Curriculum Vitae Nitya Mittal
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Nitya Mittal
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SexFemale| Date of birth19/07/1987| NationalityIndian EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Submitted dissertation
In October 2015 PhD in Economics
Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi (Viva-voce awaited)
2007-09 Masters in Economics
Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi
2004-07 Bachelors in Economics
Ramjas College, University of Delhi RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
Impact of Supplementary Nutrition provided by the ICDS on calorie and nutrient intakes of children in rural Bihar
This study analyses the impact of supplementary nutrition provided through ICDS on intakes of calories, proteins, vitamin A and iron among young children in Bihar. The analysis is based on 24-hour dietary recall data collected for 320 children in four villages in rural Bihar in 2013. Using matching methods, we find evidence of substitution of food provided by parents to older children at home: cooked meals, provided to children in the age-group 3-6 years, lead to reduction in calorie allocation at home by approximately 110 calories, while there is no change in the at-home intakes of proteins and other micronutrients. However, the net intake of these children (including what they receive from the ICDS) increases by approximately 190 calories (more than a third of the intended transfer), 6.6 grams of proteins (half of the intended transfer) and 2.4 grams of iron (two-third of the intended transfer), but there is no change in the net intake of vitamin A. For children below 3 years of age, who receive take-home rations, we do not find any evidence of improvements in intakes of calories or any nutrients.
Intra-household allocation of food to young children
This study examines the factors that affect parents’ allocation decisions with respect to food provided to their young children, and whether these factors differ depending on whether the household has adequate food. The estimation strategy relies on switching regression models, which account for the fact that household food availability is itself endogenous. Using the same data as in the study above, our results suggest that the intra-household allocation mechanisms do in fact differ by the adequacy status of the household. While adoption of good child care practices, aided by presence of an elderly alternative caregiver, lead to higher intake among children in food inadequate households, it is the nutritional knowledge of the primary caregiver that is the most important driver of calorie allocation among food sufficient households. An interesting result is with respect to health endowment of the child: households with inadequate food intake allocate more food to children who have a higher likelihood of earning more in the future. The allocation mechanism is quite similar for dietary quality between calorie adequate and inadequate households.
Curriculum Vitae Nitya Mittal
PUBLICATIONS
Using a discrete choice experiment to elicit the demand for a nutritious food: willingness to pay for orange maize in rural Zambia, Journal of Health Economics, 2012. Meenakshi, J.V., A. Banerji, Victor Manyong, Keith Tomlins, Nitya Mittal and Priscilla Hamukwala
Secular trend, obesity and the growth of the middle socio-economic group children in Lucknow, India, National Medical Journal of India, 2015. Gupta, Priyanka, Nitya Mittal, Abhishek Kulkarni, J.V. Meenakshi and Vijayalakshmi BhatiaWORKING PAPER
CDE WORKING PAPER
NO. 247 Utilization of ICDS services and their impact on child health outcomes: Evidence from three East Indian states. Nitya Mittal and J. V. Meenakshi
WORK EXPERIENCE
8th June, 2009 – 31st July, 2013 Consultancy services as Research Assistant to IFPRI
Provided research support for a range of projects, including those on nutrifarms, consumer acceptance of nutritious foods, and impact assessment of biofortified crops.
Responsibilities included compiling data from secondary sources, data analysis (including choice experiment and auction data analysis, estimating difference-in- differences) and literature review.
PERSONAL SKILLS
Mother tongue Hindi Other language(s) English
Software skills Stata, NLogit, Eviews
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Conferences 2nd International Conference on Global Food Security held in October, 2015, organized by Cornell University.
Minimum data set for nutrition workshop held in February, 2014, organized by ICRISAT and Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative, at ICRISAT
Winter School held in December, 2013 at Delhi School of Economics
Conference on child height, stunting, early life disease, and sanitation held in August, 2013, organized by RICE Institute and Delhi School of Economics, at Delhi School of Economics
Growth and Development Conference held in December, 2010, at Indian Statistical InstituteResearch Grants
Principal Investigator for a project funded by ICRISAT and hosted by Center of Development Economics
VDSA Competitive Field Research Fellowship by ICRISAT for 2012-13References Prof. J V Meenakshi Dr. Deepti Goel
Department of Economics Department of Economics
Delhi School of Economics Delhi School of Economics University of Delhi– 110007 University of Delhi– 110007 email - [email protected] email: [email protected]
