Neil K. Aggarwal

Neil Krishan Aggarwal is a cultural psychiatrist and social scientist who specializes in cross-cultural conflicts and negotiation. After medical school, he completed a residency in psychiatry, a graduate degree in South Asian Studies, and a post-doctoral fellowship in clinically applied medical anthropology. His areas of professional interest include cultural psychiatry, cultural psychology, and psychiatric anthropology. He conducts research and teaches in both the Department of Psychiatry and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University, where he is a core member of the Committee on Global Thought. He continues to maintain fieldwork in South Asia.