Dr Parveen Banu R, Head joined Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology as Assistant Professor in February 2021. She has completed a Post-graduate degree and Doctorate in Applied Psychology from Pondicherry (Central) University, Pondicherry, India. Her research & teaching areas of interest are Students’ Mental Health, Counselling Theories, Skills and Techniques, Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Psychopathology, Psychotherapy, Experimental Psychology, and Research Methodology. She has published research papers in Asian Journal of Psychiatry, Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, International Journal of Multidisciplinary Educational Research, Psychology and Education, International Journal of Social Sciences Review and International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations. She is an in-charge counsellor at the Student Counselling and Psychological Support centre, Sathyabama Institute of Science & Technology.
- Guest Faculty, Pondicherry (Central) University.
- Assistant Professor, Central University of Tamil Nadu.
- Head/ Assistant Professor, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology.
- She has presented papers in many International Conferences such as International Conference on Wellness Education in 2019, International Conference on Production of Child Rights: Issues and Challenges in 2013 and International Conference on Students Mental Health: Issues and Challenges in 2011.
- She organizes various seminars on different aspects of Psychology to spread awareness about mental health in the student community such as “Suicide Awareness and Prevention”, “World of Women”, Colour Psychology, and “Importance of Life”
- She was invited as the keynote speaker and delivered lectures on the topics “Parenting, in light to Child abuse”, “Psychological aspects of Cancer patients”, Social Support and Mental Health”, “Behavioural addiction” and “Students’ Mental Health”.
- She has professional experience at Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) as an intern student.
- Hands-on Training in Research Methodology and IBM SPSS Software
- Trained in Educational and Vocational Counseling.
She has published more than 8 papers internationally and nationally (in WoS, Scopus and UGC-listed journals) on the topics,
- Effect of depression levels on Neuropsychological functions of stroke patients (ISSN: 00333077)
- Depression among Indian University students and its association with perceived university academic environment, living arrangements and personal issues (ISSN: 18762018)
- Depression among Athlete and Non- Athlete University Students (ISSN: 2347-3797)
- Effect of Social Support on Stress, Depression and Psychological Wellbeing of University students (ISSN: 22772723)
- Mental Health of University Students (ISSN: 23481226)
- Perceived academic stress of University students across gender, academic streams, semesters and academic performance (ISSN: 22295356)
- Physical Activities and its Effect on Students` Mental Health: A Comparative Study between Athlete and Non-athlete Students (ISSN: 22295356)
- Alcohol-Related Issues among College Students (ISSN:22777881)
- She also published chapters in 3 edited books in the field of Students’ Mental Health, Environmental Psychology, Educational Psychology and Health Psychology (ISBN: 978-9353463212, ISBN: 978- 93- 81101-04-9&ISBN: 978-81-8370-341-3)
- Students’ Mental Health
- Sports Psychology
- Educational Psychology
- Health Psychology
- Counselling Skills
HOD - Psychology,
Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology (Deemed to be University,)
Jeppiaar Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Salai,
Chennai - 600 119. Tamilnadu, INDIA.
E-mail: psychologyhod[at]sathyabama.ac.in
