{"id":515,"date":"2019-12-23T11:43:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T06:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teelab.ces.iisc.ac.in\/iisc-wellness\/?page_id=515"},"modified":"2025-03-24T17:12:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T11:42:47","slug":"consulting-psychologists","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/index.php\/committee\/consulting-psychologists\/","title":{"rendered":"Consulting Psychologists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are several consulting psychologists available on campus (at Faculty Club) on all working days and on Saturdays for the campus community.  To book an appointment, call 3628 or 3629. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the phone number is not reachable, please email the psychologists to get an appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, we also have several <a href=\"https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/index.php\/committee\/consulting-psychiatrist\/\">consulting psychiatrists<\/a>, who visit the Health Centre twice a week. Contact the health centre for appointments with psychiatrists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IISc members must feel free to meet any of these four mental health professionals for help. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"917\" src=\"https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-15-at-10.41.33-AM-1024x917.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1630 size-medium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-15-at-10.41.33-AM-1024x917.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-15-at-10.41.33-AM-300x269.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-15-at-10.41.33-AM-768x688.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-15-at-10.41.33-AM.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2>Ms. Vasundhara<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Clinical Psychologist<\/em><br><br>Consulting hours: Monday, Tuesday&nbsp; and Friday: 10.00 am to 6.00 pm, Wednesday&nbsp;and Thursday : 11.00am to 07.00pm, Saturday : 09.00am to 1.00pm\/1.00pm to5.00pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phone No:- 8077342430<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:vasundhara2@iisc.ac.in\" target=\"_blank\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:vasundhara2@iisc.ac.in\" target=\"_blank\">vasundhara2@iisc.ac.in<\/a><\/a><br><br>Ms. Vasundhara, a Clinical Psychologist at IISc, holds an MPHIL in Clinical Psychology from Gautam Buddha University, Uttar Pradesh. With extensive internship experience at multiple hospitals and organizations, she specializes in psychological assessments and evidence-based and outcome- based therapeutic approaches. Her expertise spans various populations including children, adolescents, adults and old age populations. She has work experience in dealing with various mental disorders, including \u00a0anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorders, interpersonal conflict, mood disorders, schizophrenia and other behavioural and mental disorders, addressed through diverse therapeutic methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"770\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_20230222_132821-770x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1576 size-medium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_20230222_132821-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_20230222_132821-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_20230222_132821-768x1022.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_20230222_132821-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_20230222_132821-1155x1536.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_20230222_132821-1540x2048.jpg 1540w, https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_20230222_132821-scaled.jpg 1924w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2>Swetapragyan Panda<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Clinical Psychologist<\/em><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consulting hours: Monday and&nbsp; Tuesday&nbsp;&nbsp;: 11.00am to 07.00pm, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday : 09.30 am to 5.30 pm, Saturday : 09.00am to 1.00pm\/1.00pm to5.00pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phone No:- 8929789550<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:swetapragyan@iisc.ac.in\" target=\"_blank\">swetapragyan@iisc.ac.in<\/a><br><br>Sweta is a RCI licensed Clinical Psychologist who has underwent&nbsp;&nbsp;extensive training and has experience in psychological assessments and treatment of clients suffering from various emotional, mental and behavioral disorders. She has experience in working with a variety of populations including children, adolescents and adults and helping them tackle issues like relationship conflicts, depression, OCD, anxiety and so on through the use of different therapeutic modalities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"857\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20200509_132509-857x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1625 size-medium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20200509_132509-857x1024.jpg 857w, https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20200509_132509-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20200509_132509-768x918.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20200509_132509-1285x1536.jpg 1285w, https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20200509_132509-1713x2048.jpg 1713w, https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20200509_132509.jpg 2047w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 857px) 100vw, 857px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2>Mr B. G. Shridhar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Psychologist, Wellness Centre Committee<\/em><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consulting hours: Monday and Thursday : 11.00am to 07.00pm,&nbsp;Tuesday ,Wednesday and Friday : 09.00 am to 5.00 pm, Saturday : 09.00am to 1.00pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Email: shridharbg@iisc.ac.in<br>Phone: 8310863505<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sridhar is a mental health professional, with experience in counselling, therapy and psychological assessments. He completed his masters in clinical psychology and worked on \u201cEmotional intelligence and perceived stress\u201d as a part of the program. He has worked as a clinical psychologist in a psychiatric setup for nearly six years, has done online counselling and has also taught at universities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"586\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-21-at-10.55.24-AM-586x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1633 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-21-at-10.55.24-AM-586x1024.jpeg 586w, https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-21-at-10.55.24-AM-172x300.jpeg 172w, https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-21-at-10.55.24-AM-768x1341.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-21-at-10.55.24-AM-879x1536.jpeg 879w, https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-21-at-10.55.24-AM.jpeg 916w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2>Ms M. S. Savitha<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Psychologist, Wellness Centre Committee<\/em><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consulting hours: Monday ,Tuesday and Thursday&nbsp; : 10.00 am to 6.00 pm,&nbsp; Wednesday and Friday : 11.00am to 07.00pm, Saturday : 09.00am to 1.00pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Email: savithams@iisc.ac.in<br>Phone: 7975909083<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Savitha M S is a clinical psychologist at IISc. She got her M.Sc. from Bangalore University, and obtained a license as clinical psychologist from RCI. She had extensive internships in many hospitals including NIMHANS, Bangalore. She has been practising psychology from the past six years in different hospitals and has experience of working with children, adolescents and adults, with psychological assessment, testing and therapy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SANCHARI-PASSPORT-PHOTO-PDF-1-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1809 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SANCHARI-PASSPORT-PHOTO-PDF-1-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SANCHARI-PASSPORT-PHOTO-PDF-1-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SANCHARI-PASSPORT-PHOTO-PDF-1-768x1087.png 768w, https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SANCHARI-PASSPORT-PHOTO-PDF-1-1086x1536.png 1086w, https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SANCHARI-PASSPORT-PHOTO-PDF-1-1447x2048.png 1447w, https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SANCHARI-PASSPORT-PHOTO-PDF-1.png 1653w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2>Ms. Sanchari Maity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>Clinical Psychologist<\/em>, Wellness Centre Committee<\/em><br><br>Consulting hours:Monday, Wednesday and Saturday: 90.00 am to 5.00 pm,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday&nbsp;and Thursday : 11.00am to 07.00pm,&nbsp;Sunday : 09.00am to 1.00pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: sancharim1@iisc.ac.in<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phone: 8980905875<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Sanchari is a RCI Licensed Clinical Psychologist from India with 4 years of clinical experience in India. She has done her specialization in Neuropsychology from University of Glasgow, UK and has worked at Brainkind as a Rehabilitation Worker in the UK. She has expertise in diagnosing and assessing psychiatric disorders. In therapy, she mainly works on the lines of CBT, REBT, DBT, Cognitive Rehabilitation, Mindfulness, CFT, ACT and CPT. Sanchari is intrigued and works on neuropsychological aspects of Epilepsy, Dementia, Traumatic Brain Injury and the like. Her principle interests in Clinical Psychology are Anxiety, Depression, OCD, Trauma and Schizophrenia. She strongly believes in emphasising the affective and compassionate domains of mental health care. Apart from all the therapy techniques, she believes in well-being of her clients and building an effective therapeutic alliance with them.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are several consulting psychologists available on campus (at Faculty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":37,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width-container.php","meta":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"elegant_blocks_team_1":false,"elegant_blocks_blog_1":false,"elegant_blocks_slider_1":false,"thumblist":false,"meccarouselthumb":false,"gridsquare":false,"tileview":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"bizberg_medium":false,"bizberg_gallery":false,"bizberg_blog_list":false,"bizberg_detail_image":false,"bizberg_detail_image_no_sidebar":false,"bizberg_portfolio_homepage":false,"bizberg_blog_list_no_sidebar_1":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"webteam","author_link":"https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/index.php\/author\/webteam\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"There are several consulting psychologists available on campus (at Faculty [&hellip;]","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/515"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515"}],"version-history":[{"count":75,"href":"https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1833,"href":"https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/515\/revisions\/1833"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellness.iisc.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}