• Name: Dr. Shalu Kumari
• Gender: Female
• Department: Psychology

• Course	College/school	University/board	Percentage/grade	Year
  PhD	National Institute of Technology, Patna	NIT	Awarded	2024
  M.A	Central University of South Bihar.	Central university	8.19	2018
  B.A (Psychology)	Patna Women’s College.	Patna university	73%	2016
  Intermediate	Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kankarbagh.	C.B.S. E	86%	2013
  Matriculation	P.P. Public School, Masaurhi	C.B.S. E	8.6	2011

• Certificate course in stress management – Project entitled “A comparative study of stress and job satisfaction among the employees of Patliputra Central Co-operative Bank Ltd”.
• Diploma in stress management– Project entitled “stress and aggression among adolescents and their stress management techniques”.
• Certificate course in office management – Completed my project training regarding various aspects of office management at Patliputra Central Co-Operative Bank Ltd.  Attended workshop on “life skills training for effective living” and “application of qualitative methods of research in psychology” organized by Central University of South Bihar.
• Internship at IGIMS in the department of Psychiatry.
• Teaching Assistant at NIT Patna.

• Presented and authored a Paper entitled “Understanding Role of Workplace Spirituality in Predicting Psychological Well-being among Faculties of Higher Education” in the 2024 International Conference in Emerging Technologies for Sustainability and Intelligent Systems (ICETSIS), at the Applied Science University in the Kingdom of Behrain, January 28^th-29^th
• Presented a Paper entitled “Exploring the predicting capacity of grit on psychological well-being among state university teachers” at 6^th National and International conference on Health and Sports sciences, organized by Faculty of allied health sciences (FAHS) and Faculty of Behavioral & Social Sciences, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, 17-18th February 2023.
• Presented a Paper entitled “Role of Workplace Spirituality in Predicting Psychological

Well-being” at ‘Anusandhan’ Annual Research Fair 2023 organized by IIT Mandi, 23-25^th June 2023.

• Presented a review Paper entitled “A review of Grit and Its Correlates” at 2nd International Conference on changing paradigms in management and social sciences: a global perspective organized by Amity Business School, Amity University, Jharkhand, 2021.
• Presented research paper entitled “Assessing Mental Health Problems and Coping Strategies among Retail Workers during Pandemic COVID 19 at International Webinar on COVID 19: Life Challenges and Strategies organized by V. K. S University, Ara (2020).
• Presented poster presentation titled “Perceived Body Shape and Happiness among Students of Technical Institutes” at 2^NDIndian Congress of Industrial &

Organizational Psychology organized by M.S University of Baroda, Vadodara (2019).

• Presented research paper entitled “Body Shape and Eating Attitude among Adolescents” at golden jubilee celebration of NACIACP- 2018 at Gautam Buddha University, Delhi.
• Presented scientific paper entitled “Study of Gender Difference among Adolescents on

Their Eating Attitude, Body Shape and Self Esteem” at 1^st Indian Congress of Industrial & Organizational Psychology organized by University of Rajasthan, Jaipur (2018).

• Kumari, S & Ali, A. (2020). ‘Body Shape and Happiness among Students of Technical Institutes’. Journal of Indian Health Psychology. Vol.14, No- 2.
• Kumari, S., Tiwari, M., & Hossain, I. (2022). Exploring the positive aspects of Grit: Focusing on its correlates. Journal of Positive School Psychology, 6 (2). (Scopus)
• Kumari, S., Tiwari, M. (2023). Unravelling the predicting Capacity of Grit on Psychological well- being: Special Reference to Faculties of Higher Education. Journal for ReAttach Therapy and Developmental Diversities, 6 (4s). (Scopus)
• Kumari, S & Tiwari, M. (2023). The Philosophical and Cultural Approach to Workplace Spirituality: A Comparative Theoretical Analysis of Selected Asian Countries. Rivista Italiana di Filosofia Analitica Junior, 14 (1).
• Kumari, S., Ali, A., Azmi, S & Allam, Z. (2024). Understanding Role of Workplace Spirituality in Predicting Psychological Well-being among Faculties of Higher Education Institutes. 2024 ASU International Conference in Emerging Technologies for Sustainability and Intelligent Systems (ICETSIS), Manama, Bahrain. (IEEE Xplore)
• Gupta, S., Kumari, S., & Jaiswal, C. (2024). In pursuit of equality: Role of gender on career aspirations, self-esteem and academic achievements among school adolescents. Journal of Indian Academy of applied psychology, 50 (2), 333-341. (UGC Care list)
• Ali, A., Kumari, S., Ali, N., Sayeeduzzafar., & J, Vikram. (2024). Grit and workplace spiritualty on psychological well-being among faculties of higher education. Edelweiss Applied Science and Technology.8(6), 7290-7299, doi:10.55214/25768484.v8i6.3580

(Scopus)

Psychological scale development

• Phubbing Scale by Dr. Shruti Narain & Shalu Kumari, Published by National Psychological Corporation, Agra (2023).

Academic Achievements

 Qualified UGC-NET, Nov 2017 (National test for Eligibility for Lectureship)

Research Experience: –

PhD: – “Grit and Workplace Spirituality as the predictors of Psychological well-being” under the joint supervision of Dr. Manish Tiwari, Assistant Professor, NITP and Prof. Iftekhar Hossain, Professor, Patna University.

Master’s Thesis: – “Eating Attitude in Relation to Body Shape and Self Esteem among Adolescents completed under the joint supervision of Prof. Tej Bahadur Singh, Head, Department of Psychology and Dr. Chetna Jaiswal, Assistant Professor, Central university of South Bihar, Patna.