Demography India, Vol 54, Issue 2 (May- August, 2025)

From the Chief Editor’s Desk

The editorial team is happy to present the second issue of Volume 54 (May-August 2025) of Demography India. This issue covers a diverse range of topics including gender equality and its impact on infrastructure, migration in the North Eastern states, seasonal labour migration in West Bengal, determinants of acute respiratory infections among rural children, measuring residential segregation, gender and health behaviour, impact of early marriage on reproductive health, prevalence and determinants of cervical cancer, status of ANC utilization among ST and Non-ST populations in Bihar, and projecting students’ enrolment among STs. A balance of macro and micro studies is maintained. I hope you will find it interesting.

The editorial team invites papers from senior demographers on any issue of their choice. This time we are including a paper entitled “Projected number of births and population for the Indian states and Union Territories during 2025-2050 under improved fertility” contributed by Georgia based, renowned bio-statistician, Prof. Arni S. R. Srinivasa Rao. It is hoped that such articles would help the demographic community focus on new issues facing the Indian society, and particularly on the vulnerable groups. Such articles do not go through the usual review process. Papers contributed by senior demographers, written jointly with their students/others are also welcome.

We are happy to share that we continue to receive good quality papers from diverse institutes, research centres, and universities in India and abroad—from both younger and established demographers and social scientists. We follow a rigorous, blind review policy and try to communicate our decision regarding the status of the paper as early as possible. By publishing these articles, we aim to showcase our unwavering commitment to disseminating new technical and substantive research findings in population research in India.

We extend an open invitation to all scholars to contribute their papers and articles on demographic changes and their socio-economic implications, health and nutrition, program implementation, and critical analysis of state policies. We would be happy to receive more papers based on qualitative methodology or method mix. We also want theoretical and empirical papers on marginalized groups like LGBTQ+ and forms of masculinities. We are confident that Demography India will continue to fulfil the theoretical and methodological needs of academicians, policymakers, and community organizations across the country.

We express our sincere gratitude to IASP President, Prof. Suresh Sharma, IEG, for supporting the activities of this journal. We also express our appreciation to all our reviewers for their valuable insights and timely feedback on the research papers submitted for publication. We are also thankful to the editorial staff of the IEG for providing support in publishing the journal. With the unwavering support of the demographic community in India and abroad—as well as the collaboration of social scientists working on population, health, and public policy issues—we aim to elevate Demography India to a new height of academic quality and impact. Together, we will shape a journal that continues to serve as a valuable resource for knowledge exchange and evidence-based decision-making.

We are deeply committed to maintaining the continuity and impact of the journal, ensuring its growth and relevance in the field of demography. The UGC CARE list of journals does not exist anymore. Thus, in the future status of the journal would be measured by your quality of contributions only. In addition to research papers, we would also welcome short research communiques, views on published articles, notes, and commentaries.

We would also be happy to receive books and reports for review in the next issue of the journal. If you have published a book or report and would like it to be included in the next issue, you may send two copies to Dr. Priyanka Yadav, IEG.
If you have any suggestions to improve the quality of the journal, you may contact the chief editor at arunk@iitk.ac.in or 4aksharma@gmail.com.

Arun Kumar Sharma, Senior Professor, IIT Kanpur (Ret.)
Chief Editor, Demography India