Research interests:

Development Economics, Health, Child Under-nutrition, Intrahousehold Allocation

Peer-reviewed journal articles:

• Purushotham A, Mittal N, Ashwini BC, Umesh KB, von Cramon-Taubadel S, Vollmer S (2022) A quantile regression analysis of dietary diversity and anthropometric outcomes among children and women in the rural–urban interface of Bangalore, India. Food Policy, 107: 102216


• Mittal N, Vollmer S (2020) The Double Burden of Malnutrition in Bangalore, India. In: Biesalski HK (Ed.), Hidden Hunger and the Transformation of Food Systems. How to Combat the Double Burden of Malnutrition? Karger: Basel, pp 138–148


• Mittal N, Viswanath R, Vollmer S (2020) Covid-19 in Ländern mit niedrigem oder mittlerem Einkommen: Das Beispiel Indien. Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 21(3): 301-310


• Bommer C, Mittal N, Vollmer S (2020) The Impact of Nutritional Interventions on Child Health and Cognitive Development. Annual Review of Resource Economics, 12: 345-366


• Mittal N, Meenakshi JV (2019) Does the ICDS Improve Children’s Diets? Some Evidence from Rural Bihar. The Journal of Development Studies, 55(11): 2424-2439


• Gupta P, Mittal N, Kulkarni A, Meenakshi J V, Bhatia V (2015) Secular trend, obesity and the growth of the middle socio-economic group children in Lucknow, India. National Medical Journal of India, 28(1): 4-7


• Meenakshi J V, Banerji A, Manyong V, Tomlins K, Mittal N, Hamukwala P (2012) Using a discrete choice experiment to elicit the demand for a nutritious food: willingness to pay for orange maize in rural Zambia. Journal of Health Economics, 31(1): 62-71