Aashish Gupta was awarded the Dorothy S. Thomas award from PAA for paper he co-authored with other students, "Social disadvantage, economic status, and life expectancy in nine Indian states." 

Aashish Gupta was awarded the Dorothy S. Thomas award from PAA for paper he co-authored with other students, "Social disadvantage, economic status, and life expectancy in nine Indian states." The Dorothy S. Thomas Award has been established by the Population Association of America (PAA) in honor of Dorothy S. Thomas and is presented annually for the best graduate student paper on the interrelationships among social, economic and demographic variables.