Dr. Prafulla Kumar Swain

Journal Publications

• • P K Swain eta al., “Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-2/neu Expression in Gallbladder Cancer is Significantly Associated with Clinicopathological Parameters and Survival”, Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2025;doi: 10.1007/s12664-024-01723-x
• • P K Swain et al., Cause Specific survival analysis of Gynaecological Cancers among Non-White Population: A SEER based Study; American Journal of Epidemiology(2024),kwae161.doi: 10.1093/aje/kwae161.
• • P K Swain eta al., Trajectory of suicide among Indian children and adolescents: a pooled analysis of national data from 1995 to 2021. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health 18, 123 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-024-00818-9
• • P K Swain et al., A study of gender-based variation in personality trait in young adults and its association with body mass index in an academic institute, Journal of Integrative Medicine and Research; 2025; 3(3): 162-167
• • P K Swain et al., Cancer burden and trends across India (1990-2021): Insights from the Global Burden of Disease study, 2024; The Evi. 2(3)
• • P K Swain et al., Are household facilities influencing biomarkers? Evidence from the LASI survey, 2017-18, The Journal of Community Health Management, 2024; 11(4):187-196
• • P K Swain et al., Associated Risk factors of adverse pregnancy outcomes among women of Reproductive age in India: A study based on NFHS-5, Demography India, 2024; 53(1); 134-145
• • P K Swain et al., Trend, Pattern and Prevalence of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes among Women of Reproductive Age in India 1992-2021, Indian Journal of Community Medicine 2024;49(4):622-628. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_337_23
• • P K Swain et al., Trends in Gynaecological cancer Incidence, Mortality and Survival among elderly women: A SEER Study, Aging Medicine. 2024; 00:1-10
• • P K Swain et al., Feasibility of Cardiac Catheterization in an Upcoming Hospital without Onsite Surgical Support, Journal of Indian College of Cardiology, 2024, Vol-xx, Issue-xx
• • P. K. Swain et al., Exploring Statistical Models for Endometrial Cancer Survival Data, International Journal of Statistics and Reliability Engineering (IJSRE), 2024; Vol-11(1), pp-21-30
• • P K Swain et al.,. An application of Poisson Hidden Markov Model to Forecast Endometrial Cancer Cases in Odisha, India, Electronic Journal of Applied Statistical Analysis, 2023; Vpl-16(3); 64-783. 10.1285/i20705948v16n3p764
• • P K Swain et al.,. Analysis of Age-Specific Fertility in India: Deterministic and Non-deterministic Modeling Approaches, International Journal of Population Studies, 2023; 1338 https://doi.org/10.36922/ijps.1338
• • P K Swain et al.,. Changing patterns of cancer burden among elderly across Indian states: Evidence from the global burden of disease study 1990–2019. Aging Med. 2023;6:254-263. doi:10.1002/agm2.12264
• • P K Swain et al.,.Modelling and Forecasting of Age Specific Mortality Rates in India,Demography India; 2023; Vol-52(1); 118-13
• • P K Swain et al.,. Statistical modeling and estimating number of healthy life years lost and healthy life expectancy in India, 2000– 2019. Aging Med. 2023;00:1-11. doi:10.1002/agm2.12269
• • P K Swain et al., (2023), Forecasting road accidental deaths in India: An explicit comparison between ARIMA and Exponential Smoothing method, International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, DOI: 10.1080/17457300.2023.2225168
• P K Swain et al., (2023), A Join-point Regression Analysis of Cause-Specific Mortality in India, International Journal of Statistics and Reliability Engineering (IJSRE), Vol. 10(1). pp. 78-85
• P K Swain and BBehera (2022), Child labour in India: A district level analysis, Madhya Pradesh Journal of Social Sciences, Vol.,27(2); 1-22
• P K Swain et al., (2022), Modelling of lymph node count in endometrial cancer patients using Zero inflated Generalized Poisson model, International Journal of Statistics and Reliability Engineering (IJSRE), Vol. 9(2), pp. 246-254.
• P K Swain et al., Accelerated failure time models with applications to endometrial cancer survival data, Journal of Reliability and Statistical studies, (2022), 15(1), 1-22.
• P K Swain et al., Forecasting Suicide Rates in India: An Empirical Exposition PLoS ONE (2021) 16(7):e0255342. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255342
• P. K. Swain et al., An analysis of trend, pattern and determinants of abortion, miscarriage and stillbirths in Odisha, India, Journal of Population and Social Studies (2021); 29, 215-226
• P.K. Swain et al., Quantile Regression Approach for Quality of Life of Construction Labour in Varanasi City, India. Thailand Statistician, (2021), 19(1); 59-69
• P. K. Swain et al., An Event-history Analysis of Women’s Reproductive Spans in Odisha, India. Int. J. Agricult. Stat. Sci (2020); vol-16, Suppliment-1; 959-964
• P. K. Swain et al., A comparison of pre-operative urine culture with intra-operative stone culture: a prospective observational study. Afr J Urol (2020) 26:78
• P. K. Swain et al.,. Novel predictive risk factor for Erectile Dysfunction: Serum folic acid. Andrologia. 2020;00:e13890.
• P. K Swain et al., Determinants of Home Deliveries- Findings from India DLHS-4 analysis, (2020) Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 9:4723-8.
• P. K. Swain, A Note on Estimating the Case Fatality Ratio for Novel Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19), Coronavirus, 2020; 2, 251-254
• P.K. Swain et al., Modelling and forecasting of COVID-19 cases in Odisha and India, Demography India, Vol. 49, Special Issue (2020), pp. 66-75
• P.K. Swain et al., Count Data Regression Modeling: An application to Spontaneous Abortion, (2020), BMC Reproductive Health, 17:106
• P.K. Swain et al., Determinants of Stunting among under-five Years Children in Ethiopia from the 2016 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey: Application of Ordinal Logistic Regression Model using Complex Sampling Designs (2020), Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 8; 404-413
• P.K. Swain et al., Statistical models for longitudinal zero-inflated count data: Application to Seizure Attacks (2019). African Health Science, 19(3), 2555-2564
• P. K. Swain et al., Impact of Cardiovascular Factors on Pulse Wave Velocity and Total Vascular Resistance in Different Age Group Patients with Cardiovascular Disorders, Current Aging Science, (2019), 11;00
• P.K. Swain et al., Association Between Area-Level Socio-Economic Status and Hypertension In EAG States Of India: An Insight From NFHS-IV 2015-16 (2019), Int. J. Agricult. Stat. Sci, 15(1); 39-52
• Barik R, Swain PK,Barik M. Consanguineous marriage makes congenital heart diseases more complex. Nig J Cardiol, 2018; 15(2)
• P.K. Swain et al., Determinants of under-five Mortality in Ethiopia: An application of Cox proportional hazard and frailty models. TurkiyeKlinikleri J Biostat 2018;10(2), 123-36
• P.K. Swain et al., High prevalence of Cesarean Section births in private sector health facilities- analysis of district level household survey data- 4 (DLHS-4) of India.(2018), BMC Public Health, 18:613.
• P. K. Swain et al., Multistate Markov Modelling for Disease Progression of Breast Cancer Patients Based On CA 15-3 Marker. (2018), Thailand Statistician, 16(2).
• Prafulla Kumar Swain and Vishal Deo and Gunjan Kumar, A Quantile Regression Approach for Child Mortality Analysis. Int. J. Agricult. Stat. Sci. Vol. 13 (2), 2017;ISSN:0973-1903
• Prafulla Kumar Swain, Gurprit Grover, SangeetaChakravorty, KomalGoelandVikas Singh, Estimation of Number of Involved Lymph Nodes in Breast Cancer Patients using Bayesian Regression Approach, J. Stat. Appl. Pro. Lett.4, No. 1, 17-25 (2017) ISSN: 2090-8458
• Prafulla Kumar Swain and Vikas Singh, Exploring The Role Of CA 15-3 Markers In Breast Cancer Patients Using Time Dependent Cox PH ModelInt. J. Agricult. Stat. Sci. Vol. 12, Supplement 1, pp. 1-5, 2016 ;ISSN:0973-1903
• Prafulla Kumar Swain, Gurprit Grover and KomalGoel, Mixture And Non-Mixture Cure Fraction Models Based On Generalized Gompertz Distribution Under Bayesian Approach,Tatra Mt. Math. Publ. 66(2016), 121–135; ISSN:1210-3195
• Prafulla Kumar Swain, Vinay Kumar Gupta andGurprit Grover (2016), Estimation of Sub-distribution Hazard ratio of HIV/AIDS Patients for Interval Censored Data with Loss to follow up as a Competing Risk. Journal of Communicable Diseases 48(3); 22-28. ISSN: 0019-5138
• Prafulla Kumar Swain and Gurprit Grover (2016), Accelerated Failure Time Shared Frailty Models: Application to HIV/AIDS Patients on Anti-Retroviral Therapy in Delhi, India. TurkiyeKlinikleri J Biostat (Turkey),8(1); 13-20. ISSN: 1308-7894.
• Prafulla Kumar Swain and Gurprit Grover (2016), Determination of Predictors Associated With HIV/AIDS Patients on ART Using Accelerated Failure Time Model for Interval Censored Survival Data, Current Research in Biostatistics (USA), 6(1);12-19; ISSN: 1948-9897.
• Gurprit Grover, Vajala Ravi and Prafulla Kumar Swain, “On The Assessment Of Various Factors Effecting The Improvement in CD4 Count Of AIDS Patients Undergoing Anti-Retroviral Therapy Using Generalized Poisson Regression” Journal of Applied Statistics, vol-42(6), 1291-1305, 2015, ISSN: 1360-0532
• Gurprit Grover, Prafulla Kumar Swain, Vishal Deo and Manoj Kumar Varshney, “A joint modeling approach to assess the impact of CD4 cell count on the risk of loss to follow up in HIV/AIDS Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy”, International Journal of Statistics and Applications, Vol- 5(3); 99-108, 2015. ISSN: 2168-5215
• Kotwani A, Kumar S, Swain PK, Suri J, Gaur S. Antimicrobial Drug Prescribing Pattern in Hospitalized Patients for Community -acquired Pneumonia: A Retrospective Pilot Study from New Delhi, India. Indian Journal of Pharmacology, 47:375-82; 2015.ISSN 0253-7613
• Gurprit Grover, Prafulla Kumar Swain and Vajala Ravi, “A Competing Risk Approach With Censoring to Estimate the Probability of Death of HIV/AIDS Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in the Presence of Covariates”. Journal of Statistics Research Letters. Vol-3(1), 7-16; 2014, ISSN: 2325-7059.
• Prafulla Kumar Swain, Dharma Rajand Sarang P. Pedgaonkar, “A Study on Quality of Life Satisfaction & Physical Health of Elderly People in Varanasi: An Urban Area of Uttar Pradesh, India, International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health, Vol-3(5): 616-620; 2014, ISSN: 2277-338X
• Gurprit Grover, Divya Seth, Vajala Ravi and Prafulla Kumar Swain.“A Multistate Markov Model for the Progression of Liver Cirrhosis in the Presence of Various Prognostic Factors”.Chilean Journal of Statistics,Vol-5(2), 15-27, 2014, ISSN:0718-7920.
• Gurprit Grover, Adesh K Gadpayle, Prafulla Kumar Swain and BarnaliDeka, “A Multistate Markov Model based on CD4 cell count for HIV/AIDS patients on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)”Int. J. Stat. Med. Res., Vol-2, 144-151, 2013. ISSN: 1929-6029/13
• Gurprit Grover, Rabindranath Das, Prafulla Kumar Swain and BarnaliDeka, “On the Estimation of Survival of HIV/AIDS Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy Using NPMLE Method: An Application to Interval Censored Data”. American Journal of Mathematics and Statistics.3(4); 213-219; 2013.ISSN: 2162-8475

Edited Book Chapters/ Conference proceedings

• Book chapter on “Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA)” for M.Sc. Applied Statistics of IGNOU; 2025 ; https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/110716/1/Unit-15.pdf
• Book chapter on “Publishing your Research, Writing Thesis/Project Report/Technical Note” for Research Methodology Course of M.Sc. Applied Statistics of IGNOU. 2025; https://egyankosh.ac.in/browse?type=author&value=Swain%2C+Prafulla+Kumar
• Book Chapter “An Empirical Exposition of Anaemia among scheduled tribe women of the reproductive age group in India” in the Edited Book Nutrition and Food Insecurity in India: Enriching the Cycle of Research, Public Policy and Practice, Published by Springer 2025; DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-7230-1_5
• Book Chapter “Classification and Regression Tree Modelling Approach to Predict the Number of Lymph Node Dissection among Endometrial Cancer Patients” in the Edited book Medical Data Analysis and Processing using Explainable Artificial Intelligence, Published by CRC Press, 2023
• Book Chapter on “An empirical exposition and forecasting of food grains production in Odisha, India”, in the edited book Emerging Trends in Statistics for Sustainable Agriculture published by Selfypage developers pvt.ltd, Michigan, USA, 2023
• Book Chapter on “MSO- 202: Social Demography” for M.A. Sociology course of Odisha State Open University, Sambalpur, 2023; https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZKL1sSQjaDkm9DuaGo2_026gBRXpiI1P/view
• Book chapter entitled “Geospatial Analysis of Health Infrastructure Disparities in Odisha, India “in the edited Book Interdisciplinary Research in Mathematical, Statistical and Computational Sciences published by MKSES Publisher (India), 2022
• Book Chapter on “Decision Theory” for BBA course of Odisha State Open University, Sambalpur, 2021
• Book on “Transportation and Assignment Models” for BBA course of Odisha State Open University, Sambalpur, 2021
• Book chapter entitled “Trends and Spatial Distributions of Cesarean Section Births in Northeastern States of India “in the edited Book Digital Health in India: Evolution of Health Informatics published by MKSES Publisher (India), 2021
• Vajala Ravi, Gurprit Grover, A.K.Gadpayle, M. K. Varshney , Prafulla Kumar Swain, S. Ali Khan, Impact Of Covariates On Improvement In CD4 Cell Count Of HIV/AIDS Patients Using Bayesian Poisson Regression Model, International Conclave on Innovations in Engineering & Management (ICIEM-16, pp. 55-61); ISBN 978-99969-0-773-9
• Manoj Kumar Varshney, Gurprit Grover, A.K.Gadpayle, V. Ravi, P.K. Swain, K. Varshney, S. A. Khan, To Assess The Role Of CD4 Cell Counts And Other Opportunistic Infections To Estimate The Mortality Of HIV/AIDS Patients On ART In The Presence of Competing Risks, International Conclave on Innovations in Engineering & Management (ICIEM-16, pp. 28-37),ISBN 978-99969-0-773-9

Popular Newspaper Article

• Census 2027 is not just about numbers (the Pioneer daily, 04/06/2026)
• Utkal University on road to reclaim legacy (the Pioneer daily, 28/11/2025)
• India’s Suicide crisis; Comprehensive, Compassionate approach needed (the Pioneer daily, 17/09/2025)
• India’s Population dynamics, Opportunities and Challenges (the Pioneer daily, 12/07/2025)
• Data and the future of sustainable development (The Orissa Post, 29/06/2025, https://odishapostepaper.com/m/278265/68604e80d9f8c )
• Role of Statistics in age of digital data explosion ( The Pioneer, 29/06/2025)
• Data key for Decision Making (The Orissa Post, 29/06/2024, https://odishapostepaper.com/edition/4964/orissapost/page/6 )
• Most populous country tag both challenge, opportunity for India (the Pioneer daily, 28/05/2023)
• Importance of census 2021 & Impact of its delay(the Pioneer daily, 10/01/2023)
• Skewed sex ratio at birth in Odisha (the Pioneer daily, 24/09/2022)
• Cases of Self-Killing on the Rise in India (the Pioneer daily, 10/09/2022)
• Profit motive behind Rising CS Births in Pvt. Facilities (the Pioneer daily, 06/08/2022)
• Child malnutrition on decline in Odisha (the Pioneer daily, 24/02/2022) https://www.dailypioneer.com/2022/state-editions/child-malnutrition-on-decline-in-odisha.html
• Looking for rainbow past the storm: Let’s survive covid with hope (the Pioneer daily, 14/09/2021)
• Those who ignore Statistics are condemned to reinvent it (the Pioneer daily, 29/06/2021) https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/state-editions/—those-who-ignore-statistics-are-condemned-to-reinvent-it—.html
• Corona Mahamari re Kerala EkaUdaharana (Published in Odisha Tri-N portal)
• National Statistics Day: The Realm of Statistics in Odisha – A Bird’s Eye View (The Orissa Post, 29/06/2020) https://www.orissapost.com/national-statistics-day-the-realm-of-statistics-in-odisha-a-birds-eye-view/
• Varsities short-staffed; stats studies crippled in State (the Pioneer daily, 29/06/2020)

(Ph.D. Awarded-03, Ongoing -01, M.Phil. Awarded-06)

• On the Modeling and Analysis of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes among Women of Reproductive age in India (2026) (Ph.D. Thesis Submitted) by Anmol Jena
• Demographic Challenges of India: A Stochastic Approach (2024) (Ph.D. Thesis Awarded) by Diptismita Jena
• Some Contributions to predictive Statistical Modeling with applications to Endometrial Cancer (2023) (Ph.D. thesis awarded) by ManasRanjanTripathy
• A Statistical Analysis of Malnutrition Among Under-Five Children In Odisha, India (2022) by Dibyashree Swain
• Change Point Regression Modeling; An application to accidental data (2022) by Subhasmita Dash
• Levels and Patterns of Tobacco Consumption and the Prevalence of Asthma among 15-49 age-group in EAG States of India: An Empirical Study (2021) by AbhipsaTripathy
• An analysis of trend, pattern and determinants of abortion, miscarriage and stillbirths in Odisha(2019): M.Phil dissertation by Anmol Jena
• Count Data Regression Modeling an Application To HIV/AIDS: A Review(2018);M.Phil dissertation by Priyanka Mohapatra
• Longitudinal modeling of CA15-3 tumor marker in breast cancer patients (2017): M.Phil dissertation by DibyaKasturiPattnayak.

• P I in the project “Nourishing Futures: Exploring Nutrition, Health and Quality of Life among adolescents in Bhubaneswar’s Urban Slums through a Mixed Methods lens” Funded by ICSSR, Ongoing. [Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 6, 50,000/- ; Duration: 1 year]
• P I in the project “A STUDY ON STATISTICAL MODELLING AND ANALYSIS OF DENGUE INCIDENCES IN BHUBANESWAR CITY, ODISHA” Funded by OSHEC, Govt. of Odisha Under MRIP-2024-25, Ongoing [Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 5,12,000/- ; Duration: 2 years]
• Co-investigator in the project “Mapping the prevalence of health risk behaviors among the tribal adolescents in Odisha- examining the status and scope for behavioral healthcare intervention and health risk reduction” ICMR-RMRC, Bhubaneswar, Completed.
• P.I. in the project”Burden and Pattern of Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases in Urban Slums of Bhubaneswar City” World Bank-OHEPEE Programme, Utkal University, Completed

Invited talks

• Delivered an Invited talk on the topic “A Time Series Approach to Understanding and Predicting Dengue Incidences in Bhubaneswar, Odisha” in the two-day national seminar on Public Health and Population Wellbeing Organized by Dept. of Population Studies, Fakir Mohan University, Balesore, during 15-16 April 2026.
• Delivered an Invited talk on the topic “On the Modeling and Analysis of Dengue Incidences in Bhubaneswar, Odisha” in the National Seminar on NextGen Public Health; Leveraging Statistics and AI for Predictive and Preventive Care at Ravenshaw University, Cuttack on 20th March 2026.
• Delivered an Invited talk on the topic “On the Modeling and Analysis of Dengue Incidences in Odisha, India” in the International Conference on Recent Developments in Mathematics and Statistics Organized by Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchiduring 27-28 February 2026.
• Delivered an Invited talk at the Short term course on Statistical Modeling through Simulation Using R Programming at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad, on 27th February 2026.
• Delivered an Invited talk on the topic “A Time Series Approach to Understanding and Predicting Dengue Incidence in Odisha and India” in the International Conference on Statistical Modeling, Simulation and Applications in Data Science, Organized by Department of Statistics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, from January 14-16, 2026.
• Delivered an Invited talk on the topic” A Comprehensive Review of Machine Learning Models and Their Applications to Low Birth Weight Prediction” in the International Conference on Recent Advances and Innovative Statistics with Enhancing Data Science (IC-RAISE DS) Organized by VIT-AP University in Conjunction with 45th Annual Convention of ISPS during 22- 24, December 2025.
• Delivered and invited talk on Data Entry, Cleaning, Coding, Descriptive Statistics, Correlation and Regression Modeling Using SPSS at Online Refresher Course on Research Methodologies for Rural studies organized by UGC-MMTTC, Utkal University during 13-15 December 2025.
• Delivered an Invited talk on the topic “Data Cleaning, Pre-processing & Standardization in Surveys” at the training on Advances in Survey Research and Data Analysis using Open source software, organized by IACR-NIFMD, Bhubaneswar, on 22nd September 2025
• Delivered an invited talk on the topic “Data Analysis Using R Programming”at Regional Institute of Planning, Applied Economics and Statistics (RIPAES), 2nd September 2025.
• Delivered an Invited talk on the Online Workshop “ Use of SPSS Software in Research Methodology: A Training Workshop”, organized by the Indian Sociological Society, on 26th June 2025.
• Delivered an Invited talk on the topic” Bio-statistical considerations in designing a research study” in the “CME on Health Research Methodology” at PRMMCH, Baripada, on 16th April 2025
• Delivered an Invited talk on the topic” Data analysis using R programming” in the national Workshop on Data Using R and Python, organized by Department of Statistics, Utkal University, during 26-27 march, 2025.
• Delivered an Invited talk on the topic “Temporal Trends and Future Projections of Gynecological Cancer Burden: A Global and Indian Perspective (1990–2021)” in the International Conference on Mathematics and Statistics in theEra of Data Science (ICMSDS- 2025) Organized by Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchiduring March 18 to March 20, 2025.
• Delivered an invited talk on the topic “Data Analysis and interpretation, Reporting and communicating M & E findings”at Regional Institute of Planning, Applied Economics and Statistics (RIPAES), 19th March 2025.
• Delivered an invited talk on the topic “Data Analysis Using R”at Salipur Autonomous College, Salipur, Cuttack, 7th February 2025.
• Chaired a session on Health, Aging and migration in the national seminar on Health, Environment and DevelopmentOrganized by Dept. of Population Studies, Fakir Mohan University, Balesore, during 28- 29th January 2025
• Delivered an Invited talk on the topic “A note on estimating healthy aging and healthy life years lost in India” in the national seminar on Health, Environment and DevelopmentOrganized by Dept. of Population Studies, Fakir Mohan University, Balesore, during 28- 29th January 2025
• Delivered an Invited talk on the topic “ CART model for public health research” in the XXIII Bhopal Seminar 2025,Organized by MLC Foundation, Bhopal, during 22-23rdJanuary 2025.
• Delivered an invited talk in the Pre-Annual Convention Workshop on Use of Data for Decision Making, in conjunction with international conference on Innovative Trends in Statistics, Optimization and Data Science & 44th Annual Conference of Indian Society for Probability and Statistics(ISPS), at Department of Statistics and Operational Research, Kurukshetra University, during 21-23 December 2024.
• Delivered an invited talk on the topic “Data Analysis through R Software”at Regional Institute of Planning, Applied Economics and Statistics (RIPAES), 3rd July 2024.
• Delivered an invited talk on the topic “Data Analysis Using R”at Regional Institute of Planning, Applied Economics and Statistics (RIPAES), 21st March 2024.
• Delivered an invited talk on the topic “Data Analysis Using SPSS” at UN Autonomous College of Science and Technology, 9th November 2023.
• Delivered an invited talk on the topic “On the Modelling and Analysis of Age-Specific Fertility in India”in the International Conference on Statistical Theory and its Applications (ICSTA-2023) organized by Department of Statistics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore-641046, Tamil Nadu, India held during 01- 02 September, 2023.
• Delivered an invited talk on the topic “Programming with R” for newly recruited Statistical Field Surveyors at Regional Institute of Planning, Applied Economics and Statistics (RIPAES), 21st August 2023.
• Delivered an invited talk on the topic “Advance Data Analysis withR Programming” at Faculty Development Programme (FDP) organized by Academic and Administrative development Centre, Berhampur University, Berhampur, 26-27 June 2023.
• Delivered an invited talk on the topic “Data Analytics using R Programming” at UN Autonomous College of Science and Technology, 24th December 2022.
• Delivered an invited talk on the topic “Importance of Statistical Software’s and Data Analysis using SPSS” at Orientation programme on Research Methodology Organized byNTRI New Delhi & TRI, Udaipur, 20th October 2022
• Delivered an invited talk on the topic “Classification & Regression Tree Modelling; A review with applications to endometrial cancer” at international workshopIntegrated Approaches of Stochastic Modelling and Data Science for Sustainable Development, 07-11 September 2022, Department of Statistics, S.V. University, Tirupati, AP.
• Delivered an invited talk on the topic “Data Analysis using SPSS” at Regional Institute of Planning, Applied Economics and Statistics (RIPAES), 22nd July 2022.
• Delivered an invited talk on the topic “Data management and Analysis using SPSS” at Research Methodology workshops, 29-30th March 2022, KIMS, KIIT University, BBSR.
• Delivered an invited talk on the topic “Count Data regression modeling; A review with applications to endometrial cancer” at international virtual conference on Statistics and Data science; Theory and practice for progress and prosperity, 10-13th March 2022, Department of Statistics, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad and ISPS.
• Delivered an invited talk on the topic “Data analysis using SPSS” atCapacity Building Workshop on Research Methodology” on 17–18th February, 2022, Tribal Research and Training Institute, Chhattisgarh
• Delivered an invited talk on the topic “Testing of Hypothesis” at Online Training Program on Application of Biostatistics in Health Research’ organized by ICMR-NIREH, Bhopal on 24-25, January 2022.
• Delivered an invited talk on the topic “Demographic Trend and Population Health Issues of Odisha” on 22nd December 2021, at the Gopabandhu Academy of Administration, Bhubaneswar
• Delivered an invited talk on the topic “Linear Models and its Applications: An Overview” on 26th October 2021, at Department of Statistics, Kendrapara Auto. College, Kendrapara.
• Delivered an invited talk on the topic “Statistics for Social Scientists” at National Workshop on Tribal Talent Pool Conclave, 23-24th September,2021, KISS Deemed to be University, BBSR.
• Delivered an invited talk on the topic “Joint modelling of Longitudinal and time to event data: An application to Breast Cancer Patients” at international webinar on Recent trends in Statistical theory and Applications, 29 June – 02, July 2021, Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Kerala.
• Delivered an invited talk on the topic “Data Analysis using SPSS” at Faculty Development Programme(FDP), 21-22 June,2021, KIIT School of Civil Engineering, KIIT University, BBSR.
• Delivered an invited talk on the topic “Hands on Training on Data Analysis Using Excel” at Advanced Research Methodology and Data Analysis Workshop, 5th December 2020, Institute for Policy Research in Economics, Management and Social Development (IPREMS), Berhampur
• Deliver a webinar talk on the topic “Recent Development and Scopes of Statistics” On the eve of National Statistics Day, 29th June 2020, Dept. of Statistics, U.N. College of Sc& Tech, Adaspur,
• Delivered an invited talk on the topic “Data Analysis using SPSS” at Research Methodology Workshop, 11th March, 2018, KIIT School of Management (KSoM), KIIT University, BBSR.
• Delivered a seminar talk on the topic “Regression Analysis Using Computer Software”, 14th Feb, 2017, Department of Statistics, Salipur Autonomous College, Cuttack.

Presentation

• Presented a Poster entitled “Modelling and Analysis of Dengue Dynamics in Odisha, India: A Time Series Perspective” in the Odisha Research Conclave (ORC)-2025 at Berhampur University, 27th–29th November 2025.
• Presented a paper entitled “A Note onEstimating Number of Healthy Life years Lost and Healthy Life Expectancy in India” Under Prof. M N Deshpande Award category in the international conference on Innovative Trends in Statistics, Optimization and Data Science & 44th Annual Conference of Indian Society for Probability and Statistics(ISPS), at Department of Statistics and Operational Research, Kurukshetra University, during 21-23 December 2024.
• Participated and presented a paper entitled” On the Modeling and Estimating Number of Healthy Life years Lost and Healthy Life Expectancy in India” at 42nd Annual Conference of the Indian Society for Medical Statistics (ISMSCON-2024), Organized by Department of Statistics, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, during 21-23 November 2024.
• Participated and presented a paper entitled” Classification and Regression Tree(CART) Modelling: A Review with applications to Low Birth Weight Data” at the Eastern Regional Conference organized by IASP in Collaboration with Population Research Centre, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha during 17-18 October 2024.
• Participated and presented a paper entitled” Predicting Low Birth weight Using Machine Learning Approach” at National Conference on Recent Advances in Statistics and Data Science, Organized by Dept. of Statistics, Sri PadmavathiMahilaViswavidyalayam& ISPS, Tirupati, AP during 18-19 Feb.2024
• Participated and presented a paper entitled” A competing Risk Modelling Approach for Survival of female breast cancer in the reproductive age group” at International Conference on Recent Applications of Statistical Techniques and Analysis by Department of Statistics, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, during 15-17 December 2021.
• Presented a paper entitled” Flexible Parametric Modeling for HIV Infected Children on Antiretroviral Therapy, Delhi, India” at International Conference on “Recent Advances in Statistics and Data Science for Sustainable Development” organized by the P. G. Department of Statistics, Utkal University, Odisha in conjunction with Indian Society for Probability & Statistics (ISPS) during 21-23rd December, 2019.
• Presented a paper entitled “Identifying the Risk Factors Associated With lymph Node Involvement In Endometrial Cancer Patients” at National Seminar on Statistical Methodology & Data Science, on 15-16 March, 2019, P.G. Department of Statistics, Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar.
• Participated and presented a paper entitled” Trajectories of CA 15-3 Markers in Breast Cancer Patients: A Joint Modelling Analysis” at National Seminaron Applications of Statistics in Research, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, 22nd Feb, 2019
• Presented a paper entitled ““An Event-history Analysis of Women’s Reproductive Spans in Odisha, India” at International Conference on Advances in Statistical Methods and Data Science, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai, 20th – 22nd, December 2018
• Presented a paper entitled “Multistate Markov Modelling for Disease Progression of Breast Cancer Patients Based On CA 15-3 Marker” at National Seminar on Statistics in Research: Trends and Applications, on 15th April, 2018, P.G. Department of Statistics, Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar.
• Participated and presented a paper entitled “Association Between Area-Level Socio-Economic Status and Hypertension in EAG States of India: An Insight From NFHS-IV 2015-16” at ISMS annual conference, SGPGI, Lucknow, UP, 2-4 Nov, 2017.
• Participated and presented a paper entitled” A Multistate Markov Model Based on CD4 Cell Counts For Disease Progression of HIV/AIDS Patients On Antiretroviral Therapy” at National SeminaronRecent Advances InMathematical & Applied Statistics, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, (30th March, 2017).
• Participated and presented a paper entitled “Survival Data Analysis Using R Software” UGC Sponsored National Seminar cum Skill-Based Workshop on Statistical Computing Using R Software, P.G. Department of Statistics, Utkal University, Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar(27-28th March 2017)
• Participated and displayed a paper entitled“ Analyzing Disability Status in India During 2001-2011” at Research Scholar Conclave on Social Exclusion: ANUSANDHAN-2016, CSSEIP, Utkal University, Vanivihar (03rd Nov, 2016).
• Participated and presented a paper entitled” Estimation of number of lymph nodes in breast cancer patients using Bayesian Regression Approach” at National Conference on Recent statistical computing techniques and their applications, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, (11th -12th March, 2016).
• Participated and presented a paper entitled” Joint modeling of longitudinal CD4 cell count and time to loss to follow up in HIV/AIDS Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy” at East Asian Region Biometric Conference 2015, Fukuoka, Japan.
• Participated and presented a paper entitled” Disability transition from adolescent to youth” at International Day of Person with Disabilities seminar, BHU, Varanasi, U.P, (3rd, December 2016)
• Participated and presented a paper entitled “On the estimation of Survival of HIV/AIDS patients on Anti-Retroviral Therapy: An application to interval censored data” at International Statistical Institute Regional Conference 2014, on Statistical Science for Better Tomorrow, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, (Nov, 16-19th 2014).
• Participated and presented a paper entitle “On the estimation of Survival of HIV/AIDS patients on ART: An application to interval censored data” National Conference on current practices of statistics, mathematics and actuarial sciences, 7th -8th March 2013, North Maharastra University, Jalgaon, India.
• Participated and presented a paper entitled “On the estimation of Survival of HIV/AIDS patients on ART using gamma shared frailty model” International Conference on Recent Advances in Statistics and their Applications, 26th -28th December 2013, Department of Statistics, Dr. B. A. M. University, Aurangabad, Maharastra, India.

• Recipient of Prof. C M Pandey memorial award at 42nd Annual Conference of the Indian Society for Medical Statistics (ISMSCON-2024), organized at Department of Statistics, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, UP, during 21-23 November 2024.
• Awardee of CICOPS scholarship, University of Pavia, Italy (2020-21)
• International Biometric Society (IBS) travel grant to attend EAR-BC 2015, Fukuoka, Japan.
• International Statistical Institute-World Bank travel grant to attend International Statistical Institute Regional Conference 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, (Nov, 16-19th 2014).
• Selected in Odisha Educational Service (O.E.S) in 2015
• Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET), (UGC-NET/JRF Examination, June 2010).
• University Rank holder (Gold Medalist) in Statistics
• Recipient of National Merit Scholarship (2005-08).
• Recipient of Post-Graduate University Rank holder Merit Scholarship (2008-10)
• Awarded by Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund for standing first in M.A (Statistics) Examination, Banaras Hindu University in the year 2009-2010

Training/Workshop attended

• Attended one-week online Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Advanced Statistical Software, Methodologies, and Data Visualization for Research Excellence” being organized by the Department of Mathematics & Statistics, in collaboration with the Indian Association for Reliability & Statistics (IARS) from June 23-27, 2025.
• Attended two week NEP2020 Orientation & Sensitization Programme under Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme(MM-TTP) of University Grants Commission (UGC)Organized by Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar from19th May 2025 to 31st May 2025.
• Attended one-week training programme on Official Statistics at NSSTA, Greater Noida, UP, 10-14th June 2024.
• Attended ONE WEEK FDP on “MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATION FOR AI, ML & DATA SCIENCE” organized by the Department of Mathematics, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Vadapalani Campus, Chennai from 11th to 19th June 2024.
• Attended FDP on Recent Developments in Statistics and its Applications in Data Science, Organized by Division of Mathematics, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Date: 27th – 31st March 2024.
• Attended 3days Online Workshop on Analysing Social Sciences Research Data Using Python Programming, Department of Geography, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, 27-29th February 2024.
• Attended Webinar series on Computational Statistics and Applied AI organized by Christ University, Bangalore, 04-08 June 2023.
• Attended 10 days FDP on Data Analytics: Methods and Applications in Healthcare organized by Dept. of Data Science and Intelligent Systems, IIIT, Dharwad, in association with E-ICT NIT, Warangal, 22-31Aug, 2022
• Attended one-week National Workshop on Data analysis Using Python, Department of Statistics, K.R.T. Arts, B.H. Commerce and A.M Science College, Nashik, Maharashtra, 9-15th Aug, 2021
• Successfully completed Two-week online refresher course on Applications of Statistical Technique in the Real world, Teaching learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University Delhi, 01-15th May 2021.
• Successfully completed SWAYAM-NPTEL online course on Python for Data Science, 18th January to 21st March, 2021
• Successfully completed 5-Days FDP on “Machine Learning” by the dept. of CSE & IT, JBIET, Hyderabad, 1st to 5th JUNE, 2020
• Successfully completed FDP on the topic Role of LateX in the scientific writing, Department of Mathematics, BabuBanarasiDas Northern India Institute of Technology, Lucknow, June 19 to 21, 2020.
• Attended Two Days Workshop on Sample Size Determination Using G-power Software, Department of Statistics, St. John’s College, Agra, 23rd and 24th May, 2020
• Attended Two Week FDP on Managing online classes and creating MOOCs at Teaching learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University Delhi, 20th April 2020 to 06th May 2020
• Attended two weeks Refresher Course on Research Methodology at UGC-Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC), Utkal University, Vanivihar, BBSR (19th Aug 2019 to 1st Sept. 2019)
• Attended four weeks orientation programme at UGC-Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC), Utkal University, Vanivihar, BBSR (3rd Aug 2018 to 30th Aug. 2018)
• Attended International Symposium on Health Analytics and Disease Modeling (HADM 2018), National Institute of Medical Statistics, ICMR, New Delhi, India (8-9th March, 2018).
• Attended Workshop on Statistical Modeling of Times-to-Events and Time Series Data, 15 – 18, December 2017, Department of Statistics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala.
• Attended one week short term course on ‘Stress Management’ , UGC- Human Resource Development Centre, Utkal University, VaniVihar, BBSR (20-25th July, 2017)
• Participated UGC Sponsored Skill-Based Workshop on ”Mining of Open Macro Data and Analysis Using SPSS, Analytical and Applied Economics, Utkal University, Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar,(18-19th March, 2017)
• Attended training programme on “Geospatial Technologies” Natural resources data management system (NRDMS), P.G. Department of Geology, Utkal University, Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar(Oct 18th-20th, 2016)
• Attended Data Dissemination workshop on Census 2011, P.G. Department of Analytical and Applied Economics, Utkal University, Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar(24th Feb, 2016).
• UGC sponsored Workshop Skill Development Using SPSS P.G. Department of Statistics, Utkal University, Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar(Nov 20-21, 2015)
• Attended SAS (Statistical Analysis System) Software Training, Department of Biostatistics, Christian Medical College, Vellore ( June 9-13, 2014).
• Attended A Short Course on Introduction to Bayesian Statistical Modelling,DST-CIMS, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi(January 27-30, 2014).
• Attended a two day Workshop on” Statistical Computing Using R” 14th -15st September 2013, Department of Statistics, University of Delhi.
• Attended a three day Workshop on” Emerging Areas in Applied Statistics” 19th -21st March 2013, ISI Kolkata.
• Attended a one day research level seminar on” Applied Statistics” 22nd March 2012, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
• Attended a Workshop on” Techniques Of Analysis Of Demographic And Health Statistics And Application Of Computer Softwares“, 10th -12th October 2012, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.

Chairing Session in Conferences

• Chaired a session on Biostatistics in the International Conference on Recent Advances and Innovative Statistics with Enhancing Data Science (IC-RAISE DS) Organized by VIT-AP University in Conjunction with 45th Annual Convention of ISPS during 22- 24, December 2025.
• Chaired an Invited talk session in the international conference on Innovative Trends in Statistics, Optimization and Data Science & 44th Annual Conference of Indian Society for Probability and Statistics(ISPS), at Department of Statistics and Operational Research, Kurukshetra University, during 21-23 December 2024.
• Chaired an Invited talk session at the 42ndAnnual Conference of the Indian Society for Medical Statistics (ISMSCON-2024), Organized by Department of Statistics, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, during 21-23 November 2024
• Chaired a technical session in the international virtual conference on Statistics and Data science; Theory and practice for progress and prosperity, 10-13th March 2022, Department of Statistics, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad and ISPS
• Organized and chaired a session on Biostatistics in the International Conference on Emerging trends in Statistics and Data Science in conjunction with 40th Annual Convention of ISPS, 7-10th September 2021.
• Chaired a technical session in the international webinar on Recent trends in Statistical theory and Applications, 29 June – 02, July 2021, Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Kerala.

Other Professional Activities

• Organizing Secretary in the National Conference on Statistics and Data Science: Empowering Society Through Data organized by the P. G. Department of Statistics, Utkal University, Odisha, March 13-14, 2026.
• Member of Scientific Research Committee, Utkal Institute of Medical sciences and Hospital, Bhubaneswar (2025-26)
• Organizing Secretary in the National Workshop on Data Analysis Using R and Python Programming organized by the P. G. Department of Statistics, Utkal University, Odisha, March 26-27, 2025.
• Member of Academic Ethics Committee, RMRC-ICMR, Bhubaneswar-2024-25
• Organizing Secretary in the National Conference on STATISTICS AND DATA SCIENCE FOR PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY organized by the P. G. Department of Statistics, Utkal University, Odisha, August 23-24, 2024
• Co-convener in UGC Sponsored National Seminar cum Skill-Based Workshop on Statistical Computing Using R Software, during 27-28th March 2017, Department of Statistics, Utkal University
• Co-convener in National Seminar on Statistics in Research: Trends and Applications, on 15th April, 2018, P.G. Department of Statistics, Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar
• Co-convener in National Seminar on Statistical Methodology & Data Science, on 15-16 March, 2019, P.G. Department of Statistics, Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar
• Co-convener in the International Conference on “Recent Advances in Statistics and Data Science for Sustainable Development” organized by the P. G. Department of Statistics, Utkal University, Odisha in conjunction with Indian Society for Probability & Statistics (ISPS) during 21-23rd December, 2019.
• Co-convener in National Seminar on Statistics & Data Science for growth and Prosperity, on 29-30 June 2022, P.G. Department of Statistics, Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar
• Member, board of studies in Statistics, P.G. Department of Statistics, Utkal University
• Member, board of studies in Public Health, Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar
• Member, board of studies in Statistics, Salipur Autonomous College, Salipur
• Member, board of studies in Statistics, Banki Autonomous College, Banki
• Member, board of studies in Statistics, GM Autonomous College, Sambalpur
• Member, board of studies in Statistics, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack
• Member, board of studies in Statistics, Rajendra University, Bolangir
• Member, board of studies in Statistics, Kendrapara Auto. College, Kendrapara

Member Editorial board

• Scientific Report (Academic Editor)
• Plos One (Academic Editor)
• Far East Journal of Theoretical Statistics (Editorial Board Member)
• TurkiyeKlinikleri J Biostat (Editorial Board member)
• Journal of Biomedical Statistics & Informatics (Editorial Board member)

Reviewer to the following journals

• Journal of Applied Statistics (Taylor and Francis)
• Health and Quality of life Outcomes (Biomed-central)
• Perspective in Public Health (SAGE)
• PLOS ONE
• Statistics in Transition (New series)
• Thailand Statistician
• International Journal of Statistics in Medical Research
• Indian Journal of Medical Research
• Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. PatilVidyapeeth
• Demography India
• Journal of Reliability and Statistical Studies
• Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operation Research
• International Social Science Journal
• Public Health in Practice
• International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling
• BMC Public Health

Membership in Professional bodies

• Executive Committee Member of Indian Society of Probability and Statistics (ISPS) 2023-24.
• Executive Committee Member of Indian Society of Probability and Statistics (ISPS) 2021-22.
• Life member of International Indian Statistical Association.
• Life Member of Indian Society of Probability and Statistics
• Life Member of Indian Society for Medical Statistics
• Member of International Biometric society (IR)
• Life Member of Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP)

Administrative Assignment

• Deputy Controller of Examination (27th May 2024, onwards)
• Deputy Coordinator RUSA Cell (2023-24)
• Deputy course- coordinator for Master in Public Health (MPH) course (From June, 2019 onwards)
• Assistant Superintendent of GH-03 (Fakir Mohan Chhatrabasa)(2023-24)
• Placement of officer (in-charge) of the P.G. Department of Statistics, Utkal University, VaniVihar
• Departmental seminar library in-charge from 2016.
• Treasurer of Utkal Statistics Alumni Association(USAA) (2017 onwards)