What’s New at Prayogshala
Anirudh co-authored a paper ‘Decentralized health governance, private action, and welfare: evidence from India.’ Read more here!
Sarah and Hansika co-authored chapter 2, ‘What Is the Nature of the Creative Person?’ of the book ‘The Seven C’s of Creativity.’ Read more here!
Zainab Participated as a policy contributor and research representative at the National Level Consultative Meeting on “Digital Technologies for Mental Health: Evolving Policy and Regulatory Recommendations for Safe Use” at Bangalore, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS).
Hansika co-authored a paper, ‘Mental Health Symptoms and Coping in Rural Maharashtra, India – A Telephonic Survey.’ Read more here!
Hansika, Arathy, Anirudh, Nikita, and Akshaya replicated and reproduced findings of major studies in social and behavioural sciences. Read more here!
Hansika, Arathy and Anirudh replicated and reproduced findings of major studies in social and behavioural sciences. Read more here!
Sarah presented a talk on “Who is a Creative Person, Really?” at the ARISA foundation’s Unconference 2026 held in Pune.
T. Roy shared our reflection from the webinar series we conducted on 'Decolonising Cross-Cultural Psychology’ at the EDUCATE forum by IACCP.
Sarah and Hansika wrote about ‘Counterproductive Work Behavior and Dark Creativity.’ Read more here!
Zainab gave a talk on ‘ Doing Research in Constrained Contexts: A Feminist and Decolonial Perspective’ at Sophia College in Mumbai on February 20th, 2026.
Anirudh and Hansika wrote an article about the cultural nuances in the TV show “Pluribus.” Read more here!
Hansika was featured on ‘The Global Creativity Initiative Podcast’ in season 3, episode 9, ‘Creativity is Bold.’ Check it out here!
Arathy, Sarah, Nikita, Hansika and Nishtha co-authored a paper on ‘Helpful or not? Inaccurate appraisals of prosociality in the dark triad’ Read more here!
Netra and Ishita wrote an article titled ‘Balancing Growth and Stability: MSMEs as Fiscal Drivers’ for the MEDC Economics Digest 2026. Read more here!
Anirudh presented his paper on ‘EnergyBot: Behavioural interventions to reduce peak-time energy demand in India’ at the Behavioural Research in Economics Workshop (BREW-ESA) at MDI Gurgaon.
Zainab and Nitin presented their paper ‘Invisible Burdens: How Metropolitan Density Offloads Emissions onto Small Towns’ at the COIN 2025 (CONFERENCE ON INTERDISCIPLINARITY); Beyond New Urbanism? Environment, Sustainability and the Small Towns in India.
Anirudh conducted a half-day session on ‘Doing Research: Practical Considerations for Field-based Research’ for faculty and doctoral researchers at the Mahatma Education Society's Night Degree College in Mumbai.’
Why do some people consistently move toward their goals while others feel stuck? This blog explores the real role of mindset, separating evidence-based concepts such as self-efficacy from popular beliefs like the Law of Attraction. Rather than “attracting” success, mindset shapes how we act, persist, and respond to challenges. Grounded in psychology, it highlights how realistic thinking, effort, and resilience, not wishful positivity, drive meaningful and sustainable outcomes.
This piece examines the sociocultural and psychological tensions faced by women in India who are caught between modern opportunities and the mythic ideal of the "perfect woman". This ideal requires women to be simultaneously professionally successful and domestically efficient, creating an unspoken set of norms that often leads to anxiety, exhaustion, and a disconnected sense of self. A central theme is the "double bind" in communication, where women receive contradictory messages, forcing them to navigate between conflicting expectations. It highlights how these repeated adjustments eventually settle into internal schemas that shape how women perceive their roles, worth, and realistic life possibilities. Ultimately, it critiques the focus on individual resilience, arguing that without structural change in the labor market and social institutions remain a form of "frivolous freedom" that cannot be meaningfully practiced in lived reality.
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Anirudh co-authored a paper ‘Dissecting the cost of peering: Global evidence from internet exchange points (IXPs)’ with Amreesh Phokeer. Read more here!