Dinesh Kumar Tiwari

Dinesh Kumar Tiwari

Fellow
dktiwari@ncaer.org
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Dinesh Kumar Tiwari is a Fellow at NCAER. He is an anthropologist with rich experience of primary data collection for large-scale social surveys, qualitative interviews, and experimental data collection, with a special focus on field management, monitoring and supervision, and ensuring data quality. He is part of the National Data Innovation Centre (NDIC), and is currently engaged in co-ordination, trainings, supervision, data collection and field management for Round 3 of the India Human Development Survey (IHDS) project. He has earlier also undertaken these tasks for the IHDS round II (2011-12) and Migration Survey (IHDS-II-M). He has also worked on conceptualising and implementing experimental research for the Delhi Metropolitan Area Study (DMAS) and the Delhi NCR Coronavirus Telephone Survey (DCVTS). Prior to joining NCAER, he has worked with various reputed research organisations like the Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, the World Bank, and the Center de Sciences Humaines, Embassy of France (Palanpur Study). His areas of interest include migration studies, ethnographic research, public health, and experimental economics.

Report | NCAER
India COVID-19 Poverty Monitor Report: August 2022
Santanu Pramanik | Manjistha Banerji | Dinesh Kumar Tiwari | Pallavi Choudhuri | Abhinav Motheram | Andrew Shepherd
2022

NCAER Working Paper | NCAER
W-136: Coverage and Nonresponse Bias in Telephone Surveys during the COVID-19 Lockdown in India.
Santanu Pramanik | Neerad Deshmukh | Bijay Chouhan | Manjistha Banerji | Reem Ashraf | Dinesh Kumar Tiwari
2022

Bulletin | NCAER National Data Innovation Centre & The Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (CPAN).
India Covid-19 Poverty Monitor – January 2022
Santanu Pramanik | Manjistha Banerji | Dinesh Kumar Tiwari | Bijay Chouhan | Pallavi Choudhuri | Sonalde Desai | A Lenhardt
2022

REPORT | NCAER NDIC
Coverage and Nonresponse Bias in Telephone Surveys during the COVID-19 Lockdown in India
Santanu Pramanik,  Neerad Deshmukh,  Bijay Chouhan,  Manjistha Banerji,  Reem Ashraf,  Dinesh Kumar Tiwari,  Sonalde Desai
2022

MEASUREMENT BRIEF | NCAER NDIC
Improving Measurement of Women’s Work Participation: Sensitivity of Work Participation Rates to Questionnaire Design.
Neerad Deshmukh | Sonalde Desai | Santanu Pramanik | Dinesh Tiwari
2020

POLICY BRIEF | IHDS Website
A Glass Half Full: Changes in Standard of Living since 2012 
Sonalde Desai | Manjistha Banerji | Debasis Barik | Dinesh Tiwari | O.P. Sharma
2020

JOURNAL | Journal of Physical & Natural Sciences, 52: 64-75
Population Growth and Migration Perspectives in Assam. 
Dinesh Tiwari | Deepak Adak
2007

JOURNAL | The Anthropologist
Ethnobotanical Investigations of Some Medicinal Plants Availed of by the Gond Tribe of Naoradehi Wild Life Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh. 5(3): 201-202, July
Dinesh Tiwari | Ashok Yadav
2003

JOURNAL | The Anthropologist
Health Profile among Lodha and Munda Tribal Children of Midnapur District, West Bengal. 3(3): 189-190, July.
Dinesh Tiwari | K.K.N. Sharma | V.S. Dubey
2001

BOOK CHAPTER | Oxford University Press
“Public Services, Social Relations, Politics and Gender”. In Himanshu, Praveen Jha and Gerry Rodgers (eds.) The Changing Village in India: Insight from Longitudinal Research. Pp. 401-435.
Deepa Sinha | Dinesh Kumar Tiwari | Ruchira Bhattacharya | Ruth Kattumuri
2016

BOOK CHAPTER | NCAER
“Who Participates in MGNREGA?”. In Sonalde Desai, Prem Vashishtha and Omkar Joshi (eds.) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act: A Catalyst for Rural Transformation, 33-49.
Omkar Joshi | Sonalde Desai | Dinesh Tiwari
2015

BOOK CHAPTER | NCAER
“India Human Development Survey?”. In Sonalde Desai, Prem Vashishtha and Omkar Joshi (eds.) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act: A Catalyst for Rural Transformation, 165-171.
O.P. Sharma | Dinesh Tiwari
2015

BOOK CHAPTER | Aditya Publishers
“Status of Women in Raj Gond Society: Demographic Perspective” [in Hindi] In Dr. Kalpana Saini and Dr. Ramesh Choube (eds.) Cultural Heritage of Sagar, Bina, Madhya Pradesh, pp. 164-169.
Manish Tiwari | Dinesh Tiwari | Deepak Adak
2006

  • Served as Technical Advisor in the working group for the concurrent Monitoring System for telephonic data collection at ROSHNI-Centre of Women Collectives led Social Action (CWCSA) at Lady Irwin College, New Delhi, funded by Unicef. Link
  • Desai, Sonalde, Santanu Pramanik and Dinesh Tiwari. 2020. Preliminary Reports from the Delhi NCR Coronavirus Telephone Survey (DCVTS) – Round 1, April 12, 2020. Link.
  • Oral Presentation leanings from three rounds of DCVTS at CORE NET Coffee Hour Session by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), ‘What is Informed Consent? August 27, 2020.
  • Participated in the National Conference on “Man in Biosphere” organized by Anthropological Survey of India, Ministry of Culture, Government of India at Nagpur, 2007.
  • Presented paper on “Health Seeking Behaviour of Raj Gond of Sagar District Madhya Pradesh” at National Seminar on Contemporary Issues in Population and Health organized by Shyam Institute, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 2007.
  • Presented paper on “Population Growth and Migration Perspectives in Assam” at National Seminar on Effect of Demographic changes in India organized by Department of Economics, Dr. H. S. Gour University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, 2006.
  • Presented paper on “Traditional Hygienic Practices and Treatment among the Gond of Madhya Pradesh” at National Seminar on Tribes and their Indigenous Knowledge: Implications for Development organized by Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 2006.
  • Participated in “XXIV All India Conference of Indian Social Science Association” organized by Department of Sociology, Dr. H. S. Gour University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, 2004.
  • Presented paper at National Science Day Seminar on “Nutritional status among Lodha and Munda tribal children of Midnapur district, West Bengal” held at Dr. H. S. Gour University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, 1999.
  • Presented paper on “Magic and religion among tribal societies” in Departmental Post Graduate Level Academic Seminar in the Department of Anthropology, Dr.H.S.Gour University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, 1999.

Education

  • PhD Anthropology, Sagar University, 2003
  • MSc Social Anthroplogy, 2000
  • BSc Anthroplogy, Botany, Zoology, 1997

Work Experience

  • December, 2021-Present: Fellow, NCAER, New Delhi
  • October, 2013-November 2021: Associate Fellow, NCAER, New Delhi
  • May, 2010- September, 2013: Consultant, National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), New Delhi
  • April, 2008- April, 2010: Research Associate, Center de Sciences humanies, Embassy of France, New Delhi
  • July 2010-September 2010: Central Experimenter, the World Bank
  • November 2007-June 2008:Central Experimenter, the World Bank
  • April 2005-September 2005:Survey Supervisor, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Delhi
  • June 2004-March 2005: Anthropologist, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Delhi

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