Center for Mental Health and Wellbeing, IIT Kanpur

Our Team

Center for Mental Health and Wellbeing (CMHW) is being managed together by Head-Admin CMHW and Head-Clinical CMHW.

Dr. Sudhanshu Shekhar Singh

Prof. Sudhanshu Shekhar Singh

Head-Admin, CMHW

Office: WL303A, IIT Kanpur

headadmin_cmhw@iitk.ac.in

+91-512-679-6908

Dr. Alok Bajpai

Dr. Alok Bajpai

Head-Clinical, CMHW

headclinical_cmhw@iitk.ac.in

+91-512-679-6453

Head-Admin CMHW: Oversees overall administration, formulates policies, allocates funds, builds partnerships, conducts Orientations
Head-Clinical CMHW: Oversees all aspects of clinical care and mental health, trains and upgrades skills of psychological & community teams, provides clinical resources.
Note: For JEE related queries, please contact JEE office: +91-512-679-7335

Common Email Address: counselor@iitk.ac.in

Common Telephone: +91 512 6797784

Coordinator

Akanksha Awasthy

Associate Counsellor

coordinator_cmhw@iitk.ac.in

+91 512 6794734

RCI Registered Clinical Psychologist

Qualification: M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology | Master's in Psychology

Expertise: Skilled in Indian Sign Language, psychodiagnostic assessment and psychotherapies, behavioral addictions, and creative mental health interventions (Dance and Movement Therapy).

Assistant Counsellors

Rita Shukla

Assistant Counsellor

+91 512 6797165

Qualification: Master's in Psychology

Expertise: CBT, REBT, SFBT, Trauma-Informed Care, psychological counselling, and evidence-based interventions for emotional well-being and adaptive coping.

Shreyasi Vashishtha

Assistant Counsellor

+91 512 6794733

RCI Registered Clinical Psychologist

Qualification: M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology | Master's in Psychology

Expertise: Psychological assessment and psychodiagnostic evaluation; third-wave cognitive behavioural therapies, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT); mindfulness-based interventions; relaxation training; crisis intervention; trauma-informed care; and brief therapeutic interventions.

Ansuma Narzary

Assistant Counsellor

+91 512 6797910

RCI Registered Clinical Psychologist

Qualification: M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology | Master's in Clinical Psychology

Expertise: Psychological testing, and psychotherapies like CBT, ACT, DBT, and MBCT.

Amandip Saikia

Assistant Counsellor

+91 512 6797957

RCI Registered Clinical Psychologist

Qualification: M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology | Master's in Applied Psychology (Clinical Psychology)

Expertise: EMDR Therapy, CBT, DBT, MET, Narrative Therapy, and Mindfulness-Based Therapy. Experienced in psychodiagnostic evaluations and psychological assessments.

Dr. Oyin Mibang

Assistant Counsellor

+91 512 6794615

RCI Registered Clinical Psychologist

Qualification: Ph. D. in Psychology | M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology | Master's in Clinical Psychology

Expertise: Psychological assessments and psychodiagnostic evaluations, CBT, DBT, REBT, Reiki, Hypnosis, Past life regression Therapy, Crisis Counseling, Emotion Focused Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Therapies, Yoga, Zumba, Flower remedies and Graphology.

Charul Bhoria

Assistant Counsellor

+91 512 6797063

RCI Registered Clinical Psychologist

Qualification: M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology | Master's in Psychology

Expertise: Psychological assessments and psychodiagnostic evaluations, CBT, DBT, Mindfulness-Based Therapies, MET, Trauma-Informed Care, and Solution-Focused Therapy. Experienced in evidence-based psychological interventions for a wide range of emotional, behavioral, and mental health concerns.

Sunny Kumar Sharma

Assistant Counsellor

+91 512 6796165

RCI Registered Clinical Psychologist

Qualification: M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology | Master's in Clinical Psychology

Expertise: Psychological testing and psychotherapies including CBT, ACT, DBT, and Trauma-Informed Care.

Dr. Aneesh T

Assistant Counsellor

+91 512 6797977

RCI and KSMHA - Registered Clinical Psychologist

Qualification: Ph.D. in Psychology | M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology | M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology

Expertise: Psychological assessment, Third-wave Psychotherapies, PSFA-Crisis intervention, Student Mental Health, Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Couple and Family Therapy.

Neeraj Kumar Mishra

Assistant Counsellor

+91 512 6797976

RCI Registered Clinical Psychologist

Qualification: M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology | Master's in Psychology

Expertise: CBT, DBT, ERP, CDT, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Crisis Counseling, Assessment and Psychometry.

Dr. Alok Bajpai

Full time Psychiatrist

Qualification: Trained at NIMHANS, Bangalore

Expertise: Psychiatry, with a focus on children, adolescents and youth; associated with various institutes and schools. Presently working at Kanpur after few stints abroad.

Dr. Sanjay Mahendru

Consultant Psychiatrist

Qualification: Graduate - G.S.V.M. Medical College, Kanpur | MD Psychiatry - K.G. Medical College, Lucknow

Expertise: Active in practice, and conducts quality research in the form of clinical drug trials.

Dr. Priyanka Singh

Consultant Psychiatrist

Qualification: MBBS - SMCH, Silchar (2008) | M.D. Psychiatry - AMCH, Dibrugarh (2013)

Dr. Rohan Kumar

Consultant Psychiatrist

Qualification: Diploma in Psychological Medicine - D.Y. Patil University

Expertise: Consultant at Regency Hospital; consults at the De-addiction Clinic. Visits the institute twice a month (on biweekly basis).

Sujeet Pratap Singh

Junior Assistant
(For Administration, Finance, etc)

+91 512 679 6026

Manoj Kumar

(For Appointments)

+91 512 679 7784

Vaishnavi Bajpai

Assistant Project Manager
(For Appointments)

+91 512 679 7784

Common Email Address: ug_cmhw@iitk.ac.in

Hall 2

Aditya Singh

adityasg24@iitk.ac.in
+91 8858983152

Ashutosh Singh

Saksham Gupta

sakshamg24@iitk.ac.in
+91 7976346077

Vineesh Dubey

vineeshd24@iitk.ac.in
+91 6394327615

Hall 3

Aayushman Tripathi

Arisht Daiya

arishtd24@iitk.ac.in
+91 9660267131

Priyam

priyamrk24@iitk.ac.in
+91 9149906515

Samarth Jain

samarthj24@iitk.ac.in
+91 8962427347

Hall 5

Naitik Singhal

naitiks24@iitk.ac.in
+91 9462333102

Raghav Dangayach

raghavd24@iitk.ac.in
+91 7891709666

Yash Kumar

yashkr24@iitk.ac.in
+91 9123102393

Hall 12

Aaditya Mukherjee

aadityam24@iitk.ac.in
+91 7069921000

Ishaan Dasgupta

ishaand24@iitk.ac.in
+91 9051653730

Meet Solanki

solankim24@iitk.ac.in
+91 9029848457

Nisarg Parashar

nisarg24@iitk.ac.in
+91 7415571948

Shreevardhan Agarwal

shreevar24@iitk.ac.in
+91 6289259840

Aditya Khandelwal

adityakh23@iitk.ac.in
+91 9302922908

Aditya Singh

adityasgh23@iitk.ac.in
+91 8799294951

Divyansh Singh Mertia

divyanshsm23@iitk.ac.in
+91 6376133127

Harshada Rajhans

rajhans23@iitk.ac.in

Mohit Choudhary

mohitc23@iitk.ac.in
+91 7976057189

Vaishali Kamath

vaishaliv23@iitk.ac.in

Common Email Address: pg_cmhw@iitk.ac.in

Aditi Jain

ajain25@iitk.ac.in
Hall of Residence RA Tower

Akash Verma

akashv25@iitk.ac.in

+91 6392454280
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Amanpreet Singh

samanpreet25@iitk.ac.in

+91 8269647454
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Atul Kumar

akumar25@iitk.ac.in

+91 9336585317
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Avani Jain

avanijain25@iitk.ac.in
Hall of Residence RA Tower

Kona Sai Tanvitha

stanvitha23@iitk.ac.in
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Nisha Rathore

nrathore25@iitk.ac.in
Hall of Residence 6

Parth Raj Singh

parthrs25@iitk.ac.in

+91 9426694450
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Pulkit Agarwal

pulkitag25@iitk.ac.in

+91 8630958200
Hall of Residence 12

Purvansh Sahu

purwansh25@iitk.ac.in

+91 9399147060
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Raghav Mehrotra

raghavm25@iitk.ac.in

+91 9305120290
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Rashmi Ranjan Sahu

rrsahu25@iitk.ac.in

+91 6371250476
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Saudamini Nikam

saudaminisn25@iitk.ac.in
Hall of Residence 4

Shrey Sharma

ssharma25@iitk.ac.in

+91 7599736369
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