Mayanka was a demographer with an academic background in Economics and an interest in Sociology and Health Sciences. She had a Ph.D. in Population Studies from the International Institute for Population Sciences in Mumbai. Mayanka worked on health and economic aspects of the ageing community spanning over public health priorities for the aged and their social epidemiology. Her aim was to find a link across these stratified research ideas i.e. financial funding of health care, health care utilization, inter generational relationships, health behaviours and health outcomes of the elderly.
During her PhD, she explored the economic burden on households caused by Diabetes and Cardiovascular diseases, ranging from catastrophic expenditure to consumption insurance among families for health shocks.
During the fellowship, Mayanka aimed to understand how accessibility, affordability, adequacy (quality) of health services and social capital influenced health care utilisation among older adults and its socio-economic inequality. Mayanka will was mentored by Professor S.V. Subramanian.
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Note: Mayanka passed away unexpectedly on 26 January 2025.
