Yashpal Jogdand | IIT Delhi

About

I completed PhD from the School of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK under the supervision of Professor Stephen Reicher.

I am co-editor of the Journal of Social Inclusion Studies (Sage) and serves on the editorial boards of the British Journal of Social Psychology, Asian Journal of Social Psychology, and the Journal of Social & Political Psychology.

My research interests centre on group processes and intergroup relations, with a particular focus on social inequalities. I examine intergroup humiliation, prejudice, leadership, political rhetoric and collective mobilisation, the social psychology of caste, and stigma and wellbeing among marginalised groups. I employ both quantitative methods (surveys, experiments) and qualitative methods (thematic analysis, discourse analysis), often in combination, to analyse how these phenomena are produced, experienced, and contested in everyday life.

Latest News — 2026

June 2026

Expert Consultation to Thapar School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Patiala, Punjab on Psychology curriculum design

May 2026

Successfully completed major administrative responsibility (2023-2026) as Faculty advisor for SC/ST students and the Initiative for Caste Equity, Office of Diversity and Inclusion

April 26

Secondment to IIT Delhi Abu Dhabi (UAE) as Associate Professor of Psychology (July-December 2026).

Dr Sumayya T. (now Assistant Professor, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences) successfully defended her thesis “Humiliation at the Intersection of Gender, Religion, and Caste: A Social Psychological Study Among Muslim Women in India"

Organised the first JaiBhim Saptaha Film Festival as part of the Jai Bhim Saptaha - the week-long celeberation of Dr Ambedkar's birth anniversary at IIT Delhi

Delivered Keynote address on "Dr Ambedkar's Social Psychological Insights". In National Conference on Revisiting Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Philosophy, Tumkur University, Karnataka.

Jan 2026

Organised the Third edition of the Transformative Leadership in STEMM (TLS) workshop

Expert Consulation to National Task Force (NTF) to address the alarming rise of student suicides and mental health issues in Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) and coaching hubs, chaired by former Supreme Court Justice S. Ravindra Bhat

Publications

Books & Edited Volumes

Jogdand, Y. (2024) (Ed.). Identities and Representations with Symposium on Caste and Psychology. Caste: A Global Journal of Social Exclusion (Brandeis University, US). [Special issue]

Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers

Jogdand, Y. & Reicher, S. (2026). Devaluation, power, and resistance: the experience of humiliation amongst Dalits in India Political Psychology.

Fatima, I., Pehrson, S., & Jogdand, Y. (2025). Dalit Activists Promote Social Change Differently: Challenges and Opportunities of Digital Activism and Social Change in Indian Society. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology.

Callan, M., Sutton, R., Chobthamkit, P. … Jogdand, Y., Sharma, S., & William J. Skylark (2025). Personal Relative Deprivation and Locus of Control. Journal of Personality.

Zafar, M., Ahmad, A., Shahnawaz, G., … Jogdand, Y. (2025). Exploring the Role of Social Factors on the Self-Construal of Indian Youths. Psychological Studies, 70(2), 285–301.

Khan, S. & Jogdand, Y. (2024). Ethnonationalist populism in India? The allure of Narendra Modi's leadership. The Psychologist, 37(4).

Jogdand, Y. (2024). Laying the Ground for a Critical Psychology of Caste. Caste: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion, 5(2), 49–72.

Sharma, S., & Jogdand, Y. (2024). The Nature of Caste Prejudice: A New Look at Prejudice, Social Identity, and Casteism in India. Caste: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion, 5(2), 73–96.

Hopkins-Doyle, A., Petterson, A., … Jogdand, Y., Sharma, S. … & Wai Lan Yueng, V. (2024). The misandry myth: The inaccurate stereotype that feminists hate men, and its psychological foundations. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 48(1), 8–37.

Zhao, X., Jogdand, Y., Sharma, P., & Khan, S. (2023). Skin color and Sun protection practices in India: Preliminary findings from a nationally representative sample. Preventive Medicine Reports, 36, 102420.

Jogdand, Y. (2023). Ground Down and Locked in a Paperweight: Toward a Critical Psychology of Caste based Humiliation. Critical Philosophy of Race, 11(1), 33–67.

Bagade, U., Jogdand, Y., & Bagade, V. (2023). Subaltern Studies and the Transition in Indian History Writing. Critical Philosophy of Race, 11(1), 175–208.

Jogdand, Y. & Sharma, S. (2019). Entrepreneurship of Emotions is Critical for Future Leadership. Journal of Leadership Studies, 13(1), 87–89. PDF ↗

Khan, S., Svensson, T. & Jogdand, Y., & Liu, J. (2017). Lessons from the past for the future: The definition and mobilisation of Hindu nationhood by the Hindu nationalist movement of India. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 5(2), 477–511. Link ↗

Jogdand, Y. (2017). The Drowned and the Saved: Caste and Humiliation in the Indian Classroom. UNESCO Women Philosophers' Journal, 4-5(3), pp. 304–311. Link ↗

Jogdand, Y., Khan, S. & Mishra, A. K. (2016). Understanding the Persistence of Caste. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 4(2), 554–570. Link ↗

Jogdand, Y. & Sinha, C. (2015). Can leaders transform humiliation into a creative force? Journal of Leadership Studies, 9(3), 75–77.

Book Chapters

Jogdand, Y. (2023). Humiliation and Technology: Dilemmas and Challenges for State, Civil Society and Industry. In S. Mukherjee, V. Dutt, & Srinivasan, N. (Eds.), Applied Cognitive Science and Technology: Implications of interaction between human cognition and technology. Singapore: Springer.

Jogdand, Y., Khan, S., & Reicher, S. (2020). The Context, Content and Claims of Humiliation in response to Collective Victimhood. In J. Vollhardt (Ed.), The Social Psychology of Collective Victimhood. New York: Oxford University Press. Link ↗

Reicher, S. & Jogdand, Y. (2016). Identity, emotion and mobilisation. In C. Howarth & E. Andreouli (Eds.), The Social Psychology of Everyday Politics. London: Routledge.

Reicher, S., Jogdand, Y., & Ryan, C. (2015). Political participation is self-interest…But not in the way you might think. In N. Manning (Ed.), Political (dis)engagement and the changing nature of the 'political'. Bristol: Policy Press.

Vernacular Publications (Marathi)

Jogdand, Y. (2015). Caste Atrocities and the Fundamentalist Mindset. Anveekshan, Marathi Quarterly, Pune, India.

Jogdand, Y. (2013). Psychology of caste and the question of caste annihilation. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Birth Anniversary Special Issue, Anveekshan, Marathi Quarterly, Pune, India. [Special Issue Editor] Link ↗

Research

My research examines the psychological dimensions of social inequality and exclusion, with a particular focus on how systems of inequality are normalised, contested, and transformed. My work spans three intersecting areas. First, I examine caste as a system of inequality and oppression. This research seeks to develop a critical psychology of caste by creating disciplinary space to theorise, operationalise, and empirically investigate the cognitive, affective, and behavioural processes through which caste hierarchies are reproduced and challenged. Second, I study humiliation as an affective dimension of inequality and power relations, examining its nature, lived experience, and consequences for individuals, groups, and societies. Third, I investigate everyday resistance and collective mobilisation against inequality, analysing how disadvantaged groups contest oppression, forge solidarities, and imagine alternative social futures.

Current Research Focus

Humiliation

Examining when, where, and why humiliation occurs and what its consequences are — not only for individuals, but also for groups, organizations, and societies at large.

Indian Society

Examining the psychological underpinnings of critical social, political, and developmental issues: caste relations, Hindu-Muslim relations, Hindu nationalism, experiences of Northeast migrants, Ganges pollution, traffic behaviour, sanitation, and water crisis.

Research Group @ IIT Delhi

The Social Identity Group at IIT Delhi comprises PhD students, undergraduate students (B.Tech. & M.Sc.), research assistants, and interns. Prospective students are welcome to reach out: yaj@iitd.ac.in

PhD Supervision — Completed

Completed 2024

Dr. Suryodaya Sharma

Topic: "Persistence of caste in Contemporary India: A Social Psychological Analysis of Victimhood, Legitimation and Prejudice in Caste Relations"

Currently: Assistant Professor, Krea University, India

PhD Supervision — Ongoing

IIT Delhi Fellowship

Damini Singh Brar

Caste-based Trauma, Occupational Stigma, and Resistance: A study among sanitation workers

UQIDAR

Sajal Chaudhary

Beliefs and Attitudes regarding Intercaste Marriages in India

Co-supervisor: Prof. Fiona Barlow, University of Queensland

Self-funded

Rejoyson Thangal

Social Identity and Everyday Citizenship: The Case of Northeast Indians

Currently: Assistant Professor, Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University

IIT Delhi Fellowship

Sumayya T.

Gender based Humiliation: Experience of Indian Muslim Women

IIT Delhi Fellowship

Preeti Sharma

Does skin color matter in India? Beliefs about skin colour and their implication for well-being

Co-supervisor: Dr. Sammyh Khan, Örebro University, Sweden

UGC-JRF

Maria Zafar

Beyond Conflict: A Social Psychological Analysis of Hindu-Muslim Solidarity

Currently: Lecturer, Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences

UGC-JRF

Iram Fatima

Caste, Digital Activism, and Online Collective Action in India

MSc Students — Completed

MSc Cognitive Science 2021–23

Harshit Singh

A Qualitative Study of Resistance Art and Artists in the Age of New Media

MSc Cognitive Science 2021–23

Annalisa Rapthap

Social identity and Metastereotypes among Northeastern Indians

Research Funding

An Experimental Examination of Contemporary Forms of Caste Prejudice. ISPP Small Grant.

International Society for Political Psychology. Partner: Krea University, India.

Scientific High Level Visiting Fellowship (SSHN) 2024

French Institute in India (IFI), Embassy of France in India — 2024

Development Research Grant — Swedish Research Council

"Divine Ganges, Profane Development: Sacred Geographies and the Governing of Pollution." Partners: Lund University, Keele University, IIT Delhi. 2020–2022.

SEK 4,446,332

UKIERI Grant (2017–2020)

"Social Identity, Well-Being and Civic Participation among Social and Ethnic Groups in India." Co-PI with Sammyh Khan, Arvind Kumar Mishra, and Ghazi Shahnawaz.

£198,668

GIAN Grant, MHRD Government of India (2018)

"The Psychology of Groups, Influence and Power" (with Stephen Reicher).

$8,000

Major Project Grant, ICSSR (2020–2021)

Group based humiliation, social identification and justice processes.

Rs. 4,30,000

Courses

Recent Courses (2022–23, Semester 1)

HSL780

Social and Cultural Construction of Emotions

HUL261

Introduction to Psychology (with Sumitava Mukherjee)

Past Courses — Graduate

HSL870

Advanced Topics in Psychology: Applications of Social Psychology to Critical Issues in Indian Society

HSL725

Advanced Qualitative Methods

HSL724

Advanced Experimental Methods

HSL766

The Psychology of Leadership and Social Change

HSL761

Theories of Psychology

HSL262

Social Psychological Approaches to Health & Wellbeing

Past Courses — Undergraduate

HUL364

Understanding the Social Being

HUL370

Selected Topics in Psychology

HUL261

Introduction to Psychology

Workshops Taught

One-day Workshop on Thematic Analysis, UGC-HRDC, JNU — 11 February 2020

UKIERI-NAOP Pre-Conference Workshop on Thematic Analysis, 18–19 December 2019, Pondicherry University (with Dr. Sammyh Khan)

HUSS-UKIERI Workshop on Thematic Analysis, 6–7 April 2019, IIT Delhi (with Dr. Sammyh Khan)

HUSS-UKIERI Workshop on Structural Equation Modelling, 13–14 April 2019, IIT Delhi

UKIERI Workshop on Societally Relevant Social Psychology, 23 March 2019, Aligarh Muslim University

Pre-conference Workshop on Societally Relevant Social Psychology, 18 December 2018, NAOP, Delhi University

Editorial Service & Administration

Co-Editor

Journal of Social Inclusion Studies (Sage)

Editorial Board Member

British Journal of Social Psychology (2023–date)
Asian Journal of Social Psychology (2018–date)
Journal of Social & Political Psychology (2015–date)

Book Review Editor

CASTE/A Global Journal on Social Exclusion (2024–date)
Psychological Studies (2020–2023)

Reviewer For

Political Psychology · EJSP · PSPB · GPIR · JSPP · AJSP · Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology · International Journal of Intercultural Relations · Vikalpa · British Journal of Social Psychology · Sage Publications · Springer Nature