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Girishwar Misra

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Girishwar Misra
Born (1951-04-21) 21 April 1951 (age 73)
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
OccupationEducator, Psychologist, Social Scientist, Writer, Editor and Currently vice chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya
EducationM.A., Ph.D. in Psychology
Alma materGorakhpur University
Notable worksPsychology and Societal Development: Paradigmatic and Social Concerns
Notable awardsNational award in the field of social science for the year 2009, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, India

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

Early life

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He obtained an M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology from Gorakhpur University. He started his career as lecturer in psychology at Lecturer, Gorakhpur University in 1970. Thereafter he remained Reader at Allahabad University (1979-1983), Professor, Bhopal University (1983-1993), before joining as Professor, Delhi University in 1993, where he served for the rest of his career.[1]

In 1991-1992, Misra was a Fulbright Fellow in the United States at Swarthmore College and at the University of Michigan.[2][3]: 225 

He was the vice chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya in Wardha, Maharashtra, India.[4]

Professor Misra is the chief editor of the fifth ICSSR Survey of Psychology published by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).[1] For 15 years, until the end of 2015, he was editor of Psychological Studies,[5][6] a journal of the National Academy of Psychology, India.[7] As of 2016, he was continuing as the special issue editor of Psychological Studies.[8]

He has been one of the leaders of the emerging field of Indian psychology.

Award

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National award in the field of social science for the year 2009, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, India[9]

Works in English

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  • 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)[10]
  • Psychology and Societal Development: Paradigmatic and Social Concerns[11]
  • Psychology for India[12]

Works in Hindi

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  • 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

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  1. ^ a b "Prof. Girishwar Misra". Indian Council of Social Science Research. icssr.org. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  2. ^ Anonymous (3 September 2014). "Girishwar Misra appointed VC of Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University". India Education Review. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  3. ^ Misra, Girishwar; Gergen, Kenneth J. (April 1993). "On the Place of Culture in Psychological Science". International Journal of Psychology. 28 (2): 225–243. doi:10.1080/00207599308247186.
  4. ^ "कुलपति संदेश (Message of Vice Chancellor)". Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
  5. ^ "Psychological Studies". springer.com. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  6. ^ Misra, Girishwar (30 January 2016). "Editorial". Psychological Studies. 60 (4): 371–372. doi:10.1007/s12646-016-0352-z.
  7. ^ "Home". naopindia.org.
  8. ^ Suar, Damodar (12 April 2016). "Editorial". Psychological Studies. 61 (1): 1. doi:10.1007/s12646-016-0353-y.
  9. ^ "Madhya Pradesh government announces names of science awardees - The Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  10. ^ Hardcover: 258 pages Publisher: Concept Publishing Co (1 December 2007) Language: English ISBN 978-8180693397
  11. ^ Published by Concept, New Delhi, 2006 ISBN 9788180692895
  12. ^ Published by Sage Publications India Private Limited, New Delhi, 2015 ISBN 9789351503675
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