Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Dr Narendra Kakade

Assistant Professor
Mumbai Campus, Centre for Public Health, School of Health Systems Studies

Qualification

M.A. (Mumbai),
M.Phil. (JNU),
Ph.D. (JNU)

Contact

narendra.kakade[at]tiss[dot]ac[dot]in

Dr Narendra Kakade, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Public Health, School of Health Systems Studies (SHSS), TISS, Mumbai. He has been at the Centre since 2010 and has been engaged in teaching various courses offered at SHSS. He has completed his Master's from TISS in Social Work with specialization in Urban and Rural Communities. He obtained his M. Phil & Ph. D. in Social Medicine and Community Health from JNU, New Delhi. Soon after, he worked as a faculty 3 years at the Department of Social Work, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai. He has over 18 years of teaching experience and over 20 years of research experience. Being a public health expert, he is passionate about some of its core areas such as Social Epidemiology, Cultural Epidemiology, Epidemiology, Social Determinants of Health, Sociology of Medicine, Medical Profession, Urban and Rural Health, Tribal Health, Health of Marginalized communities, Access, availability, and Utilization of Health services, Health systems, etc. some of his major research work includes, Health and nutritional status of adolescent girls of Ashram Schools, Morbidity and treatment seeking behavior of curative care, Road traffic injuries and health system response, Maternal and Child health services among tribal, Evaluation of a project on community action on nutrition, Diagnosis and treatment practices among chest physicians for MDR TB and Review of Menstrual management among the adolescent girls in schools etc.

Research interest areas:

Health systems and health services - availability, access, and utilization of health services among marginalized communities.
Tribal health
Maternal and child health
Social determinants of health
Morbidity prevalence,
Road Traffic Injuries
Medical sociology and the medical profession

Mathew George, Narendra Kakade. (2025). Undernutrition and Inadequate Diet Among Ashram School Girls in Maharashtra, SAGE: Contemporary Voice of Dalit, I-14, DOI: 10.1177/2455328X25 I 352957.
Madhu Bidari, Amrita Gupta, Narendra Kakade. (2024). Changes in Prevalence of Childhood Exposure to Secondhand Smoke in India: A Secondary Analysis of GATS Survey (2009-2017), Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, Vol – 25 (9), 3087-3096, DOI:10.31557/APJCP.2024.25.9.3087.
Mansi Chopra, Amrita Gupta, Bhavya Sharma, Narendra Kakade, Monika Arora (2024), Assessing second-hand smoke exposure among non-smoking youth in India: Insights from GATS I & II, Indian J Med Res 160, December 2024. DOI: 10.25259/IJMR_388_2024.
Madankar, M., Kakade, N., Basa, L., Sabri, B. (2024). Exploring maternal and child health among tribal communities in India: A life course perspective. Global Journal of Health Science, 16 (2). DOI:10.5539/gjhs.v16n2p31.
Narendra Kakade, Mathew George. (2023). Social determinants of health of Ashram school girls in Maharashtra, India, SAGE: Contemporary voice of Dalit, 1-14, DOI: 10.1177/2455328X231198705.
Pallavi Behera, Javashree Parida, Narendra Kakade, et al., (2023). Addressing barriers to mental healthcare access for adolescents living in slums: A qualitative multi-stakeholder study in Odisha, India, ELSEVIER – Children and Youth Services Review. Vol 145, February 2023, 106810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.106810.
Muthusamy, S., Kakade, N., et al., (2019). Effect of Menstruation on Girls and their Schooling, and Facilitators of Menstrual Hygiene Management in Schools: Surveys in Government Schools in Three States in India, 2015, Journal of Global Health, 9 (1), 1–13. doi: 10.7189/jogh.09.010408.
Mason, L., Kakade, N., et al., (2017). ‘We Do Not Know’: A Qualitative Study Exploring Boys Perceptions of Menstruation in India. BMC: Reproductive Health. Vol. 14 (174). DOI 10.1186/s12978-017-0435-x.

Ongoing projects - Socioeconomic Needs Assessment of Tata Electronics Project Region, Dholera (Gujarat) and Jagiroad (Assam).
Evaluation Study of Community Action for Nutrition Project Implemented by SATHI, funded by TRTI (TDD, GOM) September 2024.
Preparedness of Health Services on Maternal and Child Health Problems in a Tribal Setting of Maharashtra, funded by Public Health Department, GoM, March 2021.
Response of Urban Health Service Systems to Road Traffic Injuries, funded by ICMR, 2021.
Morbidity Prevalence and Treatment Seeking Behaviour: Gap Analysis of Curative Care Utilisation in Maharashtra, ICMR funded project, 2020. MPTSB Full Report.
Health Issues of Adolescent Girls in Ashram Schools of Maharashtra, Funded by TRTI (TDD, GoM), Health of Ashram School Girls full report.
Review of Menstrual Hygiene Management in Schools in India, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), Liverpool, UK, Feb 2015 to June 2016.
Sustainable and Inclusive Healthcare Financing in India, September 2015, funded by USAID – PHFI, Sept 2015.
Diagnostic and Treatment Practices with respect to Multiple Drug Resistant TB among Chest Physicians in Mumbai, funded by TISS, 2012.
Review of MNCHN Programme in selected areas of M East Ward Mumbai and Preparation of Strategic Proposal, funded by Save the Children, 2011-2012.

Courses Taught:

Introduction to Public Health
Social Epidemiology
Introduction to Epidemiology
Public Health Perspectives in Health
Community Health
Public Health Ethics and Legislations