About Dr.Padmaja (Psychologist)

Dr.Padmaja Rani did M.sc.Psychology,MA.Education,MA(PAD), M.phil,Ph .D, PG.Dip in Yoga.

 

She started her career as an educator over 18 years ago focusing on Educational  Psychology

 

and Personality Development subjects. She was also a guest faculty member in at St.Joseph 


colleg for Women(A),Visakhapatnam,where she taught child psychology, positive psychology

 

and offered psychology counseling, career guidance through ‘Sahay Cell’. ,Padmaja Rani is 


simultaneously running Lifeset Psychology Center (her private counseling firm) in


 Vishkapatnam.Some of the major services offered here are counseling, training, and testing 


services services. Other positions held:


  • Consultant psychologist in -VIMS ( Hospital ,vizag)

  • Running Life set Psychology Center -Vizag

  • Counseling Psychologist - RGUKT-AP

  • Women council cell member –Govt. of Karnataka

  • Member in –PPAI (Progressive Psychologists Association of India)





Research: Obtained Ph.D, fromAU; for an Experimental treatment for changing

attitude of IX class students on Environmental Education,Visakhapatnam, AndhraPradesh.

                                                                           

 


Scale Designer: Developed standardized attitude scale (PEEAS) Padmaja


                           Environmental Education Attitude Scale to measure attitudes with respect to


                           environmental education on adolescent children.



Trainings: NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) Certified Trainer for counseling and


psychotherapy.


Book:Published Book on Attitude of High School Students in Environmental


Education(Lap Lambert Publishing :ISBN:978-3-659-75117-2.)


Fellowship in scientific and professional societies:

           

               1.Journal of All India Association for Educational Research

               2.Journal of Adult Education and Development                                                 



Research paper publications in major journals:


1. The challenging scenario in Adult Education in India and its role in self-employment


opportunities (UGC Seminar.AU, Vizag,Dec 2006).


2. Role and impact of education in generation of rural employment on sustainable


manner – A case study of Visakhapatnam District (UGC Seminar Jan 2007, Andhra


University, Visakhapatnam).


3. Continuing education vis-à-vis human resource development (UGC Seminar Feb


2007, AU, Vizag).


4. An assessment of HIV/AIDS in adolescents – a study inVisakhapatnam city, Andhra


Pradesh, India (International seminar on Medical Geograpbhy,January 2009, Andhra


University, Visakhapatnam).


5. Attitude change on population education of IX standard students, published in Jour.Of


All India Association for Education.Research, Vol.19, No.3 & 4, Sep & Dec.2007,


pp.55- 56.


6. Impedance of global trends on contemporary teachereducation with reference to


computer technology ,2007. (Published full paper in seminar volume Andhra


University, Visakhapatnam).


7. An assessment of HIV/AIDS in adolescents – A study inVisakhaptnam District,


Andhra Pradesh, India, Jour.Of Eastern Geographers,Vol.25 (2), 2010, 25-31.


8. Development and standardization of an Attitude Scale to measure environmental


education of 9th class student, published in Jour. Adult Education and Development,


Vol.28, No.3 & 6, May & Dec.2011, pp.11- 13


9. Attitude Change on Environmental Education-an Experimental study. Published in


Jour. Adult Education and Development, Vol.29, No.4 & 6, July & Dec.2011, pp.29- 34.


                                                


Philanthropic activities:


Provided psychology counseling to rural women ,corona affected and families who lost


their loved one. Apart from it is also extending service to orphanage children.

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