Research Interest

• Positive Psychology
• Organizational Behaviour
• Positive Psychology Interventions
• Positive health
• Organizational development

  Academic Background

• PhD: Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH), Sangareddy, India
• M.A: Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
• B.A (Hons.) Psychology: University of Delhi, Delhi, India

  Professional Experience

• Jan, 2019-till date: Assistant Professor at Department of Liberal Arts (LA), Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai (IITBh) , Raipur, India.
• August, 2018-Dec, 2018: Assistant Professor at, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), Birla Institute of Science and Technology, Goa, India.

  Awards and Accolades

• Recieved Research Excellence Award for the year 2017, presented in 2018 by Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad.
• Recieved Research Excellence Award for the year 2016, presented in 2017 by Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad.
• Received Travel Grant Award (2016) by International Convention of Psychological Science for attending the conference in Vienna, Austria.
• Awarded Senior Research Fellowship (2016) by Indian Council of Medical Research.
• Received Graduate Scholar Award (2015) by International Conference on Health, Wellness, and Society for attending the conference at Madrid, Spain.
• Recieved Research Excellence Award for the year 2015, presented in 2016 by Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
• Awarded Junior Research Fellowship (2013) by Indian Council of Medical Research.
• Received the 'Best Paper Award' for the paper titled �Exploring the differences between psychology and non-psychology students� (2013) National Conference for Counselling at Banaras Hindu University.
• Awarded Dr. Raj Kalra Scholarship, for Academic Excellence (2011) by Mata Sundari College for Women, University of Delhi.

  Selected Publications

Journal Papers

1. A. Ghosh, A. & Deb, A. (2017). Positive psychology interventions for chronic physical illnesses: A systematic review. Psychological Studies, 62(3), 213�232. doi: 10.1007/s12646-017-0421-y
2. Ghosh, A. & Deb, A. (2017). An exploration of gratitude themes and suggestions for future interventions. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 27(7), 678-693. doi: 10.1080/10911359. 2017.1323068
3. Ghosh, A. & Deb, A. (2017). A positive psychology framework for chronic physical illness. Indian Journal of Community Psychology, 13(1), 180-189.
4. Ghosh, A. & Deb, A. (2016). Positive psychology progress in India: Accomplishments and pathways ahead. Psychological Studies, 61(3), 113�125. doi: 10.1007/s12646-016-0367-5

Book Chapters

1. A. Ghosh (2019). Exploring Flourishing in a Multicultural Work Context: Proposed Constructs for Interventions. In L. E. van Zyl & S. Rothman (Eds.), Positive psychological intervention design and protocols for multi-cultural contexts (vol. 2). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer International. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-20020-6_15

Conference Papers

1. �Prevalence and factor structure of flourishing: A positive organizational behavior approach� at 27th Annual Conference of National Academy of Psychology (NAOP), IIT Kharagpur, India, from 22nd-24th December 2017.
2. �Flourishing among women bankers: A strength based mental health study� at Fifth World Congress on Positive Psychology, in Montr�al, Qu�bec, Canada, from 13th-16th July, 2017.
3. �Gratitude intervention among Engineering students in India� at National Seminar on Health Psychology: Contributions to Health and Well-being, Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad, India, from 4th-6th August, 2016.
4. �Flourishing among bank employees in India: A positive organizational behavior approach� at 9th Doctoral Thesis Conference, Indian Business School, Hyderabad from 21st-22nd April, 2016.
5. �Positive psychology intervention in chronic physical illness: A systematic review� at the International Conference on Applied Psychology (ICAP), Sri Lanka, from 28th-30th August, 2015.
6. �Implications of psychological training in the rapidly changing modern organizational setting� in the International Conference of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology (IAAP), Karnatak University, Dharwad, India, from 22nd-24th May, 2013.
7. �Exploring the differences between psychology and non-psychology students� at National Conference on Current Concerns and Emerging Areas of Application of Counselling, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, from 27th-28th February, 2013.

  Invited Talks

• The shift from the medical model to the strength based model: The Bane of Pain, at IIT Hyderabad for the seminar �Resilience and Early Life Adversities� on 15th February, 2019, funded by ICMR.
• The shift from the medical model to the strength based model: Bouncing Forward, at IIT Hyderabad for the seminar �Resilience and Early Life Adversities� on 15th February, 2019, funded by ICMR.
• Impact of cryptocurrecy on society, at IIT Bhilai for AICTE sponsored ATAL Workshop for Faculty Developmet Programme (FDP) on Blockchain Technologies and Applications, on 9th Dec 2019.