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An Autonomous Social Science Research Institute Supported by
the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and Government of Gujarat (GoG)
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| Akash Acharya |
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Akash Acharya |
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PhD (Economics) |
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Associate Professor |
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Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) issues and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) |
| Contact Details |
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Phone : +91-261-2227173, 74 (O) |
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Fax : +91-261-2223851 |
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E-mail: akash@css.ac.in
akash.acharya@gmail.com |
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| I have an interdisciplinary academic background and my PhD thesis was on equity impact of micro or community-based health insurance scheme of Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), a well known NGO at the global level. I have been involved in international research projects and have collaborated with institutes like London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). My papers have been published in national as well as international peer-reviewed journals. On invitation, I have visited Universities in USA, UK and Germany. |
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| Current Projects/Work |
My current research interest is role of health in development, health care financing models for the poor, health care-seeking behaviour and health systems in developing countries. I am involved in a health needs assessment study in slums of Surat (a city in western India) and also working on ethical issues in health related social science research.
At present I am working on a collaborative project (with Emory University, USA) on social networks and health care seeking behaviour of community at risk of birdflu. |
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| Selected Publications |
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Acharya Akash and Kent Ranson (2005) ‘Health Care Financing for the Poor: Community-based Health Insurance Schemes in Gujarat’, |
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Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) 40 (38) pp. 4141-4150 |
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Ranson Kent, Tara Sinha, Mirai Chatterjee, Akash Acharya, Ami Bhavsar, Saul Morris and Anne Mills (2006), ‘Making health insurance work for the poor: learning from SEWA's community-based health insurance scheme’ |
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Social Science and Medicine 62 (3) pp. 707-720 |
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Visaria Leela, Akash Acharya and Francis Raj (2006) ‘Two child norm: Victimizing the Vulnerable?’ |
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Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) 41 (1) pp. 41-48 |
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Acharya Akash (2003) ‘Land Acquisition, employment loss, and women’s participation in income generation in the coastal belt of South Gujarat’ |
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Development in Practice13 (1) pp. 97-103 |
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Acharya Akash (2008) 'Access & Utilisation of Health Care Services in Urban Low-Income Settlements in Surat, India', CSS Working Paper No. 5, January
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Acharya Akash (2009) 'Assessing Gujarat's 'Chiranjeevi' Scheme', Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) 44 (48) pp. 13-15. |
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