PUBLICATIONS

Decolonizing Consciousness, Reclaiming the Indian Psychology of Well-being

 By Dr. Shilpa Pandit

An exploration of consciousness, cognitive science, and philosophy.

An Introduction to Psychology

– By Dr. Shilpa Pandit

A comprehensive, interdisciplinary foundational book on psychology with sociocultural contexts and practical applications.

Bridging the Self-Other Divide : Rasa as a Concept of Well-being in Indian Psychology

Submitted to the book ‘Applied Psychology of Emotion’, Springer.

Shilpa Pandit


Indian Psychology as an Intellectual Movement and the Challenges of Creative and Critical Theorizing

Invited book chapter – Taylor and Francis (India).

Shilpa Pandit


Re-Imagining the Ancient/ Mystical and the Modern /Rational : Reflections on the Psychoanalytic Theorizing of Sudhir Kakary

Invited book chapter – Taylor and Francis (India).

Shilpa Pandit

Risk and Resilience among Indian Adolescents : A Community Approach

The chapter presents a new approach to understand adolescent development in the pluralistic and diverse Indian context by integrating the recent developments in community psychology and resilience research.

Shilpa Pandit

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Advaita: Oneness as a Lived Reality – Examining Aspects of Profound and a Radical Psychology

It is all good to say that the world is one! Are these idealistic/poetic ideas or could there be psychological pathways to experience oneness as a continuous realization? This is not a question of philosophy or intellectual argumentation, but a question of living and being.

Shilpa Pandit

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Indian Knowledge Traditions : Perspectives in Education, Health and Consciousness (Special Issue)

Journal of Psychosocial Research

 

Special Issue Editors : Pandit, Shilpa, Raghavan, V. & Shankar, S.


Viveka and Vairagya: Empirical Possibilities for Cognitive Concepts in Indian Psychology

The aim of this paper is to present a case for Indian cognitive concepts, which are amenable to neuro-cognitive measurements. Underlying the unique Indian psychology framework, consciousness is a central concept, cognition is instrumental in not only recognising this essential reality but also living a dhārmic life.

Journal of Psychosocial Research

Shilpa Pandit

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Intensive Qualitative Study on Digital Payments Solutions

Led and completed an intensive qualitative study on digital payments solutions and the ‘less cash economy’ among small merchants of Jaipur City in India for IFMR LEAD – A research and policy think tank located in Chennai. The study field work was done in the aftermath of demonetization and before the launch of GST.

Shilpa Pandit

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Samarasya : Creative Transformations through Marriage in Indian Psychology

‘New Horizons of Human Development’.

 

Shilpa Pandit

Editor : Ananta Kumar Giri, Studera Press. New Delhi.


Towards Understanding Employability in the Indian Context : A Preliminary Study

The article reports a year-long study to systematically understand ‘employability’ as a social psychological construct and its linkages with various person centered attributes and choice of career tracks.

Psychology and Developing Societies

Pandit, Shilpa, Preethi, G; Wallack, Dave; Vijayalakshmi,C.

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Towards Understanding Employability Using Images: An Exploratory Study

This paper examines employability in the context of conceptual and political issues surrounding it. Drawing on self determination theory (SDT), we conceptualize that self and understanding of what the self intrinsically values may have a significant impact on securing employment and sustaining it.

Psychological Studies

Pandit, Shilpa, G. Preethi, C. Vijaylakshmi, Dave Wallack

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District Human Development Report (DHDR-Kanchipuram)

Submitted to State Planning Commission and UNDP. Hand in Hand India; as Expert Resource.

Shilpa Pandit

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When does Yoga Work? Long Term and Short Term Effects of Yoga Intervention among Pre-adolescent Children

In this research, pre-adolescent children of two city schools were randomly assigned to three conditions of a systematic yoga intervention, a non-yogic intervention and a time lagged comparison group intervention.

Psychological Studies

Pandit, Shilpa and Satish, Latha

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MGNREGA Sameeksha II : An Anthology of Research Studies

Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India.

Shilpa Pandit
Role
: Lead Researcher/Author

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Exploring Vatsalyam: The Emotion of Love for the Child

The emotion of vātsalyam is perceived as central to the construction of love in the Indian cultural context. Usually understood as the love of the parents for their children, it is not confined to parental love alone.

Psychology and Developing Societies

Pandit, Shilpa and Sharma Sen, Rekha

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Emotions in Indian Psychology

‘Psychology and Psychoanalysis.’ 

Pandit, Shilpa and Misra G.

Editor: G. Misra. Pearson Education, Delhi.


The Concept of Rasa In Indian Psychology : A Preliminary Qualitative Study

The concept of Rasa is of primary importance in the study of emotions and consequentially “emotional transformation” within Indian Psychology. The objective of this study was to understand the concept of Rasa not only through textual sources but also through the lived experience of the masters of various traditions in Indian Psychology.

Journal of Psychosocial Research

Shilpa Pandit

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Assessing Quality of Life from Yogic perspective : A Preliminary Investigation

Perspective on quality of life and methods of quality of life interventions according to the Indian thought present a contrasting picture to the perspectives on QOL in mainstream Psychology. There is a need, therefore, to understand the Indian perspective on what “Quality of Life” is.

Psychological Studies

Shilpa Pandit

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Promoting Health Behaviors in Young People : Positive Health Psychology

Shilpa Pandit

Editors: Amrita Yadava and Novrattan Sharma. Global Vision Publishing House, Delhi.

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