Aradhana Deogharia is a dedicated and enthusiastic Social Researcher and Neurologic Music Therapist having more than 10 years of working experience in India and USA in Mental Health domain of Music Therapy with Seniors.She is also an Author of book title “100 sessions of Indian Music Therapy with Seniors” under the series of writings in Fundamental Research in Music Therapy. She is a Founder and President of Navya Foundation USA, a non for profit organization with a mission and vision to promote fundamental research in Music Therapy across the globe.

She possesses a Master's degree of Social Work (MSW) with specialization in Mental health and Counseling from Vidyasagar School Of Social Work, Kolkata. She is a trained Indian Classical Vocalist from Prayag Sangeet Samiti and an Affiliated Neurologic Music Therapist from the Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy, University of Toronto, Canada.

She has started her career as a Mental Health Social Worker with Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata, India, which is a joint venture of Apollo Group of Hospitals, India, and Parkway Health of Singapore. In the year 2014, she laid the foundation stone of Navya Foundation in New Delhi, India with a mission to promote Music Therapy in a holistic approach for the old age population. In the year 2016, she moved to California, USA, and has been working continuously with the mission and vision of Navya Foundation to promote and advocate fundamental research in Music Therapy as an interdisciplinary field of study for holistic well being of seniors and other Neurodegenerative diseases.

Her research areas are Music Therapy in Mental Health of Seniors, Music Therapy and Parkinson’s, Clinical Improvisation and Emotions, Neurologic Music Therapy in Rehabilitation and Music Psychology.

Publications:-

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  1) Book Title “100 sessions of Indian Music Therapy with Seniors”
  ISBN: 9789354728594 SKU: 8180
  
• Below mentioned some recently published research papers on international journal
• 1) “Music Therapy Induced Speech and Communication in Older Adults”, NAMAH (New Approaches to Medicine and Health), The Journal of Integral Health , Oct 2020,pp 35-41.
• 2) “Songwriting: an effective tool in music therapy for expressing emotions during the pandemic of COVID-19”, NAMAH,The Journal of Integral Health,July 2020,pp44-48.
• 3) “Multi-sensory approaches of music in the brain-2”, NAMAH (New Approaches to Medicine And Health ), The Journal of Integral Health, July 2021, pp 41-47.
• 4) “Multi-sensory approaches of music in the brain-1”, NAMAH (New Approaches to Medicine And Health), The Journal of Integral Health, April 2021,pp 31-35.