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Sub: Achievement of EC member Dear Sir, This refers to your request to submit some of my recent contribution in Psychology. Rabindra Bharati University’s BT Road campus will next month become the first institution to start a Performing Arts Therapy course approved by the University Grants Commission (UGC) . As member of the advisory board of the said centre, I included Psychology in this course. Now the students will understand the principles of psychology in improvising performing art therapy to alleviate pain, and psychiatric disorders, remedial teaching etc. They will learn Introduction to psychology, Developmental psychology, Psychology in performing art, Psychopathology and psychotherapy. There is no such course in India. Teachers will teach above subjects by using music, dance and drama. Again, learning psychology by using the performing art pedagogy is innovative approach. The other achievements are conducting several workshops, lecture programs in different Government (Depart...

My Sir "Late Professor Amitava Chattopadhyay " was a Sage as I discovered from his writings published in Ritam, bilingual quarterly journal devoted to life and works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, their ideas, thoughts and teachings and also Indian and World culture. He was the Editor of this journal. Source of the Journal: Uttarpara Sri Aurobindo Parishad, Sarasi Kunja, Mandirbati Ghat, 150 G.T. Road, P.O.: Uttarpara, Dt Hooghly, W.B.,Pin-712258, Phone: 033-2663 8362 (6 p.m. to 8 p.m.) Here is my tribute to my Sir. Please read it and make comments. Please read another blog about his academic career, comments of his colleagues, students etc. here : http://ddroydiary.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-sir-passed-away.html With regards, Dr. D. Dutta Roy Editorial Late Professor Amitava Chattopadhyay (Ritam, Vol.5, No.1, pp.3-8) The Message Divine It would certaintly not be a figure of rhetoric to say that Sri Aurobindo was an original thinker and like all great philosophers he always re...

Professor Amitava Chatterjee, M.Sc. (Cal), Ph.D. (IISc, Bangalore) was awarded Senior Fulbright Visiting Fellowship and was associated with Institute for Social research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. During his stay at Michigan he visited many Academic Institutions and Universities in USA and during his return journey he visited several universities in UK. After completing his post-graduate course in Psychology from Calcutta University, Professor Chatterjee joined Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on a Govt. of India scholarship and completed his Ph.D. degree. After that he joined Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur as a teacher and retired from service as a Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences. He was pioneer in introducing Human Resource Development Course at IIT. He became sectional president of the Psychology and Behavioural sciences section of the Indian Science Congress in platinum Jubilee Session, 1988. After his retirement from IIT, he worked for several...

The Telegraph, 22nd Feb., 2009 Heal with song & dance A STAFF REPORTER Rabindra Bharati University’s BT Road campus will next month become the first institution to start a performing arts therapy course approved by the University Grants Commission (UGC). “Doctors and NGOs already use music and dance to treat those suffering from pain, stress, depression and lack of self-respect. But now we have a structured course, complete with professional training in physiotherapy and psychology, that will help them do the same job better,” said Kathak danseuse Amita Dutt, the dean of fine arts. Arpita Chatterjee, the course co-ordinator, said the UGC had sounded out the university last year for some new job-oriented courses. “We had suggested a couple of courses to them, of which performing arts therapy was selected for financial aid.” Classes will be conducted in the evening. “We will begin with a certificate course and later introduce a two-year diploma course and a three-year advanced diplom...

15.12.2008 It's a wonderful conference. Here, I find many members of this group in person. Electronic self is now converted into real self. It is excellent. We are all enjoying here, we are talking about Indianpsychologists group here and there, its significant contribution in development of psychological pursuits among the young generation. Some are searching for high surfers of this group also. Yesterday, Inauguration was held in the senate hall of IIT. Prof Vindhya gave president torch to Next President, Prof. Arvind Sinha of IIT., Kanpur. Today, scintific program along with poster sessions are going on. I have seen many new areas where in our young psychologists are looking into. One symposium was held about accreditation issue on which area we have discussed in this group long back. Prof. Campbell, President of British Psychological Society and Dr. Saths Cooper focused on the European and South African system. I am writing this letter to you as I am feeling your presence in di...

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