Dr IRSHAD CV

Dr. Irshad CV holds a PhD in Economics with specialisation in Health Economics from IIT Madras, under the supervision of Prof Umakant Dash and Prof VR Muraludharan. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Economics from the University of Calicut. His research focuses on health economics, population health, and gerontology. His doctoral thesis, Healthy Ageing in India: A Mixed Methods Approach, is among the early works on the subject in India and introduced the country’s first multi-dimensional Healthy Ageing Index (HAI). Two key studies from his thesis were published in the Journal of Population Ageing (Springer). He also presented his extended thesis-related research at an Asian Development Bank (ADB) conference supported by the Government of Japan. In 2021, he received a research grant from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and IIPS Mumbai to examine social frailty among older adults. He co-edited the “Ageing and Care” section in Handbook of Ageing, Health and Public Policy (Springer).

PhD Economics (Health Economics), Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. (Jan 2018 – Jan 2023).

MA Economics, University of Calicut, (2015-17)

BA Economics, University of Calicut, (2012-15)

Selected publications

1-     CV Irshad* and Dash U; Rural-urban disparities in adult immunisation; Evidence from the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (2017-18): Journal of Health Management (Sage Publications); [Scopus indexed]. https://doi.org/10.1177/09720634251341027 IF1.0.

2-     J Mufeena Beegum, EP Abdul Azeez, CV Irshad and Padma Sri Lekha (2025); Social Frailty Moderates the Association between Gender and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from a Large-Scale Survey among Indian Older Adults: Journal of Gerontological Social Work (Taylor and Francis); [Scopus indexed]. https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2025.2472967 IF 1.5.

3-     CV Irshad, Behera DK, and Dash U (2024);Unveiling Cognitive Health Disparities: A Gender Perspective on Aging in India: Experimental Aging Research (Taylor and Francis); [Scopus Indexed]. https://doi.org/10.1080/0361073X.2024.2448099 IF 1.4.

4-     CV Irshad, Padma Sri Lekha, EP Abdul Azeez, and T Muhammed (2024); Late-life psychiatric factors and life satisfaction are associated with cognitive errors: evidence from an experimental module of a large-scale survey in India: Scientific Reports (Springer Nature); [Scopus Indexed]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-76180-9 IF 3.8.

5-     P Padma Shri Lekha, EP Abdul Azeez, S Arti, and CV Irshad (2024); Association of Nature of Work and Work-related Characteristics with Cognitive Functioning, Life Satisfaction and Depression among Indian Ageing Adults. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health (Springer); [Scopus indexed]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-024-02089-5 IF 2.6.

6-     P Padma Shri Lekha, CV Irshad, EP Abdul Azeez, and A Premkumar (2024); Exposure to indoor air pollution and unhealthy symptoms among middle aged and older adults in India: Evidence from a large-scale survey. Environmental Health Insights (Sage Publications); [Scopus indexed]. https://doi.org/10.1177/11786302241257819 IF 2.7.

7-     T Muhammed, Waquar Ahmed, and CV Irshad (2024); Interaction between depressive symptoms and obesity-related anthropometric measures on multimorbidity among community-dwelling older adults: evidence from India. BMC Public Health (Springer); [Scopus indexed].https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-17894-3 IF 4.5.

8-     P Padma Shri Lekha, CV Irshad, and EP Abdul Azeez (2024); Exposure to indoor air pollution and angina among aging adults in India: evidence from a large-scale nationwide study.  International Journal of Environmental Health Research (Taylor and Francis); [Scopus indexed]. https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2024.2307352 . IF 3.2.

9-     CV Irshad, P Padma Sri Lekha, EP Abdul Azeez, and S Irudaya Rajan, (2023); Active and Productive Ageing in India: Evidence from the Time Use Pattern of Ageing Adults. BMC Geriatrics (Springer); [Scopus indexed]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04428-6 . IF 4.1.

10-  P Padma Sri Lekha, CV Irshad, EP Abdul Azeez, and S Irudaya Rajan, (2023); Nutritional status of older adults in India: An exploration of the role of oral health and food insecurity factors. Heliyon (Elsevier): [Scopus indexed]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21028. IF 4.00.  

11-  T Muhammad, Manasi Pai, Priya Saravanakumar, K Afsal and CV Irshad (2023);The association between loneliness and life satisfaction: examining spirituality, religiosity, and religious participation as moderators.BMC Geriatrics(Springer); [Scopus Indexed]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04017-7. IF 4.07.

12-  CV Irshad*, Dipti Govil and Harihar Sahoo (2023); “Social frailty among older adults in India: Findings from the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI) – Wave 1” Experimental Aging Research(Taylor and Francis) [Scopus indexed]; https://doi.org/10.1080/0361073X.2023.2195291. IF: 1.65.

13-  CV Irshad*, VR Muraleedharan and Dash U (2022); Stakeholders’ perspective on working towards a healthy ageing society: Evidence from a rapidly ageing contextJournal of Population Ageing (Springer) - [Scopus indexed and an official journal of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford]; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12062-022-09400-7.  

14-  CV Irshad*, Dash U and VR Muraleedharan (2022); Healthy Ageing in India; A Quantile Regression Approach, Journal of Population Ageing (Springer) - [Scopus indexed and an official journal of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford]; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12062-021-09340-8.

15-  T Muhammad, Priya Saravanakumar, Abhishek Sharma, Shobhit Srivastava and CV Irshad* (2022) Association of food insecurity with physical frailty among older adults: Study based on LASI, 2017-18; Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics (Elsevier); [Scopus indexed]  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2022.104762. IF: 4.16.

16-  CV Irshad*,T Muhammad, Arun Balachandran, TV Sekher and Umakant Dash (2022) Early life factors associated with old age physical frailty; evidence from India; Aging and Health Research(Elsevier); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahr.2022.100089.

17-  CV Irshad*, Dash U and VR Muraleedharan (2022); Healthy Ageing in Low and Middle-Income Countries; A Systematic Scoping Review, Journal of Health Management (Sage Publications)–.  [Scopus indexed]. https://doi.org/10.1177/09720634221128715. IF: 2.95

18-  T Muhammad, CV Irshad, S Irudaya Rajan (2022); BMI mediates the association of family medical history with self-reported hypertension and diabetes among older adults: evidence from baseline wave of the longitudinal aging study in India, Social Science and Medicine – Population Health(Elsevier); [Scopus indexed] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101175. IF:4.08.

19-  CV Irshad*and Dash U (2021); Healthy ageing in India; Evidence from Panel Study. Journal of Health Research (Emerald Publishing, UK.); [Scopus indexed] https://doi.org/10.1108/JHR-09-2020-0395.

20-  CV Irshad*, Behera D K and Dash U (2021); Participation of Older Adults in the Intra-household Decision-making Activities: Evidence from the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India, The Journal of Adult Protection (Emerald Publishing, UK); [Scopus indexed] https://doi.org/10.1108/JAP-03-2021-0013. IF: 0.6.

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