Dr. Atish Taukari
01-03-2012
Psychologist
having
more
than
13
years
of
teaching, research, and field experience with many
prestigious awards to credit...Add: #302, C-1, NeelSankalp, Near D-Mart, Plot-38, Sector-5, New panvel, New
Bombay,
Mumbai,
(0)9322886990,
INDIA.
E-mail:
Contact:(Mob.)
9820787778
<[email protected]>,
Core Competencies
• Rich experience of more than 13 years as faculty of psychology.
• Expert in applied cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, and counselling.
• Number
of
research
projects
and
research
papers
at
national
and
international level.
• Winner of various awards, including the prestigious Former President Dr. APJ
Abdul Kalam award
Career Profile:
Assistant Professor
Responsibilities:
• Teaching psychology (General / Social / Developmental / Abnormal /
Industrial / Organizational / Cognition/ Counselling Psychology, etc.)
• Assessment, Monitor projects and evaluation.
• In-vigilance duties.
Achievements:
• Attended and presented research papers in various national / international
conferences and seminars.
• Published books and papers in Psychology.
• Member of various college committees on extracurricular activities (NSS,
Cultural Forum, Student Council, Career Counselling and Guidance, etc.)
• Chairperson, Prospectus Committee, Counselling Guidance Committee.
• Visiting Lecturer at University, Colleges, pharmacy and management
institutes at graduate and post graduate level in psychology.
• Guest Speaker at various programs at prestigious institutions/colleges.
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• Chief Guest at Republic Day and Independence Day Celebrations, St. Josephs’
High School, New Panvel, Bombay.
Invited Talks:
•
Invited as Resource person by the Dept. of Human Development, PG
Research & Home Science, SNDT University to conduct interactive
sessions in counselling yearly.
Special Guest:
•
Invited as special guest for ANNUAL DAY at Ryan international St.
Joseph’s School- CBSE, Panvel, to felicitate Tiny Tots of Primary
during the on Monday, the 7th March 2011.
•
Invited as special guest at “Athletic Meet’ at Ryan International School,
Nerul, Mumbai, 2011.
Research Expert Judge at university of Mumbai-“Aavishkar” research project
Competition for teachers, Ph.D.students, PG students and Graduates
in social sciences.
Content and module development, and training solutions:
ü In areas like Performance Management, Personality Development, Stress
Management, Self Development, Relationship Management, Creativity,
Executive Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Problem solving, Decision
making, Negotiation skills, etc.
ü Trainings
imparted
to
clients
from
Industries,
Corporate
offices,
Companies like L&T, Johnson & Johnson, Mahavitaran, and etc.as well as
for NGOs, Management and Academic Institutes.
ü Associated with prestigious training institutes like VIPT, Goregaon,
Mumbai.
SOCIETY/COMMUNITY RELATED:
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Conducted programs on rehabilitation of addicts.
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Organized number of training workshops for juvenile delinquents.
•
Undertook Child guidance on study skills, memory development, attention
deficit, social anxiety and phobia.
•
Consultation through media: T.V., magazines and news papers.
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Awards and Recognitions:
• Previous Hon. President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award for Best Presentation
at an International Conference in 2005.
• Junior Research Fellowship (NET), UGC, 1998.
• 1st Psychology in Order of Merit at University Graduation Examination, 1995
• Best paper Award at a National Conference on Recent Advancements in
Cognitive Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 2008.
• Ph.D.
Dissertation:
Selected
&
invited
to
present
at
XVIII
Annual
Conference of National Academy of Psychology, IIT/ Guvahati, 2008.
• Best Paper Award: National conference on ‘Challenges and issues: 21st
century India’, 2012.
Education & Trainings:
Ø
Ph.D. (Applied cognitive psychology / Human Factor) Indian
Institute of Technology, Mumbai (2007), CPI= 9.21
st
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M.A. (Clinical Psychology) University of Mumbai (1997) , I
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B.A. (Psychology) Shivaji University, Kolhapur (1995) , Distinction
Ø
Orientation Course: University of Mumbai
Ø
Refreshers’ Courses: In Research Methodology and Psychology
Class
Research Related:
Publications
ü
Cognitive Workload of Air Traffic Controllers in Area Control Center of
Mumbai Enroute Airspace’, journal of Psychosocial Research (In press).
ü
‘A Comparative Study of Cognitive Strategies Used to Resolve Air Traffic
Conflict between Air Traffic Controllers & General population using Eye
Tracking Machine’ ,Journal of Psychosocial Research, Vol.5 (2), 125-132.
ü
‘Age differences in Dysexecutive Syndrome among a non-clinical sample’
(2005), Indian Journal of Gerontology, 19, 381-392.
ü
‘Occupational Stress and Coping among Nurses’ (2004), Journal of Health
Management, 6,2, 115-127,Sage Publications.
ü
’Abnormal Psychology’ (2001), Vipul Prakashan (Publishers).
ü
‘Can Children Discriminate Between Emotions and Label Them? EDLOF with
children’ (1997), Proceedings of ICCS, Vol. I, 996-1001.
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Projects:
•
‘Cognitive workload assessment in air traffic controllers’ at Aerospace
Engineering, IIT/Bombay by ATC guild, 2007.
• Co- investigator, UGC major Research Project, ‘Can children discriminate
between emotions and label them?’, 1998.
• 'Strategies used to overcome depression’, M.A.Curriculum, 1997.
Papers presented
•
‘Slut-walk: Challenging perceptions’, at National conference on Media, Popular
culture and Gender at K.J. Somaiya college of arts & commerce, Mumbai,
Jan., 2012.
•
Resource person at UGC sponsored national seminar on the topic “Mental
Health and Suicide’, at Dr. Ghali College, Gadhinglaj, Kolhapur, Feb., 2011.
•
‘The impact of executive functioning on Big Five in air traffic controllers’ at
National seminar on ‘Psychometric soundness & industrial applications of five
personality factors’, KMC College, Mumbai, 2010.
•
'A Comparative study of Cognitive Strategies used to resolve Air Traffic
Conflict between Air Traffic Controllers and General population using EyeTracking Machine’, National Conference on Recent Advancements in Cognitive
Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 2008.
•
‘Cognitive Workload of Air Traffic Controllers in Mumbai enroute airspace’,
XVIII Annual Conference of National Academy of Psychology, IIT/ Guvahati,
2008.
•
‘Executive Functioning in Air Traffic Managers’, Best Ph.D. Dissertation:
Selected and invited to present at XVIII Annual Conference of National
Academy of Psychology, IIT/ Guvahati, 2008.
•
‘Laboratory in Society: Resolving Issues in Research’, at Seminar on Academy
and Society: Recent Research Trends, Mahatma Education Society, Pillai
College, Panvel, Bombay, 2008.
•
‘Complex Job Experience Enhances Executive Functioning’ at an International
Conference on Memory-4, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia,
2006.
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•
‘Fractionation of Executive Functions’, at the 16th National Academy of
Psychology Conference, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 2006.
•
‘The Impact of Executive Dysfunction in Everyday-life Tasks’ at National
Symposium on Advances in Cognition: Emerging themes in the Cognitive
Sciences, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, 2003.
•
‘Attitude towards seeking professional help among college and university
student’ at the second National Conference of Indian Association of Mental
Health, University of Mumbai, Bombay, 1999.
•
‘Job Involvement, Perceived Reward and Punishment as a function of gender
difference among Managers and Subordinates’ at the First Conference of
South Asian Association of Psychology, University of Mumbai, Bombay, 1997.
•
‘Coping with Depression: Strategies employed by children’ at the 23rd
Conference of Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists, Kasturba Medical
College, Manipal, 1997.
Posters presented
•
‘The Resolution of Homunculus Problem!’ at an International Workshop
on Models of Brain and Mind, Kolkata, 2006.
•
‘Executive Functioning in Air Traffic Managers’ at an International
Seminar on Challenges in Aviation Technologies, Bombay, 2005.
•
‘Age
differences
in
Dysexecutive
Syndrome’
at
an
International
Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience, Havana City, Cuba, 2005.
Attended
•
Participated
at
ANANYA
‘High
Functioning
Children
with
Autism’,
(Dec.2010), organized by Sophia College, Mumbai.
•
Camp on ‘Mental health awareness’ at Panvel by Parahar Hopsital
(Oct.2010).
•
Workshop on the ‘Syllabi for Psychology (FYBA): Credit based Semester &
Grading System’, on behalf of Board of Studies in Psychology of University
of Mumbai at D.G.Ruparel College, on June 28, 2011.
•
Workshop on “planning and development of international airport to
accelerate economic growth of country’ IIT/Bombay, 2008.
•
National Seminar on ‘Gandhi Darshan’, Bombay, 2008.
•
National Seminar on ‘Banking on Paradigm Shift’, Bombay, 2008.
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Seminar on ‘Human factors in Aviation’, IIT/ Bombay, 2006.
•
National Seminar on 'Natural Resources and Human Rights Struggles',
Bombay, 2006.
•
Workshop on 'Innovations in Teaching and Research', Bombay, 2004.
•
Workshop on 'Neuro-psychology', Bombay, 2003.
•
South
East
Asia
Regional
Conference
on
'Scientific
and
Applied
Psychology', Bombay, 2001.
•
Workshop on 'The Portrayal of Psychopathology in U.S.films', Bombay,
2001.
•
Conference of Indian Psychological Association, Bombay, 1996.
•
'Marathi Manasshastra' Conference, Kolhapur, 1994.
•
'Marathi Vidnyan' Conference, Pune, 1990.
Personal Particulars
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Date of Birth: 12 December 1973.
ü
Languages known: English, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada.
A Statement of Teaching & Research Interest
I hold a Ph.D. degree in applied cognitive psychology. I deed post-graduation
in clinical psychology and graduation in psychology. This background and experience
offer me the required foundation to attract students to my area of interest. I
establish academic links with other faculty members and qualified people from
industry and hospitals to teach and guide my students with their domain knowledge
and experience. This establishes diversity of ideas and collaborative ventures.
Provide the student with professional skills commensurate with his/her future role in
the mental health centres/industry/organization/corporations. In today’s age of
information, I think ‘there can be learning without teaching but there can’t be
teaching without learning’. “I know everything” attitude will stagnate me and so I
instead believe sincerely in “I am a learner for life time” and keep on exploring new
knowledge and ideas. This keeps me young as well.
Research Area and Interest: I did Ph.D. in the area of applied cognitive
psychology. This is an upcoming area of research that will have lot of applications in
software engineering, high risk industries, complex systems, web designing, humancomputer interactions, and interface designs. My background in clinical psychology
helps me to explore research possibilities in cognitive therapies.
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Future Research Directions: Though I keep my mind open to explore any ideas, I
have tentatively planned to do research in area of cognitive psychology and more
specifically executive functioning, cognitive workload, etc.
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