This book offers a critical account of the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological developments in key areas of psychology in India, providing insights into the developments and advances as well as future directions. Filling an important gap in the literature on the history of psychology in India, it brings together contributions by leading scholars to present a clear overview of the state of the art of the field. The thematic parts of the book discuss the historical perspectives: development of psychology in India; research methodologies in the West and India; future directions for research in the field. The book is of special interest to researchers, school administrators, curriculum designers, and policymakers.

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Girishwar Misra, Ph.D. served as Professor of Psychology at the University of Delhi for two decades. He also served as Vice Chancellor ofMahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishvavidyalaya, Wardha. Dr. Misra's research is focused on social, developmental, health, and cultural psychology. He has published journal articles on these topics, many in top tier peer-reviewed journals such as *American Psychologist, International Journal of Psychology, Psychology and Developing Societies, and *International Journal of Behavioural Development. He has served as the President of the National Academy of Psychology (NAOP), India, and edited the journal Psychological Studies (Springer) for 16 years. He was Fulbright Senior Scholar at Swarthmore College and Michigan University, An Arbor. He is a recipient of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Award by the Government of Madhya Pradesh, National Fellowship of the Indian Council of Social Science Research, Fellowship of the NAOP, India, Fulbright Nehru Fellowship and S.C. Mitra Memorial Award by Asiatic Society. His recent works include Psychosocial Interventions for Health and Well-Being (Springer, 2018) and Surveys and Explorations in Psychology (Oxford, 2019). Nilanjana Sanyal, Ph.D. served as Professor at the Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata. She has 35 years of teaching experience.  She has authored a book, co-authored two books, edited two books and is a co-author of the Indian adaptation of a Test Manual. She has over 180 international and national publications including 32 book chapters to her credit till date. Her research interests include psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy, clinical psychology, gerontology, spiritual and positive psychology. She is also a practicing psychoanalyst for the last 38 years.  Sonali De, Ph.D., is a Professor at the Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata. She has 23 years of teaching experience and has written more than 30 journal articles. Her research interests include social psychology, the psychology of gender, and media psychology.  She has contributed a review chapter to the 6th ICSSR Survey of Psychology. She is serving NAOP, India as its Secretary General.

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1.Introduction: Perspectives on Psychology in India  Girishwar Misra, Nilanjana Sanyal  and Sonali De 
Part 1   Historical Perspectives2. Modern Psychology in India: Reminiscences and ReflectionsH.S. Asthana3.  History of Psychology of Calcutta University across the Century Nilanjana Sanyal4. Applied Psychology at the University of Calcutta: Heritage and State-of-the-artJayanti Basu and N.K.Bhattacharya 5. Eminent Teachers of the Department of Psychology at Calcutta University 
Somnath Bhattacharya 6. Shall Twain Ever Meet? : The Cultural Politics of Psychoanalysis in IndiaArvind Kumar Mishra7. History of the Development of Psychology in Bangladesh
Hamida Akhtar Begum8. Development of Psychology in North East IndiaIndranee Phookan Borooah 9. Psychology in the North India: An Overview 
Akbar Husain
Part  IIDisciplinary Perspectives 10. Re-invisioning Psychology: A Critical History of Psychology in India
Arvind Kumar Mishra  and  Divya Padalia 11. Indian Psychology in Prospect
K. Ramakrishna Rao12 .Thematic and Theoretical Moves in Psychology in Modern India Girishwar Misra and Anand C. Paranjpe 13. Past and Present Research Methodologies in IndiaDamodar Suar 

Part  IIIDevelopments in Sub Fields of Psychology14. Assessment of Individual Differences in India:  Its Historical Roots, Current Status and Future DirectionsJitendra K Singh and Indiwar Misra15.  Human Development Research in India: A Historical OverviewRachana Bhangaokar  and   Shagufa Kapadia16. Hundred Years of Social Psychology in IndiaJanak Pandey17. Understanding Organizational Behaviour in India: An Indigenous Perspective Anand Prakash and Alka Bajpai18. Mental Health and Healing in India: A RetrospectAjit K. Dalal19. Clinical Psychology Education and Training in the Indian ContextVishnu Sharan and RavikeshTripathi20 . Holistic and Holigrative Approaches to PsychologyV. George Mathew21. Perspectives on Educational Psychology in India Ashok K. Srivastava 22. Emergence of Quantum Mechanics, Human Mind and HappinessJagadindra Mandal

Part  IVCritical Appraisal and Future Perspectives 23. Psychology in India: A Discipline in Search of its IdentityParul Bansal24. Psychology in India: A Glance on Paradigmatic and Methodological PerspectivesRaghubir Singh Pirta  and Girishwar Misra 25 . Towards A Culturally Grounded Human Science: Prospects of Psychology for IndiaNandita Chaudhary and Sujata Sriram26. Situating Systems of Psychology Within the Traditional Indian and Modern Western Knowledge Systems Anand C. Paranjpe27. Reflections on Nurturing the Tree of Psychology in India Girishwar Misra, Shivantika Sharad, Nivida Chandra  and Indiwar Misra 28. Post  Script  Ajit K. Mohanty