About Senior Express
Senior express is the brain child of Dr.Nidhi Mishra (PhD).Based on her expensive expersive expeiriences of working for senior citizens in both academic & social sector she decided to develop this much needed initiative.
About Dr.Nidhi Mishra
Dr. Nidhi Mishra is the Founder of Senior Express. Along with heading all the projects of Senior Express, she is working as an advisor and consultant with various socially minded organizations.
She has done her PhD in the area of Psycho-Social Gerontology from the Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad. Along with pursuing her Ph.D. she has worked as a teaching assistant at the Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad, where she taught applied aspects of Psychology.
After completion of her PhD, while she was based in Mumbai, she has taken teaching assignments as a visiting faculty with Tata Institute of Social Sciences and Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies . After shifting to Pune, she has taught as a guest faculty and visiting faculty at Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts, ICFAI Business School, Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research, Dnyansagar Institute of Management and Research, Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, LEXICON MILE - Management Institute For Leadership And Excellence, Tilak Maharashtra University, Dr. D.Y. Patil School of Architecture, and Kaveri College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Pune.
In addition to the above, she has also worked in national and international research projects and have been actively involved in writing research papers, participating in conferences and conducting workshops/training in the area of Applied Psychology, Gerontology, Human Resource Management, Social Entrepreneurship, Health and Wellbeing, Personality Development and Stress Management. She has also been appointed as a Trainer/Resource person by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) CoE Pune for conducting Capacity Building Programme for Teachers and Principals of CBSE affiliated schools on Professional Skill Development and Stress Management.
She represented India in the United Nations International Programme in Policy Formulation, Planning, Implementation and Monitoring of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing at Malta in 2013.
She has extensive experience of working in social sector where she was mainly involved in designing action based projects for the welfare of elderly and children, providing need based services to elderly, advocacy of ageing issues and promotion of positive ageing and inclusive education. She has also worked as a Consultant at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India for the United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) Ageing project in India.
She is a member of Association of Gerontology (India) and Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health.
What we do
Senior Express creates awareness on active and productive ageing in India by sharing real life stories of people above 60 years who are leading an active life and are inspiring others through their contribution in the development of the society. We also encourage youngsters to share stories about their bonding with senior family members, relatives, friends, colleagues and mentors.
We also conduct workshops and sessions on topics such as:
- Causes, symptoms and caregiving concerns related to alzheimer’s and dementia
- Session on “Graceful Ageing” and “Healthy Ageing”
- Sensitization session for youngsters on topics related to ageing and intergenerational bonding
- De-stressing session for caregivers of seniors
- Pre-retirement workshops for 50+ corporate employees
- Session for creating awareness on schemes and policies for senior citizens
- Session for creating awareness on elder abuse with ways to prevent it
- “Saaraayu Meetups” for bringing generations together to share and express their knowledge and creativity for their self-growth and for the development of the society
We also provide counseling services to seniors for:
- Personal/Emotional problems
- Inter-generational issues
Our Valuable Contributors
Mr. Amrendra Narayan Pandey
Nuclear Scientist and Yoga Expert
Ms. Primla Hingorani
Fitness Enthusiast and Marathon Runner
Mr. Ramesh Sood
NLP Trainer and Happiness Coach
Ms. Ami Shah
Social Work Enthusiast working in Health sector
Mr. G.D. Bansal
Poet and Writer