Indrani Gupta
Indrani Gupta
Indrani Gupta is Professor and Head, Health Policy Research Unit (HPRU) at the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi. HPRU - set up by her in 1998 - is the first of its kind in India. It remains among the few places in the country India that conducts policy-oriented research on the health sector using tools of economic analysis.
Professor Gupta’s work experience includes teaching and positions at academic institutes, the World Bank and the Government of India. Her areas of interest cover a wide range of topics in the area of health economics and policy, including demand for health and health care, health insurance and financing, poverty and health, costing and cost-effectiveness, economics of diseases, and international agreements.
She has a PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park, USA and a Masters in Economics from the University of Delhi.
Email ID : indrani@iegindia.in, indrani@iegindia.org
- India’s Economy and Growth: Essays in Honour of VKRV Rao , Sage Publication
- Gupta, Indrani. (2008). Understanding HIV and Development: An Analysis from Bellary District in Karnataka, India, UNDP
- Gupta, Indrani, Trivedi, Mayur and Subodh, Kandamuthan (2007). Adoption of Health Technologies in India: Implications for the AIDS Vaccine. Sage Publications, New Delhi
- Over, Mead and Gupta, Indrani (2005). HIV/AIDS Treatment and Prevention in India: Modeling the Costs and Consequences. World Bank, Washington
- Over, Mead, Heywood, Peter, Gold, Julian, Gupta, Indrani, Hira, Subhash and Marseille, Elliot (2004). HIV/AIDS Treatment and Prevention in India: Modeling the Costs and Consequences, World Bank
- Ray, R., Gupta, I., Dutt, D., Dhawan, A. and Sharma, H.K. (2001). Illegal Drug Market in Delhi, AIIMS, New Delhi
- Cookson, Richard, Doran, Tim, Asaria, Miqdad, Gupta, Indrani and Mujica, Fiorella Parra (2021).The inverse care law re-examined: a global perspective .The Lancet, Vol 397. February 27, 2021,The Lancet, Vol 397. February 27, 2021.
- Gupta, Indrani, and Barman, Kanksha. “Health, Development, and HIV in India.” In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History. Oxford University Press, 2016. (Article published March 25, 2021),Oxford University Press (Pub. on 25 March 2021)
- Gupta, Indrani & Damini Singh. "Cost-effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy: A systematic review", Indian Journal of Public Health. 2020. Volume 64. Issue Number 5. Page 32-38
- Gupta, Indrani (2020). Relying on serendipity is not enough: Building a resilient health sector in India. Indian Economic Review, Springer (Aug 2020),Indian Economic Review, Springer
- Gupta, Indrani, Chowdhury, Samik, Roy, Abhijit and Ramandeep (2020). Ayushman Bharat : Costs and Finances of the Prime Minister’s Jan Arogya Yojana , EPW Vol. 55, Issue No. 36, Sep, 2020,EPW Vol. 55, Issue No. 36, Sep, 2020.
- Gupta Indrani, Baru R. "Economics & ethics of the COVID-19 vaccine: How prepared are we?" [published online ahead of print, 2020 Sep 7]. Indian J Med Res. 2020;10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_3581_20. doi:10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_3581_20 ,Indian J Med Res. 2020
- Bukhman, Gene, O Mocumbi, Ana and Gupta, Indrani (2020). The Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission: bridging a gap in universal health coverage for the poorest billion. The Lancet, Sep 2020,The Lancet, Sep 2020
- Gupta, Indrani, Chowdhury, Samik and Ranjan, Avantika(2020). Health Investment Priorities in India: A New Methodology-based Analysis of State Budgets. Journal of Health Management. Sage. September 16, 2020,Journal of Health Management. Sage. September,2020
- Shankar, Prinja, Bahuguna, Pankaj, Gupta, Indrani, Chowdhury, Samik and Trivedi, Mayur (2019). Role of Insurance in Determining Utilization of Healthcare and Financial Risk Protection in India. PLoS ONE 14(2): e0211793. 2019
- Shankar Prinja, Atul Sharma, Indrani Gupta, Samik Chowdhury and Mayur Trivedi (2019). Designing a Framework for Benefit Packages: Achieving Universal Health Coverage in India. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 54, Issue No. 30, 27 Jul, 2019
- Gupta, Indrani and Ranjan, Avantika (2019). Public expenditure on Non-Communicable Diseases & Injuries in India: A budget-based analysis. PLoS ONE 14(9): e0222086. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222086
- Gupta, Indrani and Roy, Abhijit (2019). What will determine the costs of Prime Minister’s Jan Arogya Yojana? Ideas for India, September 2019
- Gupta, Indrani and Roy, Arjun (2018). Economic Studies on Non-Communicable Diseases and Injuries in India: A Systematic Review. Journal of Applied Health Economics and Policy, 2018 Jun; Vol. 16(3): 303-315
- Chowdhury, Samik, Gupta, Indrani Trivedi, Mayur and Prinka, Shankar (2018). Inequity and Burden of Out-of-pocket Spending: District Level Evidences from India. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2018; 148:180-9
- Gupta, Indrani, Batra, Akansha and Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop (2017). Gender Differences in Health Expenditure of Rural Cancer Patients: Evidence from a Public Tertiary Care Facility in India. Journal of Quantitative Economics, pp. 1-15
- Chowdhury, Samik, Gupta, Indrani, Prinja, Shankar and Trivedi, Mayur (2017). Does Access to Basic Amenities Influence Health Status? Evidence from a Household Survey in Three States of India. Journal of Infrastructure Development, Vol. 9(1), pp. 23-35
- Gupta, Indrani, Chowdhury, Samik, Trivedi, Mayur and Prinja, Shankar (2017). Do Health Coverage Schemes ensure Financial Protection from Hospitalization Expenses? Evidence from Eight Districts in India. Journal of Social and Economic Development. Vol. 19(1), pp. 83-93. ISSN: 2199-6873, Springer
- Gupta, Indrani, Chowdhury, S, Prinja, S and Trivedi, M (2016). Out-of-Pocket Spending on Out-Patient Care in India: Assessment and Options Based on Results from a District Level Survey. 11 (11), pp. 1-12, PLoS One
- Gupta, Indrani, and Mondal, S (2016). Does Elderly Health Impact Poverty? Evidence from India in Policy Challenges from Demographic Change in China and India by Karen Eggleston (ed.). Stanford CA: Shorenstein Asia- Pacific Research Center
- Gupta, Indrani and Guin, Pradeep (2015). Health Status and Access to health Services in Indian Slums. Health. Vol. 7 (2), pp. 245-255, Scientific Research Publishing, SCIRP
- Gupta, Indrani and Mondal, S. (2015). Urban Health in India: Who is Responsible? The International Journal of Health Planning and Management. Vol. 30, Issue 3, pp. 192-203
- Gupta, Indrani and Chowdhury, Samik (2014). Correlates of Out-of-Pocket Spending in Nepal: Implications for Policy. WHO. Vol. 3 (3-4), South East Asia Journal of Public Health
- Gupta, Indrani and Mondal, S (2014). Health Spending, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Space: A study of SEAR Countries. WHO. Vol. 3 (3-4), South East Asia Journal of Public Health
- Gupta, Indrani, Chowdhury, S and Patra, N (2014). Essential Health Package for India: Approach and Costing. Report submitted to the Fourteenth Finance Commission
- Gupta, Indrani and Chowdhury, Samik (2014). Public Financing for Health Coverage in India: Who Spends, Who Benefits and what Cost. Vol. 49 (35), Economic and Political Weekly
- Bindoria, S.V., Devkar, R., Gupta, I., et al. (2014). Development and pilot testing of HIV screening program integration within public/primary heath centres providing antenatal care services in Maharasthra, India. BMC Research Notes: 7:177
- Gupta, Indrani and Trivedi, Mayur (2014). Willingness to Pay for Health Insurance Among HIV-Positive Patients in India. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. 2014 Dec; 12(6): 601-10
- Gupta, Indrani and Chowdhury, Samik (2014). Economic Burden of Malaria in India: Need for Effective Spending. WHO. Vol. 3 (1), South East Asia Journal of Public Health
- Gupta, Indrani and Mondal, S (2013). Fiscal Space for Health Spending in South East Asia. Journal of Health Care Finance. Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 68-82, Aspen Publishers
- Gupta, Indrani and Joe, William (2013). Refining estimates of catastrophic healthcare expenditure: An application in the Indian Context. International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics. June, 13(2): 157-72
- Gupta, Indrani and Mondal, Swadhin (2013). How Costly Is Safe Sex? An Economic Analysis of the Commercial Sex Market in India. Global Health Perspectives. Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 25-32
- Gupta, Indrani, Guin, Pradeep and Trivedi, Mayur (2013). The new patent regime and disease priorities in India. Global Public Health. Vol. 8 (1): 37-54
- Gupta, Indrani, Joe, William and Rudra, Shalini (2013). HIV Prevention: Towards a Structural-Plus Approach. Health. Vol. 5 (1): 102-108
- Gupta, Indrani and Trivedi, Mayur (2012). HIV Insurability in India: Early History and Current Status. Journal of Health Management. Vol. 14 (4): 435-450
- Gupta, Indrani and Guin, Pradeep (2010). Communicable Diseases in the South-East Asia Region of the World Health Organization: Towards a More Effective Response. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Vol. 88(3): 199-203
- Gupta, Indrani. 'Child Labour and HIV AIDS in India'. In Hugh Hindman and M.E. Sharpe (eds.), World of Child Labour: An Historical and Regional Survey, 2009
- Gupta, Indrani and Trivedi,Mayur. "The slow decline in the Infant Mortality Rate in India: can governance be an explanation?" Volume 4. No. 1-4, Journal of Health and Development, 2008
- Gupta, Indrani and Sarna, A. "Adherence to antiretroviral therapy and its determinants amongst HIV patients in India" et al. Indian Journal of Medical Research 127(1), January 2008, pp.1-100
- Gupta, Indrani and Mahendra V S. et al. "Understanding and Measuring AIDS-related Stigma in Health Care Settings: A Developing Country's Perspective", Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS, 4(2) August 2007, pp. 616-625
- Gupta, Indrani. "Willingness to Pay for Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Positive Individuals in India", Forum for Health Economics & Policy, Vol. 10: Iss. 2 (Economics of the HIV Epidemic), Article7
- Gupta, Indrani and Trivedi, Mayur. "Health Insurance: Beyond a piecemeal approach", Economic and Political Weekly. XLI (25) June 25, 2006.]
- Gupta, Indrani and Sarna, A. (et al.) "Examining Adherence and Sexual Behaviour among Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in India". Monograph. Horizon's/Population Council. New Delhi. April 2006
- Gupta, Indrani and Trivedi, Mayur. "Social Health Insurance Redefined: Health for All through Coverage for All", Economic and Political Weekly, XI (38), 17 September 2005
- Gupta, Indrani and Trivedi, Mayur. "Health Cover for All: The State of Voluntary Health Insurance in India", Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) Journal, III, (911) August - October 2005
- Gupta, Indrani and Trivedi, Mayur. "Social Health Insurance: India", in Social Health Insurance: Selected Case Studies from Asia and the Pacific, SEARO Regional Publication No. 42, WHO, March 2005
- Goldar, B N and Gupta, Indrani. Commercial Presence in the Hospital Sector under GATS: A Case Study of India. Journal of International and Area Studies.11 (2), 2004.7-43
- Gupta, Indrani and Mitra, Arup. Economic Growtha, Health and Poverty: An Exploratory Study for India. Development Policy Review. 22 (2), March 2004
- Gupta, Indrani and Goldar, B N. Commercial Presence in the Hospital Sector under GATS: A Case Study of India. Journal of International and Area Studies.11 (2), December 2004
- Gupta, Indrani and others. "Access to Antiretroviral Treatment: What Role can Health Insurance Play in India?" Population Council, May 2004
- Gupta, Indrani and Sankar, D. Tobacco Consumption in India: A New Look Using Data from NSS. Journal of Public Health Policy. 24(3 & 4), 2004
- Gupta, Indrani and Shankar, D. Medical Attention at Death: Evidence from India. Journal of Health Management. 6 (1), January-June 2004.73-84
- Gupta, Indrani, Trivedi, Mayur and Roy, Abhijit. Third Party Administrators: Theory and Practice. Economic and Political Weekly. 39 (28), July 10-16 2004
- Mitra, Arup and Gupta, Indrani. Growth, Health and Poverty: An Exploratory Study of Indian States. Development Policy Review. 22 (2), 2004
- Rao, V; Gupta, Indrani; Loshkin, M and Jana, S. Sex Workers and the Cost of Safe Sex: The Compensating Differential for Condom Use in Calcutta. Journal of Development Economics. Volume 71, Issue 2, Pages 585-603 (August 2003)
- Gupta, Indrani and Sankar, Deepa. "Health of the Elderly in India: A Multivariate Analysis". Journal of Health and Population in Developing Countries. June 24, 2003
- Gupta, Indrani and Mitra, Arup. Basic Amenities and Health in Urban India. The National Medical Journal of India. 15(1), 2002 (Supplement)
- Gupta, Indrani and Mitra, A. Rural Migrants and Labour Segmentation: Micro Level Evidence from Delhi Slums. Economic and Political Weekly.37 (2), January 12, 2002
- Gupta, Indrani. Private Health Insurance and Health Costs: Results from a Delhi Study. Economic and Political Weekly. 35(27), July 6, 2002
- Mitra, Arup and Gupta, Indrani. Basic Amenities and Health in Urban India. The National Medical Journal of India. 15(1), 2002
- Mitra, Arup and Gupta, Indrani. Low Income Migrants and Labour Market Segmentation: Micro-level Evidence from Delhi Slums. Economic and Political Weekly, January 12, 2002
- Mitra, Arup and Gupta, Indrani. "Poverty and Health: Evidence from India in Report on Conference on Equality". Employment and Economic Order in South Asia: Vishwa Yuvak Kendra and Konard Adenauer Foundatiuon, 2002
- Gupta, Indrani. "Health Status of the Elderly in India". BOLD, Malta: International Institute of Aging, May 2001
- Gupta, Indrani. The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in India: Are We Doing Enough? Development Bulletin. 52, June 2000
- Gupta, Indrani and Dasgupta, Purnamita. Health-seeking Behaviour in Urban India: A Case Study of Delhi. Journal of Health and Population in Developing Countries. 3(2), Winter 2000
- Ellis, Randall; Alam, Moneer and Gupta, Indrani. Health Insurance in India: Prognosis and Prospectus. Economic and Political Weekly. 45(4), January 22-28, 2000
- Gupta, Indrani and Mitra, Arup. Knowledge of HIV/AIDS Among Migrants in Delhi Slums. Journal of Health and Population in Developing Countries. 2(1), fall 1999
- Mitra, Arup and Gupta, Indrani. Knowledge of HIV/AIDS among Migrants in Delhi Slums. Journal of Health and Population in Developing Countries. 2 (1), 1999
- Gupta, Indrani; Goldar, B N and Mitra, Arup. "Trade in Health Services: A Case Study of India". International Trade in Health Services: A Development Perspective, UNCTAD, June, 1998
- Mitra, Arup; Gupta, Indrani and Goldar, B N. "International Trade in Health Services: The Case of India". International Trade in Health Services: A Health Perspective, Geneva: UNCTAD and WHO, 1998
- Gupta, Indrani and Mitra, A. Child Labor: A Profile of Delhi Slums. Indian Journal of Labor Economics. 40(4), 1997
- Mitra, Arup and Gupta, Indrani. Child Labour: A Profile of Delhi Slums. Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Oct.Dec., 1997
Working Paper
- Gupta, Indrani, Trivedi, Mayur, Jani, Vishal, Barman, Kanksha, Ranjan, Avantika and Sharma, Manas (Jan. 2021). COSTING OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTRES : A CASE STUDY OF GUJARAT
- Gupta, Indrani, Chowdhury, Samik, Ranjan, Avantika and Saun, Diwas Singh (Feb. 2021). Priorities in Budgetary Allocations for Health during the Fourteenth Finance Commission: Evidence from Five States
- Dang, Archana and Gupta, Indrani (May 2021).Obesity and its Impact on COVID Occurrence: Evidence from India
- Gupta, Indrani and Roy, Arjun (June 2021). Including musculoskeletal diseases in the health policy agenda in India:Evidence on burden and economic impact on Indian households
- Chowdhury, Samik and Gupta, Indrani (2020). Fiscal Space and Expenditure Priorities post -14th Finance Commission: A Study of Five Indian States
- Gupta, Indrani and Chowdhury, Samik (2015). Finances for Health in India: Are New Sources the Way to Go?
- Gupta, Indrani and Chowdhury, Samik (2015). Financing for Health Coverage in India: Issues and Concerns
- Gupta, Indrani and Sankar, Deepa (2002) Treatment Seeking Behaviour and the Willingness to pay for Antiretroviral Therapy of HIV Positive Patients in India
Chapter in Edited Books
- Gupta, Indrani and Ramandeep (2020). Risk and Prevention of Infectious Disease. In: Zimmermann K.F. (eds) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham (pp 1-22),Sep 2020, Springer.
- Gupta, Indrani and Chowdhury, Samik (2018). Household Microenvironment and its Impact on Infectious Diseases in India - Evidence from the National Sample Surveys, in Vikram Dayal, A. Duraiappah, and Nandan Nawn (Eds.), Ecology, Economy and Society: Essays in Honour of Kanchan Chopra. Springer.
- Gupta Indrani, Indian Health Care System (with M. Bhatia). May 2017 In International Profiles of Health Care System. Edited by Elias Mossialos et al. The Commonwealth Fund. July 2017,The Commonwealth Fund
- Gupta, Indrani and Bhatia, Mrigesh (2017). Indian Health Care System in International Profiles of Health Care System edited by Elias Mossialos, et al., The Commonwealth Fund
- Gupta, Indrani and Chowdhury, Samik (2016). Urban Concerns and Their Impact on Health in India in Policy Challenges from Demographic Change in China and India by Karen Eggleston (ed.). Stanford CA: Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
- Gupta, Indrani (2015). Universalizing Health Coverage in the Post-MDG Era in Tanuka Endow etc. (Eds.). Human Develop in the Global South: Emerging Perspectives in the Era of Post-Millennium Development Goals. Delhi: Institute for Human Development, pp. 343-355
- Gupta, Indrani and Chowdhury, Samik (2014). Scaling up Health Expenditure for Universal Health Coverage: Prospects and Challenges, in IDFC Foundation. India Infrastructure Report 2013-14. Orient Blackswan, New Delhi
- Gupta, Indrani (2012). Implications and Feasibility of Commercial Health Insurance for People Living with HIV in India (with M. Trivedi, S. Rudra, W. Joe et al.). Chapter 23 in "Three Decades of HIV/AIDS in Asia" edited by J.P. Narain, Sage Publications, 2012
- Gupta, Indrani (2012). Economics of Scaling Up. Climate Change and Disease Dynamics in India. The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), 2012, New Delhi
- Gupta, Indrani (2012). Health Indicators (Book Chapter) in Kaushik Basu and Annemie Maertens (Eds.), In the New Oxford Companion to Economics in India, OUP, New Delhi
- Gupta, Indrani, Trivedi, Mayur and Guin, Pradeep (2011). Human Development in Bellary: A Human Development Perspective in S.C. Gulati (Ed.), Population, Health and Human Resources in India's Development. Academic Foundation-IEG, New Delhi
- Gupta, Indrani, Joe, William and Rudra, Shalini (2010). Demand Side Financing in Health: How far can it address the issue of low utilization in developing countries? In Health systems financing: The path to universal coverage. World Health Report. Background Paper 27, WHO
- Gupta, Indrani, Trivedi, Mayur and Kandamuthan, S. (2009). Recurrent Costs of India's Free Treatment Programme. In Markus Haacker and Mariam Cleason (Eds.), HIV and AIDS in South Asia: An Economic Development Risk, The World Bank, Washington
- Gupta, Indrani and Dasgupta, P. (2007). Choosing between Private, Public and No Care, Health Indicators, in State, Markets and Inequalities: Human Development in Rural India. A. Shariff and M. Krishnaraj (Eds.), Orient Longman
- Gupta, Indrani (2007). Health Indicators, in The Oxford Companion to Economics in India. Kaushik Basu (Ed.), March, 2007
- Gupta, Indrani and Panda, S. (2002). The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in India: Looking Ahead. Living with the HIV/AIDS Virus: The Epidemic and the Response in India by S. Panda and others (Eds.), Sage Publications
- Gupta, Indrani (1998). Socio-economic Impact of HIV/AIDS on Individuals: A Planning Perspective from India. In The Looming Epidemic: The Impact of HIV and AIDS in India, (Ed.) Peter Godwin, Mosaic