Department of Psychology

DEPARTMENTALPROFILE

1. Name of theDepartment:  PSYCHOLOGY

2. Year of establishment:     1957

3. Is theDepartment part of a School/Faculty of the university?       YES,Faculty of Arts

4. Names ofProgrammes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M. Phil., Ph.D., Integrated

Masters;  Integrated Ph.D., etc.)    : UG,PG, Ph.D.

5.Interdisciplinary courses and departments involved:  NA

6. Courses incollaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions: NA

7. Details ofprogrammes / courses discontinued, if any, with reasons: M. Phil., Due to shortage of Faculty

8. Annual/ Semester/ChoiceBased Credit System: ANNUAL, SEMESTER, CBCS

9. Participationof the department in the courses offered by other departments: YES, Teaching at Department of BusinessAdministration in MBA & Department of Home Science at UG & PG levels

10. Number ofteaching posts sanctioned and filled

11. Facultyprofile with name, qualification, designation and specialization

(D.Sc./D.Litt./Ph.D./M.Phil., etc.)

12. List ofsenior Visiting Fellows, faculty, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors: Prof. Prem Sagar Nath Tiwari,  ( reemployed, Session 2019-2020)

13. Percentageof classes taken by temporary faculty – programme-wise

information:

14.Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio: 

15. Number ofacademic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: sanctioned

and filled-

16. Researchthrust areas recognized by funding agencies:  Theoretical-Experimental and DevelopmentalPsychology; Environment & Cognition ; Counseling Training & HealthPsychology; Domestic violence, Child Abuse and human developmental issues.

17. Number offaculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international funding

Agencies and c)Total grants received. Give the names of the funding agencies and

Grants receivedproject-wise-

18.Inter-institutional collaborative projects and grants received:  YES

a) All Indiacollaboration b) International =  (i) TATAInstitute of Social Sciences, Mumbai  

                                                                        (ii)Wittenberg University, USA

19. Departmentalprojects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT, ICSSR,

etc.; totalgrants received. : Rs 120000/- funded byICSSR

20. Researchfacility/centre with:  YES

Staterecognition

Nationalrecognition = Counseling Training Centre for HIV/AIDS Counselors  

Internationalrecognition= Global Religion Research Initiative (GRRI), International

                                                CollaborativeResearch

21. Specialresearch laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate bodies: NIL

22.Publications:

Numberof papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international):  94

Monographs:NIL

Chaptersin Books:  33

Book: 01

EditedBooks: 05

Bookswith ISBN with details of publishers:

1)     SushmaPandey (2020). Child Abuse in Schools: Psychological Impacts. NewDelhi: Concept Publishing Company. ISBN (In Press).

2)     Aradhana Shukla, AnubhutiDubey & Narendra Singh Thagunna (Eds.) (2019). Psyche of AsianSociety. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 93-86682-82-6.

3)      Aradhana Shukla and Anubhuti Dubey (Eds.)(2017). Mental Health, Psy-Social Perspectives: Strength of Human Resources (Vol.Three), New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 978-93-5125-171-2.

4)     Anubhuti Dubey& Aardhana Shukla (Eds.) (2017). Mental Health Psychosocial–SocialPerspectives: Therapeutic Application (Vol. Four), New Delhi:Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 978-93-5125-172-9.

5)     Aradhana Shukla and AnubhutiDubey (Eds.) (2015). Mental Health Psychosocial –Social Perspectives:Issues and Interventions (Vol. One), New Delhi: Concept publishing Company.ISBN 978-93-5125-169-9.

6)     Anubhuti Dubey& Aradhana Shukla (Eds.) (2015). Mental HealthPsychosocial–Social Perspectives: Multi-group Analysis (Vol. Two), NewDelhi: Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 978-93-5125-170-0.

Numberlisted in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,

HumanitiesInternational Complete, Dare Database - International Social

SciencesDirectory, EBSCO host etc.) :

CitationIndex – range / average: 

SNIP:

SJR:

ImpactFactor – range / average:  Average 6

h-index:  Average 5

23. Details ofpatents and income generated: NIL

24. Areas ofconsultancy and income generated: NIL

25. Facultyselected nationally/ internationally to visit other laboratories in India and

abroad: YES

26. Facultyserving in:  03

27. Facultyrecharging strategies: NIL

28. Studentprojects: YES (Lab experiments; FieldStudy & Dissertation)

29. Awards /recognitions received at the national and international level by: YES

Faculty = Prof.Sushma Pandey(National award of Excellence for Best Teacher, 2018). AdarshVidya Saraswati Rashtriya Puruskar by Global Management Council, Ahamedabad

Doctoral: UGCJRF- 1; UGC JRF for Minority- 1; ICSSR Doctoral fellows=03; Rajiv GandhiFellowship= 04

Post-doctoral fellows=ICSSR PDF=02

30. Seminars/Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national /

international)with details of outstanding participants, if any.

31. Code ofethics for research followed by the departments: The department practices following code ethics for research-

A.   Respect for the Research Participants

·        Protection of Individual Autonomy

·        Informed consent

·        Confidentiality

·        Absence of coercion

·        Debriefing

B.     Adequate assessment of risks and benefits

C.   Justice: Benefits and burdens ofresearch should be fairly distributed in society

32. Studentprofile course-wise:

Session -2018-2019

33. Diversity ofstudents:

Number ofstudents from other states and countries year wise during the last five years

AveragePercentage = 2%

34. How manystudents have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services

examinations,NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give details

category-wise-

UGC NETqualified: 15

SETqualified:  02

35. Studentprogression

Studentprogression Percentage against enrolled

UG to PG:      25%

PG to M. Phil. :  01

PG to Ph.D.:   23

Ph.D. toPost-Doctoral: 01

Employed: 43

Campus selection:    NA

Other thancampus recruitment:  More than 50

Entrepreneurs:  More than 10 students are doing differentBusiness

36. Diversity ofstaff

Percentage offaculty who are graduates-

of the sameuniversity :   80.00%  (04 out of 05)

from otheruniversities within the State:  20.00% (01 out of 05)

from universitiesfrom other States:  NIL

from universitiesoutside the country: NIL

37. Number offaculty who were awarded Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the

assessmentperiod :  NIL

38. Presentdetails of infrastructural facilities with regard to-

a) Library:  Department of Psychologyhas a library with more than 2300 books & 700 Journals.

b) Internetfacilities for staff and students:  Available but not Functional

c) Total numberof class rooms:  06

d) Class roomswith ICT facility:  02

e) Students’laboratories: 02

f) Researchlaboratories: 03

39. List ofdoctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates-24

a) from the hostuniversity : 19

b) from otheruniversities :  05

40. Number ofpost graduate students getting financial assistance from the

University:

41. Was any needassessment exercise undertaken before the development of new

programme(s)? Ifso, highlight the methodology:

The needassessment exercises undertaken by the department before proposing two newdiploma programs, namely, PG Diploma in Guidance and Counseling; PG Diploma inHuman Resource Management are as follows-

·        A survey among UG & PG students ofPsychology and their feedbacks

·        Discussions with stakeholders

·        Discussions with colleagues and experts

42. Does thedepartment obtain feedback from:

a. facultyon curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how does

the departmentutilize the feedback?

 YES, through continuous exchange ofthoughts among faculty on curriculum, teaching-learning-evaluation and resolutionsin Board of Studies &Faculty meetings

b.students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does

the departmentutilize the feedback? YES, Feedback from students

c.alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the department

utilize thefeedback? No Such System

43. List thedistinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10)

44. Give detailsof student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /

seminar)involving external experts:  U.G.C.Funded special Lectures and workshops, Seminar & refresher courses areorganized from time to time.

45. List theteaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programs: Class room Lecture, Group Discussions,Seminars and Student presentations, Field works, Lab Experiments, Learningthrough Poster presentations, and Audio-Visual (Smart Class Approach)

46. How does thedepartment ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learningoutcomes are monitored? : Feedback, Results,Placement

47. Highlightthe participation of students and faculty in extension activities-  The Faculty members are contributing inProctor Duties, DSW office, IQAC, Examination & Evaluation Centers, GUWWA, FlyingSquad, Athletic Association.   

48. Give detailsof ―beyond syllabus scholarly activities of the department: InvitedLectures; Poster Competition; World Mental Health Day Program on October 10every year; Educational Visit to different organizations.

49. Statewhether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies?

If yes, givedetails. : YES, NAAC in 2005 with grade B+

50. Brieflyhighlight the contributions of the department in generating new knowledge,

basic orapplied. : Updating curriculum; By publishing text and reference books;developing psychological tools & tests; Developing Intervention modules andits implementation.

51. Detail anyfive Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of

the department.

SWOCof the Department of Psychology

DDUGorakhpur University, Gorakhpur

Future Plans

1.      Afterthe completion of all three phases of UGC DSA program the department is lookingforward for advance study center in the area of human development, environmentand cognition.

2.Student Guidance cell to help them for preparation of competitive exams/NETetc.

3.      Departmentis exploring new avenues for guidance and counseling to different segments ofsociety i.e. abused, learning disabled children, victimized women, patients andelderly people

4.      Weare enduring to start health awareness programs as well as preventiveintervention program for minimizing the incidence and consequences of childabuse, domestic violence, school bullying and intergroup discrimination and forhealth promotion.

5.      Thedepartment is planning to start PG diploma courses in psychological counselingand human resource management.

6.      Thedepartment has started working to publish an edited book on “ Human behavior insocio- cultural context”