Dr. Papia Raj

Research Areas:Health Care Management, Population and Public Health, Gender and Development, Environmental Health, Regional Development, Quantitative MethodsOther Interests :Globalisation and Occupational Health

Courses taught at IITP :

• HS102 Communication Skills
• HS232  Health Care Management
• HS233 Globalization and Social Change
• HS712  English for Research Skills
• HS731 Social Research Design and Practice
• HS733 Population and Public Health

No. of PhD Students 

Vibhuti

Anupama

Srishti

puja

Professional Experience 

• Research Associate (2011-2013): Public Health Foundation of India.
• Postdoctoral Fellow (2008-2010): University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
• Teaching and Research Fellow (2006-2008): McGill University, Montreal.

Awards & Honours 

• Canadian Association of Population Therapeutics Grant (2010)
• Postdoctoral Fellowship (2008-2010): School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
• Postdoctoral Trainee Award (2009): NEXUS Research Unit, UBC
• Canadian Commonwealth Fellowship (2002-2006)
• Best Student Paper Award (2006): Association of American Geographers
• Internal: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Grant (2004): McGill University
• Roger Warren Fieldwork Fund (2004): McGill University
• Margarett Gillett Graduate Research Award (2004): McGill University
• Junior Research Fellowship (1999): UGC

Member of Professional bodies:

• Association for Asian Studies
• All India Sociological Society
• Association of American Geographers
• Canadian Association for the Study of International Development

Publications:

• Srishti & Papia Raj (2018). Potential of Health Informatics for Improving Maternal Health in Bihar. Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development Vol. 9(2):156-160
• Raj, Papia & Anupama Singh (2017). A Review of Municipal Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries. International Journal of Environment and Development Vol 14(2): 239-257
• Nayak, Vibhuti & Papia Raj (2017). Perception of health among female adolescents of Oraon tribe in Jharkhand. Indian Journal of Social Development Vol. 17(1):81-95
• Raj, Papia & Aditya Raj (2016). “International Call Centers: Consumptionscapes of Urban India”. Research Process 4(1).
• Raj, Papia & Aditya Raj (2015). “An Analysis of Waste Production in Patna”. International Sociological Association e Symposium for Sociology, Vol 5(2): 1-13
• Raj, Aditya & Papia Raj (2014). “Utilization of Maternal Health Care Services in Bihar” Research Process 2(1):1-11
• Raj, Papia & Aditya Raj (July 2013). ‘Learning to Serve: An Analysis of English Language Training in Call Centres of India’. Language and Language Teaching 2(2).
• Raj, Papia, Jean Shoveller & Cathy Chabot (2011). ‘Health problems of outsourced workplaces: A study of call centres in New Delhi’. Indian Journal of Social Development 11(1): 221-236.
• Raj, Papia (2007) ‘Call center job advertisements in India’ IN Media Literacy: A Reader (eds.) Donaldo Macedo and Shirley R. Steinberg. New York: Peter Lang. 522-534.
• Raj, Aditya & Papia Raj (2006) ‘Editorial Note: Bridging Research and Practice’ Journal of Research and Practice in Social Sciences 1(2): 96-97
• Raj, Papia (2005) ‘Pregnancy Complications and Health-Seeking Behaviour among Married Women in Uttar Pradesh, India’ Journal of Research and Practice in Social Sciences 1(1): 48-63.
• Raj, Papia (2005) ‘Call centres: The sunshine industry of India’, McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on Women Newsletter (Montreal), June: 8
• Raj, Papia & Aditya Raj (2004) ‘Caste Variation in Reproductive Health of Women in Eastern Region of India: A Study Based on NFHS Data’ Sociological Bulletin 53 (3): 326-346.
• Raj, Aditya & Papia Raj (2004) ‘Linguistic Deculturation and the Importance of Popular Education among the Gonds in India’ Adult Education and Development 62: 55-61.

Presentations:

• The Glocal Paradox: Waste Production in Patna”, Globalization, Environment and Social Justice: Perspectives, Issues and Concerns, BBAU, Lucknow 15-16th  February, 2016.
• Health Policies for Adolescents in India”, International Conference on Contemporary Debates on Public Policy and Management, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, 15-17th  January, 2016.
• Sustainable Recycling Model for Municipal Solid Waste in Patna” (with Anupama Singh), 5^th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research, IIT Bombay, 15-17^th December, 2015.
• Health Impacts of Solid Waste Management in Patna”, Global Warming and Threat to Human Existence, Human Rights Association of Bihar, Patna, 10^th December, 2015.
• Evaluation of ICPD in India”, Workshop on Capacity Building on Child Budget Analysis, Patna, 7-8^th January, 2014.
• Public health data in India: Deficiencies & Remedies”, Human Development and Welfare Institute, SCADA Convention Center, Patna, 19^th December, 2013.
• Virtual Diasporas” All India Sociological Conference, Karnataka Open State University, Mysore, 27-29^th December, 2013.
• Health impacts of call centre employees in India” Association of American Geographers, Seattle, 12-15th April, 2011.
• Gender and Development: Human Rights Perspectives” Organised by the Human Rights Association of Bihar, Patna 27th Nov. 2010.
• Customer mistreatment in Indian call centres” International le Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la mondialisation et le travail (CRIMT) Conference, Quebec City, 16-18th June 2010 (presented by Danielle van Jaarsveld)
• Using GIS maps to interpret patterns of contraceptive use among youth across British Columbia” The Canadian Association for Population Therapeutics, Toronto, 28-30th March 2010
• Analysing the health impacts of globalised workplaces: A study of outsourced call centres in New Delhi, India” 12th World Congress on Public Health, Istanbul, Turkey 27th April-1st May 2009
• Who should we call for help?”: Creating awareness about health consequences of call centre employment in New Delhi, India” NEXUS Spring Institute, Vancouver, 16-17th April 2009
• Impacts of Outsourced Service Industries on Employees: Experiences of Call Centre Agents in New Delhi, India” Canadian Association for Study of International Development, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 5-8 June, 2008
• International call centers: Agents of socio-economic change in New Delhi” Association of American Geographers, Boston, 15-19 April, 2008
• Call Centres: Engines of Social Change in New Delhi” Association for Asian Studies, San Francisco, 6-8 April, 2006
• Call Centres Affecting Identity Change among Young Adults in New Delhi” Association of American Geographers, Chicago, 7-11 March, 2006
• Understanding International Division of Labour through a Study of Call Centres Located in the NCR of Delhi, India”, Canadian Asian Studies Association, Montreal, Canada, April 27 - May 1, 2005
• Social Inequalities Influencing Reproductive Health of Women: A Case Study of Caste System in India”, Annual Conference of Canadian Association of Geographers, Victoria, Canada, May 2003.
• "Pregnancy Complications and Health-seeking Behaviour among Married Women in Uttar Pradesh", the National Seminar on Reproductive and Child Health- Key to Population Stabilization, New Delhi, India, Feb. 2002.