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Ref: http://in.news.yahoo.com/20/20100507/1416/tnl-peon-s-daughter-makes-it-to-ias_1.html Chandigarh, May 07 (PTI) Sandeep Kaur, the daughter of a peon from Morinda in Punjab, has made it to the IAS. Sandeep is the eldest of her three siblings and attributes her success to her father employed in Morinda sub-tehsil. Citing her father as her immense source of inspiration behind her success, Sandeep, a civil engineer from Panjab Engineering College, had the sole goal of making it to the IAS. "I dedicated myself to preparing for the civil services and failure at earlier attempts made me stronger to prepare for the examinations," she says. Her dream is to work against female foeticide which is a big problem in Punjab. Meanwhile, in a congratulatory message, Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal complimented Sandeep Kaur and her family members, saying she had done the state proud by making it to the IAS despite her economically poor family background. PTI

Prof. Sultan Akthar passed away on 19th April, 2010. He was one of the legends in spreading Applied Psychology throughout India. Very few know about his affiliation with one football club in Kolkata. I have noticed his keen interest in sports specially football. Once I asked him. He smiled and told me his nostalgia about Mohomeddan sporting club of Kolkata. Once, he played in this club. Watching my avoidance to attend conferences, once he patted me and encouraged to attend all the conferences. He loved me as his own son. He was just like a father figure of IAAP. Despite his serious illness, he attended the conferences and executive meetings taking hectic pains of the rail and road journey. He was a role model of every Indian Psychologist. With regards, D.Dutta Roy

Professor Udai Pareek was a great researcher, consultant, philosopher and teacher in Psychology. He was the ideal role mode of free-lance writer in Psychology. He was attached with several academic and administrative bodies of India and abroad. He completed MA in Psychology from the Department of Psychology, Calcutta university in 1950. Next, he did M.A. in Philosophy from Agra University in 1952. In 1958, he did Ph.D. from Delhi University . He was the Editor of the Journal of Health Management, Indian Psychological Abstracts, Vikalpa and consulting Editor of Administrative Science Quarterly. He had authored and edited around 60 books and more than 350 papers in his lifetime and received many national and international awards in the field of human resource development. He focused researches on different psychological issues (training and development, role stress, organizational design, transformational leadership) in both unorganized (agricultural, small scale industries) and org...

By reading several articles on web site, I am trying to explain the SEM here: ALARM Researchers should not design a complex experiment with too many variables when the knowledge of the subject matter is not well-understood. SEM is built upon a measurement model and a structural model. MEASUREMENT MODEL 1. Error reduction : Using reliability techniques like Cronbach's alpha 2. Determining latent trait : Using factor analysis 3. Predicting : Using regression techniques Source: http://www.creative-wisdom.com/teaching/WBI/SEM.shtml In the above figure, latent trait (the ellipse) has been extracted through the factor analysis of observed variables (rectangles). Observed variable is affected by errors (circles). STRUCTURAL MODEL It can be understood through input-throughput and output relationship following definite path. In other words, input structure predicted throughput and throughput predicted output. Figure source: http://www.creative-wisdom.com/teaching/WBI/SEM.shtml Source: htt...

THE TOPICS COVERED: BASIC CONCEPTS AND SCOPE OF PSYCHOLOGY: IN PERFORMING ART THERAPY Sensation Perception Signal detection Attention and Autism Learning and Memory Consciousness & Unconsciousness Conflict EFFECT OF PERFORMING ART THERAPY ON LAYERS OF CONSCIOUSNESS Application of Rabindrasangeet in psychotherapy Performing art therapy as a tool to elicit unconsciousness CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMING ART THERAPY Intellectual development Emotional development Personality development Language development PUBERTY AND ADOLESCENCE MUTI-AXIAL SYSYEM OF DSM-IV GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING (GAF) FOR ADULT AND CHILDREN SCALE GENERAL FORMAT FOR WRITING DISSERTATION AWARENESS GENERATION Both passive and active awareness programs are generated to spread the courses of performing art therapy A. Active: Awareness generation through paper presentation in semina...

This happened in RKM, Rahara. Swami Punyananda maharaj, founder of RKM, Rahara and disciple of Brahamananda maharaj, disciple of Sri Ramakrishnadev suffered from Cancer. During the last moment, his student, Swami Nityanadamaharaj asked him " Swamiji, who are around you now ? " . Swamiji recalled names of all the disciples of Sri Ramakrishnadev including Sri Ramakrishnadev, Swami Vivekananda and Maa Sarada. Then he asked for water and left us forever. On that day, I was in RKM., Rahara. Same incident happened in case of Swami Vivekananda. Sister Nivedita asked same question to Swamiji and Swamiji replied the same.

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