Dr. Preeti Nakhat

Profile of Dr. Preeti Nakhat

Dr. Preeti Nakhat
Ph.D. Psychology (PDPU). Thesis: Career Conflict, Value Conflict and Stress among Higher Secondary School Students M.A. Clinical Psychology (Gujarat University) B.A. Psychology (St. Xavier’s College)
Subjects taught at USLM
Understanding Human Behaviour, Social Psychology, Sport Psychology, Statistics in Psychology & Research, Business Statistics, Health Psychology, Environmental Psychology, Forensic Psychology and Human Resource Management
Domain Specialisation
Academician & Researcher Research Interests: Her research interests include Social Psychology, Adolescent Psychology and Health Psychology. My focus is to research the lifestyle of Teenage/Adolescent, college going students and the stakeholders. She is currently working on Emotional Intelligence, Adjustment among College Students, Parental Burnout, Healthy Relationship among College Students, Social Maturity, Social Intelligence and trying to analyze their Psychology. Her publications are based on Parent- Child Relationship, Career Decisiveness of College Students, Stress among the Students, Life Values of Higher Secondary Students, Career Conflict among Higher Secondary Students. Her research aim is to figure out the best mental health strategies.
Research Credentials
• Presented six referred research papers at International conferences and two referred paper at National conference • Five paper publication in peer reviewed journals and four papers are in the process of getting published • Earned Research travel grant from Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University to present research work at International conferences in Italy and Canada in 2017 & 2018 respectively • Earned – Sara & George McCune Scholarship to attend Mixed Methods workshop at University of Michigan, Michigan, USA, 2019 • Earned – Science & Research Engineering Board travel fellowship to present my research work at European Congress of Psychology, Moscow, Russia in 2019 • Earned – Indian Council of Social Sciences Research travel fellowship to attend Qualitative Research Methods workshop at Emory school of Public Health, Atlanta, USA, 2019
Academic Experience
Jul. 2019 onwards Assistant Professor of Psychology, USLM Jun. 2018 onwards Life Skills & Employability Skills Trainer, Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat Jul. 2016 – Dec. 2018 Visiting Faculty (Psychology), School of Liberal Studies, PDPU Oct. 2016 – Apr. 2017 Visiting Faculty (Organization Behaviour), Institute of Management, Nirma University Jun. 2015 – current Visiting Faculty (Communication Skills), S.M. Patel Institute of Commerce, Gujarat Law Society Nov. 2015 – Apr. 2017 Verbal Trainer, Renaissance Educare Pvt. Ltd. Oct. 2010 – Oct. 2015 IELTS & TOEFL Trainer, Winny Immigration and Education Services Pvt. Ltd. Apr. 2006 – Sept. 2010 English & Personality Development Trainer, Gurukul Education Centre
Publications
• Nakhat, P (2019). Career – A Food For Thought And Perplexion Among Students. International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Literature, 7(3), 175-184. • Nakhat, P & Sinha, N(2018). Academic factors and stress: An empirical study with suggestive measures. Research Zone India.6(2),102-106 • Patel. S, & Nakhat. P (2018). Why Do People Use Social Media So Often? What are the Contributing Factors? Is Loneliness One of the Major Contributing Factor?.International Journal of Indian Psychology, 6(4), 25-38. DIP:18.01.123/20180604, DOI:10.25215/0604.123 • Shah, S & Nakhat, P (2018). Parent Child Relationship of Indian Students and Suggestive Techniques. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 6(2), 12-20. DIP:18.01.102/20180602, DOI:10.25215/0602.102 • Nakhat, P & Sinha, N (2017). A Psychosocial study of stress and school students. Journal of Psychosocial research,12(2), 417-423. • Rajani, V & Nakhat, P (2019). Consumer Behavior in Online Shopping: What they think before they buy, Journal of Psychosocial Research, 14(2), 377-384 • Italiya, Y & Nakhat, P (2019). Almost Depression among Teens and Young Adults, Journal of Psychosocial Research, 14(2), 411- 418
Workshops
• Participated in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy workshop, Ahmedabad, India • Participated in Psycho-analysis workshop, Gandhinagar, India • Participated in Qualitative research methods workshop, Gandhinagar, India
Achievements
• Awarded “Best Employee of the Month” for Jan 2010 in Gurukul Education Centre • Awarded twice as “Best Faculty” at Gurukul Education Centre