Dr. Ananya Mohanty

Email id: ananya.mohanty@nmims.edu

Major Area/ Specialization: Organizational Behavior

Academic Profile

• PhD, Psychology (awarded, 2024) – University of Hyderabad
• MSc Health Psychology (5-year integrated, 2018) – University of Hyderabad

Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor of Psychology (July, 2024 – present) – Department of Psychology, Jyoti Dalal School of Liberal Arts (JDSoLA), NMIMS Mumbai

Research Interests

Organizational Behavior, Entrepreneurial Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Research Methods and Statistics

Administrative Roles

• Faculty In-charge for MSc Applied Psychology
• Faculty In-charge for Research Committee

Academic Roles

Supervisor: Dissertation of final year undergraduate & postgraduate students, and thesis of doctoral student

Courses Taught

Monsoon/ Fall Semester

BSc Applied Psychology:

• Cognitive Psychology

MSc Applied Psychology:

• Social Psychology
• Consumer & Marketing Psychology
• Organizational Behavior & Development
• Psychology of Entrepreneurship
• Quantitative Research & Statistics

PG Diploma in Investigative and Forensic Psychology:

• Concepts of Investigative Journalism

Winter/ Spring Semester

BSc Applied Psychology:

• Evolutionary Psychology
• Statistics
• History & Case Presentation Practical

MSc Applied Psychology:

• Hospital Practicum

Fellowship/ Grant

• Recipient of full-term doctoral fellowship grant by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi during PhD.

Publication

• Padmaja, G., Mohanty, A., & Vanlalhruaii, C. (2021). Quality of life in the elderly: Role of functional autonomy and psychological states. Indian Journal of Gerontology, 35(4), 526-539. (UGC CARE listed)

Conference Presentations

• Chaired a session of paper presentations at International Conference on Sustainable Management Strategies for India’s Future organized by Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kashipur & Brunel University of London in May 2025
• Presented research paper at Methodological Excellence in Social Sciences Research conference organized by Christ University, Bangalore in March 2025
• Won Best Paper Award at 16th Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship organized by Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Ahmedabad in February 2025
• Presented the study conducted in PhD coursework at the National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) conference 2019, organized by Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University
• Presented a part of the MSc dissertation at the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology (IAAP) conference 2019, organized by Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University (published)