Anuja Trehan Kapur (born 24 October 1975) is an Indian criminal psychologist who is also known as a

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, social activist and advocate. Editor- Atul Tiwari

Early life and education

Born in

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India, in a Punjabi family. She went to Queen Mary School in

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, Delhi and later earned a

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psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between ...

and

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in criminology from

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. Kapur later completed another course in forensic science from Department of

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, University of Delhi. She holds an International diploma in

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from The Tokiawa International Victimology Institute, Japan. She also completed her

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from CCS University.

Professional career

After graduating from Delhi University, Kapur joined

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as a student counselor. Later, she joined CURES NGO as executive director. Kapur started sharing theories on various high-profile criminal cases such as Indrani Mukerjea case, the

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case, the

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case, the Sunanda Pushkar, the

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(known as the "Aarushi murder" case), the

2012 Delhi gang rape The 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder, commonly known as the Nirbhaya case, involved a rape and fatal assault that occurred on 16 December 2012 in Munirka, a neighbourhood in South West Delhi. The incident took place when Jyoti Singh, a 22-yea ...

(known as the "Nirbhaya rape case", and the 2014 Badaun gang rape allegations. As a psychologist she shares input on various psychological and mental issues related to abnormal behavior, suicide, child psychology, divorce, bullying, remarriage and its effects on children, social media and networking, and relationship issues. Kapur founded a non-governmental organization named Nirbhiya Ek Shakti, which is the Center for Victim Assistance. She spent one day in Sheroes Cafe for the purpose of giving counseling to the victims in

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. Under the Operation Nirbheek she did counseling for various government students in municipal and private schools on. She also raises her voice for acid attack victims. Kapur attended the 15th International Symposium, which was organized by WSV, Victim Support Australia, Angelhands and the

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. In March 2017, Kapur defended the case of a 24-year-old Delhi based model girl and a 16-year-old Nepalese girl who were allegedly raped and then forced into prostitution. In April 2017, Kapur spoke with ''India Today Education'' on different levels of depression and how to tackle them.

Awards and recognition

* Indian Icon Awards by Time India News, 2015 * India Excellence Awards by Time India News, 2016 * 2016 - KAF Business and Entertainment Global Award in the Best Criminal Psychologist category * 2016 - Best Criminal Psychologist Award at the Women Excellence Achiever's Award (WEAA) held in

Jaipur Jaipur (; Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. , the city had a population of 3.1 million, making it the tenth most populous city in the country. Jaipur is also known ...

by Harish Soni *Appointed as the Special Police Officer for Delhi Police, North West Delhi, 2016

Personal life

Kapur resides in Delhi and she is married to Amit Kapur, a businessman from Delhi. They have two sons.

References

External links

Anuja Trehan Kapoor's interview on QNA India
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