BIO:

Dr. Kshipra Vora is a psychologist, academician and educator with 17 years of teaching experience. With a Ph.D. in Psychology and a background in Clinical Psychology, she likes to think of her professional life through the four T’s — Teaching, Training, Testing and Therapy. Teaching remains her primary playground, while the other three find their way into her life whenever time permits, through counselling, psychological and aptitude assessments, and corporate training. Her academic journey also includes research and publications.  Passionate about mental health and making conversations around it more open, accessible and meaningful, she is particularly interested in the emotional realities that often remain unseen or unspoken. A cancer survivor herself, she hopes to eventually create safe spaces for survivors and caregivers to share experiences.  

Two ideas she tries to live by and encourages her students to embrace are that we always have a choice to choose how we respond to life’s circumstances, and that we must learn to bloom where we are planted. After all, growth isn’t always about changing where we are; sometimes it is about discovering what we can make of where we stand.  Nineteen years in academia haven’t quite made her feel nineteen years older. She credits her students for keeping her curious, contemporary and young at heart. 

The knees may occasionally creak and the memory may sometimes play truant, but the enthusiasm, thankfully, hasn’t shown any signs of retirement!