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NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Social Sciences Department of Psychology University of Madras 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 1 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 - - 2 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 3 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 4 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. 5 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. 6 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