Dr. Asha Srivastava

Dr. Asha Srivastava

Professor and Dean, Behavioral Sciences, NFSU

Dr. Asha Srivastava is currently working as a Professor and Dean of Behavioral Sciences at NFSU. She served as a Principal Scientific Officer & Head of the Forensic Psychology Department at Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), New Delhi. She completed her Ph.D. from Lucknow University. 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 field of Applied Psychology and Clinical Psychology. She also worked as 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 CBI, NIA, Delhi Police, Armed Forces, and other Law Enforcement Agencies in the country. The high-profile cases were Examined/ Analyzed/ Interpreted and reported with the help of different Forensic Psychological techniques. Some of these cases done by her are Pathankot Air Base Attack, the Sheena Bora murder case, the Sunanda Pushkar death case, the Vyapam scam case, Nirbhaya Rape Case, the Shivani Bhatnagar Journalist Murder case, etc. She has taken membership in the International Associate of the British and European Polygraph Association and International Associate of the American Psychological Association. She is a Life Member of the Indian Science Congress, Indian Forensic Science, Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists, Indian Academy of Applied Psychologists, Indian Society of Criminology as well as National Association of Psychologist.