IITKGP

Responsibilities

  • Program Officer, NSO

Research Areas

  • Work Family Dynamics in India
  • Health Promotion and Health Behavior
  • Indian Psychology
  • Happiness and subjective wellbeing
Mahima Raina received her Ph.D from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Her research focuses on work family boundary management in the Indian context, with a core focus on occupational health and wellbeing. Apart from that she has avid interest in the intersection of Psychology and Hinduism, and writes on indigenous health-wellbeing theory and measurement. Mahima has held visiting scholar positions at University of Humboldt, Berlin and University of Quebec in Montreal which was funded by the Ministry of Higher Education Canada. She is also a recipient of the prestigious early career work and family fellowship of the Work Family Research Network in 2020. Her recent cross-country work published in the Journal of Social Issues (ABDC :A) has been declared as the top cited article of 2022-23.
  • The Yogic Path to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion by Raina M. - (2025)
  • Unveiling the past, present and future of workplace spirituality research: a systematic literature review of 15 years by Nayyar R., Yadav P., Baral R., Raina M., Jena L.K. International Journal of Organizational Analysis - (2024)
  • Contextualizing work-family experiences in India: sex, gender role perception and urbanization by Raina M., Cho E. Evidence-based HRM - (2024)

Principal Investigator

  • Health and Career Benefits of Self Compassion: A public Health Model for Youth in India Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy (SRIC)

Ph. D. Students

Adithya Aneesh

Area of Research: Mental health

Juby Merin Sam

Area of Research: INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Naga Venkata Sri Lakshmi Koduri

Area of Research: Grief in Indian Context