Dr. Sanchi Agarwal

EDUCATION:

PHD. IN PSYCHOLOGY 2024, AMITY UNIVERSITY, MUMBAI

Social and forensic psychology.

M.A. CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY 2019, AMITY UNIVERSITY, MUMBAI

B.A. PSYCHOLOGY 2017, K.C. COLLEGE, CHURCHGATE.

HSC, WILSON COLLEGE 2014, GIRGAUM MUMBAI

EXPERIENCE:

 JULY 2025-PRESENT

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, SVKM’S NMIMS DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY, MUMBAI

Teaching family and couple counselling, psychological first aid, applied social psychology to MSc students.

JULY 2024-JUNE 2025

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, MIT-WORLD PEACE UNIVETSITY, PUNE

Teaching abnormal psychology, psychopathology, criminal psychology. Handling portfolios related to Internship and Placement, Mentor-mentee, Career Development Center.

JULY 2023-JUNE 2024

GUEST FACULTY, NORTHEAST CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, DIMAPUR, NAGALAND

Taught Statistics, Social psychology, Health Psychology and Educational Psychology.

JUNE 2022- JULY 2022

INTERNSHIP SUPERVISOR, HELIK ADVISORY PVT. LTD.

Supervised and trained students in forensic psychology.

AUGUST 2019 – DECEMBER 2022

VISITING FACULTY, AMITY UNIVERSITY, MUMBAI

Taught Experimental Psychology, System and Approaches in Psychology, Psychological Disorders, Physiological Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Counseling psychology, Statistics, and Practical.

OCTOBER 2020 – MARCH 2021

VOLUNTEER PSYCHOLOGIST, SIR J.J HOSPITAL, MUMBAI

Worked on volunteer basis as a psychologist. Conducted testing and assessment on medico-legal cases and engaged in counseling as well. Performed IQ testing on children.

 JUNE – JULY 2018

INTERNSHIP, THANE MENTAL HOSPITAL

Worked as an assistant in taking individual case history. Conducted assessment on the patient individually.

JUNE – JULY 2017

OBSERVERSHIP, LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL, SION

Observed patients and assisted the psychiatrist and the psychologist in history taking and providing diagnosis

PAPER PUBLICATION

1. Agarwal, S. P., Gawali, G., & Puranik, D. (2022). A Validation of Emotional Contagion Scale on the Indian Youth. The New Educational Review, 70, 159-170. (Scopus Indexed).
2. Agarwal, S. P., Gawali, G., & Puranik, D. (2023). Cognitive Impairment and Loneliness among the Elderly. Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, 49(1), 144-148. (UGC care listed).
3. Agarwal, S. P., Gawali, G., & Puranik, D. (2023). Academic, Social and Emotional Learning among Children during Online Schooling. Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, 49(2), 239-245. (UGC care listed)
4. Agarwal, S. P., Gawali, G., & Puranik, D. (2024). Suggestibility Among the Indian Youth- A Validation study of Multidimensional Iowa Suggestibility Scale. The New Educational Review, 78-85. (Scopus Indexed).
5. Agarwal, S.P., Gawali, G., & Puranik, D. (2025). Application of polygraph in the cases of sex offenders: A Systematic Literature review. Psychology and Law. (Accepted).

PAPER PRESENTATION:

1) Agarwal, S., & Gawali, G. (2020). Narcissism and Multiculturalism: A Comparative study of the youth. National Conference on Community Mental Health: Explanation and Exploration.

2) Agarwal, S., & Gawali, G. (2020). Mental Health Services in India: A Systematic Review. Indian Science Congress.

3) Agarwal, S., & Gawali, G. (2021). Fear of Missing Out and psychological well-being in times of Pandemic among young-adults. 56th National and 25th International Conference of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology (IAAP).

4) Agarwal, S., & Gawali, G. (2022). Emotional Contagion and workplace stress as a

predictor of Emotional burnout among the working professionals. 9th International Congress of Stress, Performance and Wellness.

5) Agarwal, S., & Gawali, G. (2023). An Experimental Evidence on Emotional Contagion. 58th National and 27th International Conference of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology.

6) Agarwal, S., Gawali, G., Puranik, D. (2022a). A study on academic, social and emotional learning among children in online schooling. 5th CounPsy International and 11th InSPA International Virtual Conference on "School Psychology: Focusing Global Challenges.(Best Paper Award)

7) Agarwal, S., Gawali, G., Puranik, D. (2022b). Cognitive Impairment and Loneliness among the Elderly: A comparative study. 57th National and 26th International Conference of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology.(Best Paper Award)

8) Joshi, R., Agarwal, S., & Pathak, S. (2024). Opinion formation based on Digital Radicalization and spreading of misinformation: A review from the perspective of National threat. 2nd CPSICON - National Annual Conference, 74.

9) Mangwani, L., Agarwal, S., & Gawali, G. (2022). The Roller Coaster Effect of the Pandemic on Youth. 57th National and 26th International Conference of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology.

10) Naik, I., & Agarwal, S. (2024). Exploratory study on Effectivity & Engagement to Learning using AI Based Learning and classroom based learning. 2nd CPSICON - National Annual Conference, 112.

11) Teli, H., & Agarwal, S. (2024). Escaping Reality: Exploring the Link between Academic stress and Binge watching. 2nd CPSICON - National Annual Conference, 47–48.

12) Ugale, T., & Agarwal, S. (2025). The double-edged sword: How Technology both enhances and detracts from employee well-being. International Conference Insight-Mentak Health at Work.

13) Nakka, A., & Agarwal, S. (2025). The impact of daily discrimination on educators Mental Health. International Conference Insight-Mentak Health at Work.

14) Teli, H., & Agarwal, S. (2025). A Scoping Review on suicide rates among Indian Armed Force Personnel. International Conference Insight-Mentak Health at Work.

15) Dalvi, Y., & Agarwal, S. (2025). Indian Psychology v/s AI driven mental health- A clash in understanding human emotions, behaviour & conciousness. Two day International Conference on 100 Plus years of Psychology: Reflections & Moving forward.

PAPER REVIEWED:

1. Reviewed 06 papers for Current Psychology (Journal indexed in Scopus under Q1)

INVITED EXPERT:

1. Invited as Jury member for 17th Aavishkar: Maharashtra State Inter- University Research Convention: 2024-25.
2. Invited as panel expert for National Webinar on "The Future of Psychology: Emerging Trends and Transformation”.

TRAININGS: -

1. Received Two-day training program on psychological assessment: Thematic Apperception Test, MCMI, MMPI.
2. Assisted psychologist at BHUJ, GUJARAT on two-day training session with special children and performed development disorder test.
3. Received Three-day training workshop on "Rorschach inkblot test” at Amity University
4. Done Three-month campus mentoring at Amity University through Round glass Peace.
5. Received Two-day training on REBT-Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy level 1.
6. Attended FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM- Happy Teachers And Positive Pedagogy, organized by AMITY UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW- 2nd to 9th November 2020.
7. Attended 2-day National Webinar on – Introduction to the basics of 7th APA style by Homi Bhabha State University- 27th-28th November-2020.
8. Attended 3-day workshop on APA-7th edition by Swasti Institute- 25th-27th February 2021
9. Supervised students for Forensic Internship at Helik Advisory, Mumbai as their summer Internship Program for the duration of one month.
10. Attended FDP on Understanding Human Agency: A Confluence of Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences, organized by School of Liberal Arts, MIT-WPU, 11th-15th November 2024.
11. Attended FDP on Psychological Insights for Transformative Education, organized by Vishwakarma University, 16th-20th December 2024.
12. Attended FDP on Research Methodology, organized by Team R&D Material Science, MIT-WPU, 14th November 2024.
13. Attended workshop on Writing Research Proposals for funding agencies- India and Abroad, organized by HR and R&D, MIT-WPU, 21st October 2024.