Department of Psychology

The Department of Psychology was established in 1964 at general level as a subject in the arena of SSVPS’S Arts and Commerce College. In 1980 Psychology as a subject  achieved special level and from June 2007 Department initiated Post Graduation in Psychology on Permanent non-grant basis.
Department has excellent and functioning laboratory and cubicles with sufficient Psychological Apparatus and Tests. The faculty members play significant role in teaching, consultancy and research at College as well as University level. The Department enthusiastically carries curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. Moreover, the research work is always encouraged by departmental faculty members as a perennial activity.
The Department of Psychology runs counseling center for students and needy people from society .The faculty members extend their consultancy to students and People who require psychological support and help.

Mission of Department

• Encourage the Overall and Dynamic Personality Development of Students.
• Develop skilled Students, Counselors and Psychologists. 
• Create Awareness about Mental Health.
• Enhancing the Research Activities in the Department.

Faculty Members of the Department

Sr. No.	Name of Faculty	Qualification	Designation	Experience
01	Dr. S. Y. Jadhav	M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D. P.G.C.C.C. (PUNE)	Head Asst. Professor Research Guide	6 Years 04 Months
02	Mr. S. B. Deore	M.A. M.Ed. NET	C.H.B.
03	Mr. B.V. Khairnar	M.A. SET, NET	C.H.B.
04	Mr. R. N. Deore	M.A. B.Ed.	C.H.B.
05	Mr. S. D. Sonawane	M.A. M.Ed. M. Phil. Ph.D. (Pursuing )	Visiting

Research / Articles Published by the Faculty Members

Sr. No.	Name of Faculty	In Journal	In Books	In Periodicals/ Newspaper	Total
01	Dr. S. Y. Jadhav	06	02	05	13
02	Mr. S. B. Deore	—	04	—	04
03	Mr. B.V. Khairnar	02	02	—	04
04	Mr. R. N. Deore	—	01	—	01

Programmes offered by the Department
B. A. In Psychology  

Course	General	Special	Practical	Total
F.Y.B.A.	01	00	Nil	01
S.Y. B.A.	01	02	01	04
T.Y.B.A	01	03	01	05

M. A. In Psychology

Course	General	Special	Practical	Total
M.A. Part – I	Nil	03	01	04
M.A. Part – II	Nil	03	01	04

Workload of the Department

Sr. No.	CLASS	THEORY	PRACTICAL	TOTAL
01	FYBA	08	00	08
02	SYBA	12	04	16
03	TYBA	16	06	22
TOTAL WORKLOAD OF UG				46
04	MA Part -I	18	06	24
05	MA Part – II	18	06	24
TOTAL WORKLOAD OF UG				48
TOTAL WORKLOAD OF UG AND PG = 94

Individual Workload of Faculty Members

Name	Class	Name of Paper	No. of Lecture	Total	UG/PG
BA
Dr. S. Y. Jadhav	FYBA	Foundation of Psychology ( Div – A+B)	4+4	22	46
	SYBA	Psychoneurotic Disorders	4
	TYBA	Principles of Experimental Psychology(Theory)	4
		Experimental Psychology (Practical)	6
Mr. S. B. Deore	SYBA	Research Process in Psychology	4	8
	TYBA	Introduction to Counseling Psychology	4
Mr. B. V. Khairnar	SYBA	Psychopathology Practical (Testing)	4	8
	TYBA	Industrial & Organizational Psychology	4
Mr. R. N. Deore	SYBA	Human Development Psychology – Early Life	4	8
	TYBA	Management of Interpersonal Relations	4
MA
Dr. S. Y. Jadhav	MA-I	Cognitive Psychology	6	12	48
	MA-II	Psychological Disorders	6
Mr. S. B. Deore	MA-I	Psychological Practical	6	12
	MA-II	Psycho-Diagnostic	6
Mr. B. V. Khairnar	MA-I	Approaches & Aspects of Personality	6	12
	MA-II	Research Methodology in Psychology	6
Mr. S. D. Sonwane	MA-I	Advanced Psychological Testing	6	12
	MA-II	Health Issues and Well-Being	6
Total Workload of UG+PG					94

Papers Offered by Department in Academic Year 2020-21

Sr. No.	Class	Term I	Term II
01	FYBA	Foundations Of Psychology	Introduction To Social Psychology
02	SYBA	Human Developmental Psychology- Early Life	Human Developmental Psychology- Later Life
03		Psychoneurotic Disorders	Psychotic Disorders
04		Psychopathology Practical (Testing)	Psychological Practical (Testing)
05		Research Process in Psychology	Statistical Application and Report Writing in Psychology
06	TYBA	Management of Interpersonal Relations	Adjustment in Life Span
07		Principles of Experimental Psychology(Theory)	Experimental Psychology in Modern Life(Theory)
08		Experimental Psychology (Practical)	Experimental Psychology (Practical)
09		Introduction to Counseling Psychology	Counseling Application
10		Industrial & Organizational Psychology	Industrial & Organizational Behavior
11	MA  PART – I	Approaches and aspects of Personality	Motivation and Emotion
12		Cognitive Psychology	Cognitive Phenomenon
13		Advanced Psychological Testing	Statistics in Psychology
14		Psychological Practical (Tests)	Psychological Practical (Experiments)
15	MA  PART – II	Health Issues and Well-Being	Health Issues & Modern Life
16		Research Methodology in Psychology	Dissertation
17		Psychological Disorders	Abnormal Psychology
18		Psycho-Diagnostics	Psycho-Diagnostics Theory and Therapies

Strength of Students of Last Six Years 

Class	ACADEMIC YEARS
	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
FYBA	127	135	128	123	116	139
SYBA	18	43	58	59	14	90
TYBA	40	16	27	46	46	12
MA Part I	13	12	5	16	30	21
MA Part II	14	12	11	5	13	28
Total	212	218	229	249	219	290

Results of Department  
B. A. Psychology  

Academic Years	Class	Total No. Of Students	Total Pass	Percentage
2014-15	T.Y.B.A.	06	04	66.66 %
2015-16	T.Y.B.A.	05	04	80.00 %
2016-17	T.Y.B.A.	10	07	70.00%
2017-18	T.Y.B.A.	31	23	74.19 %
2018-19	T.Y.B.A.	23	14	60.86 %

M. A. Psychology

Academic Years	Class	Total No. Of Studs	Total Pass	Percentage
2014-15	M.A. II	15	13	86.66 %
2015-16	M.A. II	13	11	84.61 %
2016-17	M.A. II	13	09	69.23 %
2017-18	M.A. II	06	06	100%
2018-19	M.A II	13	11	84.61 %

M. A. Psychology

Academic Years	Class	Total No. Of Studs	Total Pass	Percentage
2014-15	M.A. II	15	13	86.66 %
2015-16	M.A. II	13	11	84.61 %
2016-17	M.A. II	13	09	69.23 %
2017-18	M.A. II	06	06	100%
2018-19	M.A II	13	11	84.61 %

Students of Gold Medallist and Rank Holders of the University

Sr. No.	Year	Name of the Students	BA / MA	UNIVERSITY RANK
1	2016-17	Borade Vaishali Keshaw	MA	I
2		Masule Varsha Bapu	MA	II
3		Chaudhari Pooja Ashok	MA	III
4	2017-18	Zire Ganesh Sahebrao	MA	III
5		Jain Vinita Nitin	BA	I
6	2018-19	Gunjal Diksha Dileep	MA	I
7		Desai Philip Budhya	MA	II
8		Agrawal Monika Sunil	MA	III

Departmental  Activities    

Sr. No.	TYPES OF ACTIVITIES
01	Psychological Testing
02	Counselling for students and Society
03	Organizing Expert’s Lectures
04	Celebrate World Mental Health Day
05	Posters Presentation Competition
06	Posters Exhibition for Mental Health Awareness
07	Students Internship at Mental Hospital
08	Study Visit
09	Students welcome Function
10	Students Fare well Program

Research  Activity

RESEARCH DISSERTATIONS
Years	Class	No. Of Research Dissertations
2014-15	M.A. Part II	14
2015-16	M.A. Part II	12
2016-17	M.A. Part II	11
2017-18	M.A. Part II	05
2018-19	M.A. Part II	13
2019-20	M.A. Part II	26
Total		81

RESEARCH FOR AVISHKAR AND UNIVERSITY RESEACH COMPACTIONS
Years	BA	MA	No. Of Research
2016-17	09	01	10
2017-18	06	03	09
Total	15	04	19

Departmental  Facilities  
 

•        Practical cubes ; for psychological experiments and tests
•        Two attached classrooms for special psychology student’s lectures. 
•        Departmental library.
•        Internet facilities for staff and students
•        Classrooms with ICT facilities: centralized facilities

Departmental  Alumni     

Sr. No.	Name of Alumni	Occupational Position
1	Dr. Khalane Shashikant Hari	Associate Professor at Jai Hind College
2	Borade Gaurav Subhash (SET Qualified)	Asst. Professor in Psychology  (Full Time)
3	Bhandarkar Dinesh Subhash (SET Qualified)	Clinical Psychologist at Prayag Mental Hospital
4	Choudhari Hilal Pramod	Rehabilitation  Psychologist   (RCI Course Hariyana)
5	Deore Sandip Bhaskar (SET Qualified)	Asst. Professor in Psychology (CHB)
6	Ratnparkhe Himmat Dagadu (SET Qualified)	Asst. Professor in Psychology (CHB)
7	Priyanka Sandip Gorane	Counselor at Prayag Mental Hospital
8	Bagul Sonali Shantaram	Counselor at Chavara English Medium School
9	More Tejsvini Walmik	Clinical Psychologist at Prayag Mental Hospital
10	Masule Varsha Bapu	Clerk at District Court, Dhule
11	More Vikas Sudhakar	Forest Gourd, Krushi Vidyapith, Rahuri
12	Vinod Madhukar Shinpi	CRPF at Mumbai
13	Vinod Dangal Choudhari	Special Teacher at Mental Retardation School, Malegaon

NET / SET Passed Students of Department        

Sr.	Name of Students	Exam	Year of Passing
1	RATNPARKHE HIMMAT DAGADU	SET	2018
2	DEORE SANDIP BHASKAR	SET	2017
3	BORADE GAURAV SUBHASH	SET	2016
4	BHANDARKAR DINESH SUBHASH	SET	2016

Departmental  Strength       

•     U.G. And P.G. Programmes at special levels.
•     The department has well equipped Laboratory facility.
•     Practical course is available at U.G. And P.G.  Level.
•     Practical knowledge of human behaviours is made available to the students.
•     Consultancy practices are available in the department.
•     Departments runs counseling center,
•     The Department provides Psychological services to society

Departmental  Opportunities      

•     To start certificate course in Clinical Psychology.
•     To generate income from consultancy services.
• To restart the research activity in the department

Future Plan of Departmental     

•        Conducting workshop, seminar and conferences.
•        To undertake major and minor research project.
•        To Start Research Centre in the department.
•        To invite imminent personalities in the department.
•        To improve the ICT facilities in the department

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