Prof. Shakuntala Chhabra

Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, India

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1975 M.D., Government Medical College Nagpur, India

1973 D.G.O., Government Medical College Nagpur, India

1970 M.B.B.S., Government Medical College Nagpur, India

Publications (Selected)

1. Chhabra, S., & Kumar, N. (2026). Water intake and its relation with oligohydramnios and vaginal bleeding among low resource, rural pregnant women: A community based observational study. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 172(1), 459–466.
2. Cheng, T. S., Zahir, F., Solomi, C., Verma, A., Rao, S. R. S., Choudhury, S. S., Deka, G., Mahanta, P., Kakoty, S., Medhi, R., Chhabra, S., Rani, A., Bora, A., Roy, I., Minz, B., Bharti, O. K., Deka, R., Opondo, C., Churchill, D., . . . Nair, M. (2025). Does induction or augmentation of labor increase the risk of postpartum hemorrhage in pregnant women with anemia? A multicenter prospective cohort study in India. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 169(1), 299–309.
3. Boo, Y. Y., Bora, A. K., Chhabra, S., Choudhury, S. S., Deka, G., Kakoty, S., Kumar, P., Mahanta, P., Minz, B., Rani, A., Rao, S., Roy, I., Solomi, V. C., Verma, A., Zahir, F., Deka, R., Kurinczuk, J. J., & Nair, M. (2024). Maternal and fetal factors associated with stillbirth in singleton pregnancies in 13 hospitals across six states in India: A prospective cohort study. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 165(2), 462–473.
4. Chhabra, S., Kumar, N., & Tejane, H. (2024). Awareness of eclampsia among rural tribal women of reproductive age. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 165(2), 756–763.
5. Nair, M., Choudhury, S. S., Rani, A., Solomi, C., Kakoty, Swapna D., Medhi, Robin, Rao, Sereesha, Mahanta, Pranabika, Zahir, Farzana, Roy, Indrani, Chhabra, Shakuntala, Deka, Gitanjali, Minz, Bina, Deka, Rupanjali, Opondo, Charles, Churchill, David, Lakhal-Littleton, Samira, & Nemeth, Elizabeta. (2023). The complex relationship between iron status and anemia in pregnant and postpartum women in India: Analysis of two Indian study cohorts of uncomplicated pregnancies. American Journal of Hematology, 98(11), 1721–1731.
6. Monrouxe, L. V., Chandratilake, M., Chen, J. L., Chhabra, S., Zheng, L. B., Costa, P. S., Lee, Y. M., Karnieli-Miller, O., Nishigori, H., Ogden, K., Pawlikowska, T., Riquelme, A., Sethi, A., Soemantri, D., Wearn, A., Wolvaardt, L., Yusoff, M. S. B., & Yau, S. Y. (2022). Medical students' and trainees' country-by-gender profiles: Hofstede's cultural dimensions across sixteen diverse countries. Frontiers in Medicine, 8, Article 746288.
7. Nair, M., Chhabra, S., Choudhury, S. S., Deka, D., Deka, G., Kakoty, S. D., Kumar, P., Mahanta, P., Medhi, R., Rani, A., Rao, S. R., Roy, I., Solomi, V. C., Talukdar, R. K., Zahir, F., Kansal, N., Arora, A., Opondo, C., Armitage, J., . . . Kurinczuk, J. J. (2021). Relationship between anaemia, coagulation parameters during pregnancy and postpartum haemorrhage at childbirth: A prospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 11(10), Article e050815.
8. Purandare, C., Bhardwaj, A., Malhotra, M., Bhushan, H., Chhabra, S., & Shivkumar, P. (2014). Maternal near-miss reviews: Lessons from a pilot programme in India. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 121(Suppl 4), 105–111.
9. Chhabra, S., Bhavani, M., & Deshpande, A. (2014). Trends of vulvar cancer. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 34(2), 165–168.
10. Chhabra, S., Darwade, R., & Dhawde, K. (2012). Persistence of perinatal mortality due to congenital malformations in resource-poor settings. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 32(4), 350–352.
11. Pai, N. P., Kurji, J., Singam, A., Barick, R., Jafari, Y., Klein, M. B., Chhabra, S., & Shivkumar, P. (2012). Simultaneous triple point-of-care testing for HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B virus to prevent mother-to-child transmission in India. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 23(5), 319–324.
12. Chhabra, S., Tyagi, S., Bhavani, M., & Gosawi, M. (2012). Late postpartum eclampsia. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 32(3), 264–266.
13. Chhabra, S., Bhavani, M., Mahajan, N., & Bawaskar, R. (2010). Cervical cancer in Indian rural women: Trends over two decades. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 30(7), 725–728.
14. Chhabra, S., Venkatraman, S. (2010). Menstrual dysfunction in rural young women and the presence of polycystic ovarian syndrome. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 30(1), 41–45.
15. Chhabra, S., Jaiswal, A., & Raman, S. (2009). Persistence of fruitless caesarean sections in Indian rural women. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 29(8), 718–721.

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WOS ResearcherID：EPC-2023-2022