Dr. Mansi Yadav

Assistant Professor

Interest Area(s)

  • Disability Studies
  • Queer Studies
  • Graphic Novels
  • 20th Century British Literature

Dr. Mansi Yadav is a dedicated Assistant Professor of Psychology with expertise in counseling, teaching, and research. She holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from G.D. Goenka University, specializing in the “Comparative Analysis Between Convicted Prisoners and the General Population on Dimensions of Life Satisfaction, Personality, and Aggression.” With over 10 years of experience in both academic and clinical settings, Dr. Yadav has also served as a consultant psychologist and educational counselor.

Her professional journey includes significant contributions to research and numerous publications in national and international journals. Dr. Yadav’s work is deeply focused on mental well-being, resilience, and the psychological aspects of societal challenges such as incarceration, migration, and substance use. Passionate about mentoring students and fostering interdisciplinary research, she actively engages in academic conferences and workshops.

  • Ph.D. in Psychology from G D Goenka University, 2023 on “Comparative Analysis Between Convicted Prisoners and General Population on Dimension of Life Satisfaction, Personality, and Aggression”.
  • P.G. Diploma in Clinical Hypnosis – Charotar University of Science and Technology, Gujarat
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy – Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 2015
  • Certificate Course in Neurodevelopment and Behavioral Disorders in Children – Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, 2016
  • Certificate in Guidance – IGNOU, 2016
  • Maters in Psychology – Raj. Uni., 2014
  • Graduation from Raj. Uni., 2012
  • Assistant Professor of School of Humanities, KR Mangalam University, Sohna, Haryana, from 3rd February 2025 to present.
  • Assistant Professor of School of Liberal Arts, G D Goenka University, Sohna, Haryana, from January 2024 to January 2025
  • Teaching Assistant of School of Liberal Arts, G D Goenka University, Sohna, Haryana, from April 2023 to December 2023
  • Chief Executive Officer, VIDYA ANANDA Organization (NGO), Delhi, Nov. 2019 to March 2022.
  • Educational Counselor, MCD North Zone, New Delhi, Feb. 2019 to May 2020.
  • Consultant Psychologist, Metro Hospital and Cancer Institute, July 2018 to Nov. 2019.
  • Career Counselor, EDUGORILLA Pvt. Ltd., Haryana and Rajasthan, a 2-month project in 2017.
  • PGT Psychology, National Academy Sr. Sec. School, Alwar, Rajasthan, July 2017 to Sept. 2017.
  • Educational Counselor, Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1, Alwar, Rajasthan, April 2016 to Feb. 2017.

An edited book entitled “Industry Engagement Students’ Reflection and Insights, Zia & Kirmani Multilingual Translation Services”, ISBN 978-81-965250-7-1.

  • Yadav M., (2022), Effective Communication, Human Values and other Life Skills, SENTICS Publications, ISBN 978-81-949251-4-9, pp 115.
  • Yadav M., (2023), The Impact of Indian Music on Mental Health, A Journey through Indian Folk Art and Culture, Paarth Publications, ISBN 978-81-968380-9-14.
  • Yadav M., (2023), The Impression of Ragas on Mental Workload, A Journey through Indian Folk Art and Culture, Paarth Publications, ISBN 978-81-968380-9-14. 3
  • Yadav M., (2022), The Psychology of Nirvana: Buddha, Indian Writings in English: Perspective and Approaches, Droit Penale Publications, ISBN 978-81-968195-6-9.
  • Yadav M., (2022), Mental Health Challenges in Migration, Migration: Policy and Challenges, SUDHARSHAN PUBLISHERS, ISBN 978-81-968195-8-3.
  • Yadav M., (2022), Emotional Well-being Amid Migration, Migration: Policy and Challenges, SUDHARSHAN PUBLISHERS, ISBN 978-81-968195-8-3.
  • Yadav M., (2019), Cognition: Social Perspective, Interwoven Realities: Challenges Across Literature, Economics, Sociology, Politics, and Psychology, Universal Publication, ISBN 978-93 844343-9-7.
  • Yadav M., (2020), Resilience for Life, Managing Inclusion through Life Skill Education, Universal Publication, ISBN 978-93-844345-5-7.
  • Yadav M., (2020), Self-Care and Well-being, Managing Inclusion through Life Skill Education, Universal Publication, ISBN 978-93-844345-5-7.
  • Yadav M., (2023), Understanding Gender Consciousness and Psychological Repression in the Select Writings of Jane Austen and Shashi Deshpande, Critical Insights on Contemporary Writings in English, PAARTH PUBLISHERS, ISBN 978-81-968932-6-2.
  • Yadav M., (2023), The Psychology of Magic: Exploring Harry Potter’s Worldview, Critical Insights on Contemporary Writings in English, PAARTH PUBLISHERS, ISBN 978-81-968932 6-2.
  • Yadav M., (2023), Mental Wellness into Inclusive Education, NEP 2020, PAARTH PUBLISHERS, ISBN 978-81-966224-3-5.
  • Yadav M., (2023), A Psychological Overview of Men in Higher Education, Gender Narrative from Men in Higher Education, PAARTH PUBLISHERS, ISBN 978-81-968380-2-7.
  • Yadav M., (2023), Empowering Minds: A Psychological Overview of Women in Higher Education, Gender Perspectives in Higher Education, PAARTH PUBLISHERS, ISBN 978-81 968380-2-7.
  • Yadav M., (2024), Psychological Effects of Incarceration, Contemporary Issues & Discussion in Laws and Psychology, SATYAM LAW INTERNATIONAL, ISBN 978-8119119349.
  • Yadav M., (2024), Art of Emotional Balance and Intelligence and NEP 2020, National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, Sentics Publication, ISBN 978-81-949251-8-7.
  • Chaired a session at the International Conference of Sociology Economics Political & Psychological Studies (ICSEPPS-24) organized by the School of Liberal Education, Galgotias University, collaborating with We Avec U Mental Health Organization from 22nd to 24th September 2024.
  • Chaired a session in the virtual Conference “Navigating Psychological & Social Transformations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” organized by We Avec U Research Foundation on 26 and 27 April 2024.
  • Best Teacher Excellence Award by Mothers Guide Counselling Centre, New Delhi (2023).
  • Savitribai Fule Award for Women (2023).
  • Presented a paper on the topic of “General Health and Resilience of Smokers and Non-Smokers” an international conference on Transforming lives Through Adoption of SDGS: Role 5 of Higher Education Institutions (TALASH-2024) organised by GD Goenka University, Gurugram in association with AIU (2024).
  • Presented a paper on the topic of “To study the difference in “Review paper writing on Comparative analysis between convicted prisoners and the general population on the dimension of Life Satisfaction, Personality, and Aggression” an international conference on Holistic Health & Well-being, Lovely Professional University, (2023).
  • Presented a paper on the topic of “A study of Emotional Intelligence in Relation to Health and Quality of Life among Elderly People” an international conference on Holistic Health & Well-being, Lovely Professional University, (2023).
  • Presented a paper on the topic of “To study the difference in aggression between convicted prisoners and the general population” an international conference on Indian Traditional Yoga System Theory and Practice, Department of Yogic Science, Gurukula Kangri, Haridwar, (2022).
  • Presented a paper on the topic of “A Study of the Big Five Factors in General and Convicted Population” in the 31st convention of the National Academy of Psychology 2021-2022
  • Presented a paper on the topic of “Tiffin feeding behavior and child Development’ at the 3rd International Conference of the Indian Academy of Health Psychology (ICIAHP, 2017), National P.G. College, Lucknow.
  • Presented a paper on the topic of ‘Role of Yoga Practice on Emotional Intelligence” at 3rd International Conference of the Indian Academy of Health Psychology (ICIAHP, 2017), National P.G. College, Lucknow.
  • Presented a paper on the topic of ‘In’ and ‘Out’ Impression of Raag Todi as an aids Vigilance Task Performance” in the 21st International and 52nd National Conference of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology (IAAP,2017) Jaipur.
  • Presented a paper on the topic of “Effect of acupuncture stimulation on sensitivity, response bias and physiological performance during vigilance task” in the 21st International National Conference of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology (IAAP, 2017) Jaipur
  • Presented a paper on the topic of “Effect of acupuncture stimulation on the accuracy, reaction time and mental workload during vigilance task” in 5th International Conference on Recent Advancementin Cognition and Health (ICRACH) 2016, B.H.U. Uttar Pradesh, 19-21 December 2016.
  • Presented a paper on the topic “Effect of ‘In’ and ‘Out’ Impression of Raag Todi on Mental Workload and Vigilance Task Performance” at 20th International and 51st National Conference of The Indian Academy of Applied Psychology (IAAP,2016) Bengaluru.
  • Presented a paper on the topic of “Effect of Music’s ‘In’ and ‘Out’ Impression on Vigilance Task Performance” at 4th International Conference on Recent Advancement in Cognition and Health (ICRACH) 2016 B.H.U. Uttar Pradesh, 6-8 February,2016.
  • Presented a paper on the topic of “Relation between Spirituality, Health, Life Satisfaction, Cognitive Failure with Duration of Imprisonment” in National Seminar on Challenges of Human Resource Development in tribal areas, Govt. Danteshwari P.G. College Dantewada, Chhattisgarh, 16-17 January 2015.
  • Presented a paper on the topic of “Spirituality, Cognitive Failure and Health amongst Prisoners” at the 50th National and International Conference of the IAAP (Indian Academy of Applied Psycho1ogy), on Applied Psychology and Spirituality- Contribution to Health, Happiness, Professions and leadership, S.W.D.P.G. College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh,23-25 January 2015.
  • Attended the 2nd International Conference Beyond Academia: Exploring the Scope of Social Sciences held on 16th July 2021organized by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, GD Goenka University, Gurugram.
  • Yadav M, (Under process), “The Impact of Social Media Addiction on Emotional Intelligence, Self-esteem, and Mental Well-being among Young Adults”.
  • Yadav M, (2024), “General Health and Resilience of Smokers and Non-Smokers”, Journal of East West Thought, ISSN 2168-2259, Volume 14, Issue 4, December 2024.
  • Yadav M, Mishra SK, (2024), “Understanding the Psychology of Nirvana”, The Journal of Innovations in Liberal Arts, ISSN 2583-3200, Volume 4, 2024.
  • Yadav M, Bhati SS, (2024), “Spirituality, Cognitive Failure and Health Amongst Prisoners”, Madhya Pradesh Journal of Social Science, ISSN 0973-855X, Vol. 29 No.1, Issue Jan.- June 2024.
  • Yadav M, Bhati SS, (2023), “A Study of Emotional Intelligence in Relation to Health and Quality of Life among Elderly People”, The Journal of Advances in Management IT & Social Sciences, ISSN 2231-4571, Vol. 13, Issue 7th July 2023.
  • Yadav M, Mishra SK, (2023), “Psychological Aspects of Empowering Minds through Higher Education”, Journal of Innovations in TESOL and Applied Linguistics, ISSN 2454-6887, Vol. 9, Issue 1st 2023.
  • Yadav M, Kaul S, (2022), “Effect of Duration in Imprisonment on Personality, Spirituality, Health, Life Satisfaction, and Cognitive Failure”, Journal of Oriental Research Madras, ISSN 0022-3301, Vol. XVII, No. 4, Dec. 2022.
  • Yadav M, Kaul S, (2023), “Review Study on the Concept of Personality, Life Satisfaction & Aggression of Convicted Prisoners and the General Population”, Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology, Head, and Neck Surgery, forthcoming Issue 27, Volume 2, 2023.
  • Yadav M, Kaul S, (2023), “A Study of the Big Five Factors in General and Convicted Population”, International Journal of Research in Economics and Social Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 5, May 2023.
  • Yadav M, Kaul S, (2023), “Exploring the Relationship Between Life Satisfaction and Aggression Among Convicted Prisoners and the General Population”, International Journal of Research in Economics and Social Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 6, June 2023.