Department of Psychology

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Review of X Plan Implementation and Assessment of Requirement for XI Plan

1.	Name of the University	Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur
2.	Name of the Department	Department of Psychology,  D.S.A. & ASIHSS
3.	Year of Establishment	1957 (Building established, 1964)
4.	Date of Visit	11th August, 2008
5.	No. of students who applied & got admission in various courses in last 3 years :

 

Year	U.G.		P.G.		M.Phil.		Ph.D.
	Applied	Admitted	Applied	Admitted	Applied	Admitted	Applied	Admitted
2004-05		240		45
2005-06		350		50
2006-07		450		48		13		38

6.         When was the syllabus last revised by the Department?       

B.A. I. (2004) Fundamental Psychology,             M.A.II (2007) Health Psychology
            M.Phil (2007) General Comprehension,             Advanced Research Methods,                              Cognitive Processes

7.         Non-teaching staff

Name	Designation	Pay-scale	Qualification	Nature of Duty
S.N. Singh	Office Astt.	4500-7000	Graduate	Office Astt.
Moti Lal	Lab Astt.	4500-7000	Intermediate	Lab Astt.
Hari Pd. Mani	Lab Astt.	3050-4590	M.A., LL.B.	Lab Astt.
Hari Shankar	Farass	2750-4400	High School	Farass
Bal Chand	Parichar	2750-4400	8th	Parichar
Ganga Ram	Lab Bearer	2750-4400	Intermediate	Lab Bearer
Anil Kumar Srivastava	Lab Bearer	2550-3200	Graduate	Lab Bearer
Niwas Ali	Sweeper	2750-4400	IlIiterate	Sweeper

 

 

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8.       Teaching Staff:

Name of the teacher	Designation	Qualification	Teaching load in clock hours per week	No. of research students working for Ph.D.	No. of research papers published in journals during Xth Plan		No. of refresher & other Courses attended during Xth Plan		Conference/ Workshop Symposium attended during Xth Plan
					International	National	Orientation	Refresher	International	National
Prof. N.K.M. Tripathi	Professor & Head	M.A., Ph.D.	20	8	03	-	-	-	02	30
Prof. A.K. Saxena	Professor	M.A., Ph.D.	20	6	-	-	-	-	-	10
Prof. A.N. Tripathi	Professor	M.A., Ph.D.	20	6	-	-	-	-	-	18
Prof. P.S.N. Tiwari	Professor & Coordinator	M.A., D. Phil	20	6	-	-	-	-	-	25
Dr. Sushma Pandey	Reader	M.A., Ph.D.	22	4	02	07	-	02	04	20
Sri Dhananjaya  Kumar	Sr. Lecturer	M.A., NET	24	4	-	-	-	03	-	15
Dr. Anubhuti Dubey	Sr. Lecturer	M.A., NET, Ph.D.	24	4	-	04	-	03	01	20

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9.         Building
            Total area of the Department (in sq. ft./Sqm.)                             = 1132 Sq. Meter
           
            Total Laboratory area of the Department (in sq.ft./Sqm)           = 145.61 Sq. Meter

10.       Books & Journals

No. of books on the subject in		National Journals subscribed (give names)	International Journals subscribed (give names)
Central Library	Department Library
	1652	03 (See Annexure 1)	15 (See Annexure 2)

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11.       Equipment :

i)	Names of the Equipments in the Department worth Rs. One lakh and above along with the cost	NIL
ii)	Names of the equipment purchased in the X Plan worth Rs. One lakh and above	NIL
iii)	Percent utilization of equipments	NIL
iv)	Whether the equipment is also used by other Departments/ Colleges/other outside agencies (Give details)	NO

12.       Whether all teachers are provided room/cubical and necessary furniture

Type of accommodation	Percentage of teachers provided such accommodation
Independent room/cubical	Each Staff member has separate room with furniture
Room on twin sharing basis	NO
Room on sharing basis	NO

13.       Whether the department is identified by UGC as Special Assistance Programme (SAP), Department Research Support (DRS), Department of Special Assistance (DSA), and Centre of Advance Study (CAS)?
If yes, since when & level             
Yes, This Department is recognized as D.S.A. (SAP) Phase III since 01.04.2004 and ASIHSS from 01.04.2005.

14.       Whether the department organized any national/International conference/seminars/ symposia/workshop etc. during X Plan? (If yes, give details)     
Yes, This D.S.A. Psychology department had organized five national seminars and ASIHSS had also organized one National Seminar and one workshop and no International conference was held till now.

 

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15. Whether the department organized any training programme for industry/community during X Plan? (If yes, give details) Yes, this department has organized program for prevention of Japanese Encephalitis under ASIHSS and the department had also organized a cognitive awareness program in villages of Kushinagar and Gorakhpur.

 

16.Whether the department has undertaken any consultancy work during X Plan? (if yes, give details)    Yes, Consultancy programme for stress management and promotion of well being, social problems like child abuse and domestic violence, career counseling and well being of community specially disadvantaged and weaker section people.

 

17.       Whether any research project has been undertaken in the last five years? (if yes, give details)    Yes

Name of the teacher	Title of the project	Duration	Funding Agency	Amount (Rs.)
Dr. (Mrs.) S.Pandey	Social Dynamics of Child Abuse and its Psychological Consequences in Eastern Districts of U.P.	2001-05	U.G.C.	311568.00
Dr. (Mrs.) S.Pandey	Psycho-Social Dynamics of Domestic Violence and its Impact of Children	2006-07	NCW	16600.00

    

18. Whether the Department received any grants from various schemes of the UGC? (if yes, give details)Yes, Major Research Project and Minor Research Projects were completed.

 

19. Whether any financial assistance was received from sources other than UGC?Yes, National Commission for Women (NCW), New Delhi

 

20.What are the essential facilities the department needs during XI Plan?(Please give justification)This Department needs a lot of facilities during XIth Plan in order to make it Advanced Study Centre (CAS) in Psychology.This Department needs a Big Conference hall; its cost will be 25 lakhs.This department needs a big library hall and its cost will be 20 lakhs.This department needs Books & Journals of 10 lakhs. This department needs biofeedback and some other such instruments for behavioral intervention of 10 lakhs.This Department needs Mobile Van its cost will be 10 Lakhs for visiting in villages and promoting psychological skills, guidance and counseling and for cognitive awareness.Computer for faculty members, research students and M.Phil. students and others its cost would be 3 lakhs.

 

Research Associates (04)

i)    There salary may be 15000x12x5x4      =          36,00000.00

ii)   Computer Operator (01) 10000x12x5    =            6,00000.00

iii)  Accountant (01) 10000x12x5                   =            6,00000.00

iv) Asstt. Librarian (01) 10000x12x5            =            6,00000.00

v) Driver (01) 5000x12x5                                 =            3,00000.00

vi) Contingency expenses like

     Fuel maintenance 10000x12x5                =            6,00000.00

21.Whether the university is using new teaching methods like, instructional television instructional radio, and computer added instruction, programmed teaching, team teaching etc.

(Please give details)                       

Yes, Instructional T.V., Radio Tape Recorder, Over Head Projector (OHP), Computer Seminars and Group Discussion. 22.     Any Special contribution of the department: 
This DSA Psychology Department has published a number of text books and translated a few books in Hindi language for psychology students. This department had pioneered in studying the area of psychology of deprivation and developed standardized tools for studying the effect of deprivation on a number of psychological processes. This department has also been specialized in experimental, cognitive and basic theoretical researches. Apart from this a significant contribution has been made in the area of psychology of motivation in general and approval motive, achievement motive and aggression in particular. From the last five years a few faculty members have envisaged important environmental and social problems affecting the efficacy of psychosocial potentials of human being. Recently, an Ernst health problem specific to eastern U.P. i.e. Japanese Encephalitis has been approached by a team of faculty members who have launched very meaningful and significant cognitive awareness program for the people living in impoverished conditions in villages.

 

ANNEXURE-1

International Journals

Psychological Review.

American Psychologist.

Child Abuse and Neglect.

Developmental Psychology.

Abnormal Psychology.

Applied Psychology.

Journal of Counseling Psychology.

Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied.

Journal of Experimental Psychology General.

Personality and Individual Differences.

Psychological Bulletin.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Journal of Educational Psychology.

Journal of Environmental Development.

Journal of Environment and Behavior. 

ANNEXURE-2

National Journals

Indian Psychological Abstracts.

Psychology and Developing Society.

Psychological Studies.

Special Contributions

1.	Aadhunik Prayogic Manovigyan	Prof. L.B. Tripathi
2.	Aadhunik Samagic Manovigyan	Prof. G.D. Rastogi
3.	vikasatmak Manovigyan	Prof. J.N. Lal
4.	Manovaigyanic Anusandhan Paddhati	Prof. L.B. Tripathi
5.	Aadhunic Daihik Manovigyan	Prof. A.N. Tripathi
6.	Asamanya Manovigyan	Prof. G.D. Rastogi
7.	Manovaigyanic Vikritiya	Prof. J.N. Lal
8.	Paryavaran Manovigyan	Prof. P.S.N. Tiwari
9.	Psychological Consequences of Prolong Deprivation	Prof. G. Misra & Prof. L.B. Tripathi
10.	Approval Motive	Prof. N.K.M. Tripathi
11.	Indigenous Psychology Indian Context	Prof. N.K.M. Tripathi
12.	Arjuna's Depression	Prof. A.K. Saxena
13.	Achievement Motive	Prof. A. Agarwal
14.	Manovaigyanic Sankhiki	Prof. L.B. Tripathi, Prof. Babban Mishra
15.	Manovaigyanic Sankhiki	Prof. G.N. Lal
16.	Many Psychological Instrument
17.	Psychological Consequences of Child Abuse	Dr. (Mrs.) S. Pandey
18.	Psycho-Social Aspects of Domestic Violence	"
19.	Manav Vikas Ka Manovigyan	"
20.	The Great Women of India	"
21.	The Great Social Scientists of India	"
22.	Health Promotion, Prevention of HIV/AIDS and Population Regulation : Strategies for Developing Countries	"
23.	Stress Behavior : Coping Strategies	"
24.	Psychological Perspectives in Environmental and Developmental Issues	"
25.	Health Strategies and Population Regulation	Dr. (Mrs.) S. Pandey
26.	Reproductive Health of Humankind in Asia and Africa : A Global Perspective	"
27.	Adhunik Samajik Manovigyan	"
28.	Population Dyanmics in Indian States	"
29.	An Introduction to Psychology	"
30.	An Introduction to Psychology	"
31.	An Introduction to Psychology	"
32.	Challenges of Feminism : Indian and Canadian Perspectives	"

 

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