Dr. Ronak Paul

Senior Research Fellow @IIPSmumbai | Guest researcher @MPIDRnews | Biostatistics and Demography | Siliguri

[Debasis Barik @DebasisBarik25]

Dear IASP members! I am contesting for the position of MEMBER OF the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE in the upcoming IASP election for the term 2026-28. Requesting your support in this journey 🙏

[Dr. Ronak Paul @that_ronak]

@devsdey @indane_gas @IndianOilcl @DirHR_iocl @DirMktg_iocl This is such a frustrating and inhumane experience. Have directly/indirectly experienced this during Aadhar Kyc, Ration Card update and now Gas Connection Transfer too.

Can't understand on what ground we are forced to bring our immobile parents/grandparents. Such a shame!

[Dr. Ronak Paul @that_ronak]

@IndiGo6E PNR R4YHXV BOM-VGA cancelled suddenly. Plan B portal & app not working, cancellation button disabled. Customer care unreachable after 43 min. No support, only frustration. When will you fix your systems and actually help passengers? #IndiGo #FlightCancel #PoorService

[Dr. Ronak Paul @that_ronak]

@milosmakesmaps Waiting for another fantastic YouTube tutorial depicting this use case 😃

[MPIDR @MPIDRnews]

‼️Free IDEM 187 Course‼️
Topics in Digital and Computational Demography
📅3 -7 November 2025
💻Online
💸no tuition fee
Learn all and sign up here:
https://t.co/wJbzEp7Wok

[@rashmisah @iam_rashmisah]

Thrilled to share our paper, "Do Unwanted Births Affect the Educational Well-being of Indian Children?", is part of the latest issue of Margin - The Journal of Applied Economic Research.
Many thanks to the editors @SonaldeDesai @DebasisBarik25 @jruchi6 @Pallavi_Econ

[NCAER @ncaer]

Released: Latest Issue of Margin – A Peer-Reviewed Journal

The latest issue of Margin, jointly published by @ncaer and @Sage_Publishing, is now available. Drawing on findings from first 2 waves of @ihdscorner, this special issue explores key themes including weather shocks and their socio-economic impact, the role of social networks in mobility, trends in health insurance, and developments in education.

🔗 Read here: https://t.co/u1knRepFr9

[Dr. Ronak Paul @that_ronak]

@Spottingthespot @lpuuniversity This raises an important research question: Does shopping for research papers improve university rankings while completely keeping ethics aside?

[Dr. Ronak Paul @that_ronak]

@IRWatchdog Guess they have been busy buying freelanced research papers often available at rates that are peanuts for them!

[Dr. Ronak Paul @that_ronak]

@Spottingthespot @tAnaSci @Damia_Barcelo Earlier it was showing "The quoted post is unavailable".

[Dr. Ronak Paul @that_ronak]

@jasmin_abdelg Yes Jasmin funding cuts are major organizations have indeed become a major headache 😔

[Dr. Ronak Paul @that_ronak]

@jasmin_abdelg One solution could be that existing DHS data be transferred to a neutral global entity like WHO (which already hosts and gatekeeps MICS), World Bank or IUSSP who might do the gatekeeping.

[Dr. Ronak Paul @that_ronak]

@jasmin_abdelg With Statistics offices coming under National ministries, unfortunately collaboration between them would take a very long time keeping in mind the various inter-country diplomatic relations.😔

[Dr. Ronak Paul @that_ronak]

@jasmin_abdelg Interesting thoughts! I can relate since my entire thesis relies on analysis of DHS data. Regarding country national offices coming together and sharing DHS data in a collaborated platform, many such countries do not have proper diplomatic ties.

[Dr. Ronak Paul @that_ronak]

@Spottingthespot @FrontiersIn @michiganstateu Wooah! That's crazy!!! 😯

[Dr. Ronak Paul @that_ronak]

@IRWatchdog Definitely another scam in the making!

[Dr. Ronak Paul @that_ronak]

@Anamika12411 @ugc_india @PMOIndia @EduMinOfIndia @PIB_India Could you give some of their names?

[Dr. Ronak Paul @that_ronak]

@Spottingthespot @CMagazzino @UnivRoma3 Wooah! That's crazy!!! 😨

[@rashmisah @iam_rashmisah]

Check out our new paper published in @SpringerNature with my colleague @that_ronak on poverty-based inequality in old-age mortality in India using @ncaer @ihdscorner dataset.
Thank you to the anonymous reviewers for their detailed feedback.