Prof. (Dr.) Ritu Sharma, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology at SLS, PDEU and Dean–International Relations at Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar. A gold medalist with over 21 years of experience, she teaches psychology and management at all academic levels. A TEDx speaker on innovation in higher education, she is actively engaged in research, consultancy, and training in areas such as Indian psychology, psychometrics, CBT, stress management, and personality studies, and is a certified stress management trainer.