Biography

Dhanashree Sowani

Dhanashree Sowani, after completing Masters in Psychology with specialization in Clinical Psychology, for first few years, was into counselling practice. Prof. Sowani has more than ten years of teaching experience in different institutes as well as worked as designer, trainer and facilitator for counselling courses. Currently, Prof. Sowani is pursuing her Doctorate in the Psychology from Savitribai Phule Pune University. The topic of her research is related to well-being of intelligent students. Prof. Sowani is presently working as Head, Academic section at Jnana Prabodhinis Institute of Psychology, Pune, Maharashtra, India and teaching Psychology of Human Abilities to post-graduate courses. Prof. Sowani was an active participant in research projects conducted by several NGOs on topics broadly related to mental health. As an alumni of Jnana Prabodhini school for gifted children, Prof. Sowani herself has gone through gifted education programmes. Prof. Sowani has co-authored textbook for B.A. (Psychology) for Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (2001).