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B.A. (Fergusson College, Pune);

M.Sc.; Ph.D. CHRIST (Deemed to be University)

Dr. Bhasker Malu

Associate Professor & Associate Dean (Academic Affairs)

Email bhasker.malu@jgu.edu.in
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ORCID ID 0000-0002-2592-6972
Key Expertise Race, Discrimination, Social Identity, North-east India, Populism, Open Science Movement

B.A. (Fergusson College, Pune);

M.Sc.; Ph.D. CHRIST (Deemed to be University)

Biography

Bhasker Malu is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Academic Affairs) at the Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences at O P Jindal Global University. He has been awarded research grants from prestigious international organisations including The Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI). He has published a textbook titled "Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Social Cognition" with Taylor & Francis that has a non-WEIRD emphasis. He has a PhD in Social Psychology and has published multiple peer-reviewed papers in domains of perceived discrimination, prejudice, educational psychology, and emotion recognition. His doctoral research focused on understanding the regional nature of racial discrimination in India using the social identity lens. His current areas of interest are understanding racial discrimination in India with its complex intergroup and political situation, populism, and open science practices. Apart from his academic interests, he has also looked to democratize psychology knowledge by developing two mobile applications (OSP, OSP Pro and www.onestoppsychology.com) that provide free notes, practice tests, and videos to help individuals learn about psychology. He has published two books for psychology exam preparation and two fiction novels. He is also a TEDx speaker. 

Core - Social Psychology

Core - Developmental Psychology

Core - Personality

Elective - Humour and Psychology

Elective - Social Psychology of Sports

Core - Practicum

Claremont Graduate University (2025)

Reddy, K.J., & Malu, B. (2025). Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Social Cognition: Recent Advances and Future Questions (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003499855

Malu, B., Belavadi, S., Chhabra, S., Rajan, S. K., & Dochania, R. (2024). ‘You are not Sikkimese enough’: Understanding collective action tendencies of old settlers in Sikkim using SIMCA. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 00, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12614

Malu, B., Rajan, S.K., & Jindal, N. (2024). Regional Populism in India: A Case of Sikkim. In: Chacko Chennattuserry, J., Deshpande, M., & Hong, P. (eds) Encyclopedia of New Populism and Responses in the 21st Century. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9859-0_36-1

Malu, B., Kareepadath Rajan, S., Jindal, N. et al. (2023). Discrimination Experiences of Old Settlers in Sikkim: A Qualitative Exploration. Psychological Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-023-00743-5

Terry, J., Ross, R. M., Nagy, T., Salgado, M., Garrido-Vásquez, P., Sarfo, J. O., Cooper, S., Buttner, A. C., Lima, T. J. S., Öztürk, I., Akay, N., Santos, F. H., Artemenko, C., Copping, L. T., Elsherif, M. M., Milovanović, I., Cribbie, R. A., Drushlyak, M. G., Swainston, K., Shou, Y., Leongómez, J. D., Palena, N., Abidin, F. A., Reyes-Rodríguez, M. F., He, Y., Abraham, J., Vatakis, A., Jankowsky, K., Schmidt, K., S. N. L., Grimm, E., González, D., Schmid, P., Ferreira, R. A., Rozgonjuk, D., Özhan, N., O’Connor, P. A., Zsido, A. N., Stiglic, G., Rhodes, D., Rodríguez, C., Ropovik, I., Enea, V., Nurwanti, R., Estudillo, A. J., Beribisky, N., Himawan, K. K., Geven, L. M., van Hoogmoed, A. H., Bret, A., Chapman, J. E., Alter, U., Flack, Z. M., Hanna, D., Soltanlou, M., Banik, G., Adamkovič, M., van der Ven, S. H. G., Mosbacher, J. A., Şen, H. H., Anderson, J. R., Batashvili, M., de Groot, K., Parker, M. O., Helmy, M., Ostroha, M. M., Gilligan-Lee, K. A., Egara, F. O., Barwood, M. J., Thomas, K., McMahon, G., Griffin, S. M., Nuerk, H.-C., Counsell, A., Lindemann, O., Van Rooy, D., Wege, T. E., Lewis, J. E., Aczel, B., Monaghan, C., Al-Hoorie, A. H., Huber, J. F., Yapan, S., Garrido Vásquez, M. E., Callea, A., Ergiyen, T., Clay, J. M., Mertens, G., Topçu, F., Tutlu, M. G., Täht, K., Mikkor, K., Caso, L., Karner, A., Storm, M. M. C., Daroczy, G., Zein, R. A., Greco, A., Buchanan, E. M., Schmid, K., Hunt, T. E., De keersmaecker, J., Branney, P. E., Randell, J., Clark, O. J., Steltenpohl, C. N., Malu, B., Tekeş, B., Ramis, T., Agrigoroaei, S., Badcock, N. A., McAloney-Kocaman, K., Semenikhina, O. V., Graf, E. W., Lea, C., Ogba, K. T. U., Guppy, F. M., Warhurst, A. C., Lindsay, S., Al Khateeb, A., Scharnowski, F., de Kwaadsteniet, L., Francis, K. B., Lecompte, M., Webster, L. A. D., Morsanyi, K., Forwood, S. E., Walters, E. R., Tip, L. K., Wagge, J. R., Lai, H. Y., Crossland, D. S., Darda, K. M., Flack, T. R., Leviston, Z., Brolly, M., Hills, S. P., Collins, E., Roberts, A. J., Cheung, W.-Y., Leonard, S., Verschuere, B., Stanley, S. K., Xenidou-Dervou, I., Ghasemi, O., Liew, T., Ansari, D., Guilaran, J., Penny, S. G., Bahnmueller, J., Hand, C. J., Rahajeng, U. W., Peterburg, D., Takacs, Z. K., Platow, M. J., & Field, A. P. (2023). Data from an International MultiCentre Study of Statistics and Mathematics Anxieties and Related Variables in University Students (the SMARVUS Dataset). Journal of Open Psychology Data, 11: 8, pp. 1–25. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jopd.80

Malu, B., Rajan, S., Jindal, N., Thakur, A., & Raghuram, T. (2022). Perceived Discrimination of Old Settlers in Sikkim. Changing Societies & Personalities, 6(3), 677–691.

Kohli, B., Malu, B., Janarthanan, J. et al. (2022). Hook-up culture among young Indian adults in Indian metropolitan cities. Sexuality & Culture. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-022-09987-1

Rajan Menon, K., Malu, B., & Sinha, C. (2020). Development and Validation of Emotion Recognition Software in the Indian Population. Psychological Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-020-00574-8

Malu, B., & Reddy, J. (2020). Mediating Role of Intrinsic motivation: Needs Satisfaction and Student Engagement of Undergraduate Students. Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, 46(2), 176–182.

Malu, B., & Reddy, K. J., (2016). Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction, Academic Performance: Mediating Role of Motivation. International Education and Research Journal, 2(4), 75-78.

Malu, B., & Reddy, K. J., (2016). Mediating role of Intrinsic motivation: Needs satisfaction and student engagement of undergraduate students. Indian Journal of Social Science Researches, 13(2), 46-54 Book Chapter

Email bhasker.malu@jgu.edu.in
ORCID ID 0000-0002-2592-6972
Key Expertise Race, Discrimination, Social Identity, North-east India, Populism, Open Science Movement
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