Psycho-Social Analysis of the Indian Mindset (PDF)

Jai B. P. Sinha is Professor of Psychology and Management at the ASSERT Institute of Management, Patna, India. Professor Sinha completed his post graduation in India and received his Ph.D. from Ohio State University, Ohio, USA. He has been a visiting professor at Hunter College of City University of New York, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem (USA), McGill University, Montreal (Canada) and Copenhagen Business School (Denmark). He has been a National Fellow of the Indian Council of Social Science Research; National Lecturer of the University Grants Commission, Government of India; Senior Fulbright Fellow. He was a member of the Executives of the International Association of Applied Psychology and International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology and Vice President of the World Association for Dynamic Psychiatry. He is an Honorary Fellow of the World Association for Dynamic Psychiatry and Honorary Fellow of the National Academy of Psychology. Professor Sinha's research focuses on the interface of Indian culture and Western forms of work organizations ranging from small and medium size enterprises to leading foreign multinationals in India. He has published over 150 research articles in national and international journals and has written or co-authored over a dozen of books. He has delivered invited addresses and given seminar lectures in most of the countries of North America, Western Europe, former Yugoslavia, the Far East and South- East Asia.

“In this book, Jai B.P. Sinha has proposed how several cultural patterns have evolved in India and their influence on the psychological and behavioral functioning of Indians. … This book demonstrates the extent of usability and practicality of Western models in Indian society and need for the generation and application of Indian concepts. … the book opens new directions for the academicians to combine historical and philosophical understanding with empirical work.” (Rishabh Rai and Anand Prakash, Psychological Studies, Vol. 62, 2017)