Niranjan Saggurti, Ph.D.
Associate
Niranjan Saggurti is an associate with the Population Council's HIV and AIDS program. He is a demographer and biostatistician with extensive HIV and intervention research expertise as principal investigator. Prior to working for the Council, Saggurti taught at the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai.
Saggurti received his master's degree in statistics from Nagarjuna University, a master's in population studies with a specialization in statistics from IIPS, and his doctorate in population studies from IIPS.
Saggurti is a principal investigator on a four-year (2005–09) research project examining HIV risk among Indian migrant men, funded by Avahan, the India AIDS initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Saggurti also works on several existing NIH-funded research projects, including two separate behavioral intervention efficacy studies; the first focuses on evaluating a community-based HIV intervention for married men in the slums of Mumbai (2002–08), and the second involves evaluating a couples-based HIV intervention to reduce HIV risk among wives in India (2008–13). Recently Saggurti and his collaborators were awarded a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to work on gender-equity focused, male-centered family planning promotion in rural India (2009–13).
Saggurti has authored over 20 peer-reviewed professional journal articles focused on HIV, sexual health, alcohol, tuberculosis, and maternal and child health services.
Niranjan Saggurti, Ph.D.
Associate
Documenting Avahan, the India AIDS Initiative (more)
The Population Council is synthesizing and analyzing the wealth of data collected by Avahan to gain insight that will guide future initiatives for HIV prevention in India and other countries with similar concentrated epidemics.
(1/2009 - 1/2014)
Topics: HIV prevention; Injecting drug users; Men who have sex with men; Mobile populations; Sex workers
Countries: India
Reducing HIV Among At-risk Wives in India (RHANI Wives Project) (more)
Council researchers are developing an intervention exclusively for married Indian women to build their negotiation skills with husbands who practice high-risk behaviors.
(4/2009 - 6/2011)
Topics: Behavior change; Financial literacy/livelihoods; HIV prevention; Sexual and gender-based violence
Countries: India
Research and Intervention in Sexual Health: Theory to Action (RISHTA) (more)
A Council program in India has worked to empower local communities and health systems to play a role in preventing HIV transmission among married men and women.
(1/2001 - 7/2011)
Topics: Behavior change; HIV prevention; RTIs/STIs
Countries: India
Assessing the Patterns and Drivers of Migration/Mobility of Sex Workers and Male Workers and Examining the Links with HIV Risk (more)
Council research is describing the volume and patterns of migration and mobility of vulnerable populations, examining the links between migration/mobility and HIV risk, and assessing the underlying and proximate determinants of HIV risk.
(12/2005 - 12/2008)
Topics: Mobile populations; Sex workers
Countries: India
Prevention of HIV Transmission Within Marriage in India: Review of the Research (more)
Monogamous wives make up 50 percent of new HIV infections in India; the Council is working to improve the lives of these married women through evidence-based HIV prevention programs.
(8/2008 - 12/2008)
Topics: HIV prevention
Countries: India
Niranjan Saggurti, Ph.D.
Associate
Indicators of mobility, socio-economic vulnerabilities and HIV risk behaviours among mobile female sex workers in India (abstract)Saggurti,Niranjan; Jain,Anrudh K.; Sebastian,Mary Philip; Singh,Rajendra; Reddy Modugu,Hanimi; Halli,Shiva S.; Verma,Ravi K.
AIDS and Behavior 16(4): 952-959
Publication date: 2012
Mobilising community collectivisation among female sex workers to promote STI service utilisation from the government healthcare system in Andhra Pradesh, India (abstract)
Parimi,Prabhakar; Mishra,Ram Manohar; Tucker,Saroj; Saggurti,Niranjan
Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health Published online ahead of print, 6 April
Publication date: 2012
The extent and nature of fluidity in typologies of female sex work in southern India: Implications for HIV prevention programs (abstract) (HTML)
Jain,Anrudh K.; Saggurti,Niranjan
Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services 11(2): 169-191
Publication date: 2012
A methodology for building culture and gender norms into intervention: An example from Mumbai, India (abstract)
Kostick,Kristin M.; Schensul,Stephen L.; Singh,Rajendra; Pelto,Pertti J.; Saggurti,Niranjan
Social Science and Medicine 72(10): 1630-1638
Publication date: 2011
Abuse from in-laws during pregnancy and post-partum: Qualitative and quantitative findings from low-income mothers of infants in Mumbai, India (abstract)
Raj,Anita; Sabarwal,Shagun; Decker,Michele R.; Nair,Saritha; Jethva,Meghna; Krishnan,Suneeta; Donta,Balaiah; Saggurti,Niranjan; Silverman,Jay G.
Maternal and Child Health Journal 15(6): 700-712
Publication date: 2011
Experience of violence and adverse reproductive health outcomes, HIV risks among mobile female sex workers in India (abstract) (PDF)
Swain,Suvakanta N.; Saggurti,Niranjan; Battala,Madhusudana; Verma,Ravi K.; Jain,Anrudh K.
BMC Public Heath 11: 357-
Publication date: 2011
Gender-based disparities in infant and child mortality based on maternal exposure to spousal violence: The heavy burden borne by Indian girls (abstract)
Silverman,Jay G.; Decker,Michele R.; Cheng,Debbie M.; Wirth,Kathleen; Saggurti,Niranjan; McCauley,Heather L.; Balaiah,Donta; Raj,Anita
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 165(1): 22-27
Publication date: 2011
Harsh realities: Reasons for women's involvement in sex work in India (abstract) (PDF)
Saggurti,Niranjan; Sabarwal,Shagun; Verma,Ravi K.; Halli,Shiva S.; Jain,Anrudh K.
Journal of AIDS and HIV Research 3(9): 172-179
Publication date: 2011
HIV transmission among married men and women in districts with high out-migration in India: Study brief (PDF)
Saggurti,Niranjan; Mahapatra,Bidhubhusan; Swain,Suvakanta N.; Battala,Madhusudana; Chawla,Umesh; Narang,Alka
Publication date: 2011
Male migration and risky sexual behavior in rural India: is the place of origin critical for HIV prevention programs? (abstract) (HTML)
Saggurti,Niranjan; Mahapatra,Bidhubhusan; Swain,Suvakanta N.; Jain,Anrudh K.
BMC Public Health 11(suppl 6): S6-
Publication date: 2011
Male migration/mobility and HIV among married couples: Cross-sectional analysis of nationally representative data from India (abstract)
Saggurti,Niranjan; Nair,Saritha; Malviya,Alankar; Decker,Michele R.; Silverman,Jay G.; Raj,Anita
AIDS and Behavior published online ahead of print, 2 August
Publication date: 2011
Migration and HIV in India: Study of select districts (PDF)
Saggurti,Niranjan; Mahapatra,Bidhubhusan; Swain,Suvakanta N.; Battala,Madhusudana; Narang,Alka; Chawla,Umesh
Publication date: 2011
Motivations for entry into sex work and HIV risk among mobile female sex workers in India (abstract)
Saggurti,Niranjan; Verma,Ravi K.; Halli,Shiva S.; Swain,Suvakanta N.; Singh,Rajendra; Reddy Modugu,Hanimi; RamaRao,Saumya; Mahapatra,Bidhubhusan; Jain,Anrudh K.
Journal of Biosocial Science 43(5): 535-554
Publication date: 2011
Relationship between reported prior condom use and current self-perceived risk of acquiring HIV among mobile female sex workers in southern India (abstract) (HTML)
Jain,Anrudh K.; Saggurti,Niranjan; Mahapatra,Bidhubhusan; Sebastian,Mary Philip; Modugu,Hanimi R.; Halli,Shiva S.; Verma,Ravi K.
BMC Public Health 11(suppl 6): S5-
Publication date: 2011
Sex trafficking and initiation-related violence, alcohol use, and HIV risk among HIV-infected female sex workers in Mumbai, India (abstract)
Silverman,Jay G.; Raj,Anita; Cheng,Debbie M.; Decker,Michele R.; Coleman,Sharon; Bridden,Carly; Pardeshi,Manoj; Saggurti,Niranjan; Samet,Jeffrey H.
Journal of Infectious Diseases 204(suppl 5): S1229-S1234
Publication date: 2011
The interrelationship of men's self-reports of sexual risk behavior and symptoms and laboratory-confirmed STI-status in India (abstract)
Saggurti,Niranjan; Schensul,Stephen L.; Verma,Ravi K.
AIDS Care 23(2): 163-170
Publication date: 2011
Transactional sex risk and STI among HIV-infected female sex workers and HIV-infected male clients of FSWs in India (abstract)
Raj,Anita; Saggurti,Niranjan; Cheng,Debbie M.; Dasgupta,Anindita; Bridden,Carly; Pardeshi,Manoj; Samet,Jeffrey H.
AIDS Care 23(11): 1374-1381
Publication date: 2011
Alcohol and sexual risk behavior among migrant female sex workers and male workers in districts with high in-migration from four high HIV prevalence states in India (abstract)
Verma,Ravi K.; Saggurti,Niranjan; Singh,Ajay Kumar; Swain,Suvakanta N.
AIDS and Behavior 14(suppl 1): 31-39
Publication date: 2010
Alcohol use and sex risk behaviors among HIV-infected female sex workers (FSWs) and HIV-infected male clients of FSWs in India (abstract)
Samet,Jeffrey H.; Pace,Christine A.; Cheng,Debbie M.; Coleman,Sharon; Bridden,Carly; Pardeshi,Manoj; Saggurti,Niranjan; Raj,Anita
AIDS and Behavior 14(suppl 1): 74-83
Publication date: 2010
Alcohol use, sexual risk behavior and STIs among married men in Mumbai, India (abstract)
Saggurti,Niranjan; Schensul,Stephen L.; Singh,Rajendra
AIDS and Behavior 14(suppl 1): 40-47
Publication date: 2010
Association between adolescent marriage and marital violence among young adult women in India (abstract)
Raj,Anita; Saggurti,Niranjan; Lawrence,Danielle; Balaiah,Donta; Silverman,Jay G.
International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 110(1): 35-39
Publication date: 2010
Community-level HIV/STI interventions and their impact on alcohol use in urban poor populations in India (abstract)
Schensul,Stephen L.; Saggurti,Niranjan; Burleson,Joseph A.; Singh,Rajendra
AIDS and Behavior 14(suppl 1): 158-167
Publication date: 2010
High-risk sex among mobile female sex workers in the context of jatras (religious festivals) in Karnataka, India (abstract)
Halli,Shiva S.; Buzdugan,Raluca; Moses,Stephen; Blanchard,James; Jain,Anrudh K.; Verma,Ravi K.; Saggurti,Niranjan
International Journal of STD and AIDS 21(11): 746-751
Publication date: 2010
Sexual health, marital sex, and sexual risk in urban poor communities in India (abstract)
Bojko,Martha J.; Schensul,Stephen L.; Singh,Rajendra; Burleson,Joseph A.; Moonzwe,Lwendo S.; Saggurti,Niranjan
Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health 22(suppl 3): 144-150
Publication date: 2010
The effect of maternal child marriage on morbidity and mortality of children under 5 in India: Cross sectional study of a nationally representative sample (abstract) (HTML)
Raj,Anita; Saggurti,Niranjan; Winter,Michael; Labonte,Alan; Decker,Michele R.; Balaiah,Donta; Silverman,Jay G.
British Medical Journal 340: 353-
Publication date: 2010
Treatment seeking, vaginal discharge and psychosocial distress among women in urban Mumbai (abstract)
Kostick,Kristin M.; Schensul,Stephen L.; Jadhav,Kalpita; Singh,Rajendra; Bavadekar,Amruta; Saggurti,Niranjan
Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry 34(3): 529-547
Publication date: 2010
HIV transmission in intimate partner relationships in India (PDF)
Saggurti,Niranjan; Malviya,Alankar
Publication date: 2009
Intimate partner violence functions as both a risk marker and risk factor for women's HIV infection: Findings from Indian husband-wife dyads (abstract)
Decker,Michele R.; Seage,George R.; Hemenway,David; Raj,Anita; Saggurti,Niranjan; Balaiah,Donta; Silverman,Jay G.
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 51(5): 593-600
Publication date: 2009
Migration, mobility and sexual risk behavior in Mumbai, India: Mobile men with non-residential wife show increased risk (abstract)
Saggurti,Niranjan; Schensul,Stephen L.; Verma,Ravi K.
AIDS and Behavior 13(5): 921-927
Publication date: 2009
Multilevel perspectives on community intervention: An example from an Indo-US HIV prevention project in Mumbai, India (abstract)
Schensul,Stephen L.; Saggurti,Niranjan; Singh,Rajendra; Verma,Ravi K.; Nastasi,Bonnie K.; Guha Mazumder,Papiya
American Journal of Community Psychology 43(3-4): 277-291
Publication date: 2009
Prevalence of child marriage and its effect on fertility and fertility-control outcomes of young women in India: A cross-sectional, observational study (abstract)
Raj,Anita; Saggurti,Niranjan; Balaiah,Donta; Silverman,Jay G.
Lancet 373(9678): 1883-1889
Publication date: 2009
HIV risk behaviours among contracted and non-contracted male migrant workers in India: Potential role of labor contractors and contractual systems in HIV prevention (abstract)
Saggurti,Niranjan; Verma,Ravi K.; Jain,Anrudh K.; RamaRao,Saumya; Kumar,Anil K.; Subbiah,Anjaneyalu; Reddy Modugu,Hanimi; Halli,Shiva S.; Bharat,Shalini
AIDS 22(suppl 5): S127-S136
Publication date: 2008
Intimate partner violence and HIV infection among married Indian women (abstract)
Silverman,Jay G.; Decker,Michele R.; Saggurti,Niranjan; Balaiah,Donta; Raj,Anita
Journal of the American Medical Association 300(6): 703-710
Publication date: 2008
Migration/mobility and vulnerability to HIV among male migrant workers: Andhra Pradesh 2007-08 (PDF)
Saggurti,Niranjan; Jain,Anrudh K.; RamaRao,Saumya; Reddy Modugu,Hanimi; Singh,Ajay Kumar; Swain,Suvakanta N.; Verma,Ravi K.
Publication date: 2008
Migration/mobility and vulnerability to HIV among male migrant workers: Karnataka 2007-08 (PDF)
Halli,Shiva S.; Buzdugan,Raluca; Saggurti,Niranjan; Verma,Ravi K.; Moses,Stephen; Blanchard,James; Jain,Anrudh K.; RamaRao,Saumya; Singh,Ajay Kumar; Swain,Suvakanta N.
Publication date: 2008
Migration/mobility and vulnerability to HIV among male migrant workers: Maharashtra 2007-08 (PDF)
Kumar,K.Anil; Bharat,Shalini; Saggurti,Niranjan; Verma,Ravi K.; Jain,Anrudh K.; RamaRao,Saumya; Mukherjee,Kanchan; Singh,Ajay Kumar; Swain,Suvakanta N.
Publication date: 2008
Migration/mobility and vulnerability to HIV among male migrant workers: Tamil Nadu 2007-08 (PDF)
Subbiah,Anjaneyalu; Ramachandran,S.; Ravi Shankar,A.K.; Saggurti,Niranjan; Verma,Ravi K.; Jain,Anrudh K.; RamaRao,Saumya; Swain,Suvakanta N.; Singh,Ajay Kumar
Publication date: 2008
Patterns and implications of male migration for HIV prevention strategies in Karnataka, India (PDF)
Saggurti,Niranjan; Verma,Ravi K.; Achyut,Pranita; RamaRao,Saumya; Jain,Anrudh K.
Technical Brief (no. 2)
Publication date: 2008
Patterns and implications of male migration for HIV prevention strategies in Maharashtra, India (PDF)
Saggurti,Niranjan; Verma,Ravi K.; Jain,Anrudh K.; Achyut,Pranita; RamaRao,Saumya
Technical Brief (no. 3)
Publication date: 2008
Patterns of migration/mobility and HIV risk among female sex workers: Andhra Pradesh 2007-08 (PDF)
Saggurti,Niranjan; Verma,Ravi K.; Reddy Modugu,Hanimi; RamaRao,Saumya; Singh,Ajay Kumar; Mahendra,Vaishali Sharma; Jain,Anrudh K.
Publication date: 2008
Patterns of migration/mobility and HIV risk among female sex workers: Karnataka 2007-08 (PDF)
Halli,Shiva S.; Buzdugan,Raluca; Verma,Ravi K.; Moses,Stephen; Blanchard,James; Jain,Anrudh K.; RamaRao,Saumya; Swain,Suvakanta N.; Saggurti,Niranjan
Publication date: 2008
Patterns of migration/mobility and HIV risk among female sex workers: Maharashtra 2007-08 (PDF)
Saggurti,Niranjan; Mahendra,Vaishali Sharma; Singh,Rajendra; RamaRao,Saumya; Swain,Suvakanta N.; Singh,Ajay Kumar; Jain,Anrudh K.; Verma,Ravi K.
Publication date: 2008
Patterns of migration/mobility and HIV risk among female sex workers: Tamil Nadu 2007-08 (PDF)
Saggurti,Niranjan; Verma,Ravi K.; Swain,Suvakanta N.; Reddy Modugu,Hanimi; Singh,Ajay Kumar; RamaRao,Saumya; Jain,Anrudh K.
Publication date: 2008
Addressing Gupt Rog: Narrative prevention counselling for STI/HIV prevention--A guide to AYUSH and allopathic practitioners (PDF)
Nastasi,Bonnie K.; Saggurti,Niranjan; Schensul,Stephen L.; Verma,Ravi K.; Gandhi,Meena
Publication date: 2007
Patterns and implications of male migration for HIV prevention strategies in Andhra Pradesh (PDF)
Verma,Ravi K.; Saggurti,Niranjan; Das,Madhumita; RamaRao,Saumya; Jain,Anrudh K.
Technical Brief (no. 1)
Publication date: 2007
Healing traditions and men's sexual health in Mumbai, India: The realities of practiced medicine in urban poor communities (abstract)
Schensul,Stephen L.; Mekki-Berrada,Abdelwahed; Nastasi,Bonnie K.; Saggurti,Niranjan; Verma,Ravi K.
Social Science and Medicine 62(11): 2774-2785
Publication date: 2006
Niranjan Saggurti, Ph.D.
Associate
Exploring linkage between violence and reproductive, HIV risks among female sex workers on the move in India (abstract)Poster presentation at the XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, 20 July
Swain,Suvakanta N.; Saggurti,Niranjan; Verma,Ravi K.; Jain,Anrudh K.
Publication date: 2010
Male migration/mobility and HIV among married couples in India: Findings from a national population-based survey (abstract)
Poster presentation at the XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, 20 July
Saggurti,Niranjan; Nair,S.; Decker,Michele R.; Malviya,Alankar; Silverman,Jay G.; Raj,Anita
Publication date: 2010
Understanding factors that influence uptake of ART services in India: A study of service data from antiretroviral treatment centers (ARTCs) across seven states (abstract)
Poster presentation at the XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, 20 July
Sarna,Avina; Bachani,Damodar; Sogarwal,Ruchi; Battala,Madhusudana; Saggurti,Niranjan; Sebastian,Mary Philip
Publication date: 2010
Mard (real man), Pati (husband), and Pita (father): A study of male workers, masculinities, and family in an Indian slum (abstract)
Poster presentation at the XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference, Marrakech, 28 September
Swain,Suvakanta N.; Saggurti,Niranjan
Publication date: 2009
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