Dr. Anuradha Choudry is a Joint Faculty at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Centre of Excellence for Indian Knowledge Systems and a Member of the Rekhi Centre of Excellence for the Science of Happiness at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. She holds a Doctorate in Sanskrit on Vedic Psychology in the light of Sri Aurobindo’s Interpretation from Pondicherry University. Her interests (Research/Teaching) lie in Indian/Yoga Psychology, Pedagogy and Psycholinguistics of Sanskrit,
Prof. Choudry was instrumental in launching courses on Sanskrit and Heritage, Introduction to Indian Psychology and History of Science and technology in Ancient India (2016 till date) at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and also participated in the establishment of the Centre of Excellence for Indian Knowledge Systems in April 2021. She comes with 20 years of research and teaching experience.
A Chair Professor for Sanskrit Language and Literature (2018 – 2021) as Distinguished Empaneled Member for Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), New Delhi, Prof. Choudry was a recipient of the Excellent Young Teacher’s Award at IIT Kharagpur in 2019, the Himalayan Green Award for contributions in Higher Education, (2020), from Himalayan Welfare Organisation (HWO), Pahalgam, and the Arsha Vidya Bharati (2020), from Arsha Vidya Vikas Kendra, Bhubaneshwar, to mention a few. She has co-edited and co-authored Perspectives on Indian Psychology and Happiness: Indic Perspectives with Dr. Vinayachandra B. K, Director, Indica Yoga and has written about 20 articles, and she has been part of both editions of Indica Yoga’s Global Festival of Yoga, which has reached out to over fifty countries.
Education:
- MSc in Applied Psychology, Annamalai University, India (2013)
- Yoga Instructor certificate course, SVYASA Yoga University, India (2011)
- MLitt in Crossways in European Humanities, Erasmus Mundus Programme, Universities of St-Andrews, Scotland, and Bergamo, Italy (2008)
- PhD in Sanskrit on Vedic Psychology, Pondicherry University, India (May 2007)
- MPhil in Sanskrit, Pondicherry University, India (2003)
- Diploma in Human Rights, Summer School of Human Rights, UN-related course, Geneva (2004)
- MA in Sanskrit, Pondicherry University, India (2001)
- BA Studies, Sri Aurobindo Centre of Education (1998)
Academic Contributions
- Journals: About 20
- Books: 2 books
- Book Chapters: Around 5
- Conference Papers: Around 5
- Guest Lectures: More than 100 talks
- Paper Presentations & Conferences Attended: More than 40
- Conducted over 50 Workshops, training programmes nationally and internationally