Careers in psychology
Routes, regulation, and what the work is actually like.
Written by Asst. Prof. Geetika Rai. For anyone choosing a course.
Routes, regulation, and what the work is actually like.
Written by Asst. Prof. Geetika Rai. For anyone choosing a course.
Almost every answer to "should I do clinical or applied psychology" is published by somebody selling one of the two courses. These are written by somebody with nothing to sell you — including the unwelcome parts: which titles India actually regulates, what a certificate is and is not, and how many people complete a master's compared with how many get onto recognised training.
| Post | The angle | |
|---|---|---|
| Applied or clinical? | The question everybody asks, answered by somebody with no course to sell. | Read → |
| A certificate is not a licence | What a course promising "certification" is and is not giving you. | not written yet |
| The quiet third route | Organisational psychology employs the most graduates and is discussed the least. | not written yet |
The question everybody asks, answered by somebody with no course to sell.
This is the most common question I am asked, and it is asked at the worst possible moment — usually with an admission deadline in the same week. Almost every answer available online is published by an institution that runs one of the two programmes. This one is not.
Read more on this → 8 Aug 2026
| Psychology myths | Things almost everyone believes, that the evidence settled years ago |
|---|---|
| UGC NET and SET | Preparing for the eligibility exams, without the guesswork |
| Student mental health | Exam pressure, and what helps — for students and parents |
| Growing up in India | Development research, read against the households it happens in |
| Reading research | How to read a paper properly, and where Indian work is published |
| Concepts explained | The ideas students reliably get stuck on, one at a time |
| Teaching psychology | What lands in a room, what does not, and why |