Anushka Merlyn Arakal

Assistant Professor, Psychology

M.A. in Counselling Psychology

Education:
M.A. in Psychology with a specialization in Counselling Psychology from Smt. Maniben M. P Shah Women’s College.
Post-Graduate Diploma in Sports Psychology from Smt. Maniben M. P Shah Women’s College.
Areas of Expertise & Interest: Counselling Psychology, Positive Psychology, Sports Psychology, Consumer Psychology, Social Psychology, Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

Skills:
Data analysis, Quantitative and Qualitative research, Curriculum Development, MS Excel, Psychometric Scale Development, IBM SPSS,

Work Experience
Assistant Professor at SDSOS, NMIMS (August 2023-present).

Lecturer at SDSOS, NMIMS for the subjects Environmental Psychology, Foundations of Personality, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Social Experiment & Assessment, Psychological Practicals, Summer Project, Organizational & Marketing Psychology (August 2021-2023).

Lecturer at JDSoLA, NMIMS for the subjects Counseling Psychology, Industrial Psychology, Positive Psychology (August 2022-2023).

Lecturer at Patkar-Varde College for Ergonomics (September 2022-March 2023). Intern at Manav Seva Sangh for Aptitude Testing & Vocational Guidance (2019-2020).

Research Experience

1. The Effect of Perceived Social Support on Caregiver Burden, Resilience and Flourishing among children with blood cancer (2021).

   Guided students for-

   1. The Impact of the Caregiving Burden on the Resilience and Burnout of Caregivers of Diabetic Family Members (2022).
   2. The Effect of Coach-Athlete Relationship on Self-Esteem and Stress Among Football Players (2022).
   3. The Effect of Gender role conflict in seeking professional assistance for chronic stress (2022).
   4. The Effect of Resilience on Motivation and Psychological Well-being among young adults (2021).
   5. Influence of Work-family conflict and Work stress on Employee Performance (2021).

Workshops Facilitated-

1. Stress and Anxiety Management.
2. Emotional Intelligence: Navigating Feelings Effectively.
3. Social media and its psychological implications.
4. Building resilience.

Official email address: anushka.arakal@nmims.edu