PROFILE PHOTO 

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS 

D.Phil (Psychology), University of Allahabad , MA (Psychology), University of Allahabad.

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION

Clinical and Developmental Psychology, Culture, Mental health.

AREA OF INTEREST

Culture and Education, Values and Education, Behavioral problems of children

EMAIL-ID 

ghildyal(dot)prachi(at)gov(dot)in / prachi(dot)rd (at)gmail(dot)com

CONTACT NO

+91-364-2570024 (O) +91-364-2570062 (Fax)

A Brief Profile

A Doctorate (D.Phil.) in Psychology from University of Allahabad , Dr. Prachi Ghildyal joined as Lecturer in Psychology at NERIE, Shillong in 2006. Before joining NERIE she was working as Research Officer at G.B. Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad. Her specialization during her study included i) Advances in Organization Theory; ii) Teaching of Psychology; iii) Applied Social Psychology; iv) Multivariate Statistical Techniques and v) Qualitative Research Methods. A UGC JRF-SRF, Dr. Prachi received many awards after completing her M.A. She has received i) University of Allahabad’s Allahabad Jubilee Gold Medal for M.A. in Psychology; ii) University of Allahabad’s Krishna Mohan Banerjee Gold Medal for M.A. in Psychology; iii) University of Allahabad’s E.C.G.Williams Gold Medal for M.A. in Psychology; iv) University of Allahabad’s Khajurgaon Raj Gold Medal for M.A. in Psychology; v) University of Allahabad’s Laxmi Prasad Verma Gold Medal for M.A. in Psychology. Her major publications include i) “Towards an Indian Psychology of Education” with Prof. RC Tripathy in Anveshika, inaugural issue, a journal brought out by NCTE, 2004; ii) “Early identification of mental illness” in Health for all, 2005; iii) “Equity, Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development” with Prof. B. P. Sahu in M.K.Satpathy (ed.) Education, Environment and Sustainable Development. Shipra Publications, 2007. Dr. Prachi has also presented a few papers such as “A study of Cultural Construction of Mental Health and Illness and Developing an Informational Programme” in First Conference of Ph.D scholars of U.P. organized jointly by G.B.Pant Social Science Institute and ICSSR, 2000; ii) “Folk Notions of Causation and Treatment of Mental Disorders: The Dargah of Munawwar Shah” in 12th Annual Conference of National Academy of Psychology, Kollam, Kerala, 2001. Dr. Prachi has coordinated following program while working at NERIE: i) Training of Anganwadi Workers and pre-school teachers on the quality dimensions of Early Childhood Care and Education in NERIE; ii) Training on orientation of master trainers of NVs and KVs on new English textbook for class 3 and NCF-2005; iii) Acted as resource person in various other programmes organized by NERIE; iv) Orientation of elementary school teachers of north eastern states on identification and remediation of emotional problems of school children; v) Workshop for developing local Teaching Learning Material/activities for joyful learning; vi) Research on comparative study of child rearing practices in northeast and north India; vii) Coordinator for North East in Research on “Caring for Students’ Feelings: A study of children’s perceptions of their emotions in learning” by DEPFE, NCERT and Coordinator, Stress Management for District and State level officers in the educational set-up. Presently Dr. Prachi Ghildyal is one of the coordinators of IDGC course at NERIE, Shillong.