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About the Book
The book encapsulates the problems and challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic in India.A multi-disciplinary approach, covering the biological, psychological, and sociological aspects of the pandemic, would aid in understanding and coping with the pandemic in the Indian and global contexts. This would also provide a platform to apprehend the problems and challenges of a post-COVID era.

About the Editors
Swaran Lata is assistant professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. She received her Ph.D degree in Psychology from University of Lucknow. She owned U.G.C. Research Fellowship for her Ph.D work. She received the ‘Prof. Kali Prasad Memorial Research Prize’ for the year 2010 for the ‘Best Ph.D thesis in the Department of Psychology, Lucknow University’. She was Project Officer- Capacity Building for the Saksham (GFATM R-7) project at Department of Psychology, Lucknow. She has got 12 years of research and teaching experience and published more than 30 research publications of national and international repute. She is also Consulting Psychologist at Career Guidance, & Counselling Cell, Student Welfare Centre, BHU. She specializes in clinical and counselling psychology and her current research interest includes HIV/AIDS, mental health, stigma, student health, positive psychology and health psychology.

Shikha Verma is Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Acharya Narendra Dev Nagar Nigam Mahila Mahavidyalaya (affiliated to Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. She received her Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Diploma in Counseling, Guidance and Psychological Intervention and Ph.D from the Dept. of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. She got Punam Memorial Gold Medal for securing highest marks in B.A. (Hons.) Psychology, Pt. Radheshyam Sharma Smriti Scholarship and Let. Shiv Mangal Pandye Pratibhanveshi Scholarship during graduation and U.G.C. JRF and SRF fellowship during her Ph.D. She has published 15 research papers in various reputed national and international journals. Her areas of interest are Health Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Guidance and Counselling Psychology, Positive Psychology, Psychotherapy and Psychological Interventions, Research Methodology, HIV/AIDS, Vulnerable youth and children.

Shobhna Joshi is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. She has earned her Post Doctoral Fellowship from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. She has authored two books and has a teaching experience of twenty-two years. She has successfully carried out two research projects funded by NCERT and UGCin the capacity of co-investigator to her credit. Her specialization is Developmental, Educational and Sports Psychology. She is also the Co-Coordinator of Career Guidance & Counselling Cell, Student Welfare Centre, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. She has around fifty research publications of national and International repute. Her researches have been widely cited in prestigious journals including Routledge, Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Springer and Wiley. She has been actively engaged in Hemophilia Society, Varanasi Chapter since 1998.