Dr. Akshay Kumar

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About Dr. Akshay Kumar Dr. Akshay Kumar is a psychologist and a Holistic Medicine practitioner with an experience of 17 years. He developed the first course on positive psychology and leadership in India, based on the International Harvard Module in collaboration with Harvard University, USA. He is one of the only 2 licensed coaches of Mars Venus Organization and has 06 years of corporate experience working for Dr. John Gray’s (bestselling author of the book, ‘Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus’) Mars Venus Coaching as a behavioral, management assistant trainer at Wal-Mart India, Vodafone, IBM, Coca-Cola India, Intel, Aditya Birla, American Express, Yahoo Inc., Evalueserve, Unicon and Unison. His deep insight, understanding and brilliant acumen in the field of psychology has helped him win many awards and recognitions that include Faculty Excellence Award from IIIT Delhi, Distinction Award (Gold Medal) from University of Delhi and Certificate of Research contribution by The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), of the Ministry of Defense, Govt. of India. Dr. Kumar is the member of Indian Council of Medical Research (Senior Research Fellow)and Delhi Psychiatry Society. He has published several papers in national and international Psychology conferences including Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), National Academy of Psychology (NAOP), Delhi University, Sambalpur University, Amity University, Jamia Milia Islamia University etc. He studied Bachelors and Masters in Psychology from Delhi and then completed his Ph.D. Psychology from UCMS, (University of Delhi). He has studied Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Clinical Hypnotherapy and has learnt Clinical hypnosis from Vimhans Hospital, Delhi and California Hypnosis Association (Accredited by American Hypnosis Association) at AIIMS, New Delhi. Under the guidance of teachers such as His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, he has done a specialized course on Mindfulness meditation for stress and Anxiety reduction from Tushita Meditation Retreat by Glen Svensson, Australia.