population Studies of the American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon in 1993 and chaired the department till 2000.

 

 

VISITS ABROAD AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES / MEETINGS ATTENDED

 

xxi.                      Attended the XXV International Population Conference of the IUSSP held in TOURS, France,

July 18-23, 2005.

 

             xx.              Attended the International Conference on Demographic Window and Healthy Ageing:

                                Socioeconomic Challenges and Opportunities held in Peking University, BEIJING, CHINA, May

                                10-11, 2004..

 

            xix.              Attended the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA) held in

                                MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, U.S.A. from May 1-3, 2003.

 

            xviii.             Attended the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA) held in

                                 ATLANTA, GA, U.S.A. from May 9 - 11, 2002

 

            xvii               Participated in a two-day conference on “Life in the Middle East: Social Change and Family

Structure”, held at the University of North Carolina, CHAPEL HILL, N.C., U.S.A. April 5-6, 2002.

 

             xvi..

Attended the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA) held in WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A. from March 29-31, 2001.

 

 

             xv.

Attended the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA) held in LOS ANGELES, U.S.A.  from March 23-25, 2000.

 

 

           

             xiv.

 

Spent six weeks at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), LAXENBURG, Austria to work on a research project titled Population Projections of Arab Countries, June 21, 1999 – August 7, 1999.

 

 xiii.

Participated as a member of the Nuptiality Working Group (NWG) of the Workshop on New Demography of the Arab Region, held at the Social Research Center, American University in CAIRO, Egypt, July 26-29, 1998.

 

  xii.

Attended the XXIII International Population Conference of the IUSSP held in BEIJING, China, October 11-17, 1997.

 

          xi.

Served as Chairman of the evaluation committee for the project reports of the participants of the 4th Global Training Programme in Population and Sustainable Development conducted at the Cairo Demographic Centre, CAIRO, Egypt, June 29, 1997 to July 3, 1997.

 

   x.

Attended the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA) held in Washington D.C. (U.S.A.) from March 27, to 29, 1997.

 

 ix.

Attended the Sixth International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women held in ADELAIDE, South Australia from April 21-26, 1996.

 

 viii.

Attended the Thirteenth World Congress of Sociology held in BIELEFELD, Germany from July 18-23, 1994.

 

vii.

Participated in the workshops on “Population Simulation Models and Leading Indicators of Fertility Change” Organized under the USAID programme at the Research Triangle Institute, Park and Carolina Population Centre, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NORTH CAROLINA from June 9 to 19, 1992.

 

vi.

Served as a member of the United Nations Programme Review and Strategy Development mission for Bhutan, THIMPU, Bhutan from September 26, 1991 to October 2, 1991 (Short-term UN Consultant).

 

v.

Participated in the Workshops on Population Simulation Models organized under the USAID programme at the Research Triangle Institute, NORTH CAROLINA  from October 19 to 28, 1987 and at the Futures Group, WASHINGTON, D.C. (U.S.A.) from October 29, 1987 to November 3, 1987.

 

iv.

Attended the UN Expert Group Meeting on Measuring the Social Impact of Population Trends and Development, convened by the United Nations ESCAP, Bangkok and the Population Centre Foundation (PCF) of the Philippines at MANILA, The Philippines  from 3-9 October 1978.

 

 iii.

Attended the Summer Seminar in Population (organized by the East-West Population Institute, Honolulu) at the Korean Institute for Family Planning SEOUL, South Korea in July 1977.

 

 ii.

Attended the Eight Summer Seminar in Population at the East-West Population Institute, HONOLULU, Hawaii (U.S.A.) in June – July 1977 and was a Discussant in the Session on Population Projections for Planning and Policy.

 

i.

Delivered a lecture on “Techniques of Sub-National Population Projections” at the Institute of Developing Economies, TOKYO, Japan in June 1977.

 

 

 

MEMBERSHIP OF UNIVERSITY AND FACULTY COMMITTEES

 

A.

Faculty Committees

 

Period
   Status

 

Advisory Committee  ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...

 

(1994 – Present)

   Member

 

Academic Committee   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ..

 

(1994 – Present)

   Member

 

Group A Committees: Graduate Studies and Research   ...   ...   ...   ...   ..

(1996 - 1998)

(1999 – Present)

   Chairman

   Member

 

 

Group B Committees: Student Affairs, Student Aid, Admissions, Library

                                  and Teaching  Aids    ...   ...  ...  ...  ...   ...   ..

 

 

(1995 – Present)

 

 

   Member

 

Faculty of Health Sciences / Regional External Programs (REP) ...   ...   ...

(1997 – 98)

   Coordinator

 

 

MEMBERSHIP OF UNIVERSITY AND FACULTY COMMITTEES (Cont’d)

 

 

B.

University Committees
Period
Status

 

 

 

University Research Board (URB) ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ..
(1996 – 1999)
   Member

 

 

 

Board of Graduate Studies (BGS)  ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...  ... ...
(1999 –2001)
   Member –   
   Secretary

 

 

 

University Senate ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   .
(1999 – 2002)
   Member

 

 

 

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

 

i.

Member of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)

 

ii.

Member of the Population Association of America (PAA)

 

iii.

Life member of the Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP)

 

iv.

Life member of the Indian Academy of  Social Sciences (IASC)

 

v.

Life member of the Indian Society for Probability and Statistics (ISPS)

 

vi.

Life member of the Indian Science Congress (ISC) (Statistics Section)

 

vii.

Member of the Advisory Committee to Bombay Cancer Registry, Indian Cancer Society, Bombay

 

viii.

Member of the Board of Studies in Statistics of the Universities of Gorakhpur, Jammu and Cochin

 

ix.

Member of the Expert Committee of the University Grants Commission, India, for the award of the Jnior Research Fellowships in Population Studies / Demography.

 

 

REFERENCES

 

 

 

PROFESSOR M. J. HADDADIN, Former Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon. Now, Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, AUB, Beirut, Lebanon. E-mail: haddadin@aub.edu.lb

 

PROFESSOR TIM DYSON, Professor and Head Department of Social Policy and Administration, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC 2A 2AE U.K. Fax #: 44 -171 955 6833.

 

DR. ROBERT D. RETHERFORD, Senior Fellow, Program in Population, The East-West Center, 1777 East-West Road,HONOLULU, Hawaii 96848 U.S.A. Fax #: 1-808-944-7490.

 

 

A N N E X U R E  - I

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

BOOKS PUBLISHED

 

Ravi K. Verma, T.K. Roy and P.C. Saxena (1994) Quality of Family Welfare Services and Care in Selected Indian States, International Institute for Population Sciences, Bombay, 1994, 68 + xxii pp.

 

P.C. Saxena and P.P. Talwar (Eds.) (1987), Recent Advances in the Techniques for Demographic Analysis, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay, 456 + xiv pp.

 

K. Srinivasan, P.C. Saxena and Tara Kanitkar (Eds.) (1979), Demographic and Socio-Economic Aspects of the Child in India, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay, 650 + xx pp.

 

PAPERS PUBLISHED

 

 

                A.            In United Nations Publications

 

                                               

Saxena, P.C. and B.H. Gogte (1993), “On Feeney’s Method for Correcting Age Distributions for Heaping on Multiples of  Five,” Reproduced in Donald J. Bogue,  Eduardo E. Arriaga and Douglas L. Andertion (Eds.), Readings in Population Research Methodology, Vol. I, Basic Tools, Published for the United Nations Population Fund by Social Development Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA, pp. 5.39 - 5.42.

 

Saxena, P.C. (1982) “Basic Composition of the Population”, In Population of India, Country Monograph Series No. 10,  United Nations, New York, Chapter IV, pp.66-90.

 

Saxena, Prem C.   (2002)  Men and Women in the Arab Countries: Education, United Nations Economic and Social

                        Commission for Western Asia, Beirut. (Drafted its contents)

 

 

B.                  In Professional Journals (Refereed)

 

Gaur Seema and Prem C. Saxena (2004) “Indian Migrant Workers in Lebanon and their Access to Health Care”, Asian

                 and Pacific Migration Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 127-136.

 

 

Saxena, Prem  C.  Andrzej  Kulczycki  and  Rozzet  Jurdi (20004) “Nuptiality  Transition  and  Marriage  Squeeze in

                Lebanon- Consequences of Sixteen Years of Civil War, Journal of Comparative Family Studies  (Special

                Issue on Turbulence in the Middle East), Vol. 35(2): 241-258.

 

Jurdi, Rozzet and Prem C. Saxena (2003) “The Prevalence and Correlates of Consanguineous Marriages in Yemen: Similarities and Contrasts with other Arab Countries”, Journal of Biosocial Science, Vol. 35(1): 1-13.

 

Kulczycki, Andrzej and Prem C. Saxena (1999) “New Evidence on Fertility Transition Through Wartime in Lebanon”, GENUS, 55 (3-4), pp. 131-152.

 

Navaneetham, K. and Prem C. Saxena (1999) “Multivariate Graphical Methods for Characterizing Development: An Application of Chernoff-Type Faces”, Demography India, Vol. 28(1): 111-122.

 

Kulczycki, Andrzej and Prem C. Saxena (1998) “The Population, Environment, and Health Nexus: An Arab World Perspective”, Research in Human Capital Development, Vol.12, pp.183-199.

 

Saxena, Prem C. and Dhirendra Kumar (1997) “Mortality Risk and Differentials Among Pensioners After Retirement in the state of Maharashtra, India”,  GENUS53 (1-2), pp.113-128.

 

Saxena, Prem C. and Habbouba Y. Aoun (1997) “Women’s Education, Economic Activity and Fertility: Relationship Re-examined”, Al-Abhath, 45, pp.25-39.         

 

Srinivasan, K., P. C. Saxena and Arvind Pandey (1994) “Birth Order and Birth Interval Statistics: Use in Assessing Levels         and Changes in Fertility”, The Journal of Family Welfare, Vol. 40(1): 1-14.

 

Saxena, P.C. and K. Navaneetham (1993) “Comparison of Chernoff-type Faces and Non-graphical methods for Clustering Multivariate Observations”, Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, (North-Holland-an Imprint of Elsever Science Publishers BV) 15(1): 63-79.

 

 

Pandey Arvind, S. Sreenivasan, P.C. Saxena, and C.M. Suchindran (1993), “Differentials in the Maternal Age at First and Last Births in Selected States of India”, Jansamkhya, 11(2): 73-99.

 

Srinivasan, K., P. C. Saxena, T.K. Roy, and R.K. Verma (1991) “Effect of Family Planning Program Inputs on Contraceptive Acceptance in India”, International Family Planning Perspectives, 17(1): 14-24.          

 

Saxena, P. C. and K. Navaneetham (1991) “The Effect of Cluster Size, Dimensionality and Number of Clusters on Recovery of True Cluster Structure through Chernoff-type Faces”, The Statistician, (Now Series D of the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society), 40(4): 415-425.

 

Saxena, P. C. and D. Sahu (1991) “Population Trends, Migration Flows and Population Projections-Varanasi, Urban”, Journal of Scientific Research Special Number (Platinum Jubilee of the Banaras Hindu University, 1991), pp. 133-148.

 

Bhargava, P.K. and P. C. Saxena (1987) “Determinants of the Status of Women and Fertility in Greater Bombay”, The Indian Journal of Social Work, 48(1): 71-81.

 

Saxena, P. C., Verma, R.K. and A.K. Sharma (1986) “Errors in Age-Reporting in India: A Socio-Cultural and Psychological Explanation”, The Indian Journal of Social Work, 47(2): 127-135.

 

Saxena, P. C. and B.H. Gogte (1985) “On Feeney’s Method for Correcting Age Distribution for Heaping on Multiples of Five”, Asian and Pacific Census Forum, East-West Population Institute, Honolulu, 11(3): 5-9.

 

Pathak, K.B. and P. C. Saxena (1979) “On the Time Required for Attaining the Desired Size and Sex Composition of the Family”, Canadian Studies in Population, 6:101-110.

 

Saxena, P. C. and K.B. Pathak (1977) “On a Distribution of Postpartum Amenorrhea Period Following a Live Birth”,     Demography-India, 6(1&2): 174-181.

 

Saxena, P. C. (1977) “Breast-Feeding: Its Effects on Postpartum Amenorrhea”, Social Biology, 24(1): 45-51.

 

Pathak, K.B., P. C. Saxena and C.V. Prasad (1976) “A Model for Studying Variation in Sex Proportion by Order of Births and Its Effects on Overall Sex Ratios”, Journal of Social and Economic Studies, 4(2): 341-352.

 

Saxena, P. C. (1973) “On the Utilization of Stochastic a priori Information in Estimation”, Journal of the Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics, 25(2): 77-80.

 

Srivastava, S.C. and P. C. Saxena (1968) “The Relationship of Money Supply Output and Prices in Developing Economy - The Indian Case”, Indian Economic Journal, 16(2): 249-255.

 

Srivastava, S.C. and P. C. Saxena (1966) “Inter Sectoral Terms of Trade”, Eastern Economist, 47: 713-714.

 

Saxena, P. C. (1966) “Some Observations Based on a Survey of Banaras Hindu University Students”, Prajna, (B.H.U. Journal), 12(1): 91-102.

                C.            Invited Papers / Chapters  in Books (Refereed)

 

Faour, Muhammad, Prem C. Saxena, Hala Naufal and Abdul-Aziz Farah (2000), “Demographic Estimates       and Projections”, In The Population of Lebanon, Volume II of the Analytical Studies of Population and Housing Survey, Population and Development Strategies Programme, Ministry of Social Affairs, Government of the Republic of Lebanon, pp.6-39.

 

Deeb, M., Prem C. Saxena, R. Khayat, and I. Nuwayhid  (1997). Demographic  and Socio-economic Characteristics”, In Mary Deeb (Ed.), Beirut: A Health Profile 1984-1994,  American University of Beirut, Beirut, pp.41-87.

 

Upadhyay, R.B. and P. C. Saxena (1997), “Relationship Between Migration and Development in Uttar Pradesh”, In Kamla Gupta and Arvind Pandey (Eds.) Population and Development in Uttar Pradesh, B.R. Publishing Corporation, Delhi, pp. 449-464.

 

Unisa, Sayeed, P. C. Saxena, and P.K. Bhargava (1997) “Differentials in Age at Marriage in Two Selected Villages of Eastern and Western Uttar Pradesh”, In Kamla Gupta and Arvind Pandey (Eds.) Population and Development in Uttar Pradesh, B.R. Publishing Corporation, Delhi, pp.185-198.

Saxena P. C. (1990) “Catering to Swelling Numbers”, Invited article for Wake Up Bombay Series III, Indian Express, Bombay, April 1, 1990, p.1 and p.3.

 

Premi Mahendra K. and Prem C. Saxena (1990) “Population Dynamics of India”, National Source Book on Population Education, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi, pp.41-113.

 

Saxena, P. C., Kumar, Dhirendra and K. Navaneetham (1989) “Language as a Pull Factor for Migration to Major Cities in India”, In K. Srinivasan and K.B. Pathak (Eds.)  Dynamics of Population and Family Welfare, 1989, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay, pp.174-187.

 

Saxena P. C. (1989) “The Role of Demographic Data in Monitoring Status of Women and Recent Fertility Transition”, In Ashish Bose and P.B. Desai (Eds.) Population Planning in India, B.R. Publishing Corporation, Delhi, pp. 116-119.

                                                                                                                                               

Saxena, P. C. (1989) “Teaching and Research in Demography”, In S. N. Singh, M. K. Premi, P. S. Bhatia and Ashish Bose (Eds.) Population Transition in India, B.R. Publishing Corporation, Delhi, Vol.2, pp. 25-35.

 

Antony, T.V., Srinivasan, K. and P. C. Saxena (1989) “Case Studies of Population Policies and Programmes in India”, In Gayl Ness & Ellen Sattar (Eds.) Strategic Management of  Population Programmes,  International Council on the Management of Population Programmes (ICOMP), Management Contributions to Population Programmes, Series Vol.VII, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Chapter 15, pp.219-256.

 

Bhargava, P.K. and P. C. Saxena (1987) “Closed and Open Birth Intervals and Estimation of Parity Progression Ratios for Working and Non-working Women in Greater Bombay”, In K. Srinivasan and S. Mukerji (Eds.) Dynamics of Population and Family Welfare, 1987, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay, pp. 517-529.

 

Saxena P. C. and B.H. Gogte (1987) “Hiearchical Clustering Schemes: Technical Details with Illustrations”, In P.C. Saxena and P.P. Talwar (Eds.) Recent Advances in the Techniques for Demographic Analysis, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay, 1987, pp. 388-425.

 

Saxena P. C. (1987) “Graphical Methods for Exploratory Data Analysis of Multivariate Observations”, In P.C. Saxena and P.P. Talwar (Eds.) Recent Advances in the Techniques for Demographic Analysis, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay, 1987, PP.293-315.

 

Bhargava, P.K. and P. C. Saxena (1985) “Female Work Participation and Age at Marriage in an Urban Setting”, In K. Srinivasan and S. Mukerji (Eds.) Dynamics of Population and Family Welfare, 1987, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay,  pp. 264-277.

 

Saxena, P. C. (1983) “Use of Faces as an Iconic Display for Multivariate Data in Regional Analysis”, In K. Srinivasan and S. Mukerji (Eds.) Dynamics of Population and Family Welfare, 1983, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay, pp. 3-28.

 

Saxena, P. C. (1983) “Mortality and Health Situation in India”, Invited paper for the source book on Population Education, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi.

                                                                                               

Pathak, K.B., P. C. Saxena, S. Vijayam, and R. Prasad (1979) “Projections of Orphan Children in India 1971-1991”, In K. Srinivasan, P.C. Saxena and Tara Kanitkar (Eds.) Demographic and Socio-Economic Aspects of the Child in India, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay, 1979, pp. 533-538 + pp. 654-662.

 

Pathak, K.B., and P. C. Saxena (1979) “Size, Growth and Basic Composition of the Child Population in India”, In K.Srinivasan, P.C. Saxena and Tara Kanitkar (Eds.) Demographic and Socio-Economic Aspects of the Child in India, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay, 1979, pp. 29-50 + pp. 613-623.

 

Srinivasan, K., P. C. Saxena, and T. Kanitkar (1979) “Overview” In K. Srinivasan, P.C. Saxena and Tara Kanitkar (Eds.)                Demographic and Socio-Economic Aspects of the Child in India, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay, 1979, pp.1-25.

 

Saxena, P. C. and A.K. Sharma (1979) “Some Comments and Modifications on Arriaga’s New Approach to the Measurements of Urbanisation”, In K. Srinivasan and S. Mukerji (Eds.) Dynamics of Population and Family Welfare, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay, pp. 136-149.

 

Saxena, P. C. and A.K. Sharma (1976) “Population Projections for Cities of Maharashtra (1971-2001)”, News letter, No.55, IIPS Bombay, November 1976, pp. 10-14.

 

Saxena, P. C. and A.K. Sharma (1976) “Projections of Rural and Urban Population of Districts of Maharashtra (1971-2001)”, News Letter, No. 52, IIPS Bombay, January 1976, pp.3-7.

 

Saxena, P. C. (1974) “Population Projections” (A review of researches on the subject undertaken at IIPS). In Asha Bhende, Tara Kanitkar and G. Rama Rao (Eds.) Teaching and Research in Population Studies: Seventeen Years of IIPS, International Institute for Population Studies, Bombay, pp. 172-181.

 

 

C.                   In Proceedings of the Conferences / Seminars (Published as full-length papers or as abstracts)

 

 

Gaur Seema and Prem C. Saxena (2005) “Networks Perpetuating Labour Migration from India to Lebanon: A

              Comparative Study, States of Punjab and Tamil Nadu”, Paper  Presented at the Formal Session No. 14:

              International Migration and Networks of the XXV International Population Conference of the IUSSP held at

              Tours, France, from July 18-23, 2005..

 

Gaur Seema and Prem C. Saxena (2003) “Indian Migrant Laborers in Lebanon: A Struggle for Survival”, Paper 

                Presented at the Workshop on Migration and Health in Asia organized by the Asian MetaCentre for

                Population and Sustainable Development Analysis, Singapore at Bintan, Indonesia from September 22-24,

                2003.

 

Gaur Seema and Prem C. Saxena (2003) “Remittance Debate Revisited: New Evidence from Indian Migrant Laborers

               in Lebanon”, Paper presented in the 3rd Conference of the International Convention of Asia Scholars

              (ICAS3) jointly organized by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Asia Research Institute of the

               National University of Singapore at Singapore from August 19-22, 2003.

 

 

Saxena, Prem C., Andrzej Kulczycki and Rozzet Jurdi (2003) “Nuptiality Transition and Marriage Squeeze in Lebanon

-- Consequences of Sixteen Years of Civil War” Paper presented in Poster Session (P-2) of the 2003

                Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A., May 1-

                3, 2003.

 

Basma,  H. Shiraz, Prem C. Saxena and Amal Kodeih (2002) “Divorce Trends among Muslims in Lebanon –

                Consequences of 16 Years of Civil War”, Paper presented in Poster Session (P-2) of the 2002 Annual

                Meeting of the Population Association of America held in Atlanta, GA, U.S.A., May 9-11, 2002.

 

Aboumrad, J. Talal and Prem C. Saxena (2002) “Family Ethnicity and Patient Autonomy”, Paper presented in

                 Poster Session (P-5) of the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America held in Atlanta,

                 GA, May 9-11, 2002.

 

Merhi, Mirvat and Prem C. Saxena (2002) “Type of Female Circumcision and Fertility Transition among Sudanese

 Women – A Study Based on Cohort and Period Parity Progression Ratios” Paper presented in Poster Session

  (P-1) of the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America held in Washington D.C.,

  March 29-31, 2001.

 

Navaneetham, Kannan and Prem C. Saxena (1997) “Iconic Displays for Exploratory Analysis of Multidimensional Population Data: Some Applications of Chernoff-type Faces”, Paper presented at the Formal Session No. 23: Advances in Methods for the Analysis of Demographic Data of the XXIII International Population Conference of the IUSSP held in Beijing, China, October 11-17, 1997.

                        

Deeb, Mary E., Rita G. Khayat and Prem C. Saxena (1997) “Some Probelms in the Measurement of Change Through Longitudinal Studies: Examples from Beirut Surveys 1984 and 1994, Paper presented at the Formal Session No.24: Longitudinal Studies in Demography of the XIII International Population Conference of the IUSSP held in Beijing, China, October 11-17, 1997.

 

Saxena, Prem C. and Imad Al El-Eter (1997) “A Comparative Study of Factors Affecting Contraceptive Use and Method Choice in Selected Arab Countries”, Proceedings of the  “International Conference on  Population,Health and Environment in the  Arab Region”, American   University of Beirut, Beirut, May 29-30, 1997.

 

Navaneetham,  Kannan and Prem  C. Saxena (1977).  “Levels, Trends and Differentials of  Fertility and Mortality in Lebanon:  Evidence from the 1996 Population and Housing Survey”. Proceedings of the International Conference on Population Health and Environment in the Arab Region, American University of Beirut, Beirut, May 29-30, 1997

 

Saxena, Prem C. Mary Deeb and Nadine Melhem (1997) “Fertility Transition During Wartime in Beirut: Analysis of Birth Interval Statistics Based on Two Household Surveys 1983 and  1992”, Proceedings of the Population Association of America, 1997 Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. March 27-29, 1997, pp.156-157.

 

Saxena, Prem C. and Habbouba Y. Aoun (1996).  “Maternal Role Incompatibility and Fertility: The Hypothesis Re-Examined” (A study based on Lebanese community).  Proceedings of the VI International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, University of Adelaide, Australia April 21-26, 1996. (ISBN No. 0863962912).

                                               

Saxena, Prem C.  and Dhirendra Kumar (1994).  “Mortality Risk and Differentials Among Pensioners after Superannuation in Maharashtra,  India” Proceedings of  the XIII World Congress of Sociology, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, from July 18-23, 1994.  (Abstract No. 94S29478).

 

Saxena, P. C. and A. Pandey (1990) “Status of Women - the Concept and a Measure Based on Gender Inequality”, Proceedings of the All India Seminar on the Status of Women and Demographic Change in India, International Institute for Population Sciences, Deonar, Bombay, October 11-13, 1990.                                                                            

 

Saxena, P. C. (1989) “Assessment of the Impact of Programme Inputs on Contraceptive Acceptance at PHC Level in Maharashtra”. Proceedings of the National Seminar on Factors Affecting PHC Performance Organised by the Field Unit of IPP IV and Directorate of Health Services, Government of Karnataka at the University of Gulbarga, January 1990.

 

Pandey, A. and P. C. Saxena (1989) “Internal Migration in Different States of  India”, Proceedings of the XXI International Population Conference of the IUSSP, held at New Delhi from September, 20-27, 1989.

 

Rao Chandrasekhar, D.V. and P. C. Saxena (1987) “Hazard Models and their Applications in Demography - A Review”, Proceedings of the VIII Annual Conference of the Indian Society for Probability and Statistics, Shivaji  University, Kolhapur, November 10-13, 1986.

 

 

Saxena, P. C. and K. Navaneetham (1987) “Validation of Chernoff Faces as a Clustering Algorithm”, Proceedings of the VIII Annual Conference of the Indian Society for Probability and Statistics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, November 10-13, 1986, pp. 179-193.

 

Saxena, P. C. and K. Navaneetham (1986) “On Clustering with F & R Type Faces”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, December 16-21, 1985.

 

Saxena, P. C. (1985) “Use of Asymmetrical Faces in Paired Comparison of Multivariate Observations”, Proceedings of the 72nd Session of the Indian Science Congress held at Lucknow, January 3-8, 1985.

 

Narain, V. and P. C. Saxena (1980) “Projections of Urban and Rural Population of Maharashtra by Sex and Age: 1971-1991”, Proceedings of the Seminar on Urbanisation in Maharashtra in 2001 A.D. Panel on Futurology, Government of Maharashtra, January 15, 1980.

 

Rele, J.R. and P. C. Saxena (1975) “Some Alternative Techniques of Sub-National Population Projections: An Evaluation and    Some Suggestions”, Proceedings of the Expert Group Meeting on Population Projections, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, 30 September - 6 October, 1975, Discussion Paper No. 14.

 

 

Kalyanasundaram, K. and P. C. Saxena (1975) “On Classification of Metropolises of India (1961) Through Mahalanobis Distance Approach”, Proceedings of the Statistics Section of the 62nd Session of the Indian Science Congress, January 3-7, 1975, New Delhi.

 

Singh, S.N. and P. C. Saxena, and B.N. Bhattachary (1972) “Some Observations on Trends in Fecundability”, Proceedings of the Centenary Conference on Indian Census held at New Delhi in 1972.

 

Sinha, S.M. and P. C. Saxena (1971) “Operations Research in Population Planning”, Proceedings of the All-India Seminar in Statistics and Demography. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, March 21-25, 1969.

 

Saxena, P. C. (1969) “Lactation and Postpartum Amenorrhea”, Proceedings of the All-India Seminar on Models in Demographic Analysis, February 17-19, 1969, Demographic Training and Research Centre, Chembur, Bombay.

 

Saxena, P. C. (1966) “Some Observations on Post Partum Amenorrhea”, Seminar Volume in Statistics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, pp. 91-102.

 

        E.           Project Reports and Working Papers

 

Srinivasan, K., P.C. Saxena, T.K.Roy, and R.K. Verma (1989) Assessment of the Impact of Family Planning Program Inputs on Contraceptive Use in India - A Study Based on Data Collected from Primary Health Centres in Four States, Project Report, IIPS, Bombay.

 

Bhargava, P.K. and P.C. Saxena (1988) A Quantitative Assessment of the Effect of Female Education and Labour Force Participation on Fertility - A Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Project Report, IIPS, Bombay.

 

Saxena, P.C. and A. Bhende Asha (1987) Mid-term Evaluation of the ILO/UNFPA Sponsored Family Welfare Education Project Implemented by the Maharashtra Labour Welfare Board, Project Report, IIPS, Bombay.

 

Bhargave, P.K. and P.C. Saxena (1986) “Women Education, Economic Activity and Fertility: Analytical Framework and Conceptual Model”. International Institute for Population Sciences, Bombay, India.

 

Bhargava, P.K., P.C. Saxena (1986) “Female Work Participation: Its Effects on Fertility in Relation to Other Socio-Economic and Demographic Characteristics”.  International Institute for Population Sciences, Bombay, India.

                                                                                                                                                                       

Bhargava, P.K. and P.C. Saxena (1986) “Women’s Work Participation and Maternal Role Incompatibility”.  International Institute for Population Sciences, Bombay, India.

 

Saxena, P.C. and K. Navaneetham (1986) “On Recovering Hierarchical  Cluster Structure Through Chernoff Faces”. International Institute for Population Sciences, Bombay, India.

 

Saxena, P.C. and K. Navaneetham (1985) “On Characterizing Socio-Economic and 1Demographic Changes in 15 major States of India During 1971-81”.  International Institute for Population Sciences, Bombay, India.

               

    F.     Paper(s) Submitted for Publication (Under Review)

               

 

Saxena, Prem C. and Rozzet Jurdi. “Impact of Proximate Determinants on the Recent Fertility Transition

              in Yemen”

Khayat Rita, G. and Prem C. SaxenaConsanguinity and Its Effect on Infant and Child Mortality and Fertility in

              Egypt”.

 

  

Naufal, Hala, Tania Faour and Prem C. SaxenaDid Civil War in Lebanon Leave a Scar on Country’s Mortality

             Pattern

 

 

 G.    Papers Under Preparation/ Revision

 

Basma, Shiraz, Saxena, Prem C. and Amal Kodeih.Trend in Divorce Among Muslims in Lebanon, 1984-1994 –

             Consequences  of Sixteen Years of Civil War”

 

Goujon, Anne and Prem C. Saxena, “Population  Prospects  for Lebanon: Integrating Education  With

              Demographic Dimensions”.

 

Seema Gaur and Prem C. Saxena. “Remittance Debate Revisited: Fresh Evidence from Indian Migrant

            Labourers in  Lebanon”.

 

Seema Gaur and Prem C. Saxena. “Determinants of Remittances :Evidence from Indian Migrant Laborers in

           Lebanon”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A N N E X U R E  - II

 

LIST  OF  STUDENTS  GUIDED  FOR  Ph.D.  DEGREE IN  DEMOGRAPHY /  POPULATION  STUDIES

 

 

 

Name of the Student

 

 

University &

Date of Registration

 

 

Topic of  Thesis

 

Date of Submission

 

Year of Award

of  Degree

 

Mr. Razaul Karim

 

 

 

Universe of Bombay

April 1983

 

Levels and Differentials in Fertility Among Slum-Dwellers of Dhaka City

 

December 1985

 

1986

 

Mr. P.K. Bhargava

 

 

 

University of Bombay

October 1982

 

Education, Economic Activity and Marital Fertility - A Study of Working and Non-Working Women in Greater Bombay

 

 

December 1986

 

1987

 

Ms. Sayeed Unisa

 

 

 

IIPS, Bombay

July 1987

 

An Analytical Approach to Study Educational Progress in India

 

September 1991

 

1992

 

Mr. Dhirendra Kumar

 

 

IIP, Bombay

August 1988

 

Mortality Risk and Differentials Among Pensioners After Superannuation: A Study Based on Pension Payment Orders

 

 

December 1992

 

1993

 

Mr.R.B. Upadhyay

 

 

 

IIPS, Bombay

July 1989

 

Migration and Development: Relationship Re-examined (A Study of Eastern Uttar Pradesh)

 

 

December 1993

 

1994

 

Mr. K. Navaneetham

 

 

University of Bombay

August 1984

 

Statistical Graphics for the Analysis of Data of Multivariate Observations: Some Theoretical Issues and Demographic Applications

 

 

February 1994

 

1994

 

 

Ph. D. Student at AUB

 

 

 

 

Name of the Student

 

 

University &

Date of Registration

 

 

Topic of  Thesis

 

Date of Submission

 

Year of       Award

of  the

Degree

Ms. Seema Gaur  

Associate

Dept. of Population Studies

American Univ. of Beirut

       1997 - 1998

IIPS,  Bombay

July 1995

Indian Migrant Labour in Lebanon: Factors Affecting Migration Decisions, Remittances and Expenditure Patterns

(A comparative study of migrants from Punjab and Tamil Nadu)

Defended & Submitted the Ph.D. Thesis on  October 31, 2002

 

2003

 

 

 
A N N E X U R E  - III

 

LIST  OF  STUDENTS  GUIDED   FOR  M.PHIL  THESIS

IN  DEMOGRAPHY /  POPULATION  STUDIES  OF  THE  INTERNATIONAL  INSTITUTE

FOR  POPULATION  SCIENCES,  BOMBAY, INDIA

 

 

Name of the Student

Date of Registration

(Month & Year)

Topic of  Thesis

Date of Submission

Year of Award of  Degree

 

 

Ms. Sayeed Unisa

 

 

 

July 1986

 

Quality of Different Management Schools in Hyderabad District

 

March 1987   

 

April 1987

 

Mr. N.K. Tyagi

 

 

August 1987

 

Maternal Determinants of Birth Weight - A Multivariate Statistical Analysis

 

 

March 1988

 

April 1988

 

Mr. Arul Raj

 

 

August 1986

 

Baptism, Marriages and Burials Among Roman Catholics of Suranam - A Study Based on Analysis of Ecclesiastical Records (1928-1987)

 

 

March 1989

 

April 1989

 

Mr. Dhirendra Kumar

 

 

August 1988

 

Estimation of Age-Specific Fecundability, Secondary Sterility and Parity Progression Ratios in Bharatpur District of Rajasthan - An Analysis of Birth Intervals

 

 

April 1989

 

May 1989

 

Mr. Samuel C-J. Otor

 

 

 

July 1987

 

Menarche, Marriage and First Conceptive Delays Among Sudanese Women - A Study Based on WFS Data

 

 

September 1989

 

May 1990

 

Ms. Sharifa Begum

 

 

August 1989

 

Status of Women & Fertility in Rural Bangladesh

 

 

April 1990

 

May 1990

 

  

  ANNEXURE – IV

 

List of Students Supervised for Masters Thesis in Population Studies

of the American University of Beirut

 

Name of Student

Topic of Thesis

Year of Award

 

Ms. Habbouba Y. Aoun

Women’s Economic Activity, Maternal Role Incompatibility and Fertility in a Lebanese Community

 

1995

Ms. Nadine John Baltaji

A Comparative Study of Socio-economic and Demographic Characteristics of Female-headed Households in Rural and Urban Sudan - A Study Based on Sudan DHS Data

 

1997

Ms. Alicia Obeyed

Determinants of Perinatal Mortality at the American University of Beirut Medical Center During 1995

 

1997

Ms. Nadine Ali Halawi

Contraceptive Use Dynamics in a Shiite Population, South Lebanon

 

1997

Ms. Randa Ussama El-Hoss

Trends, Differentials and Patterns in Age at First Marriage of Males and Females in Lebanon

 

1998

Ms. Rana Issa Srouji

Recent Fertility Transition in Egypt: Evidence Based on Birth Interval Statistics and Parity Progression Ratios

 

1999

Ms. Rana Hassan Ismail

Quality of Life of Epilepsy Patients After Surgery in Lebanon -

A Study Based on Data Collected From the Epilepsy Program at the American University of Beirut – Medical Center (AUB-MC)

 

1999

Ms. Rola Chabaklo

Characteristics of the Lebanese Labor Force, 1972-2000

(With Special Reference to Employment)

 

2000

Mr. Talal Joseph Abumrad

Understanding the Attitudes of Beirut Adults Towards Patient Autonomy

 

2001

Ms. Tania Ali Faour

Women’s Empowerment in Lebanon: Proxies, Settings and Challenges

 

2001

Ms. Amal Abu Rafeh

Correlates of Bone Mineral Density in Lebanese Patients: A Study at a Tertiary Referral Center (AUBMC), 1999

 

2001

Ms. Rozzet Amin Jurdi

Female Age at First Marriage in Yemen : A Study of Trends, Patterns, Determinants and Preferences

 

2002

Mr. Kassem H. El-Saddik

Fertility Trends and Differentials in Yemen 1997

 

2002

Ms. Mirvat Merhi

Are Female Circumcision and its Different Types Associated with Fertility? A Study Based on the Analysis of Birth Intervals and Parity Progression Ratios

 

2002

Ms. Tina M. Baramakian

Contraceptive Prevalence and Determinants in South Lebanon

 

2002

Ms. Naela Haddad

Female Labour Force Participation in Selected Arab Countries: Patterns, Trends And Factors Influencing them – The Case of Egypt, Syria and Tunisia

 

2002

Ms. Neda Jafar

A Decade of Change in Contraceptive Behaviour in Egypt, 1988-1998

 

2002

Ms. Rana Abdul Malak

Fertility Preferences and Unmet Need in Rural South Lebanon

 

2002

Ms. Rania Tfaily

The Proximate Determinants of Fertility in Egypt and Morocco

2002

Ms. Aya El-Barq

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon: Child Labor, Schooling and School Dropouts

 

2003

Mr. Ramzi Sarieddine

Factors Associated with Pregnancy and Delivery Complications: A Study of Caesarean Section Deliveries at AUBMC

2003