The Social and Behavioural Sciences (SBS) PhD program will provide core education common to addressing social and behavioural issues. PhD students who enroll in coursework will develop expertise in:
The program is designed to train researchers in three areas:
Our Ph.D. fellows will be working in teams of students and expert researchers in projects that promote women’s empowerment and rural development by implementing social solutions. For example, life skills courses and vocational skills are provided and are geared towards supporting personal growth and healthy community development.
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Eligibility
Applicants from a wide range of academic disciplines can apply, including Sociology, Psychology, Pedagogy, Anthropology, Economics, Social Work. Completed a Master’s degree or must be in their final semester of Master’s program in any of the academic disciplines mentioned above.
Assistant Professor,
School of Social & Behavioural Sciences, Amritapuri
Assistant Professor,
Department of Social Sciences, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Amritapuri
Chairperson,
Department of Social Sciences, School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Amritapuri
Professor,
Department of Cognitive Sciences and Psychology, School of Social & Behavioural Sciences, Amritapuri
Assistant Professor,
Department of Social Sciences, School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Amritapuri
| Title of the Project | Funding Agency |
| Skill Labs for VET – Design, Development and Rollout of Advanced learning technologies – Simulations, AR, VR for training vocational courses | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
| Blended Learning for Vocational Courses – Designing effective video and interactive videos for vocational courses | National Media Instructional Institute, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
| Skill-eLabs for Secondary school children -Design and Development and Rollout of Simulation based virtual skill labs for secondary school children | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
| Name of the Research Lab |
Major Facilities / Equipment Details |
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| Skill Intelligence Lab | Interdisciplinary research at the laboratory
will study the complexity of skills and their enhancement through teaching,based on models of skill learning. |
Major Domains:
1.HAPTICS – TeslaSuit-2, SenseGlove DK1-2,Bar Bending Simulator. 2.GAZE & MOTION CAPTURE – Tesla Suit – 2, Rokoko IMU based Smartsuit with Gloves-2. 3.VR & AR – Hololens-3, Oculus Quest 2. 4.NEUROCOGNITION – Brain Products EEG, Analyser & Recorder softwares, -2. 5. SYSTEMS – Powerful Gaming Laptops, Al & Data Science Workstations,Cloud Services-Google/AWS, Network Attached Storage. |
| Skill eLab | Learning technology services and research for skill development | VR Headsets
Unity3D/ VR computers Video Production Equipments Audio Production Studio and Equipments |
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Dr.Bhavani Rao
Dean, Schools of Social & Behavioral Sciences
bhavani@am.amrita.edu
bhavani@ammachilabs.org