Dr Sumit Mehra is a psychologist and computer scientist. He is a lecturer-researcher at the Department of Applied Psychology (DMR) and the lectureship Digital Life (DMCI). He is also a freelance educational consultant.

At the Digital Life Centre, Sumit conducts research on the cutting edge of ICT, health and behavioural change. Within the VITAMINE project, he developed an intervention that encourages elderly people to exercise more. For this, he cooperated with social organisations and researchers from the Faculty of Movement, Sports & Nutrition and the Faculty of Health. He focused on the question of how ICT can increase motivation and facilitate behavioural change