डॉ. बी. आर. अम्बेडकर विश्‍वविद्यालय दिल्ली
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi
Established by The Government of NCT of Delhi

• Experience of teaching at post-graduate level in the Department of Psychology as an Ad-hoc faculty from 20^th July 2015 to 19^th May 2017
• Experience of teaching as a Guest lecturer in Zakir Husain  Delhi college from 24^th July 2013 till December 2013
• Experience of teaching as an Ad-hoc in Zakir Husain  Delhi college from 9^th Jan 2013- till April 19, 2013 .
• Served as Junior Research Fellow in NCERT (ERIC) project titled Theory of Mind based training program for development of social competence in children.
• Experience of University Teaching Assistance-ship in Department of Psychology, University of Delhi from 15^th July 2010 till 8^th July 2013.
• Conducted workshops on Alternate Disciplining Techniques in different centres of SOS village
• Field Training in Hindu Rao Hospital
• Worked on fMRI machine with the scientists of INMAS (DRDO) for M.A dissertation

• Childhood Studies, Critical Psychology, Cultural Psychology, Mother-child relationship, Gender and Psychology
• Developed a course title : Critical Cultural Psychology

Academic Achievements:

• Qualified UGC-JRF in June 2011
• Got appointed as the University Teaching Assistant in the department of psychology in July 2010 on the basis of merit and interview.
• College topper in B.A (Hons.) Psychology for all the three years.
• Awarded ‘college colour’ for an all-round performance during graduation.

• Saxena,V. & Babu, N. (2015).  ‘Respecting Elders as A Moral Virtue: Terminal or Instrumental?’ accepted in Psychological studies. DOI: 10.1007/s12646-015-0305-y
• Saxena,V. &Babu,N. (2013) Expanding the Domain of Morality by Going Beyond Moral Reasoning : Emerging Trends in Moral Research. Psychological Studies ,Vol 58 (3),pp 326-334.
• Saxena, V. (2015).  Situation Based Moral Evaluation. Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, 6(2), 143-145.
• Saxena & Babu (2015). Everyday Lessons on Sharing. Journal of Human Values , 21 (2) 116-126.
• Alice, R., & Saxena, V. (2021). Exploring the psychosocial experiences of school children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Children First: Journal on Children’s Lives, 1(1), 3–15. Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR).
• PhD thesis titled ‘Family Discourses and Development of Morality in Children’
• Supervised M.Phil. thesis titled ‘Perception of Fatherhood Through The Reference Point of the Father’.
• Supervised MPhil thesis titled ‘Understanding the experiences of women living with PCOD/PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Disorder Syndrome) and its social construction in everyday discourse’.
• Supervised MPhil thesis titled ‘The Thin Line Between ‘Discipline’ and ‘Abuse’: To understand its impact on the self-concept of young adults’
• SMGFR project funded by Dr. B.R Ambedkar University Delhi, titled: ‘Construction of Gender: An Analysis of Children’s Pretend Play’

• Presented paper titled: Negotiating Femininity: Psychosocial Challenges and Cultural Contradictions in Indian Context in national conference on Psychology in a Globalized World held in Jamia Millia Isalmia on 4^th -5^th Feb2025
• Delivered a talk on Moral Development from A Cultural Lens" in Ashoka University on November 6, 2024. 
• A part of Ph.D. research work was presented in the symposium Socialization amidst diversity: An insight into the contemporary Indian culture at IACCP-2014 (Reims, France.
• Presented paper entitled Expanding the domain of morality by going beyond moral reasoning :emerging trends in moral research in an International Conference on Positivism : Foundation for Human Dimension from 6-8^th August 2012
• Attended the talk by Howard Gardner on Multiple Intelligence and Child Centred  Education on 7^th February 2012
• Attended one-day Neuro-Cognitive Computerized Assessment and Neurofeedback Workshop on 19^th Jan 2012
• Participated in the organization of national conference on Individual and Collective Transformation :Insights from Indian Psychology  from 5-7^th February 2011