About the Faculty

Education

1. Ph.D. (Psychology) from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 
2. M.Phil. (Social Sciences) from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai 
3. M.Sc. (Medical Psychology) from University of Calcutta 
4. B.Sc. (Psychology honours) from University of Calcutta 
5. Qualified UGC-NET (Psychology)

Work Experiences 

1. Associate Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus  (March 2026-Present)

2. Assistant Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus  (January 2025- February  2026)

3. Assistant Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus  (August 2018- December 2024)
4. Freelance Editor, Publication Support, Cactus Communications (November 2017 – July 2018)
5. Freelance Academic Researcher & Consultant (2016 - 2018)
6. Instructor:  Delivered lectures on Psychological Methods at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore to undergraduate students (7th November – 28th November 2017)
7. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology at Christ (Deemed to be University), Main Campus, Bangalore (May 2025 - March 2016)

Professional Affiliations

1. Joined the General Body of SANGATH, Goa (2024-Present)
2. Joined as an academic editor at PLOS One (February 2023 to  present)
3. Editorial board member of The Qualitative Report (TQR) from 31^st January 2022-Present
4. Joined as the Governing Council’s nominee to the Academic Council of Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science, Margao, Goa (21^st February 2022 – present)
5. Member of the Goa State Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy Board since December 2022 to 2025
6. Member of the National Academy of Psychology (NAOP), India, from 2015 to 2020.
7. Member of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (2019-2020).
8. International Affiliate of the American Psychological Association (APA) and Division 5 since 2015 – present.
9. American Psychological Association (APA), Division 2 member since December 2023.
10. International Member of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), USA, since 2019-Present.

Research Expertise

• Health and Mental Health, Qualitative Research, and Social Psychology 

Research Interests

• Health and Mental Health Promotion; Caregiving; Illness Narratives; Community Psychology; Public Mental Health; Stigma; Social Cognition; Maternal Health; Family Studies; Neurodiversity

Professional Development & Others 

1. Member of the Campus Wellness Committee, BPHC, from 9^th February 2026 to present. (Hyderabad campus)
2. Reviewed manuscripts for the Journal of Community Psychology, the Journal of Human Behaviour in the Social Environment, etc. 
3. Member of Standing Committee for Students’ Discipline since 3^rd March 2023 to December 2024
4. Nucleolus member of the Academic Undergraduate Studies Division (AUGSD) at BITS Pilani Goa from 2018 to 2023. 
5. Departmental Research Committee (DRC) member since June 2022-December 2024 (Goa campus)
6. Department budget and finance committee member from August 2022 to May 2024. (Goa campus)
7. Member of Department Library committee (December 2022 - December 2023)  (Goa campus)

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AGECGtwAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5551-192X