Dr. Poonam Sharma

Designation : Associate Professor Grade 1
School / Centre : School of Social Sciences and Languages
Department : Social Sciences

Educational Details

Panjab University, Chandigarh

BA (Hons)
Psychology and Sociology
Graduated in 2004

Panjab University, Chandigarh

MA (Psychology)
Clinical, Counselling, Child Psychopathology
Graduated in 2006

Panjab University, Chandigarh

Ph.D.
Psychology
Graduated in 2013

Post Doctoral Experiences

Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Gender
  • Marginalization
  • Child Sexual Abuse
  • Community Psychology
  • Mental Health and Wellbeing

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: 2

Ongoing Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Knitting Safe Nests: Promoting Child Safety and Fostering Meaningful Healing amongst Adults with a History of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore

Patent Granted Details

Title Application No.
Device to support Mental Health of Cancer Patents 391688-011

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Learnings from the online cross-cultural exchange during the COVID-19 pandemic ISTES Organization 2021

International Collaborations

  •  APA- DIV 52 (International Psychology) special interest group Member Human Rights, Peace & Global Well-Being
  •  Ocean of Interconnections: Multicultural and Cross-cultural exchange of ideas with faculty at The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, Wuyi university China, NhaTtrang University, Vietnam

Other Information

Personal Website Link : https://www.linkedin.com/in/poonam-sharma-b923201b/