Eminent Indian Psychologists
100 years of Psychology in India
- Braj Bhushan - Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
History of Psychology
Eminent Indian Psychologists: 100 years of Psychology in India presents a chronology of important research and noteworthy events in the field of Psychology in the last hundred years. Psychology as a discipline was first introduced in this country in 1916–in the University of Calcutta. In 2016 the hundred-year milestone was reached. Prominent psychologists of our times have documented this hundred-year journey and its highlights in this book.
The book also chronicles the lives and work of eminent Indian psychologists, who helped make Psychology practice and research what it is today. Their contributions – research articles, monographs, books, etc.–have been listed and summarized. Some of this scholarship influenced psychologists all over the world. The book takes a retrospective look at the development of Psychology and discusses the contribution of Indian institutions and experts.
The overview section takes the reader through the journey of Indian psychology since its establishment, the opening of Indian Psychoanalytical Institute, the academic exchange program, the post-Independence massive extension, and finally the present scenario.
Section 2 comprises of criteria of academic leadership and leadership in professional environment including scientific contribution. It ranges from authors born between 1864 and 1939, approximately in an ascending order.
The last sections is a retro perspective of the psychology field depicted by 18 important questions and answers by eminent psychologists. Overall, the book takes the reader through a journey with interesting insights, which were never brought under one umbrella.