Dhvani Patel Home: 0265-2332083

Dhvani Patel Home: 0265-2332083

Dhvani Patel Home: 0265-2332083

B/4, Laxmi Colony Cell: 91-9638304795

BPC Road, Vadodara-390007Email:

OBJECTIVE

To pursue a thriving academic career in teaching Psychology at the university level, and enabling myself to engage more into research oriented activities, thereby taking my career a step further.

EDUCATION

National Eligibility Test for Lectureship (NET) June 2006

Cleared in First Attempt

Masters in Arts from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Vadodara June 2005

  • Major : Clinical Psychology
  • Rank/Grade : First
  • Score : 77.40%

Bachelors of Arts from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Vadodara June 2003

  • Major : Abnormal Psychology
  • Minor : Sociology
  • Rank/Grade : Distinction
  • Score : 70.10%

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Received a Gold Medal on attaining First Rank in Masters of Arts from MSU of Vadodara
  • Registered for Ph.D in Oct. 2008 under the guidance of Dr. Urmi Nanda Biswas. The topic of my study is: An Analysis of Leadership Effectiveness and Influence Strategies on Organizational Health: A Cross-Gender Study.
  • Recipient of Dr Deepak Bhatt Award Best paper in scientific session at the 49th National and 18th International Conference of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Navarachana School High School Psychology Teacher Jun’05-Feb’08

  • Taught Introductory Psychology Part-I & Part-II to the 11th and 12th Grade of the Humanities Stream, encompassing topics like Learning, Attention, Perception, Statistics, Experimental Psychology, Social Psychology, Physiological Psychology etc
  • Taught the Secondary level, Life Skills Education (LSE) by organizing games and classroom activities, that would enable the students to attain certain life skills like problem solving, critical thinking, interpersonal relationship skills, empathy, coping with stress, etc

Navarachana School School CounselorJun’05-Jun’06

  • Conducted individual sessions for students with personal problems and/or learning difficulties as well as group sessions for students with adjustment problems at the school
  • Organized interactive parenting sessions for parents of Secondary School and invited eminent faculties from the field of mental health & childcare to initiate/talk about relevant problems faced by the students

MS University of Vadodara Visiting Faculty Aug’06-Sept’08

  • Taught Community Psychology & Re-habilitation at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Vadodara under the one year diploma course of Clinical and Community Psychology, representing post graduate courses, primarily conducted in the evening
  • The class comprised of students belonging to different academic/professional arenas such as Home Science, Pre-primary teachers, employees working in NGOs etc

MS University of Vadodara Temporary LecturerMar’08-Dec’11

  • Teaching at both the Graduate and Post Graduate level. This includes Introductory Psychology classes at first year level, Specialization classes in Clinical Psychology at Third year level and Masters Level.
  • Guided students in practical and seminar write-ups. Also guiding students for dissertation for the academic year 2009-10.
  • Visiting faculty for the Introductory Psychology Course at the Faculty of Law, M.S University of Baroda, for the first year students.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

Publications:

  • Patel, D., & Biswas, U.N. (2011). The Role of Gender in the Perception of Leadership Effectiveness and Influence Strategies. In A. Sahaya, S. Kaistha, & V. Patel (Ed.), Gender and Development (pp. 76-89). New Delhi: The Women Press.
  • Patel, D., & Biswas, U.N. (2011). Challenges for Women at workplace: Looking for Synergy. In S.K. Samantaray (Ed.), Wellbeing at Workplace: A Search For Synergy (pp. 162-174). Delhi, India: Gagandeep Publications.

Participation in Seminar/Conferences/Workshops:

  • Two day workshop in Life Skills Education in CBSE schools by DR. THOMAS VADAYA, organized by Navrachana Education Society. 15th-16th July, 2005.
  • Counselors at School- A one day workshop by Dr. Harish Shetty
  • Attended the Interdisciplinary Course in Women’s Studies, by WSRC, The M.S University of Baroda, from August 6 to September 13, 2007.
  • Biswas, U.N., Roy,S. and Patel, D. (2009). Mental Health Awareness and Prevalence of Mental Health Disorders among Primary Health Care seekers of Vadodara: A Survey. Paper presented at UGC sponsored National Seminar on Mental Health and Human Rights, held at the Faculty of Social Work, The M.S. University of Baroda from 27th to 28th February, 2009.
  • Seven day workshop on RESEARCH WRITING organized by CASE, Faculty of Education and Psychology, The M.S. University of Baroda; Sept 2009.
  • Invited lecture at “International Conference on Gender Development in the World Of Work”, by WOMEN, WORK & HEALTH INITIATIVE, ASIA- Buldelkhand University, Jhansi; 25-27 March 2010.
  • Patel, D. & Biswas, U.N. (2013). Stereotyping of effective male and female leaders: A concomitant of perceived gender congeniality at the workplace. Paper presented at XXII Annual Convention of National Academy of Psychology (NAOP0 India, organized by Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela from Dec 13-15, 2013.
  • Patel, D. & Biswas, U.N. (2014). The role of gender and work context in perception of organizational health and leadership effectiveness. Paper presented at the 49th National and 18th International Conference of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, organized by L & C Mehta(GLS) Arts College, GLS Campus, Ahmedabad from March 1st-3rd, 2014.
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