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Sulagna
Sengupta

I am an accredited Jungian scholar and a Jungian coach based in Bangalore, India. My current areas of scholarship are Jung and decolonization, postcolonialism and analytical psychology, psyche and the non-human world, and Jungian reading of Indian epics.

I forayed into the Jungian field with my personal analysis and through my education in analytical psychology in India, Zurich and the UK. I branched out into conducting archival research on Jung and India in 2010. I have researched widely in the major archives and public repositories of India, at the Jung archives in ETH, Zurich, and Jung’s biographical archives at Harvard University. With the publication of my book, ‘Jung in India’ in 2013, my research interests moved towards culture and psyche, history of the unconscious, colonial psychology and Indian myths. I publish widely on themes of the Cultural Other, cultural crossings, synchronicity, and the application of Jungian concepts in understanding postcolonial cultures. 

My first career was in development sector. I transitioned into Jungian Studies with the publication of my first book in 2013. ‘Jung in India’ examines Jung’s relationship with India, spanning several decades of the twentieth century and documents an important transcultural history, with wide implications for post-Jungian studies.

My second book, ‘Animus, Psyche and Culture – A Jungian Revision’ has been awarded the 2025 best book award in the applied category by the International Association of Jungian Studies (IAJS). ‘Animus, Psyche and Culture – A Jungian Revision’ locates the phenomenology of the animus in culture and in the lived experience of the feminine, in women’s histories and social worlds. It questions Jung’s positioning  of the archetype solely in the unconscious psyche, without linking it to the socio-cultural realities and the lived experience of women and men in society. It offers a revision of the notion of the animus, bringing culture and gender into focus in understanding contra-sexual archetypes, highlighting feminist histories, and studying the phenomenon of the animus in myths, history, films, subaltern narratives, cultural biographies, spirituality and environmental activism. 

My upcoming publication is a Jungian reading of the Indian epic, The Ramayana. 

I completed my doctoral studies in analytical psychology from the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex, UK. My Jungian coaching accreditation is from C.G. Jung Centre, Zurich. I am an accredited Jungian coach and a member of the International Association of Jungian Coaches and Consultants (IAJCC). I have a full-fledged coaching practice in Bangalore, as also online. I teach internationally in Jungian centres across UK, Switzerland and the USA. I am a member of the International Association of Jungian Studies (IAJS). I am also an editorial committee member of the International Journal of Jungian Studies (IJJS) and The Journal of Analytical Psychology (JAP). 

As a pioneering Jungian Studies scholar in India, I launched the first public education program on analytical psychology in India in 2026, aimed at providing Jungian education to scholars, therapists, consultants, corporate heads, scientists, medical workers, writers and creative practitioners, on the fundamentals of the unconscious psyche. Jungian Learning Circle (JLC) is uniquely designed to suit the cultural context of India, and employs innovative, inter-disciplinary learning approaches and tools to understand the complex human psyche and its diverse cultural environment. 

I am a Jungian scholar and coach based in Bangalore, India. My first career was in development sector in research, training and policy- building. I worked with bilateral agencies for over a decade, on poverty and human development issues, in rural and urban communities of India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh. I specialized in gender and environmental concerns, field research and participatory training tools. I trained later in Tavistock Group Relations approach in the U.K.

I transitioned into analytical psychology and Jungian Studies with the publication of my book ‘Jung in India’ in 2013. ‘Jung in India’ is based on original archival research on Jung’s history with India, spanning several decades of the twentieth century. It documents an important transcultural history, with wide implications for post-Jungian studies. Currently, I am working on a Jungian interpretation of the Indian epic, The Ramayana, at the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex, UK.

I am an accredited Jungian coach and a member of the International Association of Jungian Coaches and Consultants (IAJCC). I am also a member of the International Association of Jungian Studies (IAJS).  I am an editorial committee member of the International Journal of Jungian Studies (IJJS) and The Journal of Analytical Psychology (JAP). I have been an invited jury member of the IAJS Book Awards. My second book, ‘Animus, Psyche and Culture – A Jungian Revision’ was released in 2023. 

My interests in deep ecology and environment have led me to study lake restoration initiatives in Bangalore. I am a natural habitat observer and member of the global portal on E-Birds. I am trained in Hatha Yoga, and am an advocate of natural foods for mind and body healing.