Girishwar Misra (born 21 April 1951) is a social scientist, psychologist and author from India.

Early life

He obtained an M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology from

Gorakhpur University Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University (formerly known as Gorakhpur University) is located in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The University of Gorakhpur is a teaching and residential-cum-affiliating University. It has entered the league of top fi ...

. He started his career as lecturer in psychology at lecturer, Gorakhpur University in 1970. Thereafter he remained reader at

Allahabad University The University of Allahabad is a Central University located in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. It was established on 23 September 1887 by an act of Parliament and is recognised as an Institute of National Importance (INI). It is the 4th oldest mode ...

(1979–1983), professor,

Bhopal University Barkatullah University is a public university in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. formally known as University of Bhopal, and informally known as Bhopal University. It was named after Barkatullah, One of the freedom fighter in Bhopal. Barkatullah ...

(1983–1993), before joining as professor,

Delhi University The Delhi University (DU, ISO 15919, ISO: ), also and officially known as the University of Delhi, is a collegiate university, collegiate research university, research Central university (India), central university located in Delhi, India. It ...

in 1993, where he served for the rest of his career. In 1991–1992, Misra was a

Fulbright Fellow The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States cultural exchange programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people o ...

in the United States at

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and at the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

. He was the vice chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya in

Wardha Wardha is a city and a municipal council in Wardha district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The administrative headquarter of Wardha district is situated here. Wardha gets its name from the Wardha River which flows on the northern, western ...

, Maharashtra, India. Professor Misra is the chief editor of the fifth ICSSR Survey of Psychology published by

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(ICSSR). For 15 years, until the end of 2015, he was editor of ''

Psychological Studies ''Psychological Studies'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Springer Science+Business Media. It is the official journal of the Indian National Academy of Psychology. The editor-in-chief is Purnima Singh (IIT Delhi).

'', a journal of the National Academy of Psychology, India. As of 2016, he was continuing as the special issue editor of ''Psychological Studies''. He has been one of the leaders of the emerging field of

Indian psychology Indian psychology refers to an emerging scholarly and scientific subfield of psychology. Psychologists working in this field are retrieving the psychological ideas embedded in indigenous Indian religious and spiritual traditions and philosophies, ...

Award

National award in the field of social science for the year 2009, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, India

Works in English

* ''Psychological Consequences of Prolonged Deprivation (with L. B. Tripathi)'' * ''Deprivation: Its Social Roots and Psychological Consequences (with D. Sinha and R. C. Tripathi)'' * ''Perspectives on Indigenous Psychology (with A. K. Mohanty)'' * ''Psychological Perspectives on Health and Stress, Psychology of Poverty and Social Disadvantage (with A. K. Mohanty)'' * ''Applied Social Psychology in India, New Directions in Indian Psychology, Vol. 1: Social Psychology (with A. K. Dalal)'' * ''Towards a Culturally Relevant Psychology (with J. Prakash)'' * ''Rethinking Intelligence (with A. K. Srivastava)'' * ''Psychology and Societal Development: Paradigmatic and Social Concerns'' * ''Psychology for India'' Published by Sage Publications India Private Limited, New Delhi, 2015

Works in Hindi

* ''Bal apradh'' * ''Taki usaka Bachapan vapas mil sake'' * ''Ek vikas shil desh main manovigyan: Bhartiya anubhava (Hindi Translation of D. Sinha’s book entitled "Psychology in a third world country'' * ''Mangal Prabhat ki Pratiksha me''

References

External links

Girishwar Misra appointed VC of Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University
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