A Treatise on Families in Contemporary India

Dr. Srinivas Goli is Associate Professor of Demography at the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, one of India's premier institutions for population research. His intellectual journey spans three continents: before joining IIPS, he was a New Generation Network Scholar at the Australia India Institute and the UWA Public Policy Institute at the University of Western Australia, and served as Assistant Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His global engagements include visiting faculty positions at the University of Göttingen, Germany, and prestigious research fellowships from iPOPs Laboratory of Excellence at France's National Institute for Demographic Studies (Ined) for visiting the Université Paris Cité (CEPED), and the University of Strasbourg (SAGE). With over twelve years of teaching and mentoring experience, Dr. Goli has guided five M.Phil. and thirteen PhD scholars to completion. He currently serves as co-Principal Investigator of the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI) Wave-II, one of the world's largest ageing surveys. His research portfolio includes projects funded by DBT, UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women, ActionAid, and Save the Children, reflecting his commitment to translating rigorous demographic research into actionable insights for vulnerable populations. His research interrogates the intersections of population dynamics and development, family demography, and gender and nutritional inequalities.

Dr. T.V. Sekher is a Senior Professor and former head of the Department of Family and Generations, and the Centre for Ageing Studies at the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai. Trained in Demography and Sociology, his work bridges these disciplines to illuminate India's most pressing social challenges, from gender dynamics to population ageing. His distinguished career includes visiting fellowships at University College London's Wellcome Trust Centre, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme in Paris, Oxford Brookes University, UK and Lund University in Sweden. In 2016-17, he was Fulbright-Nehru Senior Fellow at Cornell University. As Principal Investigator of two landmark ageing studies, the WHO-sponsored Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE-India) and the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI), he has shaped the global understanding of ageing in India. He has authored or edited over ten books and published more than 100 research articles. His latest book, India Population Report (co-edited with K.S. James), was published by Cambridge University Press in 2023. Prof. Sekher was the President of the Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health (IASSH), and served as consultant to the Planning Commission, UNFPA, UNICEF, and NITI Aayog, and sits on numerous government and development organization committees deliberating population and ageing policies and programs.