Kirti Tyagi

About

Kirti Tyagi is an Assistant Professor at Jindal School of Psychology and Counselling. She completed her Ph. D. from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in the area of teens, risky decision-making, and domain-specific risk-taking.

My doctoral research work focuses on investigating personality, contextual and cognitive factors associated with positive and negative risk behaviors in early, middle, and late adolescents across different educational setups.

Describing my journey, I’ve spent the last 12 years learning about the field of psychology from theory to applications, and the journey still continues.

I also worked as an SEL specialist for a UNESCO MGIEP project: Digital games for peace and SEL.

I also provide intervention consulting to organizations working in the domain of behavioral change and utilizing behavioral psychology principles in their products.

Some of my other research interests include positive youth development, adolescent risk-taking and decision-making, psychological testing, developing digital games for SEL, peace, and PVE

Apart from this, I do provide mentorship in research (stats, methodology, writing) to young researchers.

My top strengths are spirituality, kindness, love of learning, creativity, and appreciation.

Employment

• OP Jindal Global University Sonipat Program Director, School Research Grant Committee
  2025 - Present
• OP Jindal Global University Assistant Professor
  2024 - Present
• OP Jindal Global University Sonipat Assisstant Director, Research and Experimentation
  2023 - Present
• O. P. Jindal Global University Lecturer
  2022 - 2024

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Delhi PhD Scholar
  2018 - 2024
• University of Delhi Masters in Applied Psychology (Clinical Specialization)
  2016 - 2018
• University of Delhi B.A. hons. Psychology
  2013 - 2016

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (8)

• Ritual Recitation as a Mind-Body Practice for Trauma Recovery
  2026 DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3373-3521-6.ch011
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• Digital Cure or Digital Cage?
  2026 DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3373-3531-5.ch007
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• Pro-Social Risk-Taking as a Pathway to Social-Emotional Learning in Schools
  2025 DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3373-3351-9.ch004
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• Technology-Enabled Psychosocial Interventions for Climate-Affected Populations
  2025 DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3373-3281-9.ch006
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• Jainism: A Religion of Compassion and Non-violence
  Religious and Spiritual Practices in India A Positive Psychological Perspective 2023 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-2397-7_9
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• The Interplay of Social, Emotional and Cognitive Factors of Risk Perception and Engagement in Precautionary Behaviours during COVID-19 Lockdown (4.0) in India
  Journal of Health Management 2023 DOI: 10.1177/09720634231167033
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• The Brief 35-Item ARQ: Validation of the Adolescent Resilience Questionnaire in India
  Psychological Studies 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s12646-022-00643-0
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• Relationship between Spiritual Intelligence and Quality of Life among Youth: A Correlational and Gender Comparative Study
  IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences Review 2018
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