Prama Bhattacharya

Research Scholar

Prama Bhattacharya

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Humanities and Social Sciences

Guide: Dr. KUMAR RAVI PRIYA

Research Topic

Homeless individuals with severe mental illness (HMI) constitute one of the worst affected sections by the vicious cycle of poverty and mental health problems all over the world. Involuntarily expelled from the society, homeless people are the most vulnerable to enter the vicious cycle of mental illness and never exit because of the lack of resources.The present study aims to understand the experience of downward mobilization and social suffering among the HMI population and also to understand recovery and empowerment amidst the Challenges of potential social suffering.

Education

B.Sc.(Honours) in PSYCHOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA (1st class 1st)2010,(70.40%)
M.Sc. in PSYCHOLOGY (SPECIAL PAPER-CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY) UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA(1st class 1st)2012,(72.00%)
NET,UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION, (2012)
M.Phil.WEST BENGAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES 2014,(66.66%)

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Mayyazhi's Colonial Past.Muse India, issue Issue-68 July-August 2015
Translation as the Re-writing of Source Text: A Symptomatic Analysis of Valson Thampu's Translation of Srah Joseph's Othappu, Viswabharati Quarterly, VOL-24 Januaru-MArch 2016

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Post Graduate Merit Scholarship for University Rank Holder (2010-2012) by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development, Government of India through University Grants Commission
D. Mukhopadhyay Book Prize Award (2010) for securing highest marks in B.Sc Psychology (Honours) Examination by the University of Calcutta.
C.G. Memorial Award for securing highest marks in Psychology in B.Sc Part I + II (Honours) Examination, 2009 of the University of Calcutta by Gokhale Memorial Girls' College, Kolkata.
K.C. Memorial Award for securing highest marks in Psychology in B.Sc (Honours) Examination, 2010 of the University of Calcutta by Gokhale Memorial Girls' College, Kolkata.
P.S.B. Memorial Award for securing highest marks in Psychology in B.Sc (Honours) Examination, 2010 of the University of Calcutta by Gokhale Memorial Girls' College, Kolkata.

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Email:prama[AT]iitk.ac.in

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qualitative research, homelessness , mental health, clinical psychology, community psychology, recovery, empowerment, social suffering;