University of Madras School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology

1 Name of the Department Department of Psychology 2 Year of establishment 1943 3 Is the Department part of a Yes School/Faculty of the university? 4 Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Sc. HRD Psychology M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; M.Phil. Psychology Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) Ph.D. 5 Interdisciplinary programmes and Ph.D – Home Science, Child departments involved development 6 Courses in collaboration with other (i) Post Graduate Diploma in universities, industries, foreign Organization Development and institutions, etc. Management of Change in collaboration with PSCS Consultancy. (ii) Post Graduate Diploma in Learning Disabilities in collaboration with Child Trust Hospital. 7 Details of programmes discontinued, if Nil any, with reasons 8 Examination System: Annual/ Semester/ Semester pattern under CBCS Trimester/Choice Based Credit System 9 Participation of the department in the Yes (for Electives) courses offered by other departments 10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/Associate Professors/Asst. Professors/others) Sanctioned Filled Actual (including CAS & MPS) Professor 1 1 2 Associate Professors 3 1 2 Asst. Professors 4 1 1 Others UGC Research Scientist 1 1 Teaching cum Research fellow/Guest Faculty 2 2 2

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology 11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization, experience and research under guidance

Name Qualification Designation Specialization No. of Years No. of of Ph.D./M.Phil. Experience students guided for the last 4 years Dr. S. M.A., Professor Social 30 Ph.D. – 5 Karunanidhi, Ph.D., and Head Psychology, M.Phil. – 8 PGDPM. Organizational Development and Educational Psychology Dr. V.D. M.A., Professor Guidance and 26 Ph.D. – 1 Swaminathan M.Phil., Counselling, M.Phil. – 7 Ph.D. Health Psychology Dr. Nirmala M.A., Associate Retired on M.Phil - M.lit., Professor May 2009 Ph.D Dr. P.N. M.A., Assistant Clinical 13 Ph.D. – 2 Thomas M.Phil., Professor Psychology R Retired on M.Phil. – 6 Ph.D. June 2013 Dr.T. M.A., Associate Guidance and 5 Ph.D. – Nil Lavanya Ph.D. Professor Counselling M.Phil. – 7 Dr. Latha M.A., UGC Applied Retired on Ph.D. -2 M.Phil., Research Psychology April 2009 M.Phil - Ph.D Scientist

12 List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, Nil emeritus professors 13 Percentage of classes taken by temporary M.Sc - 34% faculty – programme-wise information 14 Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio M.Sc. = 5 : 1 M.Phil.= 2:1 Ph.D. = 3:1 15 Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: Sanctioned Filled Actual ASO – 1 1 1 Office Assistant – 1 1 1 Lab Assistant – 1 - -

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology

16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies (i) School Psychology (ii) Cognitive Psychology (iii) Life Skills (iv) Stress Management (v) Health Psychology

17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the funding agencies, project title and grants received project-wise.

Project title Funding agency Grants allocated Centre for Cognitive and UPE 75 lakhs Behavioural Research Research on Prison and Government of TamilNadu 1 Crore (15 Lakhs per year) rehabilitation of Prisoners

18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants received

a) National collaboration List of Sponsored Research Projects / Consultancy Projects Awarded to members of Faculty / Research Staff of the Department

S. No Name of the Title of Sponsored Amount Year of Amount status Principal / Co- the by sanctioned commence received Principal Project ment and Investigator duration (Rs) (Rs) 01 Dr.S.Karunanidhi Life skills TANSAC 1,25,000/- 2007-08 - Completed training 1 year 02. Dr. S. Latha Indian UGC 50,000/- Completed Approaches in Research Promotion Scientist of health 03 Dr. S. Influence of BPR&D, December 1,30,83 Completed Karunanidhi Certain New Delhi 3,92,500 2008 3 Psychological 18 Months Variables on Occupational Stress among Women Police

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology 04 Dr. S. Life Skills Voluntary 2008 3,00,00 Completed Karunanidhi Training for Corporation service 0 the of Poor Students Chennai of Corporation Schools 05 Dr. S. Impact of UGC 3,87,200 May Completed Karunanidhi Perceived 2009 Parental Expectation, Perceived Competence and Academic Pressure on Psychological Well-Being of Students during Adolescence

b) International collaboration

S.No. Name of the Title of Year of Amount status Principal / Co- the commencement received Principal Project and duration Investigator (Rs) 01 Dr. Priyadharshini Influence of September, 2010/ Rs. Completed Principal Investigator parenting styles on 35,950 & late adolescents’ self 3 Months Dr.S.Karunanidhi and emotional Co-investigator development among Malaysians and Indians.

19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT, ICSSR, AICTE, etc.; total grants received:. Nil

20. Research facility / centre : Centre for Cognitive and Behavioral Research

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology 21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate bodies. Nil 22. Publications: * Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) : 39 * Monographs : - * Chapters in Books : - * Edited Books : 14 * Books with ISBN with details of publishers : 1 * Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) : - * Citation Index – range / average : - * SNIP : - * SJR : - * Impact Factor – range / average : - * h-index : - 23. Details of patents and income generated : Nil 24. Areas of consultancy and income generated : Nil 25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories / institutions / industries in India and abroad Dr. S. Karunanidhi 1 Participated and presented scientific paper entitled “ Towards a Psycho-social framework to assess the individual and institutional readiness to embrace open educational resources” at the 25th AAOU Annual Conference, Penang Malaysia, 28th -30th September,2011 2 Participated in the Conference on Globalization, Culture and Psychology at the University of Leister, United Kingdom during 16th -25th September 2012. 3 Visited Montpellier University, France from 14th February to 15th March 2013, under the MAHEVA Project Award. 4 Awarded Cal Catteral Award (July 2012) to attend the 34th Annual Conference Of International School Psychology Association at Montreal, Canada.

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology 26. Faculty serving in a) National committees b) International committees c) Editorial Boards d) any other (please specify) S.No. Name of the faculty member National / International Societies 1. Dr. S. Karunanidhi · National committees 1. Executive Council Member of Indian Academy Applied Psychology. 2. Life Member in Indian Science Congress. 3. Life Member in Indian Academy of Applied Psychology. 4. President, Madras Psychology Society. 5. Life Member in Indian Society of Criminology 6. Life Member in Indian Association of Community Psychology

· Editorial Boards

7. Editor - Journal of Psychological Researches- An International Journal 8. Editorial Committee - Periyar University Journal of Psychology – An international Journal 9. Editorial Consultant– Indian Journal of Community Psychology 10. Editor – Indian Journal of Applied Psychology 11. Editorial consultant - Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology 12. Editorial Advisory Board – Psychology in India 2 Dr. V.D. Swaminathan 1. Life Member in Indian Academy of Applied Psychology. 2. Life Member in Madras Psychology Society. 3. Life Member in Indian Association of Community Psychology 4. Member in Indian Society of Criminology 5. Fellow of Behavioral Medicine Society

· Editorial Boards

6. Editorial Committee in Periyar University Journal of Psychology – An international Journal 7. Editorial Consultant – Indian Journal of Community Psychology 8. Editorial Board – Indian Journal of Psychology and Education 9. Editorial Board – Knowledge Economy Journal 3 Dr. T. Lavanya 1. Life Member in Indian Academy of Applied Psychology. 2. Life Member in Madras Psychology Society.

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology 4 Dr. P.N. Thomas ( Retired) 1. Life Member in Indian Academy of Applied Psychology. 2. Life Member in Madras Psychology Society. 3. Fellow of Behavioral Medicine Society

· Editorial Boards

4. Editor – Indian Journal of Applied Psychology 5. Editor – Indian Journal of Applied Psychology 6. Editorial consultant - Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology

27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs, workshops, training programs and similar programs). (i) Dr. S. Karunanidhi and Dr. V.D. Swaminathan organized the UGC ASC refresher course 2011-2012, on Research Methodology from August 2011 to September 2011. (ii) Dr. V.D. Swaminathan and Dr. T. Lavanya organized the UGC ASC refresher course 2012-2013, on Research Methodology from August 2012 to September 2012. It was titled, “Empirical Approaches to Research in Humanities and Social Sciences”. 28. Student projects · percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter-departmental projects : Nil · percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other universities / industry / institute : 20%

29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by Faculty Sl.No. Name of the faculty Name of the Award [Month & Awarding Agency member Year] 1 Dr.D..Dhanalakshmi, Best Poster Award in International NIMHANS, Bangalore Dr.V.D.Swaminathan Conference on Mindscape: Global & Dr.Latha Satish perspective on Mental Health 2 Dr. S. Karunanidhi P.A. Sharma Memorial Award, Pondicherry March 2010 Psychology Association 3 Dr. S. Karunanidhi ERASMUS MUNDUS Action 2 MAHEVA Scholarship through the Maheva Project, Universite of Montepillier Mobility – Academic Staff. (March 2013)

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology 4. Dr. S. Karunanidhi Cal Catteral Award -July 2012 International School Psychology Association 5. Dr. S. Karunanidhi & Prof. Deepak Bhat Award for Best The 14th International Chitra T. Paper (2010) & 45th National Conference of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology

· Doctoral / post doctoral fellows Sl.No. Name of the student Name of the Award Awarding Agency [Month & Year] 1 V. Vithya Junior research UGC fellowship, December 2008. Senior Research UGC fellowship, September, 2011 2 Chitra T. Best paper award (2012) 6th International Conference on Sexology organized by the Indian Association for Sexology, Chennai.

· Students Sl.No. Name of the student Name of the Award Awarding Agency [Month & Year] The 16th International & 47th Joanna N.P. & Vijayabanu National Conference of Indian 1 Best paper award (2012) U Academy of Applied Psychology

The 16th International & 47th Joanna N.P. Dovina D.T., National Conference of Indian 2 Best paper award (2012) & Vedika K Academy of Applied Psychology

6th International Conference on Sexology organized by the Indian Priyata D, Dovina D.T & 3. Best paper award (2012) Association for Sexology, Sasikala S Chennai.

6th International Conference on Sexology organized by the Indian 4. Sasikala. S & Suneyna S Best paper award (2012) Association for Sexology, Chennai.

30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national / international) with details of outstanding participants, if any. Details furnished in Appendix II

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology 31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments · UGC Regulation on minimum standards and procedure for the award of M.Phil/ Ph.D degree – 2009 are followed. · Consent from the respective Institution/ Respondents are obtained to collect data for research. · Consent from Authors are obtained while using Psychological standardized tools. · Respondents are given the freedom to withdraw from participation in research at any given point of time · Confidentiality of the data obtained from the participants are strictly maintained at the Department · The obtained data is presented before the Doctoral committee for its approval. · Moreover, the guideline provided by the APA manual is strictly followed.

32. Student profile programme-wise: Name of the Applications Selected Pass Percentage Male Programme Received Male Female Female M.Sc. 2007-2008 158 04 28 50 93 2008-2009 162 04 20 100 85 2009-2010 125 07 12 71 75 2010-2011 96 6 16 16 75 2011-2012 100 7 15 15 100 2012-2013 86 1 18 100 72 M.Phil. 2007-2008 05 0 05 - 100 2008-2009 15 0 3 -- 66 2009-2010 16 0 6 -- 66 2010-2011 16 02 10 50 90 2011-2012 18 0 07 - 85 2012-2013 14 0 4 --

33. Diversity of students Name of the % of students % of students % of students % of Programme from the from other from universities students (refer to question same universities outside the State from other no. 4) university within the State countries M.Sc 64 5 24 7 M. Phil 85 15 - - Ph. D 100

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology 34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defence Services examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give details category-wise. Competitive Examinations Number of students NET 1. Vithya. V (UGC- JRF; December, 2008) 2. Divya Dovina (UGC NET – June, 2012) SET 1. Vithya. V (December, 2008) 2. V.Surendran (December, 2008) 3. Vijayabanu (October, 2012) GATE --- Civil services --- Defense services 1. Mohana Chandrika (Air force, 2010) 2. Joanna Nivitha Philip (Air force, 2012)

35. Student progression Student progression Percentage against enrolled UG to PG NA PG to M.Phil. 5% PG to Ph.D. 5% Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral - Employed · Campus selection 10% · Other than campus recruitment 40% Entrepreneurs 05% 36. Diversity of staff Percentage of faculty who are graduates of the same university 75% from other universities within the State Nil from universities from other States 25% from universities outside the country Nil

37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the assessment period: Nil

38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to

a) Library - Facilitated

b) Internet facilities for staff and students - Facilitated

c) Total number of class rooms - 3

d) Class rooms with ICT facility – 1

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology e) Students’ laboratories - 1

f) Research laboratories – Nil

39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates a) from the host institution/university –11 Doctoral students Under the Guidance of Dr. S. Karunanidhi 1 Ms. Sahaya Femil (Full-time ) 2 Ms. T. Chitra (Full-time) 3 Ms. V.Vithya (Full-time) 4 Ms. U.Vijayabanu (Part-time) 5 Ms. Divya Dovina T.(Full-time) Under the Guidance of Dr. V.D. Swaminathan 6 Mr. Ramanathan (Part-time) 7 Ms. Regi Fernando (Part-time) 8 Ms. Poongulali (Part-time)

Under the Guidance of Dr. T.Lavanya 9 Ms. Nithy Cecil(Full-time) 10 Ms. Salome Divya Vijayakumar(Full-time) 11 Ms. Reshma Malik(Part-time)

b) from other institutions/universities – Nil 40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the university. - 13 41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology. · Post graduate diploma in Learning disability was started in collaboration with Child Trust Hospital. Child Trust Hospital initiated the course as they have a special assessment centre for children with learning disability. · Post graduate diploma in Organizational development and management of change started in collaboration with PSCS consultancy. The consultancy was doing change management programmes in various industries and was interested in starting a new programme for HR managers in organizational development, in association with the department. For both the courses, the need was felt as the number of experienced professionals in the area of specialization was minimal. The possibilities were explored with the organizations which were willing to partner the courses with the department. The courses were framed accordingly.

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology 42. Does the department obtain feedback from a. Faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how does the department utilize the feedback? Yes. The faculties are asked for their opinions and if any changes are suggested, they are taken up for discussion in the Department Council.

b. Students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does the department utilize the feedback? Yes. Feedback forms are filled by the students for each faculty member and are submitted to the IQAC of the University.

c. Alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the department utilize the feedback? Yes. When past students who are eminent personalities in the corporate are invited to the department they share their experiences and give feedback as to how students have to prepare themselves in order to face the current challenges of the corporate world. They also give feedback about what the industry today needs from psychologists and how the students should equip themselves to be competent in handling them.

43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10) S.No Name Position held 1. Prof. B.C. Muthayya Former Deputy Director General, NIRD, Hyderabad 2. Dr.Latha Pillai Adviser, National Assessment and Accreditation Council, India & Former Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU University. 3. Dr. Christina Global Strategy HR – Virtues Corporation 4. Dr.K.Chokkalingam Former Vice Chancellor, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli 5. Mr. Prahaladhan Senior Associate talent Manager, Cognizant, Chennai 6. Dr. Jeyachandran Director, Vijay Human Services, Chennai 7. Dr. Ramachandran Scientist “F”, DRDO. 8. Dr. R. Karthikeyan Director, Gemba School of Management, Chennai 9. Dr. Rajini Sriram Head – HR Career Network, HCL Technologies Ltd. 10. Dr. Sabiha Sultana Clinical Neuropsychologist, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai.

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology 44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) involving external experts. Departmental Seminar Date Title Name of the Presenter S. No Dr. E. Vidhubala, Psychologist, 1 23.03.2007 Scope of Psycho-oncology Cancer Institute Dr. Nappinnai, Assistant Professor, 2 20.07.2007 Enhancement of Marital Harmony Clinical Psychology , Meenakshi Medical College. Transition from University to S. Venkatraman, Vice- President HR, 3 27.07. 2007 Industry Delphi TVS Diesel Systems Pvt Ltd. Mr. D. V. Sridhar, Founder, Yoga 4 03.08.2007 Mind in Yoga Raksana Dr. Asha Dinesh, Consultant 5 12.08.2007 Counselling Skills Psychologist, Sugam Clinic. Development of Psychometric Mr. Einstein, Ph. D Research Scholar, 6 17.08. 2007 Tests University of Madras Ms. Shilpa Ashok Pandit 7 14.09.2007 Stress Management and Yoga Ph. D Research Scholar, University of Madras Mr. Shankar Ramachandran, Recruitment and performance Consultant- Business Development 8 21.09.2007 appraisal Ma Foi Management Consultants Ltd, Chennai. Dr. Latha Nithyanandam, Consultant 9 28.9.2007 Stress Management Psychologist Mrs. T. Mythili, Part time Ph. D Emotional intelligence of BPO 10 05.10. 2007 Research Scholar, University of employees Madras Skills and competencies required Sandhya Ramesh, Deputy Manager, 11 26.10.2007 in HRD HR Department, HCL Psychosocial aspects of Pediatric V. Surendran, Ph. D Research 12 02.11.2007 oncology Scholar, University of Madras 25.07.2008 Industrial Expectations and Real Ms.Kripa Anne Peter and 13 Life Situation Mr.Prahaladan, HCL Tech Mrs. Swarna Gowri Govindraj, 14 22.9.2008 Right Knowledge for Excellence Medical scientist, Theosophical Society 26.9.2008 Organizational Ethics Dr.C.L.Ramakrishnan, Former 15 Director of Vigilance and Anti-corruption, Tamilnadu Dr. Varadharajan, Clinical 16 17. 10.2008 Stress management Psychologist, IMH, Chennai Mr. S. Ramanathan, Part time Ph. D The role of Psychologist in the 17 17.10.2008 Research Scholar, University of Correctional Institution Madras Lt. Col. R. K. Chhibber, Part time Ph. Emotional intelligence- A key to 18 10.10.2008 D Research Scholar, University of excellence. Madras 24.10.2008 Psychology for Rural Dr.B.C.Muthayya, Former Deputy 19 Development Director General, NIRD, Hyderabad

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology 31.10.2008 You in You Prof. RatnaNatarajan, Former Coordinator of National Service 20 Scheme, University of Madras and University of Pondicherry 21 Mrs. Aprajitha Vasudev Jetli, 2.01.2009 Learning Diability Ph. D Research Scholar Influence of emotional Lt. Col. R. K. Chhibber, Part time Ph. intelligence, social support and job 21 07.11.2008 D Research Scholar, University of satisfaction on psychological Madras wellbeing among military officers 09.01.2009 Imbibing Organizational Values Dr.AmarChand, Professor of Jainology 22 and Ethics Ms. K. Kasthuri, Part time Ph. D 23 23.01.2009 Aesthetics of Environment Research Scholar, University of Madras Ms. Regi Fernando , Part time Ph. D 24 30.01.2009 Healthy lifestyle Research Scholar, University of Madras Dr. Poongulali. S. Part time Ph. D 25 13.02.2009 Psychoneuroimmunology Research Scholar, University of Madras 13.3.2009 HRD as a National Agenda Mr. Vijay Kumar, Management 26 Specialist, Founder I.N.D.I.A TRUST Effect of Indivilized Yoga Kausthub Desikachar, Part-time Ph.D. 27 03.04.2009 Therapy on Quality of Life Research Scholar Mr. A. Vijaykumar, President & 28 21.08.2009 HRD as a National Agenda Founder, India Trust 25.09.2009 Couselling skills – a Case Study Dr. Asha Dinesh, Counsellor 29 Approach 28.08.2009 Humour therapy Dr. B. C. Muthayya, Former Director, 30 NIRD Dr. C.L. Ramakrishnan, DGP, Govt. of 31 09.10.2009 The Three Gunas- its play TN and Management Consultant 30.10.2009 Application of statistics for Alamelu, Consultant and analyst 32 psychological research 06.11.2009 Cognitive behavior Therapy Dr. C. N. Ramgopal, Clinical 33 Psychologist Cognitive Load Factors and Prof. Mohan Chinappan, Faculty of 34 17.12.2009 Schema Acquisition- Research Education, University of Wollongong, Design Australia Dr. Anitha Menon, University of 35 18.12.2009 Stress and Immune Functioning Zambia 22.01.2010 Prevention and Treatment of Dr. Rassana Roomey, Depression Sr. Lecturer Clinical Psychology, 36 Curtin University of Technology, Australia Dr. Arpana Inman, Associate Personal and Emotional Professor, Counselling Psychology, 37 27.01.2010 Counselling Department of Education,Lehing University, Bethlehem. 02.02.2010 Imagination and Psychopathology James Morley, 38 Prof. Clinical Psychology, Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA.

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology 12.03.2010 Effect of Cognitive Behaviour Ms. Aprajita Vasudev Jetli, Intervention on certain Ph.D Research Scholar, 39 Psychological variables of Department of Psychology, Adolescents with Learning University of Madras Disabilities 09.04.2010 Impact of Parental Expectation on Ms. S. Sasikala, Childrens’ Well-being Ph.D Research Scholar, 40 Department of Psychology, University of Madras 06.08.2010. Dangers of Drug Abuse among Mr.Ramachandra Sundaralingam, 41 Youths and Suicide Bombers International Drugs Expert/ Interpol Drugs Specialist 13.08.2010 “Locus of Control, Social Support, Ms. M. Nagalakshmi, Organizational role stress and Ph.D Research Scholar, 42 Proactive coping in BPO and IT Department of Psychology Employees with Burnout” 20.08.2010 Basic Values in Life C.L. Ramakrishnan, Formerly Director 43 of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Tamil Nadu 27.08.2010 Psychosocial correlates of Female K.Kasturi, Ph.D Research Scholar, 44 College students Department of Psychology, University of Madras 03.09.2010 Miracle of Motivation Rev. Fr. Deva S.D.B. Rector 45 and Parish Preist, St. Mary’s Co- Cathedral Dr. Helen Taylor and Dr. Jeanette Training as Clinical Psychologist Foster, 46 11.09.2012 in the UK Department of Psychology, University of Leicester, UK 17.09.2010 Psychosocial issues perceived by Dr. Yamuna, Pediatrician and 47 Adolescents Adolescent Specialist 24.9.2010 Behaviour Therapy for Children Dr. KeerthiPai, Consultant Clinical 48 and Adolescents Psychologist, Apollo Hospitals

01.10.2010 Neurological Assessment Dr. Sabiha Sultana, Clinical 49 Neuropsychologist, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai Dianne Christenbury Bradley, 50 08.10.2010 Marital Counseling Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, USA. Dr. Lakshmi Bandlamudi, Psychology Co-ordinator, Social Sciences, La 51 08.10.2010 Tales in Life and Life in Tales Guardia Community College, Ney York. Dr. Jan Johannes Franciscus, Sr. 52 12.11.2010 Outline of Cognitive Psychology Lecturer, Developmental Psychology, University of Utrecht, Netherlands. 07.01.2011 The Metabolic Syndrome Mrs. C.Kalaivani Ashok, Ph.D Research Scholar, 53 Department of Psychology, University of Madras Role of psychologists in Prof. Jeyachandran, Psychologist 55 20.01.2011 Rehabilitation of Mentally and special educator. Director, Vijay Challenged Human Services, Chennai 15

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology 21.01.2011. Psychological Issues of Dr. R. Lakshmi Bai, Project Director, 56 Transgender Tamil Nadu Aids Initiative Psychological Correlates of Eating Ms. C. Kalaivani Ashok 11.02.2011 Behaviour in relation to Research Scholar, 56 Nutritional Status of Young Department of Psychology, University Female College Students of of Madras Chennai city Dr. AnithaMenon, Health Psychologist, 57 23.01.2011 Communication skills Department of Psychology, University of Zambia

28.01.2011 Interpersonal Effectiveness Dr. T.A. Siva Subramaniam, 58 Chairman- Corporate Program, LIBA Dr. Sindy Banga, Sr. Lecturer, School 59 25.02.2011 Health Issues of Health, University of Northamptom. Ln Prof. RatnaNatrajan, Former 04.03.2011 Scan your Mind Coordinator of National Service 60 Scheme, University of Madras and University of Pondicherry Prof. A. Vijay Kumar, Management 61 11.03.2011 Careers in Social Entrepreneurship Specialist, Founder- I.N.D.I.A Trust, Chennai Mrs. T. Chitra, Ph.D Research 62 11.03.2011 Pursuit of Happiness Scholar, Department of Psychology, University of Madras Mrs. U. Vijayabanu, Ph.D Research Scholar, 63 18.3.2011. Resistance to Change Department of Psychology, University of Madras E. SahayaFemil, 64 01.04.2011. Helping and Hurting Ph.D Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, University of Madras Mrs. ArunaShyam, Nutritionist &Dietician,Faculty, Ripcord 65 26.8.2011 Diet dilemma among the youth Consulting Guild, Chennai Mr. C.L. Ramakrishnan, Former Director of Vigilance and Anti- 66 02.09.2011 Basic Values in Life corruption, Tamil nadu Mr. M.B. Nirmal, Founder & Director, 67 23.09.2011 Psychology and Environment Exnora, Chennai Ms. Nithy Cecil Ph.D Research Scholar, Department of 67 16.09.2011 Giftedness Psychology, University of Madras, Chennai Dr. SumathySundar, Music Therapist,Founder Director, 68 30.09.2011 Music therapy and Psychology Chennai School of music therapy, Chennai Leadership- a Canadian Ms. Michele Luit, Faculty Member, 69 12.10.2011 perspective University of Calagary, Canada

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology Dr. Rani Mohanraj, Director, 70 14.10.2011 Health research SAMRATH (NGO), RA Puram, Chennai Dr. Wahida, Gynecologist, Apollo 71 04.11.2011 Health issues of women Hospitals, Chennai Ms. YogachariniMaitreyi, Partner 72 11.11.2011 Yoga and Emotional health PSCS Consultancy, Chennai Mrs. SahayaFemil Effect of life skills training among Ph.D Research Scholar, Department of 73 09.12.2011 adolescents in need of care and Psychology, University of Madras, protection Chennai Psychological Assessments- with special Dr. KeerthiPai, Clinical Psychologist, 74 16.12.2011 reference to Stroop Test and Apollo Hospitals, Chennai Vineland Social Maturity Scale Dr. KanakPanday, Industrial and 03.01.2012 Neuro Cognitive Psychological 75 Clinical Psychologist. Chairman, &04.01.2012 Tests Gujan Human Karigar, New Delhi Dr. SugumarMariyappanNadar, 76 27.01.2012 Sustaining Human resources Senior Lecturer in HRM, Australian Catholic University, Australia Prof. Peter Farrell, Professor of special needs & Current perspectives in School Educational 77 03.02.2012 Psychology Psychology, Faculty of Humanities School of Education, The University of Manchester Ln Prof. RatnaNatrajan Former Co-Oridinator of National 78 10.2.2012 Personality Development- “7S” Service Scheme, University of Madras & Pondicherry University Dr. A. Vijayakumar, President, India 79 09.03.2012 Human Resources Development Trust. Mr.Avinash Boopal & Team , Survival 80 10.08.2012 Life saving skills Insticts, NGO , Chennai. Mr.Ramachandra Sundarlingam , Dangers of Drug Addiction among 81 17.8.2012 International Drug Expert & Interpol youths Drugs Specialist V.Vithya, Research Scholar, Dept.of 82 24.8.2012 Pervasive Developmental Disorder Psychology, University of Madras. Ms.Chitra, Research Scholar, Resilience training for women Department of Psychology, University 83 21.09.2012 police of Madras. Mrs.K.Chandrika, Training and Development Manager, Sankara 84 28.09.2012 Effective Communication Skills Nethralaya Hospital, Chennai.

Mr. C.L. Ramakrishnan, Former 85 12.10.2012 Basic Values in Life Director of Vigilance and Anti- corruption, Tamil Nadu. Individualized Yoga Therapy: A Dr.Kausthub Desikachar, Senior yoga 86 18.01.2013 Complementary Therapy Consultant and Yoga Trainer, approach to facilitate healing Co-founder of the Krishnamacharya 17

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology processes Healing and yoga foundation, and enhance quality of life Chennai. Health & Physical Fitness for Dr.Kannan Pugazhendhi, Sports 87 11.01.2013 youth: Role of Physician, Chennai. diet and Physical activity Dr.Kreethi Pai, Clinical Psychologist, 88 01.02.2013 Mental Health Examination Apollo Hospital, Chennai. Bio Rhythm- an experiential 89 01.02.2013 Faculty and students session Dr.Vidhubala Life style Modification for Associate Professor, Department of 90 08.02.2013 Healthy Living Psycho-Oncology, Cancer Institute, Adyar. 15.02.2013 Role of Psychologist in Corporate Dr.Vasuki, Counsellor and Corporate 91 Sectors Trainner , Chennai. Capt. Ramadass .V, Director, Synergy Maritime Private Limited, Chennai. Role of Psychologist in Shipping 92 22.02.2013 Industry

Dr.S.Priscilla, Ass.Professor and Head, 93 01.03.2013 Life Skill for students School of Counseling, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Youth Development. Dr.Nappininai Seran Counselling 94 08.03.2013 Pre-Marital Counselling Psychologist Mrs.Sumathi Chandrasekaren, 95 15.03.2013 The Art of Encouragement Counselor

· The department also conducts training/workshops regularly to equip the students with the skills and competencies to meet the industrial expectations. The following are the programs that were conducted in this regard. 2007-2008 Title and Trainer Date Dr.Ramgopal, Clinical Psychologist- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy 19th &20th July 2007. Ms. Bhooma, ICF - Competence Mapping August 2007. Mr. Ram Bhat, Options &Solutions, Bangalore- 14. 08.07 Mr.T.K. Premkumar - Effective Communication Skills September 2007 Mr.S.Arulmaniyan, Brainobrain Kids Academy 5.10.07 Sandya Ramesh HCL Technologies Ltd – Skills and competencies that a HR 26.10.2007 student should have. Neuro Linguistic Programme’ October 2007 Ms. Bhooma, ICF on Competence Mapping August 2007 Mr.T.K. Premkumar on Effective Communication Skills – September 2007 Dr. Chandra Mohan -Psychological Assessment’ March 2008

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology

2008-2009 Title and Trainer Date Workplace Counselling by Dr. Emma Gonsalvez 26.09.2008 Competency Mapping by Ms. Booma, DGM, ICF 3.10.2008 Stress Management by Dr. Varadharajan, Clinical Psychologist, IMH 17.10.2008 Emotional Intelligence By Dr. Latha Nithyanandham, Consultant 24.10.2008 Psychologist The role and significance of relationships in Psychoanalysis and Yoga by 16.04.2009 Helfried Krusche, Psychoanalyst, Germany.

2009-2010 Title and Trainer Date

Ice Breaking Session by Mrs. Raja Rajeswari, MD, Life Skills Lab 24.07.2009

Transition from University to Industry by Mr. S. Venkataraman, Vice 31.07.2009 president, Delphi TVS

Communication Skills by Commodore Shekar 7.8.2009

Interview skills by Mr. Senthilathiban, Director, Sparks Development 14.08.2009 Group

Leadership skills by Mr. P. Jayachandran, Educational Management 28.08.2009 Consultant

Transactional Analysis (101) by Ms. Sasi Chandran, Nithya Gurukula 11.09.2009 & 12.09.2009

16 PF – Theory and Application by Dr. Vijaylakshmi, Faculty, SRM 18.09.2009 College Job Scope for Psychologist in a typical Corporate Eco-system by Mr. K. 25.09.2009 Ramachandran, Manager, Corporate Communication, Cognizant, Chennai

Indian Psychology with reference to Mental Health by Shri. Swami 06.10.2009

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology Padmanabhananda, General Secretary- Divine Life Society, Rishikesh

Mind Mapping by Dr. R. Karthikeyan, HR Consultant 09.10.2009

Appreciative Inquiry by Mr. K. Senthilathiban, Director, Sparks 16.10.2009 Development Group

Corporate Competencies by Mr. R. Venkatanarayan, Vice President, HR 23.10.2009 Rane Group

Team Building by Mr. Senthilathiban, director, Sparks Devlopment 05.11.2009 Group

Managing Environmental Uncertainties in Workplace by Mr. 06.11.2009 Vidhyasagar, Associate Professor, Anna Institute of Management

Industrial Expectations from HRD students and Current challenges of 27.11.2009 the Market Scenario by Mr. Prahaladhan, HR Executive, HCL

Workplace counseling by Dr. Emma, HR Consultant and Counselor 11.12.2009

Stress management by Dr. Latha Sathish, Psychologist 14.12.2009

Design, Develop and Deliver a Training Program by Sasikanth Prabu, 04. 02. 2010 HR Consultant, Founder- Marg Atreya Consulting, Kochin & 05.02.2010

2010-2011 Title and Trainer Date Management of Change” by Mrs. PadmaniJanardhanan, HR Consultant 6.8.2010

“Presentation Skills” by Mrs. Aparna Raman, Senior Executive, 13.8.2010 Cavin Care Limited “Stress Management” by Dr. LathaSathish, Psychologist 20.8.2010

“Leadership Skills” by Mr. P. Jayachandran,Educational Management 27.8.2010

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology “Industrial Expectations from HRD students and current challenges of the 17.9.2010 Market” by Mr. Prahaladan, Hr Executive, HCL Technologies.

Workplace Counselling” by Dr. Emma Gonsalvez, 24.9.2010 Psychotherapist & HRD Consultant “Interview Skills” by Mr. Senthiladiban, 1.10.2010 Director, Sparks Development, Chennai “Importance of Relationship Management in Today’s Corporate Sector” by 25.3.2011 Mr. Johnson S Sasikumar, Management Trainer and Enterpreneur, Founder & Board Member of OWE Global Solutions , Yitro Business Consultant

2011-2012 Title and Trainer Date Competencies by Mr. Stephen Sudhakar, Vice President-HR, DORMA 29.7.2011 Emotional Intelligence by Mrs. V.G. Bhooma, Controller,Satish Dhawan Space 26.8.2011 Centre, Shriharikota, Andhra Pradesh Workplace Counselling by Dr. Emma Gonsalvez, HRD Consultant, Chennai 2.9.2011

How to outsmart? By Dr. Christina, HR, Global Strategy, Chennai 16.9.2011 Communication and Presentation skills by Mr. K. Ramachandran, 23.9.2011 Manager-Corporate Communications, Cognizant, Chennai Change Management by Ms.PadminiJanardhanan, HR Trainer, Chennai 2.10.2011 Performance Appraisal by Mr. Chandra SekarKalluri, Vice President, 14.10.2011 Laserwords Pvt. Ltd., Chennai Transactional Analysis by Ms. SashiChandran, Director, NityaGurukula, Coimbatore20.10.2011 & 21.10.2011 Statistical Package for Social Sciences by Mr. SriramRamachandran 25.11.2011 Statistical consultant, Chennai Changing the Genetic Code of Business by Mr. SasikanthPrabhu, 9.3.2012 Business Facilitator, MargAtreya Consulting, Cochin

2012-2013 Title and Trainer Date Workplace Counselling by Dr. Emma Gonsalvez, HRD 9.4.2013

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology Consultant, Chennai & & 10.4.2013 Training the Trainer by Ms.Rajah Rajeshwari, Corportate Trainer. 3.8.2012 Emotional Intelligence at work by Mrs. Bhooma, Corporate Trainer. 14.9.2012 Performance Apprisal Process by Mrs.Sunitha, Corporate Trainer, 21.09.2012 Former HR Head – Murugappa Group of Companies

Organisational Development – Practical Approach by Mr.Madhava Priyan M.P. 28.09.2012 National Head – HR & Organisational Development, Flyjac Logistics Pvt. Ltd., Hitachi Transport System Group Facing Interviews – A Practical Session by Mr.Senthilathiban, Founder of the 12.10.2012 SPARKS Development Group.

45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes. · Lecturing with the usage of audio visual aids using power point presentations and LCD projectors are used for theory papers. · Subjects like Experimental Psychology and Psychological Assessments are demonstrated to the students to learn the method of administration, scoring and interpretation in addition to the theories related to each experiment. · Students are assigned simple but important topics and asked to present them as seminars in the classroom and assessment is made based on their content and communication skills. · Students are also given case studies in order to analyze and understand the hypothetical situation. · Hands on training is given to students through workshops conducted by experts in the respective fields to gain practical knowledge in Counselling Skills, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Skills, Presentation Skills, Transactional Analysis, Pre-marital Counselling Etc.

46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes are monitored? The number of students being placed in the organizations every year give an indication that the course has been effective and the feedback from people in the industry also give an indication of the same. The periodic evaluations, seminars and assessments help in monitoring the learning outcomes.

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology 47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities. 2007 - 2008 1. Honorary Director of Juvenile Guidance Bureau conducted and co-ordinated various programs like certificate course in catering and Hotel Management, Parental awareness to juveniles. In addition to this using psychological test, the cognitive abilities, personality and aptitude were assessed regularly with the help of testing officers at Juvenile Guidance Bureau. 2. Marital Counselling services are offered to couples who have marital conflicts referred by family courts with the help of research scholars and faculty members. 3. Individual psychotherapy is given to the Women who are involved immoral trafficking and stay at Women’s reception Home, Mylapore. 4. Department of psychology in collaboration with NSS offered psychological counseling to the students who have failed in 10th and 12th std during 2007-08. 2008 -2009 1. Research Scholars of the department on voluntary basis administered Psychological test to Juveniles in assessing their IQ, criminal propensity, personality and aptitude, at Juvenile Guidance Bureau, Kellys. 2. Research Scholars of the department on voluntary basis rendered Marital Counselling to couples in collaboration with Family Court at Madras High Court, Chennai. 3. Conducted certificate course on, 'Catering and Hotel Management to the juveniles' at Juvenile Guidance Bureau, Kellys. 4. Counselling and Guidance services were offered for school and college students referred by University Students' Advisory Bureau. 5. Psychological counselling and Training was given in collaboration with National Service Scheme to the 10th and 12th std. failed students. 6. Individual counselling and workshops were conducted for the benefits of employees of State Transport Corporation on Accident Proneness and Alcoholism. 7. Life Skills Training programme was conducted for Students of Corporation Schools in collaboration with Corporation of Chennai. (8,000 students were trained and counseled). 8. Academic Support was offered to the Centre for Social Initiative and Management, Chennai.

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology 9. Research scholars of the Department on voluntary basis offered Psychological Counselling to women who were involved in immoral trafficking at Women's Reception Home, Mylapore. 10. Academic support was offered to IAS aspirants.

2009-2010 1. On voluntary basis rendered marital counseling to couples in collaboration with Family Court at Madras High Court, Chennai. 2. Individual counseling and workshops were conducted for the benefits of employees of State Transport Corporation on Accident Proneness and Alcoholism. 3. Academic support is being offered to the Centre for Social Initiative and Management, Chennai. 4. Academic support was offered to IAS aspirants at Manidhaneyam IAS Coaching centre, Chennai. 5. Prepared the Question Bank in Psychology for the selection of Inspectors for the Tamil Nadu Police Recruitment Board 2010. 6. IQ and Personality assessment was done for recruiting employees for U CAL private limited. 2010-2011 1. Organized the Suicide Prevention Programme and Psychological Techniques for Effective Living for the 10th and 12th std. (800 girl students) of the Soundarapandi Suppamma Higher Secondary School, New Washermenpet on September 2010 organized by Saviours Medical Trust and Department of Psychology, University of Madras. 2. Organized the Adolescents Life Skills Empowerment Project organized by the Bro. Siga Animation Centre, Vyasarpadi (NGO for uplift of slum and rural poor) and Department of Psychology, University of Madras, 2010 – onwards (on going project). 3. Rendered Consultation Services for the Office of the Directorate General of Anti Vigilance against sexual harassment in work place on November 18th 2010.

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology 4. IQ and Personality assessment was done for recruiting employees for U CAL private limited. 2011-2012 1. Participated in the deliberations held at the Family court, regarding psychosocial issues in marital problems and the need of psychologist for counselling couples and their family, Chennai 2. Co-ordinated the psychological assistance program for Royapuram Government boys Home. 3. Coordinated the Adolescents Life skills empowerment project organized by Bro.SigaAnimation centre, Vyasarpasi( NGO for uplift of slum and rural poor) 4. IQ and Personality assessment was done for recruiting employees for UCAL private limited. 5. Differential Ability test and IQ assessments were done for 120 students who were the employees’ children of CMC Vellore 2012-2013 1. Customer Service orientation program for the employees of Air India. 2. IQ and Problem Behaviour assessments were done for 72 students of Government Boys Home, Royapuram.

48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department. · The Department has collaborated with the Indian association of Sexual medincine, Aakash Fertility Clinic and the Department of Anthropology, University of Madras to organize the following International Conferences. 1. 4th International conference on sexology - Sexuality: A Holistic Approach in joint collaboration with Department of Anthropology, University of Madras & Aakash Fertility clinic and Indian Association of Sexual Medicine, (14.02.2009 & 15.02.2009) 2. 5th International conference on sexology ( Sexuality: A Holistic Approach in joint collaboration with Department of Anthropology, University of Madras & Aakash Fertility Clinic and Indian Association of Sexual Medicine) on 13.02.2010 and 14.02.2010 3. 6th International conference on sexology- Sexuality: A Holistic Approach in joint collaboration with Department of Anthropology, University of Madras

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology &Aakash Fertility Clinic and Indian Association of Sexual Medicine on 11.2.2012 & 12.2.2012 · The Department has collaborated with the Department of Adult and Continuing Education to host the UGC Sponsored National Conference on the Contemporary Challenges In Human Resource Development- Interdisciplinary Perspective, on 25th &26th March, 2013

49. State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies? If yes, give details. - No

50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new knowledge, basic or applied. The Department of Psychology ever since its inception has been actively involved in acquiring new knowledge as well application of the same. Knowledge Building: ü Research aptitude of the students is fostered in the department. Conducting research and publishing the same work in reputed journals widens the knowledge in the field of psychology, which is a regular activity of the department. ü Students are also encouraged to present research work at National and International seminars thereby not only sharing information but also acquiring new knowledge. ü Students are exposed to various professionals in the field through weekly Friday seminars organized at the department. ü Industrial visits organized by the department also provide an opportunity for the students to understand the functioning of different organizations. ü As part of the post graduate course, students are placed in an organization for a period of 3 months. This gives them the opportunity to understand the challenges in practically applying theoretical knowledge acquired in the classroom. Application of psychology: ü Application of knowledge is an important function of the department. This is achieved by offering psychological services to different segments of society, such as Psychological testing for the juveniles in Juvenile Guidance Bureau, Counselling couples with marital disputes referred by the Family Court, High

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology Court, Chennai, Motivational and Study Skills Training programme for underachieving students, Psychological Counselling and Emotional Management Training for boys at the Government Home, Royapuram and Social Skills and Study Skills training for the students associated with Bro. Siga Animation Centre (NGO). ü Consultancy services offered by the department provide an opportunity to apply skills learnt in the field of psychology. ü The department also assists the academic staff college in Personality Development programmes. ü The department played a vital role in framing the syllabus for “Personality Development and Managerial Skills”, which are taught to the University students to develop their skills. ü Training programmes are also conducted in organizations based on their requirements. One such was a two day workshop held at Air India.

51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the department. Strengths of the Department 1. Research: Students are exposed to numerous research related activities such as seminars, paper presentation and paper publication during their tenure at the department. They are encouraged to test the theoretical knowledge acquired in the class room by doing research. Students are encouraged to involve in research that would have an impact in the field of psychology and the community at large.

2. Bridge Course: Students are selected from various disciplines at the post-graduate level, therefore a bridge course is organized for a month to provide basic and fundamental knowledge about psychology. In the bridge course, subjects like basic psychology, developmental psychology, social psychology, abnormal psychology, research and statistics are taught by the research scholars at the department. This course mutually benefits both the students and the research scholars.

3. Psychometric Assessment: The students are exposed to various psychological tests such as Intelligence tests, aptitude tests, interest inventories, personality

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology questionnaire, memory assessment, etc., during their period of stay at the department. They are familiarized and made competent in administering psychological tests in groups and on individuals, in a scientific and systematic method. Scoring, interpreting results and also report writing in the prescribed format are also given importance.

4. Field Exposure: Institutional and Industrial visits are part of the curriculum of the post graduation programme. They are arranged by the department to develop the right orientation and also to inculcate social concern. The students have to undergo summer internship at the end of 1st year M.Sc HRD, and a report has to be prepared and submitted to the department. This provides them with the experience of applying theoretical knowledge to the corporate world during their summer placement.

5. Workshops, Seminars & Endowment Lectures: Skills oriented workshop are organized every Friday for the Second year M.Sc Students. Students are exposed to training modules on stress management, emotional intelligence, competency mapping, interview skills, team building skills, communication, leadership training, transactional analysis and corporate counselling. Every Friday the department invites experts from Industries, NGOs, etc., to be resource people besides the students and scholars of the department. Every year Madras Psychology Society (MPS) endowment lecture is delivered by an expert in his or her respective specialization related to psychology. The department also organizes the UGC National Seminar, which exposes students from different colleges to contemporary ideas in psychology and provides students with ample scope to get hands on experience in organizing a seminar. The department also collaborates with other departments at the university in organizing National seminars.

Opportunities at the Department 1. Library: Apart from the main library of the University of Madras, the Department has a Well equipped library with thousands of books, journals, thesis, etc,. that covers various psychological concepts and theories and is available for students’ to master the subject. The library is well stocked and updated every year with latest edition.

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology 2. Laboratory: The department laboratory has numerous psychological test material such as Bhatia Performance Test of Intelligence, Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices, WAIS, 16PF, MBTI, Neo Personality Inventory, Differential Aptitude Test, CNS etc., and equipments such as Tweezer Dexterity Test, Relaxing Rhythms Bio Feedback, Muscular Fatigue etc., which are accessible for educational and research purposes. Students are encouraged to maximally utilize the facility in the Department.

3. Psychology Association: The department is closely associated with Indian Academy of Applied Psychology and Madras Psychological Society, which are two distinguished psychology associations in the country. They organize workshops, seminars and also publish journal articles. These associations provide an opportunity for students to be part of the professional body. They are encouraged to present scientific articles and publish them in the International format.

4. Extension Activities: Our department strongly believes in rendering service to the community. This is an enriching activity because students get real life experience during such programme and also are a source of change in the community, such as Psychological testing for the juveniles in Juvenile Guidance Bureau, counselling to couples with marital discord referred by Family Court, Motivational and Study Skills Training programme for the unsuccessful students, Psychological Counselling and Emotional Management Training for boys at Government Home, Royapuram and Social Skills and Study Skills training for the students associated with Bro. Siga Animation Centre (NGO). Students are encouraged to volunteer for extension activities conducted by the department.

5. Financial Assistance: The department is supported by the University of Madras in providing financial aid for deserving candidates by numerous schemes such as free education scheme, earn while you learn scheme, welfare scholarship, merit scholarship, endowment scholarship and university research fellowship.

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology Challenges faced by the Department 1. Students of the Department: The students of the department come from varied backgrounds. Each student is unique and requires a different level of training in acquiring the skills that are taught at the department. Thus, the challenge faced by the Department of Psychology is not only providing basic knowledge but also to equip all the students with the necessary skills that will be transferable to their career.

2. Research Projects: With limited number of faculties, the department strives to undertake research projects relevant to community and society that are socially relevant. It is a huge challenge for the department to manage its resources not only for teaching, research and extension services but also to complete such projects successfully.

3. Competition from other fields: There is competition from other departments such as MBA, sociology, education in offering the extension services that are relevant to the field of psychology. In our country, till today, both recruitment and training is being conducted by professional from MBA; however, it is a core domain of psychology, where the standardized test materials are available to select the right person for the right job. But we find it extremely challenging to convince the HR professionals on the uses of psychological tests and training modules developed by the psychologists such as stress management, emotional management, socialization skills, competency mapping, interview skills, team building skills, communication skills, leadership training, transactional analysis and corporate counselling.

4. Awareness among recruiters: The challenge faced by the young professionals in the field of psychology is that they have to convince the recruiters to get the job of a psychologist in their organization. There has most often been a misconception in the recruiters about the nature of the work psychology graduates are capable of handling at an organization. Even today, due recognition to psychology is not attained because of the misconceptions about psychology.

5. Distance education: Few students enrolling for psychology course at the department have their background education from distance learning. This poses a

NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology tremendous challenge in helping these students acquire the basic skills apart from the regular curriculum of the programme.

Weakness in the Department 1. International publications: Although the department encourages the students to involve in research activities, the papers published by students are mostly in the Indian Journals. This has been a major limitation of the department.

2. Limited strength of faculties: With the limited number of faculties, the department struggles to undertake multiple projects apart from meeting everyday requirement of the departmental activities.

3. Consultancy services: The department has limited number of faculty members who are involved in high workload especially in teaching, research guidance and the administrative work of the University. This does not give sufficient time to concentrate on external consultancy services. 4. Experimental laboratory: Experiments are an essential part of psychology to prove psychology as subject of science. This requires well-established, standardized laboratory at the department. The laboratory facility at the department is well equipped only for doing experiments at post graduation level. Thus, limited scope is available to conduct experiments at the department for the research. 52. Future plans of the department. The following plans may be implemented in order to make the department more efficient and updated. · The Department has future plan to avail UGC – SAP assistance in Applied Psychology. · The ongoing project namely “Centre for Cognitive and Behavioural Research” will attract industries/institutions to have a collaborative research programme in artificial intelligence, speed reading and other computer related cognitive psychology. · It is proposed to initiate e – learning courses as it has got more scope and demand in all the Industries and Institutions.