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Department of Psychology of the Calcutta University is the first department of Psychology in India. Department is in the Science College, Rajabazar

23.1.2010 Good morning and very happy New Year!.Today is the birth centenary day of the great freedom fighter- Netaji Subhash Chundra Bose. Let stand up for 1 minute to show our tribute to him. Netaji taught us how to be self-efficacious person by scanning and regulating the environment to achieve the goal. I am praying that through this workshop , you will be able to be self efficacious in measuring psychological test characteristics using SPSS. I am thankful to my dear colleague Shri Kranti Srivastava, the chief of Prasad Psycho Corporation, for giving me privilege to share my research studies to the interested research workers and faculties of Delhi and adjoining states. Yesterday, I visited the office of PPC and noted a very good academic climate and systematic storage of Indian and foreign psychological instruments. I am thankful to Ms. Zehra khan, event manager of this workshop. I can understand how much toil she had to organize in Delhi. I am also thankful to other members of PP

I am going to miss my hand for the project. My project assistant obtained first position in the M.Phil examination of Calcutta University. I am very much proud of her success. She assisted me much in developing the dimension specific questionnaire. She co-authored in one of my articles related to suicide prevention of farmers to be published in the book. I had planned to teach her how to analyze the data. I was successful partially. This time will not come again. She will resign soon for joining M.Phil course. I am praying to almighty for her success in clinical psychology.

WORKSHOP ON PERSONALITY MAPPING FOR CORPORATE DECISION MAKING This workshop assists you in designing business plan by mapping personality of your valuable and scarce human resources. Personality mapping refers to plotting different locations of personality traits in a multidimensional metaphorical space. It helps in classification and categorizing people in work environment. Personality mapping provides corporate managers good insight in making decision related to HRD strategies like recruitment, retention, transfer, promotion, career guidance and training and development. Workshop includes lecture and data analysis exercises. Pre-requisites: Basic knowledge of business statistics, Laptop having Microsoft Excel, basic idea about HRD strategies. Time: 2 hours WORKSHOP ON PERSONALITY MAPPING FOR PSYCHOLOGY COUNSELORS Personality mapping is one of the innovations in psychometric approaches for psychological counseling. It refers to plotting different locations of personality traits in a m

GENERAL FORMAT FOR WRITING DISSERTATION Dr. D. Dutta Roy, PH.D. Psychology Research Unit Indian Statistical Institute 203, B.T. Road Kolkata- 700 108 General comment: Your dissertation should not exceed 10,000 word limits. But, follow your professor’s instructions. • Dissertation should include 6 sections • State the purpose of the each chapter before writing it. • At the end of each chapter, write your comments that show if the purpose had been achieved or not? 1. TITLE PAGE: a. Title: It is brief and related to basic problems of dissertation. It should be different from others b. By author: Author’s name c. Research supervisor’s name d. University emblem e. Name and address of the university f. Foot note: A dissertation submitted for the post graduate diploma in Performing Art Therapy to Performing Art Therapy Center, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata g. Date of submission : January, 2010 2. CONTENTS a. Topics: Title of each chapter and subheadings with page no b. Tables: Captio