She is a member of several Professional Bodies and Associations, like, Odisha Psychology Association, National Academy of Psychology, Indian Psychology Institute, E-journal Antimatters, Indian Science Congress Association, Biocybernaut Institute of Canada, and World Gerontology Board of Japan, Association of Gerontology in Higher Education, USA and Global clinical Psychology, USA. She was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Post-graduate Department of Psychology, Utkal University for two years (January 2009 to January, 2011) during which she carried out her research for D.Litt. (Doctor of Literature) Degree.
Dr. Misra has several publications to her credit. She is the author of two books - Sleep Learning Theory and Practices (2011); and Metacognitive Awareness and Academic Performance (2012) and co-author of three other books- Psychology of Deviants(2009), Statistics for Behavioral and Social Sciences (2016) and A Text Book of Basic Statistics (2017) . Besides she has contributed to several other books. She has published 59 research papers in various national and international professional journals and presented 56 research papers in conferences in India and in international conferences in Russia, USA, Japan, France and Malaysia.
She has completed two research projects sponsored by the University Grants Commission of India (UGC) and has guided and supervised three Ph.D. Scholars.
She is the Chief Editor of the Journal “Odisha Journal of Social Sciences” which is a peer reviewed, self-financing biannual Journal and is on the Editorial Board of other international journals like “Journal of aging & Geriatric Psychiatry” USA, “Research Journal of Arts Management and Social Sciences”, Ulrich Publication, USA. Now she is continuing research under SPB University, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA in a project (2016 – 2018) with Prof Irina Pervova, on “Neo-liberalism influence on Social Policy Dynamic and development of national welfare state systems in developing countries (Russian Federation, Republic of India and Republic of South Africa)" She has Visited several countries on academic and social issues, like Russia, Japan, France, California and Malaysia .
