Biography:
Mr. Ritankar Chakraborty is a Doctoral fellow at the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India. He holds an undergraduate degree in Statistics, and a postgraduate degree in Biostatistics and Demography. He was the recipient of the silver medal for his outstanding academic performances during his postgraduate course. Since 2021, he has been pursuing his PhD under Prof Udaya S. Mishra in the field of child nutrition, with focus on child anthropometry, and anthropometric failures. He has multiple publications in SCI (E) journals.
On assessment of reliability and validity of child anthropometric measurements in India
Seasonal and annual trends in wasting among under-5 children in India: Results from multiple large scale national surveys