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
Assistant Professor
PHD, M.PHIL
Email: fatema.k@snuniv.ac.in
Dr. Fatema Khanam completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology from The National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience (NIMHANS). She also pursued her M.Phil degree in Medical and Social Psychology from Central Institute of Psychiatry (CIP). She is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and she also worked in IIT, Kharagpur and Jadavpur University as a Counsellor. She has several national publications under her cap and 12 years of working experience in the area of mental health. Her areas of interest include mindfulness, psychotherapy research, youth mental health, cognitive behaviour therapy and schema therapy.
GUEST FACULTY
PSYCHOLOGIST
Email: rumamukh6@gmail.com
Area of Research: Industrial psychology, counselling psychology
Employment / Education / Miscellaneous : Dr. Ruma Mukherjee has done her Master’s degree in Applied Psychology from Calcutta University. She is a B. Ed. from Calcutta University. She has done her Ph. D. in Clinical Psychology and her special paper in Masters was Industrial and Organisational Psychology. She is a faculty in IISWBM for the Masters of Social Work Course. She is also associated with IGNOU Masters degree course in Psychology. She has 10 years of experience in counselling in NGOs and in special schools.
Research Interests: Industrial psychology, counselling psychology
Email: debangana.b.90@gmail.com
Area of Research: Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology, Genetic predisposing, 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 specialisation in Developmental Psychology. She has experience of working under Indian Council of Medical Research. She is associated in teaching psychology for the last 7 years. She has also experience in behaviour modification interventions of children with learning disability and special needs.
Research Interests : Developmental Psychology, Personality Development, Positive Psychology, Research Methodology and Statistics.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
Email: pujadutta8@gmail.com
Area of Research: Clinicalpsychology, special education
Employment / Education / Miscellaneous : She has completed her M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology from Amity University Kolkata and M.A. in Applied Psychology with specialization in Clinical and Forensic Psychology from University of Calcutta. B.Ed. in Special Education, Mental Retardation from the National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped. 5 years of experience in the field of Mental Health. Area of Expertise lies in dealing with children and adolescents with developmental and emotional problems .Her specialization also lies in conducting individual and group Play Therapy, Special Education and Early Intervention. She has a deep passion for working in the area of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Research Interests : Clinical psychology, special education, child psychology
