Department of Psychology

Faculty Members

Sl No	Name	Designation	Qualification
1	Dr (Smt) Suneetha J Hangal	Associate Professor & HoD	MA (1st Rank),PhD & SLET
2	Smt. Roopa Ugrankar	Lecturer	M.A.  Diploma in School Psychology Diploma in Counselling

Activities during 2021-22

Miss. Namrata Sattigeri bagged the Prof.N.A.Rao Hanumantha Rao Gold Medal for securing the highest marks in Psychology subject in KUD BA  Examination Nov/2021.

World Mental Health Day Celebrated on 09/10/2021 along with the inmates of ‘Mathru Chaya Orphanage’, Nagashettikoppa, Hubballi. An Awareness Speech, skit and songs were presented by the students for the benefit of the inmates.

As part of the experiential learning, 20 Students of III Semester visited  M. R. Sakhare School (State Syllabus) B.V.B. Campus,  Vidyanagar, on 11/11/2021 for training in administration of  Intelligence tests.

Mr. Mehtab Ali, Secretary of Psychology Association , took part in ‘Filmotsav 2K21’, a National Students’ Film Festival on 4^th December 2021.

Miss. Anuva Jituri from First Semester attended the 2^nd International CME on “Promoting Mental Health & Well-being in Children and Adolescents” organized by the Counselling Cell & Dept.of Psychology, KAHER, Belagavi on 11^th& 12^th of January 2022.

On 24/4/2022, three students namely Miss. Avanti Hegde, Miss. Sakshi Kotalgi & Miss. Anuva Jituri from the Second semester,   participated in International Psychology Olympiad 2022 conducted by ‘The Psychologist’.

Dr. S.J.Hangal attended the Five Day International Online Faculty Development Programme on ‘Soft Skills for Capacity Building’ organized by Joseph’s Academy of Soft Skills, St. Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India from 8/11/2021 to 12/11/2021.

Dr.S.J Hangal, Head of the Dept. received ‘InSPA Ratna Award’ by Indian School Psychology Association on 11/11/2021 & she is also been nominated for the Editorial Board of InSPA Journal of  School & Applied Psychology in January 2022.

Activities of the Dept.of Psychology : 2020-21

Two Students- Mr. Vishal P. Dalbanjan  & Mr. Mehatab Ali Navalur from BA II sem participated in the“My NEP Quiz competition conducted by Vidya Bharati on 2/10/2020.

A field visit to Microfinish Valves Pve.Ltd. Itagatti, Dharwad was arranged on 4/2/2021 for the V semester students as  part of the paper on Organizational Behaviour

Mr.Mehatab Ali Navalur participated in Online Art competition and Online Exhibition conducted by Heritage Museum, NIMHANS, Bangalore in collaboration with Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, Bangalore on 3/3/21.

A special lecture on “The New Normal” was organized by the Dept. of Psychology on 6/3/21. Dr. Mahesh Desai, Director, DIMHANS, Dharwad and Dr. Sahitya B.R, Asst. Prof. in Clinical Psychology DIMHANS, were the resource persons.

A Value-added Course in ‘Experimental Psychology’ and a Certificate Course in ‘School Psychology’ for the II and IV semester students were introduced  during this academic year.

International Nurses’ Day was  observed on 12/05/2021

On the occasion of International Family Day, an Essay Writing Competition  for the BA and BSc students of our College was jointly organized by the Departments of Psychology and Sociology on 28/5 2021.

On 9/6/2021, the Dept. of Psychology organized a national webinar on “Need for developing gender sensitivity during the pandemic times” in collaboration with the Dept. of Sociology. Altogether 294 delegates from 8 states participated in this webinar.

 

 

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Observation of World Elders’ Day on 1/10/2021 by BA II and IV Semester students.

Smt. Roopa S. Ugrankar,  Asst. Prof., Dept. of Psychology completed the  Foundation Certificate Course  in Neuro  Linguistic Programming(NLP) 0n 24/6/2021.

Awareness Talk on ‘Mental Health’ was delivered  by Dr. S.J.Hangal at S.K.Arts College & H.S.K Science Institute, Hubballi organized by the Women Empowerment Cell   on 19/2/2021.

The book entitled ‘School Psychology in the Indian Context’ was translated into Kannada (ISBN: 978-81-951272-9-0) by Dr. S.J Hangal and was published in July 2021.

Activities during 2019-20

World Suicide Prevention Day was observed on 13/09/2019.The students presented a mime show and various motivational songs on this occasion. It was followed by gratitude -wall writing.

On 3/01/2020, a Special Lecture was arranged on the topic “Avenues of Psychology” by Yashmin Nadaf, Coordinator, M.Sc. Psychology, JNMC KLE College, Belgaum.

Students had Hands-on training on Survey Method by participating  in the Pilot Study on “Effectiveness of Video assisted Teaching  and Attitude  towards Blood Donation” conducted by Mrs. Rojamma, M.Sc.(Nursing), KIMS, Hubballi on 17/2/2020 & 18/2/2020.

On 29/07/2019, BA V semester students went for a Field visit to Tata Hitachi, Dharwad.

Field visit to Manovikas Institute of Rehabilitation Services, Gopankoppa, Hubballi on 30/01/2020.

On 27/2/2020 V semester students visited H.F.Kattimani Primary School, Vidyanagar, Hubballi as part of their training in Child Psychology..

A Study Tour to Kripa Alcohol and Substance De-addiction Centre, Kripa Foundation, Anjuna, Goa was arranged on 6/3/2020.

On 29/08/2019, two students attended the workshop at Dharwad conducted by Deccan Herald on “Education Expresso”.

Four students attended the programme on “Horizon – 2020” conducted by Karnatak University, Dharwad on 16/1/2020 to gain knowledge on the opportunities for higher education & jobs in Europe.

On 2/3/2020, two students Miss. Maithili & Miss. Sanjana Rayabhatla    from BA IV semester attended the Workshop on Music Therapy in the treatment of children with ADHD conducted by the Indian Music Therapy Association  at BVB Campus, Hubballi.

Two students Mr.Nitish and Miss. Sanjana Rayabhatla along with the staff Mrs. Roopa Ugrankar attended the International CME programme on “Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities” at Jawaharlal Medical College Campus, Belagavi on 16/3/2020.

1. Miss. Shaheen Parveen from VI Sem participated in National level Essay Writing Competition conducted by J.G Commerce College, Hubballi on 10/5/2020.

Miss. Shaheen Parveen also participated in National level Essay Competition & won II prize in self-composed Poem Writing Competition conducted by Shri.Mrithyunjaya College of Arts, Commerce & Centre for Post Graduate Studies in Commerce, Dharwad on 10/5/2020.

2. Miss. Vaishnavi Ritti of II semester participated in State Level Essay writing competition on “Solution to the Problems are there in the Nature itself” conducted by Karnataka Jeeva Vaividya Mandali, Bangalore on 21/5/2020.

3.Miss. Vaishnavi Ritti of II semester participated in State Level Essay writing competition on “Solution to the Problems are there in the Nature itself” conducted by Karnataka Jeeva Vaividya Mandali, Bangalore on 21/5/2020.

4. Mr.Mehtab Ali of II semester participated in Online painting completion conducted be Amity University. He also took part in national level Online Short Film making Competition in May 2020.

5. On 20/3/2020 the members of the Psychology celebrated “International Happiness Day”. Happiness and Gratitude jars were used to spread happiness among the menial staff of the college and among the staff.

6.On 20/3/2020 the members of the Psychology celebrated “International Happiness Day”. Happiness and Gratitude jars were used to spread happiness among the menial staff of the college and among the staff.

7. A national level webinar on “Optimism and Well-being” was organized by the Department of Psychology on 21/7/2020. Dr. S. Khadiravan, Prof. & Head, Dept. of Psychology, Dean – Social Science, Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu was the Resource person and more altogether 550 delegates from 27 Indian states India and one from UAE participated in the webinar. The webinar created an awareness on the participants regarding the power of positive thinking.

8. Dr. Suneetha. J. Hangal, Head of the Department, participated in state level Workshop at Mruthyunjay Arts College, Dharwad on 8/08/2019.

A paper on “Teachers’ Moral Efficacy and Student Outcomes”was presented by Dr.S.J.Hangal at the 6^th InSPA International Conference at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Ahmedabad , Gujarat on 13/11/19 to 15/11/19. She also chaired a session during this seminar. She was also awarded the “InSPA Decennial Appreciation Letter” on the occasion.

Dr. S. J. Hangal, gave an invited Lecture on” Realization of Women’s Rights: A Psychological Perspective” on 3/3/2020 at Karnataka Arts College, Dharwad organized by the Ladies Association.

On the occasion of International Women’s Day (10/3/2020), Dr. S.J. Hangal delivered an invited speech on “Gender and Stress Management” at G.H. College, Haveri.

 

Dr. S.J.Hangal participated in the Online International Faculty Development Programme on “Establishing Research Beyond the Horizon organized from 26^th to 30^th May 2020 by the Research & Development Centre, N.K.T National College of Education for Women, Tamil Nadu. She completed One-Week Online Faculty Development Programme on “Digital Skills for Smart Teaching” for the Teachers of Colleges & Universities organized by Annamalai University from June 12^th to 18^th 2020.

Report of the Activities during 2018-19

It is a golden moment for the Department of Psychology  as Miss. Tina Desai received the Prof.S.A. Hanumanth Rao Memorial Gold Medal in Psychology by the Karnataka University, Dharwad for securing the highest marks in Psychology subject in the BA III year KUD Examination/ May 2018. 

As part of the World Suicide Prevention Day, on 11^th  of September  2018, a poster-making & Slogan competition was conducted for the students of the campus and it was followed by the speeches by Mr.Nitish  Mantur and Miss Sanjana R (both  from BA I sem) on the theme “Working together to prevent suicide”. 

On 15/09/2018  two Students, Mr.Srikrishna Desai (III sem) and Miss. Mayuri Meti (I sem) participated in the National level Essay  Writing Competition 2018  on the topic “Role of Forensic Psychology in Prison Rehabilitation”conducted by Disha Law College, Rairpur, India.

On 10/3/2019Seven students from BA IV Sem (Miss. Bhavani Hiremath, Miss. Abigail D, Miss. Nehala Ankolkar, Miss Bhagya Kulkarni, Miss Saira Banu, Miss.Shaheen Parvin & Miss Shraddha ) enhanced their knowledge on the therapeutic use of music  in dealing with emotionally and behaviourally maladjusted people by participating  in One day Workshop on Music Therapy conducted by the Indian Music Therapy Association  at Deshpande Foundation, BVB Engineering University campus.

On 05/3/2019 students visited KLES M.R.Sakhre School, Vidyanagar to administer Intelligence tests to children as part of their practical training in Child Psychology.

Miss. Shaheen Parvin (BA IV sem) won the Second Prize in Essay competition on the topic “Women Empowerment-Challenges and its Prospects” conducted by JSS College, Dharwad on 9/3/19.

Special Lecture on “Problems of Adolescents” at Kittur Rani Chennamma Residential School, Betadur.

Dr. S. J. Hanagal attended One Day State level Workshop on NAAC- A New Approach to IQAC & AQAR organized by IQAC at SK arts & HSK Science Institute Hubballi on 27/09/2018

On 15/02/2019 Dr. S. J. Hangal, was the resource person for the workshop on ‘Gender Equality’ at K.L.E Society’s Pharmacy College, Hubballi.

On 21/2/2019,Dr.S.J. Hangal delivered a lecture “Problems of Adolescents”  to the high school girls under the aegis of College NSS unit at Rani Chennamma Girls’ Residential School, Betadur.

 Smt. Roopa Ugrankar too delivered a talk on “Study Habit Skills” to the primary school students.

Publication : A research paper entitled “Hope and coping in care givers of HIV/ AIDS and Cancer Patients” by Dr.S.J.Hangal & Mrs. Deepa Hunagund was published in the Journal IAHRW International Journal of Social Science Review, May 2019, 7 (5-II) p. No 1459 – 1462 (ISSBN – 2347 – 3797 UGC No. 41948 & NAAS Rating 2.72).

Events of 2017-18 

 

 

On 5-2-2018Six students participated in National Level Psychology Conference on 5th February 2018 at Karnataka Arts College, Dharwad and 4 among Miss.Bhavani Hiremath, Miss. Abigail Saturi, Miss Nehala A & Mr. Shrikrishna Desasi)  presented papers at the conference.

Extension Activity

On 2/3/2018 BA VI semester students created  on awareness on the “Misconceptions about Mental Illness and Mental Retardation” to the residents of Janata Quarters, Keshwapur, Hubballi through skits highlighting the need to develop scientific approach in dealing with various mental illnesses.

Field Visit to Sri Maitri Alcohol & Drug De-addiction Centre(14/3/2018)

On 14/3/2018 twenty one students from the Dept.of Psychology along with the members of faculty   visited Sri Maitri Alcohol & Drug De-addiction Centre at Bidnal Cross, Hubballi to supplement their theoretical knowledge on alcohol & drug de-addiction and rehabilitation. .

Special Lecture(15/3/2018)

On 15/3/2018,an invited lecture on “The types of Drugs and their Impact on Mind & Body” was arranged at the Department. Dr. Pramod C. Gadad, Associate Professor from KLE College of Pharmacy, Hubballi was the resource person.

Dr. S. J. Hangal has chaired the 7th International InSPA conference at Mysuru University held on 9th to 11th October 2017.

She has been selected as Member,  Faculty  of Social Sciences (UG) of KUD for a period of 2 years.

Report of the Activities of the Department of Psychology (2016-17)

On the occasion of “World Elders’ Day” (1/10/2016) students and teachers, visited “Sneha Sadana”, an Old Age Home, run by Mother Theressa’s Missionary of Charity with the main objective to sensitize the students to the problems of old age and to inculcate the values of sympathy, joy of sharing & bringing happiness the deprived lot among the students. Students interacted with the inmates and also presented light entertainment programme.

On 27^th February 2017, two students from VI semester , Miss. Nisarga Hiremath and Miss. Anusha Kalal presented papers at State level Seminar organized by G.H.College, Haveri

 Miss Jasleen K, Student of Psychology participated in All India Essay Writing event 2016 and received honourable mention among all the entries received from her Institution in the UG category organised by Shri Ram Chandra Mission (SRCM) and United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan (UNIC).

Miss. Deepa Hunagund,Lecturer, of the department presented paper in International Conference on 25^th & 26^th June 2016 at University of Mysore and published paper in the Proceedings (Vol. 01, ISBN: 978-1534689640) and she has also registered for Ph.D.

Dr. Suneetha Hangal, Head of  Department of Psychology chaired the session in International Conference at Pondicherry University on 13^th to 15^th October 2016. Her paper has been published in the Proceedings (ISBN: 978-93-5258-822-0) and also Book review by her has been published in Journal of IAAP Vol.43, No.01, 2017.

The members of the faculty Dr. Suneetha Hangal & Miss. Deepa Hunagund attended the National Workshop on “Behaviour Modification Techniques” at Madras School of Social work, Chennai on 3^rd & 4^th March 2017.