Girishwar Misra
   Nilanjana Sanyal
   Sonali De   Editors
   Psychology 
   in Modern 
   India
   Historical, Methodological, and Future 
   Perspectives
     Girishwar Misra · Nilanjana Sanyal · Sonali De
     Editors
     Psychology in Modern India
     Historical, Methodological, and Future
     Perspectives
              Editors
              Girishwar Misra                             Nilanjana Sanyal
              Department of Psychology                    Department of Psychology
              University of Delhi                         University of Calcutta
              Delhi, Delhi, India                         Kolkata, West Bengal, India
              Sonali De
              Department of Psychology
              University of Calcutta
              Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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              Part II  Disciplinary Perspectives
              10 Re-envisioning Psychology: A Critical History of Psychology
                  in India ...................................................... 163
                  Arvind Kumar Mishra and Divya Padalia
              11 IndianPsychologyinProspect .................................. 203
                  K. Ramakrishna Rao
              12 Thematic and Theoretical Moves in Psychology in Modern
                  India ......................................................... 221
                  Girishwar Misra and Anand C. Paranjpe
              13 PastandPresentResearchMethodologiesinIndia ............... 249
                  DamodarSuar
              Part III  Developments in Sub-fields of Psychology
              14 Assessment of Individual Differences in India: Historical
                  Roots, Current Status, and Future Directions .................... 267
                  Jitendra K. Singh and Indiwar Misra
              15 HumanDevelopmentResearchinIndia:AHistoricalOverview ... 281
                  Rachana Bhangaokar and Shagufa Kapadia
              16 HundredYearsofSocialPsychologyinIndia .................... 301
                  Janak Pandey
              17 Understanding Organizational Behavior in India:
                  AnIndigenousPerspective ..................................... 315
                  AnandPrakashandAlkaBajpai
              18 MentalHealthandHealinginIndia:ARetrospect ............... 345
                  Ajit K. Dalal
              19 Clinical Psychology in the Contemporary Indian Context ......... 361
                  Vishnu Sharan and Ravikesh Tripathi
              20 Holistic and Holigrative Approaches to Psychology ............... 381
                  V. George Mathew
              21 Perspectives on Educational Psychology in India ................. 393
                  AshokK.Srivastava
              22 Emergence of Quantum Mechanics, Human Mind,
                  andHappiness ................................................ 405
                  Jagadindra Mandal
              Part IV   Critical Appraisal and Future Perspectives
              23 PsychologyinIndia:ADisciplineinSearchofItsIdentity ......... 417
                  Parul Bansal