Vineet Gairola, Experience

                                                                                                         Experience

1. Book Review Editor of Springer's Journal of Dharma Studies (SCOPUS Indexed, Q2) (February 2025-Present). Editorial board | Journal of Dharma Studies.
   a) Oversee the selection and assignment of book reviews in the field of Dharma Studies.
   b) Coordinate with scholars, publishers, and reviewers to ensure high-quality contributions.
   c) Edit and evaluate submissions for scholarly rigor and clarity.

2. Member of the Student Development Committee, Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (Division 29), American Psychological Association (APA). Student Development Committee - Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy. 

3. Member of the International Relations Committee, The Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology (SPPP; Division 39 of APA).

4. Doing Doctoral Research on the religious worship practices of Uttarakhand Himalayas from IIT Hyderabad (2020-Present).

5. Taught students about Yoga Sutras by Patanjali, mystical practices in India, the relationship between madness and divinity, and the works of Girindrasekhar Bose, Sudhir Kakar, Carl Jung, and R. D. Laing, etc. (July 2020- October 2020).

6. Adjunct Faculty of Psychology, School of Undergraduate Studies. www.aud.ac.in Course taught: SUS1PS713, Psychological Testing. Taught theoretical and historical foundations of psychological testing along with teaching how to administer, conduct, and write a report for 2 psychological tests: Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM) and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – fourth edition (WAIS-IV). Provided guidance and counseling to students in distress due to the COVID-19 pandemic (2020 Jan – July). 

7. Junior Project Fellow, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations of Education, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). www.ncert.nic.in. Project: A Study of the Relationship between Perceptions of School Climate and Students Outcomes.
   Did an extensive literature review and published 2 review papers about school climate and student outcomes in the Indian context and on students’ well-being. I went to different regions of India to collect data from students, teachers, parents, and principals. Taught Gestalt therapy to students and teachers enrolled in the Diploma in Guidance and Counselling offered by NCERT (2019 Jun – 2020 Mar). 

8. Part-time Volunteer (Qualitative Researcher) at Project Children Against Child Abuse (Project CACA). www.projectcaca.org Project: Assessment of Challenges faced by teachers teaching Project CACA Safety Workbooks (2019 Aug – Jun 2020).