Ajay Gulzar
Making Indians healthy: RBI to launch trauma-informed money
This historic decision would go a long way in making India a trauma-informed economy: PM Modi — MUMBAI, SEPTEMBER 10: In a landmark move to boost the mental health of Indians, the Reserve Bank of India announced the launch of trauma-informed money here on Saturday. Announcing the decision in an unscheduled press conference at the RBI headquarters, Governor Shaktikanta Das said the trauma-informed money would significantly reduce…
"But I'm Essential": My Mental Health Wish List for Budget Session 2021
Although I'm almost sure that none of my wishes would be fulfilled by the government, I am still writing this article. — During the last week of the year 2020, The Atlantic magazine published an article by Olga Khazan entitled The Problem With 'Uber for Therapy'. The article began by describing the firing in November of seven mental-health coaches employed by AbleTo, a company "which provides mental-health services to people through apps…
Plagiarism Council of India?
A 30-member committee led by President of IACP Kerala Region couldn't write even a letter without plagiarizing more than half of it. — How many psychologists would it take to produce original work spanning three pages? I'd say just one. But Dr Satheesh Nair, the President of Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists (IACP) Kerala Region, would probably disagree. For a 30-member committee led by him couldn't write a three page letter to the…
The Hollowness of "Reach Out to a Mental Health Professional" Advice in India
The advice is infructuous in a nation which has only 5% of the required clinical psychologists — The tragic death of young actor Sushant Singh Rajput has once again brought into public attention — even if it is for a few days — the importance of mental health. Everyone was understandably shocked by the tragedy, which resulted in outpouring of tributes and sharing of his memories. Almost…
The Allied and Healthcare Professions Bill, 2018 is terrible for psychology
Psychology as a discipline has always been in an identity crisis, especially in India. Is it a branch of philosophy? The answer now is 'no'. Is it a branch of social sciences? That is how it is taught in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and some other institutions. Does…
3 things Indian psychology professors should tell their students but don't
Officially, psychology in India is more than a century old. Developmentally, it is still an infant. Why? Because the discipline has not grown and made an impact on the Indian societies. Individually, many psychologists have made a name for themselves, but institutionally, one cannot find a single psychology association in…
Psychology. Policy. Law. Poetry. LAMP Fellow, 2015–16. Alumnus: JNV, University of Delhi, IIT Bombay.
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