Doctoral Students:
Graduated:
1)
Dr. Shubha Dubey: (2013PHXF0012P) FT-IF: Thesis Title: "Role of Psychological Capital in Relation with Employees’ Perceptions of Organizational Virtuousness on Employee Performance” (Thesis Submitted: 15/7/2020; Thesis Defense: 26/11/2020),
Ex-Faculty, TAPMI Business School, MAHE, Jaipur.
2)
Dr. Namita Ruparel (2017PHXF0005P) FT-IF: Thesis Title: "(Re)thinking Positive Workplaces: A Multi-sectoral Cross-Sectional Investigation" (Thesis Submitted: 19/12/2020; Thesis Defense: 01/04/2021). Currently with
IIM Bodhgaya (Bihar).
4)
Dr. Jerin V Philipose [UGC-SRF] (2020PHXF0465P): Thesis Title: "Positive Psychological Propensities and Resultant Consequences among Christian Community in Kerala: A Path Analytical Investigation." (Thesis Submitted: 23/12/2025; Thesis Defense: 12/03/2026). Currently: Assistant Professor at
Christ University, Bannerghatta Road Campus, Bengaluru.
Ongoing:
5) Anjali Massey [Part-Time] (2020PHXF0112P): Thesis Title: "Flourishing Workplaces vis-a-vis Dark Side of Organizational Communication: Towards an Integrated Framework for Building Positive Institutions."
6) Saumya Dhiman [UGC-JRF] (2023PHXP0445P): Thesis Title: "Determinants of Job (In)Security in a 'BANI' World: A Combined Inferential Model Analysis."
7) Vikas Kumar [UGC-SRF] (2023PHXP0448P): Thesis Title: "Socio-Emotional Learning and Subjective Well-Being (SWB) in Students of Saharia Tribal Community: A Field Investigation."
8) Netra Bhatia (Institute Fellowship) (2024PHXP0095P): "Recovery Outcomes in a Rehabilitation Context: Exploring Personality Pathology and Other Psychological Resources."
9) Ishita Chatterjee [Part-Time] (2024PHXP0508P): "(Re)Constructing and Revisiting Grief from a Hindu Knowledge System Perspective: A Qualitative Inquiry."
10) Anureet Kaur Sandhu (Institute Fellowship) (2025PHXP0005P): Proposal Defense Stage.
11) Swati Sharma (UGC-JRF) (2024PHX0051P): "Understanding Women’s Participation and Agency in Gendered Forest Governance via Van Panchayats of Uttarakhand."
UGC-JRF, ICMR-JRF, ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship, or External Fellowship/Scholarship candidates may share their EOI directly @: rajneesh.choubisa@gmail.com or rajneesh.choubisa@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
Project Fellows:
1) Ishita Chatterjee (ICMR-SRF; 2018-2019): For WISE Project (Currently Clinical Psychologist cum Assistant Professor with Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh).
2) Harsha Tyagi (ICMR-SRF; 2019-2020): For WISE Project (Currently pursuing PhD from DoMS, IIT Roorkee).
