Girishwar Misra Explained

Girishwar Misra
Birth Date:	1951 4, df=yes
Birth Place:	Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupation:	Educator, Psychologist, Social Scientist, Writer, Editor and Currently vice chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya
Education:	M.A., Ph.D. in Psychology
Notableworks:	Psychology and Societal Development: Paradigmatic and Social Concerns
Alma Mater:	Gorakhpur University
Awards:	National 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

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.

In 1991-1992, Misra was a Fulbright Fellow in the United States at Swarthmore College and at the University of Michigan.^{[1] [2]}

He was the vice chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya in Wardha, Maharashtra, India.^[3]

Professor Misra is the chief editor of the fifth ICSSR Survey of Psychology published by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).^[4] 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

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

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

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

External links

• Girishwar Misra appointed VC of Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University
• Indian Council of Philosophical Research

Notes and References

1. News: Anonymous. Girishwar Misra appointed VC of Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University. 2 January 2016. India Education Review. 3 September 2014. 7 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200407075419/http://www.indiaeducationreview.com/news/girishwar-misra-appointed-vc-mahatma-gandhi-international-hindi-university. dead.
2. Misra . Girishwar . Gergen . Kenneth J. . Kenneth J. Gergen . On the Place of Culture in Psychological Science . . April 1993 . 28 . 2 . 225–243 . 10.1080/00207599308247186.
3. Web site: कुलपति संदेश (Message of Vice Chancellor) . Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya . Hindi . 2014-09-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140904212045/http://www.hindivishwa.org/desk_vc.php . 4 September 2014 . dmy .
4. Web site: Prof. Girishwar Misra. Indian Council of Social Science Research. icssr.org. 2014-09-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20141011150406/http://www.icssr.org/bio_girishwar.htm. 11 October 2014. dead.
5. Web site: Psychological Studies . springer.com . 2014-09-04.
6. Misra . Girishwar . Editorial . Psychological Studies . 30 January 2016 . 60 . 4 . 371–372 . 10.1007/s12646-016-0352-z. free .
7. Web site: Home . naopindia.org.
8. Suar . Damodar . Editorial . Psychological Studies . 12 April 2016 . 61 . 1 . 1 . 10.1007/s12646-016-0353-y.
9. Web site: Madhya Pradesh government announces names of science awardees - The Times of India. timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2014-09-04.
10. Hardcover: 258 pagesPublisher: Concept Publishing Co (1 December 2007)Language: English
11. Published by Concept, New Delhi, 2006
12. Published by Sage Publications India Private Limited, New Delhi, 2015