Professor
Prof. Meena Hariharan, MA (Gold Medal), Ph.D. (Utkal)
Research Interest: Stress & Coping, Behavioural Cardiology & Resilience Studies
Teaching Area: Stress and Coping, Counselling Skills, Trauma and Pain Management.
Mobile: +91 9849492714
Email: meena.healthpsychology@gmail.com
Associate Professors
Dr. G. Padmaja, M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D.
Head, Centre for Health Psychology
Research Interest: Counseling Psychology, Psycho-oncology, Health Psychology, Psychology of Aged
Teaching Area: Counseling Psychology, Counselling skills, Psychological disorders & Intervention Techniques, Personality Theories, Developmental Psychopathology, Cognitive Psychology.
Email: gpadmaja2008@gmail.com
Dr. Meera Padhy, M.Phil, Ph.D.
Research Interest: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Health Psychology, Behavioural Diabetology, and Occupational Health
Teaching Area: Statistics, Developmental Psychology, Health Psychology
Email: meerapadhy@yahoo.com
Dr. N. D. S. Naga Seema, M.A. Ph.D.
Research Interest: Community Health Psychology, Mental Health, Health Management, Developmental Psychology and Yoga
Teaching Area: Developmental Psychology, Health Communication, Social Psychology
Email: nagaseemavsp@gmail.com
Dr. Suvashisa Rana, M.A. (Gold Medal), M.Phil. B.Ed. (SE-MR), LL.B., Ph.D.
Research Interest: Positive Psychology, Health Psychology, Peace Studies, Psychometrics
Teaching Area: Advanced Statistics, Research Methodology, Application of Software in Data Analyses (SPSS, NVivo), Positive Psychology, Developmental Psychology
Email: suvemail@gmail.com
Dr. Chivukula Usha, M.A., PGDCP, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Behaviour Cardiology, Child & Adolescent Health and Community Health
Teaching Areas: Personality Theories, Lifespan Development, Counseling Skills, Interventions to Chronic Illness
Email: chivukulausha@gmail.com
Dr. C Vanlalhruaii, M.A., Ph.D
Research Interests: Health Psychology, Psycho-oncology, Physiological Psychology
Teaching Areas: Cognitive Psychology, Physiological Psychology, Developmental Psychopathology
Email: viel31@gmail.com
Adjunct Faculty
Prof. Girishwar Misra,
Vice-chancellor,
Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University, Wardha.
Visiting Professors
Prof. Gyanmudra,
Head & Professor, Centre for Human Resource Development,
NIRDPR, Hyderabad
Prof. N. C. Pati,
Professor of Applied Psychology, PG Dept. of Applied Psychology,
Chetana College of Special Education, RRL Campus, Bhubaneswar
Prof. A. S. Dash,
Retd. Professor,
Utkal University, Bhubaneswar
Dr. B. Sesikeran,
Former Director,
National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad
Dr. Saroj Arya,
Retd. Clinical Psychologist,
NIMH, Hyderabad
Dr. Susie Hariharan,
Research Physician,
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad
Dr. N. Balakrishna,
Deputy Director & Scientist ‘E’ ,
National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad
Guest Faculty
Dr. Durgesh Nandinee,
Health Psychologist,
Hyderabad
Dr. K. Niranjan Reddy,
Senior Clinical Psychologist,
Roshni Counselling Centre, Begumpet, Hyderabad
Visiting Fellow
Ravi Kumar Saxena,
Visiting Professor,
F. M. Sahoo,
Visiting Faculty
Prof. Saraswati,
Visiting Faculty
Dr. Rakesh Kumar Jain,
Senior Clinical Psychologist,
IMHH, Billochpur, Agra