Affiliation: Azim Premji University

Dr. Sandhya Basu received her PhD in Cognitive Psychology from BITS Pilani (Goa Campus) in 2023. During her PhD, she was also a researcher at IIT Bombay for interdisciplinary collaboration. Her research interests include children’s cognition, mental health, psychotherapeutic interventions, and caregiving burden in the context of neurodevelopmental disorders. Her latest work explores innovative methods to enhance attention and memory in children diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders. Her work has been recognized with the Best Thesis Award at BITS Pilani, and she was selected for the Emerging Psychologist Programme (EPP) at the International Congress of Psychology in Prague (2024). A researcher at heart, Dr. Basu aims to develop innovative psychotherapeutic interventions that improve children’s mental health and cognitive performance in clinical and non-clinical settings.