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Department of Psychology
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Prof. Anand Prakash
Head
Department of Psychology
Arts Faculty Extn. Building
University of Delhi
Delhi-110 007
Ph. : 27666285, 27667725 Extn. 1314, 27667455 (Tele-fax)
E-mail : headpsychology_anandprakash@yahoo.com
M.A. Applied Psychology
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Psychology, at the Master’s level, was introduced in Delhi University in 1957 under the Department of Philosophy and Psychology. Psychology Department as an independent department was established in 1964, under the Headship of Professor H.C. Ganguli. From a meager start in 1957 with one faculty member, one laboratory and a single classroom, we have come a long way in having a full-fledged department.
Department of Psychology has two units, one at the Main Campus and the other at the South Campus. At the Main Campus, the courses offered are M.A. Psychology, Pre-Ph.D. and Ph.D. The unit at the South Campus, established in 1981, offers courses in Applied Psychology at Master’s level.
In recognition of its achievements in teaching and research, the University Grants Commission (UGC) identified Department of Psychology as Department of Special Assistance (DSA) in 1989. The two thrust areas identified are : Cognitive Psychology and Applied Social Psychology. Two phases of the DSA programme (10 years) are over. The Department has state-of-the-art Laboratories in Cognitive Psychology, Neuropsychology, Experimental Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Work Psyhcology and other areas of specialization. All the laboratories are equipped with modern sophisticated equipments for teaching, training and research purposes. Department is equipped with ultra-modern audio-visual teaching aids.Latest technological gadgets have been procured and set up to enhance the teaching and research activities. The Department has advanced computers for teaching, research and conducting experiments. The teaching and research programme is supported by the technical staff at different levels.
Department also has a library exclusively for the students and faculty of the department. The department offers the facility of counselling and psychotherapy for the benefit of students, teachers and other university employees. Counseling center is being looked after by the teachers specializing in clinical psychology and the supporting staff. We are planning to augment these services for which there is an ever increasing demand.
Faculty from the Department is actively involved in providing training and other services to various organizations. Consultancy work in Human Resource Development, Human Resource Management and the like is undertaken by the Faculty in the Department. The Department also has expertise in dealing with problems such as depression, anxiety, psychological problems associated with brain injury (head injury, stroke, brain tumors, etc.), ageing, drug abuse, community mental health, disability, etc.
From time to time, the Department organizes Conferences, Seminars, Refresher Courses, and Workshops for the benefit of faculty and students. It has hosted the Indian Science Congress Sessions thrice; as well as an International Conference and various national level conferences. The Department has organized conferences on Consciousness and Neuropsychology, Cognitive Psychology, Quality of Life, Human Resource, Identity and Discourse, Puzzles of Perception, Indian Psychology. In addition, many research projects have been undertaken. Most of the faculty members have been abroad for higher studies, to participate in International Conferences, and for delivering lectures and seminars. The University of Delhi has signed an International Memorandum of Agreement with the University of California. In this exchange programme, students from USA study in the department, and the students of this department may also study in California University. |
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The Department of Psychology offers various courses such as:
M.A. (2 years course)
Ph.D. (5 years course)
Psychology, at the Master’s level, was introduced in Delhi University in 1957 under the Department of Philosophy and Psychology. Psychology Department as an independent department was established in 1964, under the Headship of Professor H.C. Ganguli. From a meager start in 1957, we have come a long way in having a full-fledged department.
Department of Psychology has two units, one at the Main Campus and the other at the South Campus. At the Main Campus, the courses offered are M.A. Psychology, Pre-Ph.D. and Ph.D. The unit at the South Campus, established in 1981, offers courses in Applied Psychology at Master’s level.
In recognition of its achievements in teaching and research, the University Grants Commission (UGC) identified Department of Psychology as Department of Special Assistance (DSA) in 1989. The two thrust areas identified are: Cognitive Psychology and Applied Social Psychology. Two phases of the DSA programme (10 years) have been completed.
The Department has state-of-the-art Laboratories in Cognitive Psychology, Neuropsychology, Experimental Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Work Psychology and other areas of specialization. All the laboratories are equipped with modern sophisticated equipments for teaching, training and research purposes. Department is equipped with ultra-modern audio-visual teaching aids.
Latest technological gadgets have been procured and set up to enhance the teaching and research activities. The Department has advanced computers for teaching, research and conducting experiments/studies. The Department also has Video-conferencing facilities with the help of which a teacher at North Campus can have interactive classes for the South Campus students at South Campus. Similarly, seminars and other interactions can be made between the two campuses.
The department offers the facility of counseling and psychotherapy for the benefit of students, teachers and other university employees. Counseling center is being looked after by the teachers specializing in clinical psychology and the supporting staff. The counseling services can be utilized by the university students, university employees and their families.
Faculty from the Department is actively involved in providing training and other services to various organizations. Consultancy work in Human Resource Development, Human Resource Management and the like is undertaken by the Faculty in the Department. The Department also has expertise in dealing with problems such as depression, anxiety, stress management, psychological problems associated with brain injury (head injury, stroke, brain tumors, etc.), ageing, drug abuse, community mental health, disability, etc.
From time to time, the Department organizes Conferences, Seminars, Refresher Courses, and Workshops for the benefit of faculty and students. It has hosted the Indian Science Congress Sessions thrice; as well as an International Conference and various national level conferences. The Department has organized conferences on Consciousness and Neuropsychology, Cognitive Psychology, Quality of Life, Human Resource, Identity and Discourse, Puzzles of Perception, Indian Psychology. In addition, many research projects have been undertaken. Most of the faculty members have been abroad for higher studies, to participate in International Conferences, and for delivering lectures and seminars.
The University of Delhi has signed an International Memorandum of Agreement with the University of California. In this exchange programme, students from USA study in the department, and the students of this department may also study in California University.
The Department is in the process of re-structuring all the undergraduate and post- graduate courses of psychology to include the latest trends in psychology covering basic and applied psychology and having emphasis on practical training and field work.
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The teachers have undertaken research projects in the areas of dyslexia, mental retardation, hypertension, schizophrenia, depression, drug abuse, cognition in disabled children, belief systems, ageing, organizational processes, sponsored by NCERT, ICSSR, ICMR, UGC, DRDO and various other organizations. They are actively involved in academic interactions at national and international seminars and conferences.
Some notable accomplishments of the faculty include the following:
Prof. H.C. Ganguli, was nominated as FNA. He acted as President of Indian Psychological Association and received Sandoz Award for work on mental health of workers, and was the recipient of the best book awarded by IMA.
Prof. G.C. Gupta was Fellow of NIAS, The Hague, The Netherlands, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla and Central Institute of Indian Languages at Mysore.
Late Prof. (Mrs.) Anima Sen, former Head of the Department and Co-ordinator of Special Assistance Programme of U.G.C. was recipient of many prestigious awards like Hull University Research Fellowship, Fulbright Hayes Senior Visiting Fellowship and Shastri Indo-Canadian Fellowship. She has also been a national fellow of UGC. She was also President of Section of Psychology and Educational Sciences (1993) of Indian Science Congress Association.
Prof. K.D. Broota was awarded Fulbright Fellowship. He was recipient of Ford Foundation Fellowship for Post Doctoral work at the University of Wisconsin, Madison (1971-72). He has been President of the 5th NAOP Congress.
Prof. (Mrs.) V. Veeraraghavan served as President of Behavioural Medicine Society of India.
Prof. A.K. Sen was a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, National Lecturer of UGC, and a visiting faculty at the University of Bergen, Norway. He has also been awarded Fulbright Fellowship.
Prof. Paramjeet Kaur Dhillon received 2004 Higher Education and Development Award by International Association of Educators for World Peace.
Prof. G. Misra has received Radhakrishnan Award, Dr. Hari Singh Gaur Award, G.B. Pant Award, and Human Rights Commission Award for distinguished contributions to social science research. He was convener of the National Academy of Psychology (India) and has been elected as its President and Editor of Psychological Studies. He has also been elected on the executive committee of International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology. Prof. G. Misra was awarded Govind Ballabh Pant Award instituted by Government of India for writing a book in Hindi on ‘Childhood Delinquency” in 1999. He also received an award from National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for creative writing on children’s rights in Hindi.
Prof. Gopa Bhardwaj has been honoured by national Institute of Productivity Management for life-time contribution to Organizational Behaviour.
Prof. Ashum Gupta has been awarded Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship and Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship. She has been nominated as Visiting Psychologist to UK by British Psychological Society. She was awarded ICMR fellowship as Trainer in Community Mental Health (NIMHANS, Bangalore) and has been a UGC Visiting Associate to NIMHANS Bangalore. She also received INSA award as a Research Scientist to UK.
Prof. Anand Prakash received UGC’s Career Award.
Prof. N.K. Chadha has received DAAD Fellowship at Dortmund University, Germany, INSA-DFG award at University of Heidelberg, Germany and UGC-MSH award by French Government to visit France. The U.N. Institute of Ageing, Malta awarded Dr. Chadha for U.N. Programme on Social Gerontology. He has been invited to be the member of Board of Governors, University of Pittsburg, USA for intergenerational issues. He is elected as Vice-Chair of the International Consortium of Intergenerational Issues, The Netherlands.
Dr. N.K. Chadha was a Visiting Assistant Professor at University of Virginia, USA and Visiting Professor at Faculty of Health Studies, Auckland, University of Technology, New Zealand.
Prof. Aruna Broota has been awarded best educationist of the year award by Raja Ram Mohan Rai Foundation, Delhi. She also received an International Award “Global Indian of 2003”.
Prof. Mirium Ittyerah has been awarded Fulbright Fellowship and an Indo-French Research Project by INSERM. She took Voluntary Retirement from Department after serving for 21 years.
Dr. Nandita Babu has been awarded Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship for Ph.D work at University of Toronto.
Dr. Honey Oberoi Vahali was awarded the M.V. Govindaswamy award for clinical Psychology and the Junior Nehru Memorial fellowship.
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The Department of Psychology provides various facilities to the students that include:
Library, Hi-tech laboratories, Computer and Audio-Visual facilities. |
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