Shilpa Bandyopadhyay

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Dr. Shilpa Bandyopadhyay
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Dr. Shilpa Bandyopadhyay

Assistant Professor & Associate Dean (Capacity Building and Outreach), Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences

O. P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India

About

Dr. Shilpa Bandyopadhyay is an Assistant Professor and Associate Dean (Capacity Building and Outreach) at the Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences, O. P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat. She holds a PhD in Psychology from IIT Delhi, where her doctoral research examined experiences of ageing, well-being, and how older adults are represented on social media in India.

She has designed Management Development Programmes for organisations including the Border Security Force, the Central Tibetan Administration, Common Services Centres, and educators from the Government of Bhutan.

Expertise

Ageing & geropsychologyPositive psychologyWell-beingBody imageInterpersonal relationships

Courses she teaches

Body Image & Mental HealthCreating Positive WorkplacesFoundations of Applied PsychologyPracticum

Roles & recognition

  • Silver Award for Innovative Research in Aging, 2025Mather Institute, USA, for research on gerotranscendence in India
  • Associate Dean (Capacity Building & Outreach)Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences
  • Executive Committee MemberNational Positive Psychology Association
  • Gold Medallist, Applied PsychologyUniversity of Calcutta

Education

  1. B.Sc. & M.Sc. (Gold Medal, Applied Psychology)University of Calcutta
  2. UGC NET-JRF, 2016University Grants Commission
  3. PhD in PsychologyIIT Delhi
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