Kaveri Gupta

Lecturer

B.A. (University of Delhi);
M.A. (Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi);
Ph. D. Candidate(Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi)

Kaveri Gupta is serving as Lecturer at Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences, O.P. Jindal Global University. She is pursuing her doctoral degree from Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi where she has submitted her thesis on the topic, “Morality and Intergroup Relations.” She received her bachelor’s degree from Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi. Thereafter, she completed her master’s degree at Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia, securing a Gold Medal in her batch. She has qualified UGC- NET in the year 2018. In addition to her roles in teaching and research, Kaveri has served as a Counsellor at Sri Aurobindo College, University of Delhi.

Research Interests

Dr. Shylla, initial research experiences is working in a project in assessing the implementation NREGS in the States of Meghalaya funded by UNDP.  As Ph.D. Scholar Dr Shylla has gain ample knowledge of research experiences as it involved numerous phases of study, as her worked emphasis on development of school-based programme on Bullying for Teachers and Non- Teaching Staff. During the process of her Ph.D.  she also had worked in adaptation of a teachers reporting attitude scale on child sexual abuse into the context of bullying in the Indian population. She also had contributed in the study on specialized child mental health service for children in difficult circumstances at a tertiary care centre in India, Dept of child and adolescent psychiatry, NIMHANS.   Her experiences also were working on the area of migration by focusing on Stigma and discrimination among North eastern people in mainland India during COVID Pandemic 2020- 2021 and also has done research on psycho social issues face by North East Migrants. Dr. Shylla also have been working on the Exploration of Mental Health and Well-being Glossary Terms and Translating into the Khasi Indigenous Language which a project Funded by the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council. Meghalaya.

Teaching Experiences

Prior to joining Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences (JIBS), Kaveri has worked as an Assistant Professor (Guest) at Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi, where she taught papers such as Human Resource Management, Organizational Behaviour, Group Dynamics in Organizations, Psychology for Healthy Living, Emotional Intelligence, Life Skill Education, and Making Decisions. Furthermore, as an ICSSR Fellow at Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia, she has taught papers such as Personnel Psychology, Social Psychology, and Basic Psychological Processes.

Research Experience

Kaveri has co-authored publications in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Health Management, Current Psychology, Death Studies, Community Mental Health Journal as well as Frontiers in Psychology. She has also worked as a Research Assistant for a UK-India Education and Research Initiative Project (UKIERI) at Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies (ZHCES), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has also undergone a research internship at the Defence Institute of Psychological Research (DIPR), DRDO, New Delhi.

Publications

Publications

  1. Rehman, U., Shahnawaz, M., Gupta, K., Khan, N., Kharshiing, K., & Kashyap, D. et al. (2022). Development and Validation of a New COVID-19 Anxiety Scale (NCAS). Journal Of Health Management, 097206342211146. https://doi.org/10.1177/09720634221114672
  2. Shahnawaz, M., Gupta, K., Kharshiing, K., Kashyap, D., Khursheed, M., & Khan, N. et al. (2022). Individual and group level risk factors in preventive health and panic buying behaviors during COVID-19 pandemic in India. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03098-8
  3. Rehman, U., Shahnawaz, M., Kashyap, D., Gupta, K., Kharshiing, K., & Khursheed, M. et al. (2021). Risk perception, social distancing, and distress during COVID-19 pandemic: Exploring the role of online counseling         and       perceived           social    support. Death              Studies, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2021.2006826
  4. Kharshiing, K., Kashyap, D., Gupta, K., Khursheed, M., Shahnawaz, M., & Khan, N. et al. (2020). Quality of Life in the COVID-19 Pandemic in India: Exploring the Role of Individual and Group Variables. Community Mental Health Journal, 57(1), 70-78. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-020-00712-6
  5. Rehman, U., Shahnawaz, M., Khan, N., Kharshiing, K., Khursheed, M., & Gupta, K. et al. (2020). Depression, Anxiety and Stress Among Indians in Times of Covid-19 Lockdown. Community Mental Health Journal, 57(1), 42-48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-020-00664-x
  1. Srivastava, S., Upadhaya, P., Sharma, S., & Gupta, K. (2018). Exploring Factors Behind Offline and Online Selfie Popularity          Among Youth    in              India. Frontiers In Psychology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01403