This programme invites scholars to engage with forefront technologies, including robotics, machine learning, neurocognition, simulation-based learning, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and haptics. The aim is to serve humanity through:
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| Sr. No. | Faculty member | Research interests |
| 1 | Dr. Bhavani Rao | 1.Technonogies and education for sustainable development in schools 2. Livelihoods based VET 3. AI and Ethics 4. Social Acceptance testing of new emerging vaccines |
| 2 | Dr. Kochukrishnan Kurup | 1. Child Rights and Child Protection, 2. Child care & well-being , 3. School Social Work -Counselling, 4. Education and Development, 5. Migration and refugee children , 6. Human Resource Management, 7. Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 3 | Dr. Sophia | Mental health and well-being:
1. Psychological coping 2. Protective factors to promote mental health and quality of life (e.g., social support) 3. Cross-cultural mental health research 5. Neurodiversity-affirming research (e.g., positive aspects of autism) |
| 4 | Dr. Malini Frey | 1. Promoting values-based mental strength/wellbeing education via digitalization (from students, corporations, to impoverished villages) 2. Addressing psychological distress & psychiatric morbidities (children and adults) 3. Neuropsychological correlates of mental disorders & distress (e.g., poverty, (children and adults)) 4. The role of gender in psychological strengths and vulnerabilities (children and adults) 5. Response & interventions to disasters & early-life adversity |
| 5 | Dr. Meltem | 1. Cognitive Scinece informed design and development of technology supported (IoT, Social IoT, AI, ML, DL, VR/AR) Learning Environments 2. Cognitive Collaboration between human and AI 3. Compassion and Empathy informed technologies 4. Mind studies informed by ancient scriptures to adress unresolved challenges in education and learning |
| 6 | Dr. Parvathy V | 1. Health & Wellbeing 2. Applications of Strengths Perspective 3. Resilience & Alcohol misuse 4. Spirituality in social work & Self-development 5. Group work-based interventions for preventive interventions 6. Health care seeking behaviors in and E-health |
| 7 | Dr. Vivek Subramoniam | 1. Digital Education, 2. Technology-Enhanced Learning, 3. Educational Technology, 4. Digital Learning Technology Integration 5. Spirituality and Social Work 6. Indianization in Social Work Practice and Education 7. Indigenous Innovation, Technology and Development (IKS) 8. Sustainable development Management |
| 8 | Dr. Harikrishnan U | Mental Health, Gender-Based Violence, Child and Adolescence Well-being, Social Work and Technology, Psychosocial Care and Support in Disaster management, School Social Work, Family Therapy, Psychiatric Social Work |
| 9 | Dr. Yamuna NK | Elderly Population, School Social Work, Geriatric Social work, SHG & Community development, Women Employees and welfare programs, Parenting, Social Policy and Legislation, Migration |
| 10 | Dr. Christopher Coley | 1. Social Policy Evaluation 2. Gender & Sustainable Development 3. Critical Masculinities 4. Vocational Training Strategies 5. Applied Ethics & Philosophy |
| 11 | Dr. Nimita Pandey | Innovation Systems, Globalisation of Innovation, STI Policy, Gender and Science, Governance of Emerging Technologies, Innovation and Sustainable Development, Tech Entrepreneurship |
| 12 | Dr. Victoria Ustenko | Participatory governance, citizen empowerment, public sector innovation, impact assessment of government policies and programs, development policy, innovation policy, water policy and the Jal Jeevan Mission, self-help groups and collective action. Mixed-methods approach to impact evaluation. Machine learning for textual data analysis. |
| Name of the Research Lab |
Major Facilities / Equipment Details |
|
| Skill Intelligence Lab | Interdisciplinary research at the laboratory
will study the complexity of skills and their enhancement through teaching,based on models of skill learning. |
Major Domains:
1.HAPTICS – TeslaSuit-2, SenseGlove DK1-2,Bar Bending Simulator. 2.GAZE & MOTION CAPTURE – Tesla Suit – 2, Rokoko IMU based Smartsuit with Gloves-2. 3.VR & AR – Hololens-3, Oculus Quest 2. 4.NEUROCOGNITION – Brain Products EEG, Analyser & Recorder softwares, -2. 5. SYSTEMS – Powerful Gaming Laptops, Al & Data Science Workstations,Cloud Services-Google/AWS, Network Attached Storage. |
| Skill eLab | Learning technology services and research for skill development | VR Headsets
Unity3D/ VR computers Video Production Equipments Audio Production Studio and Equipments |
Dean,
Schools of Social & Behavioral Sciences (Amritapuri & Coimbatore)
Intake Capacity : 4
Professor,
Department of Cognitive Sciences and Psychology, School of Social & Behavioural Sciences, Amritapuri
Intake Capacity : 6
Chairperson,
Department of Social Sciences, School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Amritapuri
Intake Capacity : 3
Head of the Department, Cognitive Sciences and Psychology, School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Amritapuri
Head of Programme, Social Data Science & Policy, School of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Faridabad
Intake Capacity : 2
Vice Principal, School of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Amritapuri | Vice Principal, School of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Faridabad | Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Amritapuri
Intake Capacity : 4
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Amritapuri
Intake Capacity : 4
Associate Professor,
Economic Development, Economics and Culture, Public Administration and Civil Service, Ethical Systems, Social Research
Intake Capacity : 4
Assistant Professor,
Policy Research,
Equity & Inclusion in STI,
Innovation & Sustainable Development
Intake Capacity : 4
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Amritapuri
Intake Capacity : 4
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Amritapuri
Intake Capacity : 4
Assistant Professor, Department of Cognitive Sciences and Psychology, School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Amritapuri
Intake Capacity : 1
Assistant Professor,
Department of Social Sciences, School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Amritapuri
Intake Capacity : 2
Full tuition fee waiver: 100% of tuition fees waived.
Fees mentioned beside are current. The University reserves the right to alter fees at any time without notice.
| Program Fees | ||||
| CAMPUS | TUITION FEES PER YEAR |
TUITION FEES TOTAL |
HOSTEL & MESS PER YEAR |
|
| Amritapuri | 30,000 | * | 77,400(Includes One Time 5000 CD*) | |
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