Aprajita Sarcar

Aprajita Sarcar
Aprajita Sarcar

Aprajita Sarcar is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre de Sciences Humaines, New Delhi. She works on histories of reproductive technology, population control and their links to urbanisation in India.

The Right Lessons to Draw as India Overtakes China's Population

India will become the world’s most populous country earlier than anticipated. It would however be counterproductive to take coercive steps towards population control.
▶11-Jul-2022
Christophe Z. Guilmoto, Aprajita Sarcar

How a Village in Delhi Influenced Public Healthcare in India

The periurban space of Najafgarh has been a site of continuous experimentations in delivering rural primary healthcare since the 1930s. The model of the health visitor developed there has worked its…
▶15-Apr-2022
Aprajita Sarcar

Planning the Family, Planning the Nation

India’s family planning programme advertised the small middle-class family as a means to develop the nation. But its top-down approach meant that sterilisations became the default contraceptive…
▶08-Apr-2021
Aprajita Sarcar