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Biographical sketch of Inderbir K. Sandhu, PhD

 

 

Dr Sandhu holds a PhD in Psychology (Gifted Education) from the University of Cambridge, UK. She has been working with individuals of high abilities since 1996. She was formerly a lecturer at University Putra Malaysia (UPM) and Vice-President for the National Association for Gifted Children, Malaysia (NAGCM). While reading for her PhD, she also taught undergraduates at the University of Cambridge. She has worked as a consultant with NUS (National University of Singapore) Overseas College in the Silicon Valley, California, USA and in NUS Singapore. She then worked as a school psychologist with Raffles Girls' School (Secondary), a school reputed for the highly able in Singapore. She is also a consultant with V-Campus (affiliated with Stanford University’s Education Program for Gifted Youth), Cambridge Alliance Centre, advisor for projects on gifted education/creativity with schools and gives expert advice for a website specially designed for the gifted/creative (www.brainy-child.com). Currently, she manages her consultancy (Mind Path Consulting Services) which provides services for creativity testing, giftedness/creativity workshops/ seminars/talks and for both schools and the corporate world and the Head of Research and Assessments with Ingenio Pte Ltd. She is also an associate faculty with SIM University (Singapore) teaching various subjects in psychology to adult learners. At present, she is involved in spearheading the gifted education programme in Malaysia.

 

Dr. Sandhu has researched, presented and published various papers on giftedness both locally and internationally. She has also conducted talks and workshops on giftedness, creativity, critical thinking and motivation for both students and adults. Her areas of expertise and interests are gifted education, creative thinking and assessment, positive psychology, critical thinking and bullying issues in schools. Her more recent work includes seminars/workshops on giftedness and creativity, positive psychology, bullying policy in schools and conducted research and statistics training to junior college students in Singapore. She has also been interviewed by various magazines in Singapore and Malaysia and on air for radio talk shows.

 

*Dr Sandhu is currently relocated in Gurgaon, India with her family for the next couple of years (since August 2009). All inquiries can be directed to info@mind-path