Areas of research interest

• Mental Health of LGBTQ, specifically Queer Affirmative Counselling

• Social determinants of mental health

• Mental health programs, policy and law

• Community Mental Health

Edited Volumes:

• Ranade, K. (Ed.) (2022). Coming Out Of The Dark: Emerging Discourse On Queer Affirmative Mental Health Practice In India (Special Issue), Indian Journal of Social Work, Vol 83, No. 2 

Books:

• Ranade, K., Chakravarty, S., Nair, P., Shringarpure, G. (2022). Queer Affirmative Counselling Practice - A Resource Book for Mental Health Practitioners in India, Mumbai: Mariwala Health Initiative, ISBN 978-81-947894-0-6. Available at  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361738549_Queer_Affirmative_Counselling_Practice_-_A_Resource_Book_for_Mental_Health_Practitioners_in_India#fullTextFileContent

• Ranade, K. (2018). Growing Up Gay in Urban India: A Critical Psychosocial Perspective. Springer Nature: Singapore, ISBN 978-981-10-8365-5. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-8366-2

Monographs:

1. Ranade, K., Kumar, N., Raju, M.S., Somaiya, A., Pai, P., Roychowdhuri, I., Singh, A. (2023). Trans Affirmative Mental Health Care Guidelines: results of a mixed-method inquiry in three cities of India, TISS, Mumbai. Available at  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373992733_Trans_Affirmative_Mental_Health_Care_Guidelines_Results_of_a_Mixed-Method_Inquiry_in_Three_Cities_of_India

1. Ranade, K., & Anjali - mental health rights organisation, (2017). Sexual Rights of Women with Psychosocial Disabilities: Insights from India, Malaysia: Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Center for Women (ARROW), ISBN: 978-967-0339-41-2, Available at - http://arrow.org.my/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/TP-PsyDis-Web-Version.pdf

Journal Articles:

1. Ranade, K., Shankarappa, M.R., Kumar, N. et al. In quest of an authentic identity – an exploratory study of mental health assessment of gender incongruence in urban India. BMC Psychiatry 25, 387 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-06740-4 [Available at - https://rdcu.be/eh4lI]
2. Chakrapani, V., Nair, S., Subramaniam, S., Ranade, K., Mohan, B., Nelson, R., ... & Kapoor, N. (2023). Efficacy of a Multi-Level Pilot Intervention (“Harmony”) to Reduce Discrimination Faced by Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender Women in Public Hospitals in India: Findings from a Pre-and Post-Test Quasi-Experimental Trial among Healthcare Workers. Venereology, 2(3), 86-107.
3. Ranade, K., Kapoor, A., & Fernandes, T. N. (2022). Mental health law, policy & program in India–A fragmented narrative of change, contradictions and possibilities. SSM-Mental Health, 100174, Vol 2, Dec. Available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666560322001141
4. Ranade, K. (2022). Taboo, Rehabilitation Or Affirmation? Arguing For Shifts In The Emerging Discourse On Queer Mental Health In India, Indian Journal of Social Work (IJSW), Special Issue on Coming Out Of The Dark: Emerging Discourse On Queer Affirmative Mental Health Practice In India, Vol 83, No. 2, pp. 143-164
5. Ranade, K. (2022). Editorial, Coming Out Of The Dark: Emerging Discourse On Queer Affirmative Mental Health Practice In India (Special Issue), Indian Journal of Social Work, Vol 83, No. 2 Available at https://journals.tiss.edu/ijsw/index.php/ijsw/article/view/814
6. Scheim, A., Kacholia, V., Logie, C., Chakrapani, V., Ranade, K., & Gupta, S. (2020). Health of transgender men in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review. BMJ global health, 5(11), e003471. Available at https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/11/e003471.full
7. Ranade, K., Shah, C., Chatterji, S. (2016). “Making Sense: Familial Journeys towards Acceptance of Gay and Lesbian Family Members in India”, Indian Journal of Social Work (IJSW), Special Issue on Family Transitions and Emerging Forms, Vol No. 77, Issue No. 4, pp. 437-458
8. Ranade, K., Chakravarty, S. (2013). Conceptualising Gay Affirmative Counselling Practice in India - Building on local experiences of counselling with sexual minority clients, Indian Journal of Social Work, Vol. 74, Issue 2, April
9. Ranade, K. (2008). Process of Sexual Identity Development for Young People with Same-Sex Desires - Experiences of Exclusion, Psychological Foundations – The Journal, X (1), pp. 23-28, Delhi

Chapters in Books:

1. Ranade, K., Chakravarty, S. (2016). ‘Coming Out’ of the Comfort Zone: Challenging Heteronormativity Through Affirmative Counselling Practice with Lesbian and Gay Clients. In: Bhola, P., Raguram, A. (eds) Ethical Issues in Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1808-4_9

2. Ranade, K. Medical Response to Male Same-sex Sexuality in Western India: An Exploration of ‘Conversion Treatments’ for Homosexuality, In Narrain, A., Chandran, V. (eds.), (2015). Nothing to Fix: Medicalisation of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities, Delhi: Sage Yoda Press. ISBN 9789351508908

3. Ranade, K. Queering the Pitch - a need for mainstreaming LGBTQ issues in professional social work education and practice, In Fish, J.,Karban, K. (2015). (eds.), Social Work and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Health Inequalities: International Perspectives, Bristol: The Policy Press. 

4. Ranade, K., Hastak, Y. Growing Up and Sexual Identity Formation - Mental Health Concerns of lesbian women, In Davar, B.V., Ravindran, S. (2015). (eds), Gendering Mental Health: Knowledges, Identities, Institutions, New Delhi: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199453535.003.0006

E publications:

• Ranade, K. (2017). LGBT Mental Health, Module no. 28 in the paper 08 Mental Health in Social Work Education, E-pathshala, a University Grants Commission Initiative, Available at: http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/ahl.php?csrno=32

1. Ranade, K. (2016). Constructing Normative Sexuality: Homosexuality, Heterosexuality and Intersex Variations, module no. 13 in the paper Sociology of Genders, E-pathshala, a University Grants Commission Initiative. Available at: http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/ahl.php?csrno=33

2. Ranade, K., Chakravarty, S. (2013). Gay Affirmative Counselling Practice Resource and Training Manual, A Saksham Publication, TISS. Available at:  http://www.academia.edu/22507988/Gay-Affirmative_Counselling_Practice_Resource_and_Training_Manual

Other Writing:

1. Ranade, K. (2023). Foreword, In Ghosh, S.A. & Ghosh, K. (Eds.) Gender Chemistry: Non-Binary Life Scripts, Kolkata: Sappho for Equality
    
2. Ranade, K. (2022). Foreword. Social Suffering In a World without Social Support - Report on the Mental Health of Indian Muslims, Beebak Collective. Available at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370847930_Foreword

• Ranade, K. (2021). Foreword. In Simpson, P., Reynolds, P., Hafford-Letchfield, T. (Eds.). (2021). Desexualisation in Later Life: The Limits of Sex and Intimacy. Bristol: Policy Press.

1. Ranade, K. (2019). Framing Queer Mental Health: from deviant subjects to knowledge producers, Swakanthey (in our own voice), a newsletter of Sappho for Equality, Kolkata, Jan Issue.

Ongoing Projects:

• Collaboration with faculty at Michigan State University for the award of a Strategic Partnership Grant in Fall 2024 to establish long-term collaboration for inclusion of transgender, non-binary, intersex and gender diverse persons in formal mechanisms such as identity documentation systems https://gencen.isp.msu.edu/news_article/23664
• Co-PI ‘CARET: Consortium for Advancing LGBTQ+ Health Research, Policy Engagement & Training’, supported by DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance (India Alliance), 2024
• PI on research project titled, 'Documenting Mental Health Practice with Trans Clients in India – a multi-centre, mixed method study', supported by American Jewish World Service (AJWS), 2022

Projects completed:

1. Co-PI on A pilot multi-level intervention using a quasi-experimental design titled, 'Reducing discrimination faced by MSM and Transgender Women in public hospitals', supported by NACO, 2021   
2. Needs Assessment research of training needs of counsellors working on state-level deaddiction programme under National Mental Health Programme, Punjab, supported by DHS, Punjab, 2021
3. 6-day Residential Training Programme at TISS, Mumbai on Queer Affirmative Counselling Practice (QACP) , 4th - 9th November, 2019, supported by Mariwala Health Initiative. 
4. Co-investigator on 'Developing a Community-Based Study of Transgender Men’s Health and Human Rights in India', supported by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2019)
5. Making Sense - Understanding Familial Responses to their Gay, Lesbian Sons and Daughters. The study was conducted in Mumbai city and was supported by Research Council, TISS (2012-13)
6. Conceptualizing Gay Affirmative Counselling Practice in India - A study of local experiences and practices of counsellors working with gay, lesbian, bisexual clients across India. The study was supported by Saksham, Global Fund to fight against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Round 7 (2010-13)
7. Use of conversion/reparative treatments for homosexual clients in urban India. The study was supported in the form of individual fellowship to the author under Health and Population Innovation Program, population Council, India (2007-09)

List of courses i teach in various programs:

• Mental Health Policy, Programs and Legislation [M.A. Social Work in Mental Health]

• Seminar in Clinical Practice [M.A. Social Work in Mental Health]

• Qualitative Research Methodology [M.A. Social Work]

• Queer Affirmative Mental Health Interventions [CBCS Course, Open Elective for M.A. Programmes, Mumbai Campus]

• Locating the Self of the Practitioner and Skills in Mental Health [Minor on Health, Mental Health, Equity & Rights in BSW Programme]

• Mental Health & Marginalisation [Minor on Health, Mental Health, Equity & Rights in BSW Programme]

• Interrogating Madness: Interdisciplinary perspectives in mental health [MPhil Optional Course]

• Understanding gender, sexuality and gender based violence [Diploma Course in Youth and Development]

• Guest lectures in the areas of gender, sexuality and mental health, law and mental health