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Prof.Deepika Sharma

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Humanities and Social Sciences

Email: deepika[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in

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Office Number: +91-326-223-0376- 2235128

Personal Page: Under Construction

Research Interest: Qualitative Research, Disability Studies, Mental Health Of Vulnerable Populations, Critical Health Psychology, Indian Psychology

Teaching

1. Psychology of everyday life

2. Experience Psychology

3. Qualitative Research Methods

4. Research Methods

5. Understanding human behaviour

6. Perspectives on human behaviour

Academics

PhD IIT Kanpur

MA in Psychology, Delhi University

B.A (H) Psychology , Delhi University

Position

Assistant Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

Awards and Honors

Publications

Books Published

Books:

● Psychology of Accident Victims in India: Explorations into Embodiment, Suffering, and Healing with Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, December 2022.

List Of Research Publications (only in Peer-reviewed Journals)

Publications:
Sharma, D. (2024). “But our worlds are different!” reflexivity as a tool to negotiate insider–outsider dilemmas. Qualitative Research Journal
Deshmukh, M., Sharma, D. et al. (2024). Contemporary meaning of caste discrimination in Indian universities: a constructivist grounded theory. Higher Education
Sharma, D. & Priya, K.R (2020, March 28). Excluded in Rehabilitation: Disability in the neo-liberal era? Economic and Political Weekly, 55 (13), 12-15.
Pandey, R., Khanna, A., Sharma, D., Gupta, A., Bhattacharya, P., Kukreja, S., & Priya, K.R. (2019). Getting close to the Context and Experience of Illness: Critically Reflexive Fieldwork in Qualitative Health Research’. Journal of Health Studies, 1(1), 96-127.
Sharma, D. (2016, June 5). An alternate reality. The Pioneer, p. 5.

Papers in conference abstract volumes / presented

Presented a paper titled “Good versus Evil: The Battle Within and Beyond” at a conference organized by the Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, 2011.
Presented a paper titled “Experience of Self-Discovery: Case of Swami Vivekananda” at a conference of National Academy of Psychology, held at Bangalore, 2012.

Presented a paper titled “Towards a culturally contextualised understanding of mental health: The significance of exploring human suffering and healing” at NAoP/National Academy of Psychology, Bhopal, December 2014.
Presented a paper titled “Exploring the suffering of Kashmiri Pandits in Exile: Narrative Analysis of an Autobiography” at ICQI/International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana- Champaign-May, 2015

Presented a paper “Experiences with an unexpected illness: Disruption and reformulation of the self”at National Academy of Psychology” (NAoP), Allahabad, December 2016
Presented a paper “Rethinking Empathy as a process and goal of qualitative research (second author)”at National Academy of Psychology” (NAoP), Allahabad, December 2016

Presented a paper “Intersectionality and Heterogeneity as Pivotal Factors to Explore Exclusion in Disability: A Rights-Based Approach” at the International Conference: Challenging Exclusion, held in Chennai, December 2017
Presented a paper “Nothing about Us without Us: Just a slogan for the rehabilitation of the disabled in India?” at National Academy of Psychology (NAoP), Delhi, December 2018
Presented a paper titled “But Our Worlds are Different!”: Insights of a non-disabled researcher navigating the world of disabled” as a part of a symposium on “Psychology and Social Justice Frameworks: The Need for engaging with Critical, Epistemological, Multidisciplinary Perspectives at 31st Annual Convention of National Academy of Psychology (NAoP), India “Psychology and Social Justice at the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic: The State, Community, and Individual Perspectives held from 4 th to 6 th March, 2022 at IIT Mumbai (Online)
Presented a paper titled Reaching the “hard-to-reach” community: Dealing with ethical dilemmas reflexively as a part of the Plenary session titled Research Ethics: Navigating Cultural Challenges at the 32nd convention of the National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) held at Ahmedabad University from March 3-5, 2023.
Presented a paper titled 'Co-creating Spaces of Change through Empathy and Reflexivity: Navigating the World of Disabled as a Non-disabled Researcher'

European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry 2025 - Qualitative Inquiry: Hope, Humility and Playfulness in a Precarious World held in University of Edinburgh, Scotland from 06 - 10 January 2025

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Academic Activities

Peer reviewer for Qualitative Health Research

Peer reviewer for Higher Education

Peer reviewer for Psychological Studies

Administrative Activities

1. Faculty Advisor for Literary Cub

2. Faculty Advisor for Book Club

3. Member of Centre for Societal Mission

4. Member of Library Advisory Committee

5. Co-ordinator of Departmental Seminar Committee

Guidance

1. 21DR0090 Deshmukh Malhar Prasad

2. 22DR0202 Rimi Deori

3. 22DR0080 Darakshan Kalim

4. 23DR0066 Koninika Das

5. 23DR0343 Sharanya Chakraborty

6. 24DR0170 Sheetal Mallik

7. 24DR0343 Shreya Mandal

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