Back to DirectoryDr. Pijush Kanti Khan
Associate Professor and Dean Research & Publications
6+ Years of Experience
Education
- Post Doc. (2026), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal
- Ph.D. (2023), International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India
- M.Phil. (2015), International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India
- M.Sc. (2014), International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India
Research Projects & Grants
- Assessing the Governance and Political-Economy Landscape for Evidence-Based Zero Dose Programming and Policies in Bangladesh. Role: Co-Principal Investigator. Funding Agency: John Snow, Inc. in collaboration with the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (Gavi). Duration: 2023–2024.
- Regional Assessment of Coverage and Quality of Postnatal Care Services in SEARO Countries. Role: Co-Principal Investigator. Funding Agency: World Health Organization (WHO) – South-East Asia Regional Office (SEARO). Duration: 2023–2024.
- Implementation Research to Improve Maternal Health Care Interventions Around Delivery on Identification, Risk Stratification and the Occurrence of Stillbirth Across Four Distinct Demographic and Geographic Settings in India. Role: Co-Principal Investigator. Funding Agency: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, Government of India. Duration: 2024–2027.
- Global Immunization Learning Partner and Support to Learning Hubs. Role: Team Member. Funding Agency: John Snow, Inc. in collaboration with the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (Gavi). Duration: 2022–2025.
- National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6), Tripura. Role: Demographer. Funding Agency: International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. Duration: 2023–2024.
- EXPERT Project (Breast Cancer). Role: Senior Research Officer. Funding Agency: International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) & Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Mumbai. Duration: 2021–2022.
- National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4), Odisha. Role: Project Officer. Funding Agency: International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. Duration: 2015–2016.
Awards & Recognitions
- Recipient of the Best Youth Paper Award at the 16th Annual Conference of the Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health (IASSH), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, 2018.
- Awarded the University Grants Commission (UGC) Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) with Eligibility for Assistant Professorship, 2015.
Invited Resource Person & Workshops Conducted
- Conducted a workshop on “Unfolding Statistical Data Analysis using R” at the IPHACON Pre-Conference Workshop, Manali, India, February 2024.
- Served as an Organizing Committee Member and Co-Chair of a Scientific Session at the “National Conference on Tobacco Control and Public Health (NCTOH 2023),” organized by the International Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR), Delhi, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India, from 13–15 December 2023.
- Conducted a workshop on “Statistical Data Analysis using R – Basic Course” at the International Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR), New Delhi, India, September 2023.
- Conducted a workshop on “Applied Statistical Analysis using R: Advanced” at the International Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR), New Delhi, India, October 2023.
- Invited as the Keynote Speaker at the “Brainstorming Workshop on the Odisha Demographic Report,” delivering a keynote on “Assessing Maternal and Child Health Indicators in Odisha: Present Situation, Disparities, and Prospects,” organized by the Centre for Youth and Social Development (CYSD) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Odisha, India, June 2023.
Publication
- Banerjee R, Khan PK, Goswami B, Mahapatra S, Kammilli N, Saini R, et al. “Association Between Maternal SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Clinical Outcomes in Infants: A Multicentric Retrospective Cohort Study in India.” Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2025;162:660-669.
- Santos JV, Pimenta I, Barbosa A, Novais A, Sen S, Pandey E, Khan PK, Martins FS, Pinheiro V, Freitas A. “Monetizing Health: How Different Methodologies Impact Economic Evaluation and Decision-Making.” European Journal of Public Health. 2025;35(Supplement 4).
- Tolani H, Neogi SB, Pandey AK, Khan PK, Mishra SS. “Contributing Factors for Reduction in Maternal Mortality Ratio in India.” Scientific Reports. 2024;14:14883.
- Mohanty SK, Singh RR, Akhtar S, Khan PK. “Out-of-Pocket Payment and Catastrophic Health Expenditure Among Elderly and Non-Elderly Households in India, 2004–2018.” In: Handbook of Aging, Health and Public Policy. Springer, Singapore; 2023.
- Wadasadawala T, Mohanty SK, Sen S, Khan PK, Pimple S, Mane JV, et al. “Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) Using EQ-5D-5L: Value Set Derived for Indian Breast Cancer Cohort.” Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 2023;24(4):1199-1207.
- Mohanty SK, Wadasadawala T, Sen S, Khan PK. “Socio-Economic Variations of Breast Cancer Treatment and Discontinuation: A Study from a Public Tertiary Cancer Hospital in Mumbai, India.” BMC Women's Health. 2023;23(1):113.
- Sen S, Khan PK, Wadasadawala T, Mohanty SK. “Socio-Economic and Regional Variation in Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Indian Women of Reproductive Age: A Study from National Family Health Survey, 2019–21.” BMC Cancer. 2022;22(1).
- Jana A, Banerjee K, Khan PK. “Early Arrivals: Association of Maternal Obstetric Factors with Preterm Births and Their Survival in India.” Public Health. 2022;211:37-46.
- Khan PK, Sen S, Mohanty SK. “Pattern of Health Insurance Coverage and Reimbursement Among Elderly and Non-Elderly in India.” In: Handbook of Aging, Health and Public Policy. Springer, Singapore; 2022.
- Khan PK, Perkins JM, Kim R, Mohanty SK, Subramanian SV. “Multilevel Population and Socioeconomic Variation in Health Insurance Coverage in India.” Tropical Medicine & International Health. 2021.
- Sen S, Chatterjee S, Khan PK, Mohanty SK. “Unintended Effects of Janani Suraksha Yojana on Maternal Care in India.” SSM - Population Health. 2020.
- Mohanty SK, Panda BK, Khan PK, Behera P. “Out-of-Pocket Expenditure and Correlates of Caesarean Births in Public and Private Health Centres in India.” Social Science & Medicine. 2019;224:45-57.
- Mishra S, Perkins JM, Khan PK, Kim R, Mohanty SK, Subramanian SV. “Variation in Chronic Diseases Across Households, Communities, Districts, and States in India.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2019;57(5):721-731.
- Khan PK, Banerjee K, Nandi S. “Primary Healthcare Infrastructure and Reproductive Healthcare in Rural India: A District Level Analysis.” In: The Demographic and Development Divide in India. Springer, Singapore; 2019.
- Mohanty SK, Kim R, Khan PK, Subramanian SV. “Geographic Variation in Household and Catastrophic Health Spending in India: Assessing the Relative Importance of Villages, Districts, and States, 2011–2012.” The Milbank Quarterly. 2018;96(1):167-206.
