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Psychology at IIT Kanpur
 
The Psychology discipline in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Kanpur has been able to create substantial impact through teaching, research, projects, and consultancy. The discipline is active in the areas of Social Psychology, Cross-cultural Psychology, Personality, Indian concepts relevant to Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Social Cognition, Social Representations of Health and Illness, Military Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Human Processes at Work and Service, including Human Resource Development. Currently, there are three faculty members and fifteen PhD students in the Psychology discipline.
 
For further information, contact: The Convener, Psychology Discipline, Dept of HSS, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur 208 016, U.P. India; Tel: +91-512-2597186/7632, +91-512-3927186/7632, Telefax: +91-512-2597510, +91-512-3927510, Email: aks@iitk.ac.in
 
 
Faculty Members
 
Braj Bhushan , PhD, BRAB University, 1999
Cognitive Neuropsychology, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Engineering
brajb@iitk.ac.in
 
Shikha Dixit, PhD, Agra University, 1992
Cognitive Psychology, Social Cognition, Military Psychology
shikha@iitk.ac.in
 
Lilavati Krishnan, PhD, McMaster University, 1978
Experimental Social Psychology, Cross-Cultural Psychology
lk@iitk.ac.in
 
Kumar Ravi Priya, PhD, University of Delhi, 2006
Health Psychology, Cultural Psychology, Alternate Paradigms in Psychology, Research Methods
krp@iitk.ac.in
 
Arvind K Sinha, PhD, Patna University
Organizational Behavior, Social Psychology
aks@iitk.ac.in
 
Students
 
Banerjee, Bidisha
Roll No.: 9100062
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Gautam, Ruchi
Roll No.: Y4100066
gruchi@iitk.ac.in
Research Topic: Geriatric Mental Health and Quality of Life: The Role of Life Events, Resilience and Religiosity
 
Haider, Sabah
Roll No.: Y8100061
sabah@iitk.ac.in
Research Topic:
 
Hussain, Dilwar
Roll No.: Y5200062
dilwar@iitk.ac.in
Research Topic: Posttraumatic Stress and Growth among Tibetan Refugees: The role of Cognitive-Emotional processing and Spiritual beliefs
 
Jain, Swati
Roll No.: Y4100067
jswati@iitk.ac.in
Research Topic: Some Determinants and Consequences of Counterfactual Thinking: A Social-Psychological Approach
 
Maurya, Alankrita Singh
Roll No.: Y3100061
alan@iitk.ac.in
Research Topic: Social Representations of Mental Illness: Lay, Professional and Media Perspectives
 
Mehrotra, Aparna
Roll No.: Y220061
maparna@iitk.ac.in
Research Topic: Coping Strategies Among Cancer Patients: Effect of Subjective Perception of Illness Severity, Gender and Socio-Economic Status
 
Pandey, Vijyendra
Roll No.: Y3100068
vijyend@iitk.ac.in
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Qazi, Tabassum 
Roll No.: Y3100067
tabassum@iitk.ac.in
Research Topic: Self-Handicapping and Self-Efficacy: An Empirical Study of Their Determinants 
Satapathy, Maheshwar
Roll No.: 9100063
satpathy@iitk.ac.in 
Psychology
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Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur