Dr. Asha Srivastava

Prof. (Dr.) Asha Srivastava is currently working as a Professor of Practice and Dean of Behavioural Sciences at NFSU. She is the Centre Head, CoE in Investigative & Forensic Psychology, and the Centre Head, Centre of Happiness and Wellbeing. She served as a Principal Scientific Officer and Head of the Forensic Psychology Department at the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), New Delhi. She has more than 28 years of experience in the field of forensic psychological techniques. Besides this, she has 05 years of experience in the fields of Applied Psychology and Clinical Psychology. She also worked as a lecturer, psychologist, and assistant director in different organizations. In addition to this, she has appeared in numerous courts as an expert witness. She has examined more than 5000 subjects in 1700 cases referred by the CBI, NIA, Delhi Police, Armed Forces, and other law enforcement agencies in the country. The high-profile cases were examined, analysed, interpreted, and reported with the help of different forensic psychological techniques. Some of these cases done by her are the Pathankot Air Base Attack, the Sheena Bora murder case, the Sunanda Pushkar death case, etc. She has taken membership in the International Associate of the British and European Polygraph Association and the International Associate of the American Psychological Association. She is a Life Member of the Indian Science Congress, Indian Forensic Science, the Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists, etc.