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College of Community Science / Human Development and Family Studies / Thrust Areas

Faculty

Name: Dr Prachi Bisht

Address: Scientist 

Phone: 8003774644

E mail: bishtprachi@pau.edu

Research Areas: Child development, Psychological well-being and Physical health of women

Researcher IDs: Web of Science: JPA-1686-2023, ORCID ID: 0009-0008-1259-7509

Google scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6YFAj6EAAAAJ&hl=en

Research gate ID: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Prachi-Bisht

Vidwaan ID: 602464

Brief Introduction

Dr Prachi Bisht joined as Scientist (Human Development and Family studies) on 3 rd October 2019.Dr Prachi is currently handling project entitled ‘ Assessment of Livelihood Status of Farm Women and Appropriate Interventions for Enhancement of Livelihood in Different Agro- Ecological Regions for Women Empowerment ‘ as Principal investigator and two project entitled ‘Nutri Smart Village Programme for Strengthening POSHAN Abhiyaan ‘ and ‘Shree Anna Gram; Programme – A New Vista for Nutritional Security’ as CO-PI in the ICAR’s All India Coordinated Resarch Project Scheme. The thematic area under which her core research is focused upon is childhood trauma studies and personality psychology. Dr Prachi did her Masters in Human Development from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana during which she was holding ICAR Junior research fellowship and PhD from Kumaon University. Nainital, Uttarakhand with UGC NET JRF and SRF, scholarships. In 2024 she conferred Best Young Scientist in the Global Academic Research Excellence award in association with 3 rd International conference on Advanced Interdisciplinary Research organized by Digvijaynath Postgraduate college, Gorakhpur UP & Science Tech Institute, Lukhnow.Dr. Prachi is a life time member of Home Sciences Association of Indian award member of National Positive Psychology Association, Department of Psychology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Professional Accomplishments Projects Completed:
  1. Reproductive health care in agrarian families (2019-2020) under AICRP (Home Science-CD) as Co-PI.
  2. Associated with AICRP-WIA (AIl India Co-ordinated Research Project, Women in Agriculture, 2020-2021) as PI.
Selected Publications
  • Bisht P and Vig D (2020) COVID 19 related anxiety and coping strategies among urban working and non working mothers in north India. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Science 9(7): 2075-76. (NAAS rating: 5.38)
  • Bisht P, Kaur P and Upreti R (2021) A differential analysis of mental health of farm women with young children and teenage children during COVID-19 pandemic. Indian Journal of Health and Well Being 12:555-58. (NAAS Rating: 4.42)
  • Bisht P and Sharma S (2022) Situational Analysis of psychological distress and coping strategies among farm women during COVID 19 Pandemic. Indian Journal of Health and Well Being 13(4):478-81. (NAAS Rating: 4.11)
  • Bisht P, Upreti R and Rani R (2023) Mindfulness and mindfulness –based interventions: A review study. Indian Journal of Positive Psychology 14(2): 256-58. (NAAS Rating: 4.38)
  • Randhawa R and Bisht P (2024) Childhood trauma: A meta-analysis of case studies. Indian Journal of Health and Well-being 15: 331-34. (NAAS Rating: 4.36)
  • Kaur R and Bisht P (2025) Silent scars: Situational analysis of childhood trauma among youth in Punjab. IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences Review 13: 118-123. (NAAS Rating: 4.42)
  • Randhawa R, Bisht P and Sharma S (2025) Gender differential analysis of closeness dependency and anxiety attachment styles among college-going students in Punjab. Indian Journal of  Health and Well-being 16: 01-01. (NAAS Rating: 4.36)
Awards/Honors/Distinctions:
  1. 2nd Best paper presented award on the topic : Review on Digital intervention for mental health of adolescents and young adult : Insights and Efficacy in the national seminar Viksit Bharat 2047: Nutrition, Psychology and Screen Time: Status, Interplay ,Challenges and Way Forward.
  2. 3rd best paper award during a Conference on ‘Innovations to Impact: Gender Transformative Approach for Sustainable Agri-food System (IIGASA)’ held in Bhuwaneshwar ,Odisha. Paper entitled: Stress Indicators of farm women in Punjab.
  3. Dr. Bisht was conferred with the Best Young Scientist Award (2024) at the Global Academic Research Excellence Awards, held in conjunction with the 3rd International Conference on Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, organized by Digvijaynath Postgraduate College, Gorakhpur, and Science Tech Institute, Lucknow.