Dr. Waheeda Khan

Professor Waheeda Khan is a distinguished psychologist, academic leader, researcher, and mentor with over four decades of experience in teaching, research, academic administration, and international collaboration. She currently serves as Professor Emeritus and Advisor at the School of Behavioural Sciences, SGT University, Gurugram, India, and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Contemporary Behavioural and Social Research (JCBSR). Throughout her illustrious career, she has made significant contributions to advancing psychology, mental health, wellbeing, and the behavioural sciences through her scholarship, leadership, and commitment to academic excellence.

Professor Khan holds a PhD in Psychology and has more than 42 years of experience in higher education, encompassing undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral, and postdoctoral teaching and supervision. Her areas of specialisation include Positive Psychology, Clinical-Social Psychology, Health Psychology, Emotion, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Parenting, Peace, Violence and Conflict Studies, and Cross-Cultural Psychology.

Prior to her current role, Professor Khan served as Dean of the Faculty of Behavioural Sciences at SGT University (2015–2021), where she played a pivotal role in strengthening academic programmes, fostering research culture, and promoting international collaborations. She also served as Head of the Department of Psychology at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, and held several leadership positions, including Honorary Director of the University Counselling and Guidance Centre and the Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women’s Studies. Her administrative contributions have significantly enhanced institutional development, student support services, and faculty advancement.

Her scholarship has been disseminated through an extensive portfolio of publications in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, and UGC-CARE-indexed journals, as well as chapters in internationally published books. Her work has appeared in prestigious journals including the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Community Mental Health Journal, The Family Journal, European Journal of Personality, and Cross-Cultural Psychology. She has collaborated with internationally renowned scholars, including Professor David Matsumoto, Professor John Dixon, Dr Huseyin Cakal, Professor Milada Krejci, Professor Joseph de Rivera, Professor Azizuddin Khan and others. Her publications address contemporary challenges, including autism, mental health, parenting, infertility, emotional regulation, conflict, well-being, psychological responses to global crises, and positive psychological interventions.

Professor Khan has supervised and co-supervised more than 40 doctoral scholars, including students from India and abroad. Her mentorship has nurtured a generation of researchers. She has also supervised over 100 postgraduate and undergraduate dissertations and field-training projects, demonstrating her long- standing commitment to research capacity-building. She is also associated with a project funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, and UGC-UKIERI Thematic Partnership grant.

Her academic reputation has earned her invitations as a Visiting Professor, Visiting Scientist, Visiting Fellow, and Keynote Speaker at prestigious institutions worldwide, including the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York; the Open University, United Kingdom; Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; SIUSSK, Pekanbaru, Indonesia; Helwan University, Egypt; and PALESTRA University, Czech Republic. She is also a recipient of the Honourable Award for Research and Innovation (Czech Republic, 2025), the ICONIC Health Psychologist Award, the Significant Contribution Award in Psychology, and the Distinguished Women Psychologist Award.

In addition to her research and teaching achievements, Professor Khan has contributed extensively to academic governance, editorial leadership, curriculum development, and professional service. She serves on academic and research committees and is a member of leading professional bodies, including the American Psychological Association and the National Academy of Psychology (India).