Biography:

Dr. Harsha Agarwal is Doctorate in Psychology (2015) with specializations in Health, Clinical and Child Psychopathology. She did her Masters (2009) and Bachelors (2007) in Psychology as well. She is heading the Department of Psycho Oncology *at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre* since 2018. Her vision is to create an ecosystem in the society, especially among cancer patients and their caregivers, where people can exchange their problems, stereotypical behavior and myths /stigma influenced mindset without any hesitation. Her passion to help mankind led her to establish an outpatient department for psychological services at a tertiary cancer centre. She is compassionately committed to serving mankind by actively listening to their concerns and guiding them a way out of their behavioral, emotional and psychological concerns at the time of diagnosis, pre, during and post their surgical/medical/radiation/bone marrow transplant lines of treatments. In view of lack of acceptance to the need of mental health, she has also been actively conducting researches to spread a word of awareness. Her research work, articles, contributions to the society has been published across several national and international journals. She is accredited and a globally recognized professional with certified credentials in the areas of suicide prevention counseling, Behavior event analyst, Graphology and Grapho therapy, Psychological assessments and diagnosis and is a nationally certified career counselor as well. She has won several awards and accolades for her efforts. Very recently her efforts were acknowledged with Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award 2023 for service excellence in psycho oncology; most promising psycho oncologist of the Year 2022 by Nationwide Health care Awards.