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

M.A. A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

and Ph.D. in Psychology from

Gorakhpur University DDU Gorakhpur University (simply known as University of Gorakhpur) is located in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The University of Gorakhpur is a teaching and residential-cum-affiliating University. It is about . from the d ...

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

Allahabad University , mottoeng = "As Many Branches So Many Trees" , established = , type = Public , chancellor = Ashish Chauhan , vice_chancellor = Sangita Srivastava , head_label ...

(1979-1983), Professor,

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(1983-1993), before joining as Professor,

Delhi University Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate university, collegiate Central university (India), central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and ...

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

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in the United States at

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and at the

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. He was the vice chancellor of

Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya is a central university located in Wardha, Maharashtra, India. History The university began through an Act of Parliament which received the assent of the President on 8 January 1997. The ...

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. Professor Misra is the chief editor of the fifth

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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

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, 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

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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''Published by Concept, New Delhi, 2006

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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