Dr. REEJA PS

General Information:

Designation : Assistant Professor Grade II

Mobile : 9496774639

Email : [email protected]

Address : Mullankuzhi veedu, Panniyode P.O., Poovachal, Trivandrum, Kerala -695575

Department : Sociology

Area of Specialization : Suicidology, Research Methodology, Sociological Theories

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • PhD, University of Kerala, Sociology, 2011
  • UGC NET, Sociology, 2004
  • B.Ed. ,University of Kerala, Mathematics, 2006
  • MA, University of Kerala, Sociology, 2005
  • B.Sc. ,University of Kerala, Statistics, 2001

INVOLVEMENT AS QUESTION PAPER SETTER/ SUBJECT EXPERT

  • External expert Panel Member of School of Distance Education University of Kerala
  • Question Paper Setter of Kerala University
  • Question Paper Setter of Kannur University
  • Question Paper Setter of Calicut University
  • Question Paper Setter of Various Autonomous Colleges in Kerala.
  • Scrutiny Board Chairman of Kerala University.
  • External expert of Student Project Presentation of IIST.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching Experience :
Working as an external in the PG Department of School of Distance Education,
University of Kerala since 2005
Working as an Assistant Professor in department of Sociology

TEACHING METHODOLOGY

Lecture method, discussion methods, gamification, virtual learning, blended leaning, field visits

INVOLVEMENT IN ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

  • External expert Panel Member of School of Distance Education University of Kerala
  • Question Paper Setter of Kerala University
  • Question Paper Setter of Kannur University
  • Question Paper Setter of Calicut University
  • Question Paper Setter of Various Autonomous Colleges in Kerala.
  • Scrutiny Board Chairman of Kerala University.
  • External expert of Student Project Presentation of IIST.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS : PAPER/ CHAPTER

S.No Year Publication Title Name of Journal / Proceedings National/International Vol & Issue Page No(s)
1 2007 Social Context of suicide: A study
conducted among women suicide
attempters in Thiruvananthapuram		 Kerala Sociologist Vol.35,0975-8933 57-64
2 2007 Sociological Analysis of Youth
Suicide		 Holistic thought Vol.6 113-119
3 2008 Suicide Among
Elderly		 Kerala Sociologist Vol.36,0975-8933 82-86
4 2009 Suicide: A Case study of youth in
Thiruvananthapuram Kerala		 Kerala Sociologist Vol 37,0975-8933 48-54
5 2013 Suicide In Kerala,
India-A Critical
Analysis		 International
Journal of
Social Science
Research		 Vol 2, 2321-109179 79-90
6 2016 Impact of suicide on wives-A study
in Kerala, India.		 International
Journal of
current research		 vol 8,0975-833X 44046-4400
7 2018 Technology And Cultural Change:
A Case Study of Mannan Tribes in
Kerala		 International
journal of
creative research
thoughts.		 vol 6,2320-2882 862-867
8 2018 Gender Identity Crisis A
sociological analysis of
transgender in Kerala		 Zenith International
Journal of
Multidisciplinary Research		 vol 8,2231-5780 171-177
9 2019 Cultural Shock of Immigration: A
special reference to Nurses working
abroad		 Kerala Sociologist Vol 47,0975-8933 30-35
10 2020 A study on influence of urban
housing scheme on the health,
hygiene, behavioral changes
and self-esteem level of the
beneficiaries		 European
Journal of
Molecular &
Clinical
Medicine		 Vol 07,2515-8260 2049-2054
11 2020 Impact of training knowledge
empowerment in natural resource
management in PMAY-life at
Kottayam municipality, Kerala.		 Pal Arch Journal
of Archeology of
Egypt/Egyptology Pjaee,		 Vol 07,1567-214X 3691-
3695
12 2020 Women empowerment and
gender equality A rational
approach		 Shodh Saritha Vol 7,2348-2397 170-
176
13 2021 Construction of Durkheimian
suicide model: a special reference to
Kerala		 New Horizons Vol 18,2277 –5218 136-144
14 2021 A sociological study of caste
stereotypes in Malayalam
Cinema		 Indian Journal
of Adult
Education		 Vol 82,0019-5006 90-95

Five years of research experience on the research topic: Causes and Consequences of
Suicide –A Case study of Kerala.
Worked as Research officer in Loyola College of Social Sciences, in a UGC Major
Research Project on Health problems of Elderly in Kerala in 2010.
Worked as a Research officer in Loyola College of Social Sciences, in a UGC Major
Research Project –Attitude and Awareness about HIV/ AIDS among Higher secondary
students in Kerala from 2011to 2012.
Research guidance of UG Students since 2012.

PAPPERS HANDLED AS PER UNIVERSITY SYLLABUS

S.No Semester Paper Code UG- Title
1 3 SO3CRT03 Classical Sociological Theories
2 3 SO3CRT04 Principles of Social Research
3 4 SO4CRRT06 Social Structure and Change in India
4 4 SO4CRRT05 Modern Social Theories
5 5 SO5CRT09 Contemporary Social Theories
6 5 SO5CRT10 Society, Environment and Human Rights
7 6 SO6CBT03 Sociology of Current Realities
8 6 SO6CRT13 Sociology of Development

Details of Workshops/ Conferences/Seminars/Symposiums Attended/ Paper Presentations/ Talks Given

Sl. No Title of Seminar/ Conference etc Title of Paper Presentation/ Participation Agency/ Venue Date Level
1 XXXI All India
Sociological
Conference		 Factors
responsible
for Suicide		 Contribution Indian
Sociological
Society at
Jammu
University		 25/10/2005 National
2 XXXII All Kerala
Sociological
Conference		 Forest Fire: A
Socio –
Ecological
Problem		 Contribution Kerala
Sociological
Society at
Farook
College, Kozhikode,
Kerala		 2/12/2005 National
3 Association of
Third World
Studies		 Social
Context of
Women
Suicide		 Contribution South Asia
Chapter at
Animation
Centre,
Vellayambala
m, Kerala		 27/5/2006 International
4 XXXV All Kerala
Sociological
Conference		 Analysis of
Youth Suicide		 Contribution Kerala
Sociological
Society at
Thevara
College,
Ernakulam,
Kerala		 21/11/2008 National
5 Seminar on
Multi-
Disciplinary
Perspective on
Suicide		 Suicide
Among
Adolescents		 Contribution Dept.of
Sociology and
Psychology
M.G College
Thiruvananthapuram		 29/10/2010 National
6 Seminar on
Fundamental
issues in Indian
Philosophy		 Religion and
Suicide		 Contribution Dept. of
Philosophy
Institute of
Distance
Education,
University of
Kerala		 8/4/2011 National
7 Two Day
National Work
Shop on Recent
Trends in Social
Research		 Alcoholism:
A Gate way to
Suicide		 Contribution Institute of
Distance
Education,
University of
Kerala		 26th March
2011		 National
8 Eco restoration
and Sustainable
Development		 Eco
restoration
and
Sustainable
Development		 Contribution Dept. of
Botany BCM
College
Sponsored by
UGC		 25th July
2013		 National
9 National
Conference		 Migration-A
study
conducted in
Kottayam		 Contribution Kerala
Sociological
Conference		 13th December
2013		 National
10 International
Conference		 Suicide
among
Elderly in
Kerala		 Contribution Centre for
Gerontological
Studies
Trivandrum		 14th
March 2014		 National
11 National
conference on
local governance,
Civil Society and
Social
Mobilization		 Problems of
Women Dalit
Representatives in Kerala		 Contribution Kerala
sociological
Society		 11th December 2015 National
12 National
conference onlocal governance,
Civil Society and
Social
Mobilization		 Chaired a Session Kerala
sociological Society		 11th December 2015 National
13 National Seminar
on Transgender
inclusion and
challenges		 Sociological
analysis of
awareness on
human rights
violation
among
transgender in
Kerala		 Contribution Dept of
Sociology
Periyar
university		 21st Jan
2016		 National
14 National Seminar
on Transgender
inclusion and
challenges		 Chaired a Session Dept of
Sociology
Periyar
university		 21st Jan
2016		 National
15 International
Seminar on
Living and
Working in the
Digital
Information Age:
Inter Continental
Insights		 Changing
media Culture
-A
Perspective in
suicide		 Contribution Indian Institute
of Space and
Technology
Luisiana State
University
Germany		 25th
June 2016		 International
16 Reclaiming
Science in Social
Consciousness		 Chaired a Session Directorate of
Collegiate
Education,
Govt of Kerala		 7th
December
2016		 National
17 43RD Annual
National
Conference of
Kerala
Sociological
Society		 Contribution Kerala
Sociological
Society		 9 December
2016		 National
18 National Seminar
on Empowerment
of Tribal Women:
Challenges &
Issues		 Changing Trends of
Tribal Health
in Kerala		 Contribution Department of
Sociology,
University of
Kerala		 25
February 2016		 National
19 National Seminar
on Health and
Well Being: The
Tribal Perspective		 Social
Determinants
of Tribal Health in
Kerala		 Contribution Department of
Sociology,
Loyola College
of Social
Sciences,
Thiruvananthapuram		 27 March
2017		 National
20 National Seminar
sponsored by
UGC on
Development
Induced
Displacement –
Issues and Challenges		 Induced
Displacement
in Kerala – A
Sociological
Significance		 Contribution School of
Gandhian
Thoughts and
Development
Studies,
Mahatma Gandhi University,
Kottayam		 31 January
2017		 National
21 National Seminar
on Factors
Promoting
Successful
Ageing: A
Sociological
Analysis		 Impact of Digital
Technology
on Elderly		 Contribution Department of
Sociology,
University of
Kerala		 15 March
2017		 National
22 National Seminar
on Ageing, Care
and wellbeing:
Towards
Empowerment
and Fulfillment		 Empowering
Elderly
Women: A
Case Study of
Ammommathiri		 Contribution Department of
Sociology,
University of
Kerala		 27 Oct 2017 National
23 International
Seminar on
Gender at The
Intersection of
Identity &
Community:
Viewing the
Landscape of
Culture in the
Changing World		 Gender
Identity Crisis: A
Sociological Analysis of
Transgenders in Kerala		 Department of
Sociology,
University of
Kerala		 7 November
2017		 International
24 National
Workshop on
Academic
Writing &
Publishing in
Social Sciences		 Participation Kerala
Sociological
Society		 6th
December 2017		 National
25 National Seminar
on Culture,
Community &
Identity:
Mobilizations and
ContestationsWorkshop on
Restructuring of
Curriculum &
Syllabus of the
Undergraduate
Programme in
Sociology		 Cultural Contradiction
Among the Tribal Youth:
A Case Study of Kanikkars in
Thiruvananthapuramam		 Contribution Kerala
Sociological
Society		 8 Dec 2017 National
26 Workshop on
Restructuring of
Curriculum &
Syllabus of the
Undergraduate
Programme in
Sociology		 Participation Mahatma
Gandhi
University,
Kottayam		 21 April
2017		 National
27 Workshop on
Methodology and
Research Writing
in Social Sciences		 Participation Kerala State
Higher
Education
Council		 24
February 2018		 National
28 National
Colloquium on The Aged and
The Ageing India:
Where do we
stand? Whither
should we
proceed?		 Elderly
Suicide: A Neglected
Area		 Contribution Centre for
Gerontological Studies,
Thiruvananthapuram		 14
March 2018		 National
29 Samanwaya
National
Conference		 ‘Do the educators
know how to ensure help
for the needy? Awareness of
child related legislation
among educators’		 Contribution Department of
Social Work
BCM College Kottayam		 19 Feb
2018		 National
30 National Seminar
on Elder Abuse &
Social Exclusion		 ‘Active Ageing: A
Sociological Analysis’		 Contribution Dept of Sociology
Periyar University		 24 January
2018		 National
31 National Seminar
on Elder Abuse &
Social Exclusion		 Marginalizati
on of Elders at
Public Space.		 Contribution Dept of Sociology
Periyar University		 24 January
2018		 National
32 National Seminar
on currents in
Gender and
Democracy: The
role of Media		 Participation Dept of Sociology,
Loyola College
of Social Sciences,
Thiruvananthapuram		 27
March 2018		 National
33 All India
Sociological
Conferences-
Environment,
Culture and
Development:
Discourses and
Intersections		 Impact of
flood on
Paddy
farmers: A
case study of
Alappuzha
District.		 Contribution Dept of Sociology,
University of Kerala,
Thiruvananthapuram.		 27-29
December
2019		 National
34 National Seminar
on Sustainable
rebuilding of
Kerala in the
Post- Flood
Scenario		 Challenges
faced by womenentrepreneurs
during flood-
A sociological
analysis of
Kottayam
District		 Contribution Dept of Sociology,
Loyola College
of Social sciences,
Thiruvananthapuram		 27 January
2020		 National
35 International
Webinar on
perceived anxiety,
social support and
coping strategies
of Elderly during Covid 19
Pandemic		 Anxiety
among elderly
during covid
19 pandemic:
A sociological
Analysis		 Contribution Dept of Sociology,
University of Kerala,
Thiruvananthapuram.		 22-26
February 2021		 International
36 National seminar
Vulnerability and
capacity building
among tribal
community		 Challenges of
Virtual
Learning
Among Tribal
Children		 Contribution Dept. of Sociology
university of Kerala and
Indian Institute of Space
Science and Technology,
Thiruvananthapuram		 15th to 19th
march 2021		 National

Details of Orientation and Refresher/Research Methodology Course/short term course/staff trainings/pedagogy workshops/workshops/staff exchange

Sl No Name of the Programme Mode/ Venue Duration & Date Name & Details of Institution
1 Refresher Course Online 7 Days HRDC University of Kerala
2 Short term Course Online 14 days HRDC University of Kerala
3 Online tools in
Teaching and
Learning (Short term
course)		 Online 7 Days HRDC University of Kerala
4 Mentoring and
Counselling (Short
term course)		 Online 7 Days HRDC University of Kerala

Board of Studies, Subject Expert, Expert Committee, Syllabus Revision, Chairmanship

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES

Kerala Sociological Society [KSS] Institute of Social Research Action [ISRA] Public Health and Social Development Foundation
-Member Ethics Committee
-Institutional Research Committee

Sl. No ISBN Number Publisher Title Year
1 978-81-321-
1740-7		 Sage publication Limit India The Dead-End: Reflections on Suicide in
Developing Economies of South-East Asia		 2014
2 978-93-313-
2819-9		 APH Publication Limit Gender Marginalization-A Sociological
Analysis of Transgenders in Kerala journal
of Transgender Inclusion Challenges and
Implications		 2015
3 978-81-
86660-30-0		 Southern Book Suicide Among elderly: A theoretical
perspective in Sociology		 2017
4 978-81-316-
1127-2		 Rawat Publications Empowering Elderly Women; A case study
of Ammommathiri		 2020

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  • NCC Officer of BCM College Kottayam