Department of Psychology, Sister Nivedita University, is not only leading to an advancement of the academic discipline in the field of psychology and creating of job opportunities, but has also contributing significantly in the welfare of the society as well. The Department of Psychology aspires to establish itself globally in the field of psychology. It seeks to advance the cognitive science and professional practice of psychology, cultivate the knowledge to develop, promote and prepare our students as associates in advancing education and creating noble solutions to significant life challenges. We aim to nurture moral persons who have a well-developed understanding for analyzing information, are logical thinkers and empathetic communicators, and non-judgmentally accept every cultures and perspectives of individuals.
Head of Department
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
Email: anindita.m@snuniv.ac.in
Area of Research: Clinical psychology, psycho-immunology, psycho-oncology, psychotherapy
Employment / Education / Miscellaneous: Anindita Mukherjee has completed her M.Phil in Clinical Psychology, M.Sc in Applied Psychology with specialization in Clinical and Forensic Psychology, Bsc Honors in Psychology from department of Applied Psychology, University of Calcutta. She has completed certified course on “psychological first aid” from John Hopkins University. She has a Diploma on graphology from Kolkata Institute of Graphology. She has qualified UGC NET twice. She has presented research papers in various national and international level conferences and received many best paper awards and published research papers in index journals. She is associated with mental health service for last 9 years. She was associated as a Clinical psychologist and faculty indifferent Government Medical College and different private neuropsychiatric hospitals in India.
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Research Interests : Clinical psychology, psycho-immunology, psycho-oncology, psychotherapy
Professor
Two PhDs in marine anthropology, and applied psychology
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Having two PhDs in marine anthropology, and applied psychology, Prof. Raj’s research focus is the holistic study of cultural and natural-scapes shaped by physical and symbolic interactions of humans with the marine environment and life forms. His expertise encompasses, social psychology, epistemology, anthrozoology, multispecies Ethnography, marine Social Science, and am currently working on a new methodology of Transdisciplinary Human- Shark research.
In his psychological research he had investigated evolutionary and aesthetics psychology. Furthermore, due to the unique positionality of his research, he contributed to the pioneering field of marine social sciences and human-shark research. He is the first scientist to conduct white shark cage diving ethnography (New Zealand); written the first narrative shark book from India; the first Indian scientist to conduct White shark research; first to conduct multispecies ethnographic research with sharks; first to create a sensory documentary of White shark cage diving and the first to conduct scholarly investigation of Sundarbans shark attacks (India). He is now creating a citizen science initiative about Western Australian Great White sharks.
Assistant Professor
Pursuing Ph.D (Final Year)
Email: debangana.b@snuniv.ac.in
Area of Research: Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology, Genetic Predisposing, Positive Psychology, Personality development.
Employment / Education / Miscellaneous: Debangana Bhattacharya is currently pursuing her PhD in Psychology. She has completed her B.A and M.A in Psychology from Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta with specialization in Developmental Psychology. She has experience of working under Indian Council of Medical Research for three years. She has experience in working on a research project under University of Calcutta for 1 year. She is associated in teaching psychology for the last 8 years. She has also experience in behavior modification interventions of children with learning disability and special needs. She has numerous publications in international per review journals.
Research Interests: Developmental Psychology, Personality Development, Positive Psychology, Research Methodology and Statistics.
M.Sc, M.Phil, pursuing PhD from the University of Calcutta.
Email: anwesha.b@snuniv.ac.in
Anwesha Bhattacharyya is pursuing her PhD from the Department of Applied Psychology, University of Calcutta. She has clinical experience as a consultant clinical psychologist for more than six years. To hone her skills as a teacher and psychotherapist, she is also pursuing a Postgraduate Diploma in Trauma-Focused Therapy (PGDTFT) from School of Human Ecology, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. Besides, she has taught in undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Psychology and has supervised students in their research project-work for the past six years. She has been associated with multiple universities including The Neotia University, University of Calcutta, Rabindra Bharati University, Kazi Nazrul University and so on in full time teaching positions, and also as visiting faculty. She has completed her M.Phil in Clinical Psychology from Ranchi Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Allied Sciences (RINPAS), Ranchi, India with first rank. She has been an invited speaker in various webinars, panel discussions, workshops and orientation programs over the last few years. She has presented oral paper in four national conferences and has been a speaker in various national conferences and an international congress. Her interest areas include child and adolescent psychopathology, depression, anxiety spectrum disorders, psychological trauma and its impact, neuropsychology and positive psychology.
Ph.D. in the year 2019 from University of Calcutta
Dr. Roy has 6 years of teaching experience and 5 years of research experience. She did her Masters in Applied Psychology with clinical psychology specialisation and later completed Ph.D. in the year 2019 from University of Calcutta. Her research area was the Correlates of Dysfunctional Belief related to OCD. She has had 2 National Publications and has adapted a scale on metacognition in Bengali.
PhD (Thesis submitted) University of Calcutta, Mphil, M.Sc, and B.Sc., from University of Calcutta.
Email: arundhati.b@snuniv.ac.in
Ms. Arundhati Biswas is assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, Sister Nivedita University. She has submitted her PhD in the year 2022 which she completed from the Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta. She has completed Mphil in Clinical Psychology ( RCI registered), MSc. in Medical Psychology and BSc in Psychology from the University of Calcutta. She was associated with Apollo Multi Speciality Hospitals as a consultant clinical psychologist for more than ten years. She has been associated with multiple universities including The West Bengal State University and Then Neotia University as visiting faculty. She has ten years of teaching experience in various universities and acted as dissertation supervisor at West Bengal State University and Neotia University. She has published four research papers in UGC acceredated journals. She has been an invited speaker in various seminars and workshops over the last few years. Her interest areas include psychotherapy, counselling, child and adolescent psychopathology, personality disorder, obsessive compulsive and related disorder, mood disorder, anxiety spectrum disorders, autism spectrum disorder and positive psychology.
B.Sc (H), M.Sc in Psychology and M.Phil in Clinical Psychology from University of Calcutta.
"Ms. Papri Das is a Clinical Psychologist (Registered with R.C.I), with B.Sc (H), M.Sc in Psychology and M.Phil in Clinical Psychology from University of Calcutta. She secured a First Class 5th Position in M.Sc Batch 2017 and First Class 1st Position in M.Phil Batch 2020. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D in Psychology from University of Calcutta. She has an Industry experience of 4 years, her areas of interest include working with clients experiencing Trauma and Emotional Abuse, Borderline Personality Disorder, Anxiety Spectrum Disorders and Mood Disorders. Her previous full-time working association were with ICFAI University Tripura, and Amity University, Kolkata. She is a certified Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (NITI Aayog, Govt. of India) practitioner. She has recently completed her another training on Compassion Cultivation under Teacher David Midgley, from Compassion Institution, Stanford University. She has presented her research works in different National and International Conferences as well as has publications under different reputed National and International Journals."
Visiting Faculty
pursuing Ph.D in Applied Psychology from University of Calcutta
M. Sc in Applied Psychology, Specialization in industrial and organizational behavior, Currently pursuing Ph.D in Applied Psychology from University of Calcutta Total work experience in the field of academy: 10 years
Master of Science in Applied Psychology from Rajabazar Science College.
A passionate, experienced and dedicated professional with an exemplary academic record in industrial psychology and 14 years industry experience.
Actively involved in selection, recruitment, training and assessment activities.
Educational Qualification: Master of Science in Applied Psychology from Rajabazar Science College with specialization in Organizational Development and Human Resource Management. Had finished postgraduation from Calcutta University with First Class.
