Dr Vaidehi Vivek Chilwarwar | Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Dr Vaidehi Vivek Chilwarwar

Assistant Professor
Mumbai Campus, Centre for Human Ecology, School of Human Ecology

Qualification

BA (University Of Mumbai)

MA in Applied Psychology (Tata Institute Of Social Sciences, Mumbai)

M.Phil(Social Sciences)(Tata Institute Of Social Sciences, Mumbai)

Ph.D(Social Sciences)(Tata Institute Of Social Sciences, Mumbai)

Contact

vaidehi.chilwarwar[at]tiss[dot]ac[dot]in

email - vaidehi.chilwarwar@tiss.edu
Tel: +91-22-25525347

Dr. Vaidehi Chilwarwar is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the School of Human Ecology, TISS, Mumbai. She serves as an Alumni Representative and Fieldwork Coordinator at the School of Human Ecology.

She completed her B.A. in Psychology from University of Mumbai. She later pursued and acquired an M.A. in Applied Psychology (with a Specialization in Clinical Psychology) from TISS, Mumbai in 2015. She continued pursuing her research interests and was awarded an M.Phil and a Ph.D. at TISS, Mumbai.

Additionally, she acquired one-year long experiential training as an Arts-Based Therapist from BapuTrust, Pune in 2019.

She works with individuals and groups as a Psychologist and an Arts-Based Therapy Practitioner.

As an Alumnus of TISS, she received a research fellowship from BARTI, Pune during her M.Phil and Ph.D. She was awarded a scholarship in the form of a Travel grant by ICSSR for an International Resilience Conference held in Rome, Italy in the year 2018.

Her interests and curiosities revolve around the construct of Resilience and Strength-based approaches to promote the well-being of at-risk communities, especially children and adolescents. She is inclined to explore the relevance of arts-based approaches, community-driven practices, and participatory action research in the field of mental health.

Currently, she is engaged with students to explore resilience among children in conflict with the law, those living in institutional care, resilience and coping in palliative care, the relevance of traditional Indian dance forms on mental health, social and cultural variables as protective factors during Partition and experiences of Arts-Based Therapists in India.

In 2022-23, on behalf of the School of Human Ecology, she worked as a research associate in a collaborative project with CRY Foundation titled "Reopening of Schools Post Covid-19 Closure: Exploring Children’s Voices and Experiences".

Chilwarwar, V. & Sriram, S. (2019). Exploring Gender Differences in Choice of Marriage Partner Among Individuals with Visual Impairment. Sexuality and Disability. 37: 123. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11195-018-9536-x. Print ISSN 0146-1044 / Online ISSN 1573-6717
Chilwarwar, V. (2019). Swimming in the rainbow: Integrated arts-based therapy interventions with children at risk [An Action Research Project Report submitted for the BT-ABT course of 2018-2019]. Bapu Trust for Research on Mind and Discourse.ISBN: 978-81-951398-8-0
Reopening of Schools Post Covid-19 Closure: Exploring Children’s Voices and Experiences (Collaboration of CRY Foundation and School of Human Ecology, TISS, Mumbai) ttps://www.cry.org/downloads/child-participation/Reopening-Of-Schools-Post-Covid-19.pdf

Conference Proceedings titled "Methodological Challenges in Resilience Research"
[Human Development in a Globalizing World at MS University, Baroda (2019)]

Research Assistant and Representative - Reopening of Schools Post Covid-19 Closure: Exploring Children’s Voices and Experiences (Collaboration of CRY Foundation and School of Human Ecology, TISS, Mumbai)

She is currently engaged as a facilitator of the following courses with students of the M.A in Applied Psychology (Clinical and Counselling Practice)

SEMESTER- I

AP 1 - Counselling Process and Micro-skills - I
AP 2 - Counselling Process and Micro-skills - II
AP 7 - Preparation for clinical and counseling field practice

SEMESTER - II

AP 11 - Psychological Assessment and Diagnostics - I
EFCB 05 - Community Mental Health (CBCS)

She has anchored an elective course titled "Advances in Psychotherapy and Counselling " with PhD scholars at the School of Human Ecology.