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Dr. Maya Rathnasabapathy

Professor
(Psychology)

Email: maya.r@vit.ac.in

Employee ID 50499
Salutation (Prof./ Dr.) Prof.
Name Maya Rathnasabapathy
Designation Professor Grade 1
School/Centre School of social science and Languages
Intercom 1336
Educational details (Please mention all the degrees with latest first)
Degree Passed out year Specialization Institute/University/ College
PhD 1991 Psychology Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai
M.Tech
B.E./B.Tech
Post-Doctoral Experience if any
Research Details
Areas of Specialization Educational Psychology, Social Psychology and Neuro- Cognitive psychology and Disability Studies.
ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2355-0876
Scopus ID https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57193863917
H-index (scopus) 2
Google Scholar ID https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=G-sh4I8AAAAJ&hl=en
i10 index 2
On-going Consultancy Project Details
On-going Consultancy Project Title Funding Agency
Completed Consultancy Project Details       
Completed Consultancy Project Title Funding Agency
Ongoing Funded Project Details       
Ongoing Funded Project Title Funding Agency
Prevalence and Causes of Behavioral and Emotional
Problems among School Going Adolescents in Tamilnadu’ under the special call for
Vision Viksit Bharat@2047 (VVB@2047)
Indian Council for Social Science Research
 
Completed Funded Project Details
Completed Funded Project Title Funding Agency
Understanding the psycho-social problems of vulnerable Adolescent Girls and the effect of intervention through Life Skill

Training (28/01/2015)

Indian Council for Social Science Research (MHRD)
Understanding the effect of comorbidity factors in relation to Dyslexia-Holistic behaviour Intervention (26/02/2016) Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Dept of Empowerment of

Persons with disabilities

Counseling centre for Life Skill Training at Perumbakkam (04/10/2017) Government   of Tamilnadu
Reach-out programme among youth and teaching professional in Chennai “NASHA MUKT
BHARAT ABHIYAN”
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Awareness among primary teachers on dyslexia and prevalence study on dyslexia among school children aged 8-14 years in Chennai District, India and Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. India Sri Lanka Foundation
An Analysis on the Impact and Performance of Start-ups in Empowering the Youths of South India Indian Council for Social Science Research
Patent Published Details
 
Patent Published Title Patent Published Application No.
Casper intervention model to improve the social skills of children with dyslexia. Patent No. 202341020616
 
Patent Granted Details
Patent Granted Title Patent Granted Application No.
 
 
Book / Book Chapter Published Details        
Title Publisher Year
Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Self- regulated Behaviour among Engineering Students Stress Management Lab Pvt. Ltd 2016
Neuropsychological Functions and Optimism Levels in Stroke Patients: A Cross- Sectional Study public health book 2023
Awards & Recognition Details (only national and international awards and recognitions)
Name of the award, awarding agency, year of award
●         Research Award For Funded Project 2016 Vellore Institute of Technology

●         Best Faculty Award, Vellore Institute of Technology Chennai, 2016

●         Research Award For Funded Project 2016 Vellore Institute of Technology

●         Research Award For Publications 2016 Vellore Institute of Technology

●         Research Award For Funded Project 2017 Vellore Institute of Technology

●         Research award for publications 2017 Vellore Institute of Technology

●         Research Award For Funded Project 2018 Vellore Institute of Technology

●         Research award for Publications 2018 Vellore Institute of Technology

●         Research Award For Funded Project 2023 Vellore Institute of Technology

●         Best contribution Award: Indian School Psychology Association (InSPA) 2019

Major International Collaboration Details  – Academic Collaboration Details
Type of collaboration (Research & publication/Funded Project/consultancy etc.), collaborating institute, year of collaboration
Funded Project: Awareness among primary teachers on dyslexia and prevalence study on dyslexia among school children aged 8-14 years in Chennai District, India and Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. with the University of Jaffna. 2023
Major International Collaboration Details – Industry collaboration Details
Type of collaboration (Research & publication/Funded Project/consultancy etc.), collaborating industry, year of collaboration
Other Details
Editorial Experience (if any) BMC Medical Education, BMC Psychology, BMC Public Health, Discover Psychology (Springer Nature), SAGE Open Aging, Academia: Mental Health and Well-Being, Frontiers in Psychology, and Discover Education (Springer Nature).
Personal Website Link (if any)

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