School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

The Psychology program aims at providing critical practical and theoretical exposure to students in areas of cognitive psychology, social psychology, developmental psychology, bio psychology, clinical psychology, counselling psychology. The curriculum is application-oriented and stresses on the mastery of basic principles of psychological principles and theories. The emphasis of the program is to expose students to advanced concepts, developments and techniques in the realm of psychology.

Eligibility Criteria

  • A bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 60 percent max or 6.0 CGPA
  • A strong inclination towards the field of psychology

Programme Highlights

Psychology is an evolving scientific field which aims at application of psychological principles and theories to real life situations. Such knowledge structures can aid in analyzing psychological problems, designing intervention strategies, and engaging in cutting edge research across varied domains of human activities. Scientific understanding of psychological knowledge can solve practical problems in areas of mental health, organizational setup, education, health, ergonomics, law and related disciplines.

Programme Structure

The M.Sc. Psychology is a two-year post-graduation program which offers application orientated learning with a well curated learning pedagogy. The students will be accumulating a total of 80 credits. These credits comprise of courses from discipline core, open electives, Chanakya foundation, and competency courses.

Faculty

Arjun Bharadwaj

Visiting Faculty, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Prof. K. V. Raju

Professor Emeritus

Ph.D., Sardar Patel University, Gujarat

Member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister
Sandeep Nair

Professor & Dean, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M.A. In Economics and PhD in Management

Member, State Advisory Committee, RTE GoK.
H. S. Ashok

Professor of Psychology, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Bangalore University

Honorary Professor at Centre of Education Social Sciences
Ashwin Kumar A. P.

Dean, Academics

Ph.D., Manipal University

Former Director, Centre for Learning Futures, Ahmedabad University
Dr. Padmavathi B.S.

Deputy Director- Academics, Chanakya University

Ph.D., Bangalore University

Former Director, Centre for Educational and Social Studies (CESS)
Rajesh Aruchamy

Associate Professor, School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Bharathiar University, Coimbatore

Ramakrishna Pejathaya

Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Director, Centre for IKS

Ph.D., National Sanskrit University, Tirupati

Dasha Avadhani-Poet
Naveen Bhat

Associate Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Central Sanskrit University, Delhi

Author, Researcher
Sritha Sandon

Associate Professor

Ph.D., Martin Luther Christian University, Shillong.

Priyanka Dwivedi

Associate Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Bangalore University

Speaker & Faculty Trainer
Sudeshna Mukherjee

Associate Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Charu Ratna Dubey

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Researcher, Taipei University, Taiwan
Saurav Sarmah

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Ajay Chandra

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M.Sc., Bangalore University

Giridarshan M.

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

(Ph.D.), University of Mysore

Deepak Raj Pandaya

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M.A., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Sindhu D. M.

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Central University of Karnataka

Shubhashri Gopalkrishna Kamalapur

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M.S.W., KSET

Swaraj Kumar Dey

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., in economics from IIM Kozhikode

Renjith Raj

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., BITS Pilani

Isha Sharma 

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M.A., Centre for Development Studies, JNU, Thiruvananthapuram

Aarti Nagpal Mehta

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., University of Hyderabad.

Sangeeta Ramesh

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D.

Tukaram Badiger

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Central University of Karnataka

NFSC Awardee
Shruti Kanitkar

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., IIT Bombay

Chari Kanakavalli Santhanam

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

(Ph.D.), University of Mumbai,

Basavaraj Kumasi

Assistant Professor, School of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Kuvempu University, Shivamogga

Heddari Ravikumar

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M.A., University of Mysore

Keshava Chandra

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M.A.

Author and Poet
Shilpa. R 

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences  

Ph.D., Bangalore University

Neethu S Kumar 

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D.,(pursuing), Christ University, Bangalore

Varsha Gupta

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

(Ph.D.) Tumkur University

Rakshit Kweera

Assistant Professor, School of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., University of Hyderabad

Sujit Kumar Chowdhury

Professor of Practice, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M. Phil.(Sociology), JNU, New Delhi

Former Chief Postmaster General of Bihar State
Rajendrakumar Joshi

Adjunct Faculty, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., IIT Mumbai

Faculty Trainer- Philosopher
Dr. Vinayachandra Banavathy

Consultant, Strategic Initiatives

Ph.D., Pondicherry University

Director Indica Yoga, Guest Faculty at University of Ghent, Belgium
Paul A. Barresi

Visiting Faculty, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Boston University

Professor, Southern New Hampshire University (U.S.A.)
Habil Narahari Rao

Visiting Faculty, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Universität des Saarlandes, Germany

Former Privatdozent (Adj. Professor), Universität des Saarlandes, Germany
Meena Nair

Adjunct Faculty, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., JNU, New Delhi

Research Trainer

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