Allen Ugargol is a public health pracademic, a social epidemiologist and an applied demographer with significant practice experience and research interests in health policy, health systems, ageing and gerontology, social epidemiology, and healthcare management. Prof. Allen Ugargol was conferred the ICMR Prof. Surindar Mohan Marwah Award (2020) for his sustained and significant research in the discipline of Ageing and Geriatrics in India. His research has been published in journals such as the Ageing and Society, BMJ, Asian Population Studies, BMJ Open, and Ageing International.