Updated on 17 Oct, 2022
Prof. Swati Patra
Member
Dr. Swati Patra is a Professor of Psychology in School of Social Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi, India. She has earlier worked in National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi. She has 20 years of teaching, research and training experience. Her specializations are Educational & Counseling Psychology, Counseling & Family Therapy, Distance Education, and Human development & disadvantage. Her areas of research interest are counseling, mental health, emotional intelligence, positive psychology, mindfulness, parenting, and child and adolescent psychology. Her professional activities include among other things course design and development, course writing, course editing and research guidance for Ph.D. She has various journal publications and book chapters. Her recent publication is the edited book on ‘Adolescence in India: Issues, Challenges and Possibilities’ by Springer, Singapore. She is the Programme Coordinator of Masters degree in Psychology and Post-graduate diploma in Mental Health Programme of IGNOU. She has been involved in Interactive radio counseling (Gyanvani), academic counseling through television (Gyandarshan), and Facebook of IGNOU.
She is a certified Happiness Coach from the Berkeley Institute of Well-being, California in association with Happiitude, India, and also a certified Mindfulness Trainer. She provides guest lectures and conducts training workshops on various areas related to psychological counseling, well-being, stress management, life skills, emotional intelligence and mental health including happiness and mindfulness.
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EDUCATION:
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Doctor of Philosophy:
Psychology
2001
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Name of the University: Utkal University, Odisha
Discipline: Psychology
Doctoral Research Topic: Role of Language of Instruction in the Multilingual School System of India
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Master of Philosophy:
Psychology
1995
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Name of the university: Utkal University, Odisha
Discipline: Psychology
Dissertation Topic: Relationship between Decoding and Comprehension in English and Hindi
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Master of Arts:
Psychology
1993
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Name of the university: Utkal University, Odisha
Discipline: Psychology
Academic Achievement: Secured 4th rank
UGC NET JRF in 1994
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MSc. in Counseling and Family Therapy (MScCFT):
2017
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Name of the university: IGNOU, New Delhi
Discipline: Counseling and Family Therapy
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Bachelor of Arts:
Psychology (Honours)
1991
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Name of the university: Utkal University, Odisha
Academic Achievement: Secured 4th rank with Honours & Distinction
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WORK EXPERIENCE:
Involved in teaching, research, training and administrative experience in IGNOU (2010 – continuing) and earlier in NCERT (2002 – 2010).
PUBLICATIONS:
- Books: 2 (edited)
- Chapters in Books: 7
- Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals : 25
- Units/Chapters written in IGNOU Course materials: 32
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODY/ STATUTORY BODY (INTERNAL/ EXTERNAL):
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Membership of Professional body/ Statutory body
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Name of statutory body/ institution/
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Period
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Professional body
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Membership of National Academy of Psychology (NAOP)
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2010 - Continuing
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Professional body
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Comparative Education Society of India (CESI)
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Life Membership
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Professional body
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All India Association for Educational Research (AIAER)
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Life Membership
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Statutory body
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Planning Board member
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2 years
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Statutory body
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School Board, School of Social Sciences (SOSS), IGNOU
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2014 - continuing
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Statutory body
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School Board, School of Social Work (SOSW), IGNOU
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2014 - 2016
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Statutory body
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School Board, School of Agriculture (SOA), IGNOU
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2021- continuing
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