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

  • 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
  • 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 :
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

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

  • 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.
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.

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
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
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

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
  • NCC Officer of BCM College Kottayam