Dr. Komal Beri
Assistant Professor – Humanities
Dr. Komal Beri is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at K.R. Mangalam University. Prior to joining K.R. Mangalam University, she taught at Sharda University and worked as a researcher in a research collaboration between AIIMS, New Delhi & Brown University. She studied at Delhi University (UG & PG) and is awarded with her PhD degree in Social Psychology from Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. She also worked as a counselling psychologist at IWill by Epsyclinic, Gurugram. She has published articles & book chapters on issues of diverse sexuality and mental health.
- Ph.D. Psychology IGNOU, New Delhi 2018 – Awarded on 20th February 2024
- Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling & Guidance, Department of Education, Delhi University 2016 – 2017 Completed
- M.A. Psychology Daulat Ram College, Delhi University 2014 – 2016: 71%
- National Eligibility Test (NET) UGC 2018 Qualified
- B.Sc. Physics (H) Miranda House, Delhi University 2010 – 2013: 66%
- Higher Secondary Education in Science -Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE) 2010: 85%
- Matriculation – Rajasthan Board of
- Secondary education (RBSE) 2008: 91% (Among top 50 at the state level,2nd at Tehsil level)
- K.R. Mangalam University Gurugram (April’23 – Present) Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, SOHS
- Sharda University Greater Noida (Aug’19 – July’22) Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, SHSS
- AIIMS & Brown University Research Collaboration Delhi (Jan’18 – Aug’18) Research Assistant
- ePsyClinic: Quality Mental Healthcare for All, Gurugram (March’17 – Aug’17) Counselling Psychologist
- My thesis centres around the Experience & Effect of Minority Stress on Loneliness, Social Support, Coming Out Growth & Self-Affirmations of Homosexuals. It was done using a mixed research design. It involved both qualitative & quantitative analyses based
on the data collected from 252 Homosexuals across demographics.
- Received “Gargi puruskar” Scholarship, 2008 given by the Government of Rajasthan, based on meritorious achievement in class X Rajasthan Boards.
- Received “Gargi puruskar” Scholarship, 2010 based on meritorious achievement in Rajasthan Boards.
- Recipient of Trophy from District Collector of Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan for Outstanding Performance in Class X Board Examination, 2009.
- Attended and presented a paper entitled ‘Unequal Lives of Homosexual groups: a Review of Literature’ in International Conference (25th-27th November 2020, Virtual Mode) on Gender Equity: Challenges and Opportunities, Hosted by Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, India.
- Attended & presented a paper titled ‘Internal Locus of Control as Predictor of Readiness to Change: An Empirical Study on Employee of Automobile Sector at International Conference on Power, (in)equality and cultures of Resistance: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Humanities and Social Sciences, organised by SHSS, held at Sharda University, Greater Noida, India (28th-29th January 2021).
- Attended & presented a paper entitled, “The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Working Women’s Work-Life Balance During the Lockdown in Northeast India” at the 57th National & 26th International Conference of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology (IAAP) 2022 from 27th – 29th January 2022, to be hosted by Mizoram University (A Central University) Mizoram.
- Attended & presented a paper entitled, “Exploring Attitudes Towards Rainbow Capitalism” at the 57th National & 26th International Conference of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology (IAAP) 2022 from 27th – 29th January 2022, to be hosted by Mizoram University (A Central University) Mizoram.
- Attended & presented a paper entitled, “Gender Minority Stress amid Covid-19 and Yoga” at one day National Conference on ‘Yoga and Human Well Being: Emerging Perspectives’ organized by Nagaland University, Lumami in collaboration with Inter-University Centre for Yogic Sciences.
- Beri, K., Gupta S. (2020). Covid-19 Pandemic and LGBTQ Mental Health. “COVID-19 Biopsychosocial Perspectives (pp. 193–201) Progressive Publications.
- Beri, K., Gupta, S. (2022). Unequal Lives of Homosexual Groups: A Review of Literature. In: Mahajan, V., Chowdhury, A., Kaushal, U.,Jariwala, N., Bong, S.A. (eds) Gender Equity: Challenges and Opportunities. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0460-8_26
- Beri, K., & Gupta, S. (2022). Exploring Bisexuals’ experiences of Bi erasure, Stigma and Discrimination: A Qualitative Study: The Learning Curve, Department of Psychology, Lady Shri Ram College for Women. Vol. XI (pp. 29–36).
