Nalini  Bikkina

Nalini Bikkina

Professor, Director, Office, GSHS , VSP

Education
Ph. D.
Email ID
nbikkina@gitam.edu
Education
Ph. D.
About
Nalini Bikkina is Director, GITAM School of Gandhian Studies. She was an ICSSR Doctoral Fellow. Her M. Phil Dissertation won the Durganand Sinha Best Paper Award of the National Academy of Psychology. Nalini was a former Group I officer of the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission. With her work experience in the industry, research and administration, she carries an interdisciplinary interest spanning across psychology and public systems. Being NET qualified, she had worked on research projects funded by the UGC, ICPR and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. She is a Fulbright Fellow to the University of Nebraska at Omaha, a College of Arts and Letters Visiting Fellow at James Madison University, Virginia and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London. She had won the Fulbright Alumni Award.

Education

Degree Name Institute & College name Year of Graduation/Award
Ph. D Department of Psychology 2004
M. Phil Department of Psychology 2001
MA MA Psychology 1994
BA StJosephs 1992

Experience

Designation Organization From Date To Date
ICPR Research Associate GITAM 01-10-2008 01-07-2009
Mandal Parishad Development Officer Government of Andhra Pradesh 31-03-2007 30-09-2008
Project Associate Andhra University 10-10-2006 30-03-2007
Training Consultant NEXT 19-04-2004 09-10-2006

Awards

Award name Award Organization Awarded year
Fulbright Alumni Award United States India Educational Foundation 2020
Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) Royal Society of Arts, London 2020
College of Arts and Letters Visiting Fellowship James Madison University, Virginia 2018
Fulbright Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship US Department of State 2017
Selected for Group Study Exchange Rotary International 2004
Doctoral Fellowship Indian Council of Social Science Research 2002
Durganand Sinha Best Paper Award National Academy of Psychology 2000

Farmer Producer Organizations as Farmer CollectivesDevelopment Policy Review, Scopus, -2018, 36, 669-687

What the Tribal Peoples Displaced by Development in India Can Learn from the Resilience of the Winnebago Tribe in NebraskaJournal of Developing Societies , Scopus, -2018, 34, 351-372

Womens Self Help Groups in the Sand MarketInternational Journal of Rural Management, Scopus, -2017, 13, 108-114

Sajjata Sangh A Network of NGOsIIM Ahmedabad Case Centre, Others, -2013, 0, 1-10

BPO Call Centres Psychosocial Issues and Related Ethical ConundrumsTurkish Journal of Business Ethics, Web of science, MAY-2010, 3, 7-14

Title of the project Funded by Duration Sanctioned date
Climate Change Adaptation Traditional Wisdom and Cross Scale Understanding USIEF 6 05-Feb-2020
Title of the project Funded by Duration Sanctioned date
Resilience and Identity Reconstruction of the Winnebago Tribe Implications for Rehabilitation of the Tribal Oustees of Development Induced Displacement USIEF 6 28-Jun-2017
Farmer Producer Organizations in Gujarat An Exploratory Study of Perceived Benefits and TradeOffs Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad 6 15-Nov-2012
Sajjata Sangh A Network of NGOs Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad 6 15-Nov-2012
Seminar name Organized by Venue Start date End date Title of the paper presented Role Co presenter
National Indian Institute of Technology Madras Madras 29-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2016 Psychosocial Impact of Displacement A Study of Project Affected People at the Papikonda Site of the Polavaram Project Participated
National Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal Bhopal 12-Dec-2014 14-Dec-2014 Handloom Based Social Enterprises Economic and Psychosocial Impact Participated Shiv Kumar Belli
National Indian Institute of Management, Indore Indore 01-Mar-2010 05-Mar-2010 Disaster Health Approaches Need for Training the First Response Teams in Provision of Psychological First Aid following Natural Disasters Participated
National Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Bombay 14-Dec-2006 16-Dec-2006 Somatization as a Form of NonPsychotic Psychiatric Illness Participated
Seminar name Organized by Venue Start date End date Title of the paper presented Role Co presenter
International Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore Bangalore 11-Aug-2014 13-Aug-2014 Issues in Access to Agricultural Credit and Weather Based Crop Insurance An Exploratory Study of Farmers from the Kachchh Region of Gujarat Participated
International Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta Calcutta 07-Feb-2013 09-Feb-2013 Farmer Producer Organizations in Gujarat An Exploratory Study of Perceived Benefits and TradeOffs Participated
International Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Bangalore 04-Sep-2012 06-Sep-2012 Trends in Corporate Social Responsibility among Public Sector Enterprises in Coastal Andhra Pradesh Participated
Title of the thesis Name of the student Name of the college / university Major subject area Year of admission Type of admission Thesis specification
Title of the thesis Name of the student Name of the college / university Major subject area Year of admission Type of admission Thesis specification
Title of the thesis Name of the student Name of the college / university Major subject area Year of admission Type of admission Thesis specification
Patient Clinic Treatment Factors Contributing to Burden in Assisted Reproductive Technology Ananta Rohita Chenjeri GITAM School of Gandhian Studies Applied Psychology 2021 Part time PhD
Elements of Strategic HRM in Kautilyas Arthashastra A Qualitative Study Prasad Patki GITAM School of Gandhian Studies HRM 2012 Part time PhD
A Study of Association between Education and Occupation of Parents and Academic Anxiety and Academic Stress of High School Students Madhavi Royyur Applied Psychology 2010 Part time PhD
A Study of Communication Style of Professionals Vinay Kumar Chaganti Human Resource Management 2009 Full time PhD
A Study of the Quality of Work Life with Reference to Job Autonomy, Job Satisfaction and Work Life Balance of Employees of Select BPM Organizations in Hyderabad Challa Madhavi GITAM Insitute of Management HRM Part time PhD
Name of the award Awarded by Awarded year
Fellowship The Royal Society of Arts UK 2020
Fulbright Alumni Award USIEF 2020
Visiting Fellowship James Madison University 2018
Fulbright Fellowship United States India Educational Foundation 2017
Best Teacher GITAM University 2015
Best Researcher GITAM University 2014
Rotary GSE Rotary International 2004
Fellowship Indian Council of Social Science Research 2002
NET University Grants Commission 2001
Durganand Sinha National Academy of Psychology 2000
Best Dissertation Award Department of Psychology and Parapsychology Andhra University 1994
Rank Department of Psychology and Parapsychology Andhra University 1994
Rank Andhra University 1992
NCC Second Andhra Girls Batallion 1992
Rank St. Josephs College 1992
Title Type Organized by Venue Start date End date Role
FICCI Future X Leadership Development Program Faculty development program FICCI Online 12-Jun-2020 13-Jun-2020 Participated
Workshop on Case Compendium on Sustainability Development Faculty development program Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad 07-Dec-2018 08-Jun-2019 Participated
Summer School in Qualitative Methods Faculty development program Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad Ahmedabad 01-Jun-2017 04-Jun-2017 Participated
Workshop on Discursive, Foucauldian and Critical Discourse Analysis Faculty development program Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal Bhopal 10-Dec-2014 10-Dec-2014 Participated
Workshop on Modified Personality Type Indicator Faculty development program Academy of Human Resource Development Madras 23-Sep-2010 25-Sep-2010 Participated
Workshop on Application of Qualitative Methodology to Research in Social Sciences Faculty development program Manas Tatva Pune 11-Apr-2008 13-Apr-2008 Participated
National Workshop on Cultural Psychology Theories and Methods Faculty development program Jawaharlal Nehru University Delhi 15-Nov-2006 19-Nov-2006 Participated
Training on Researching Adolescent Health Faculty development program Sangath Goa 01-Sep-2003 11-Sep-2003 Participated
Summer Programme on Data Analysis in Social Sciences Faculty development program Tata Institute of Social Sciences Bombay 14-Apr-2003 26-Apr-2003 Participated
Title Type Organized by Venue Start date End date Role
Faculty Development Programme Faculty development program Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad Ahmedabad 11-Jun-2012 29-Sep-2012 Participated
Organization name Membership category Membership type
Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage Life Member
National Institute of Personnel Management Life Member
Title of the lecture Name of the college / university Place Date
Social Enterprise in India and the United States Common Threads and Distinct Patterns Womanspace Virtual for an event at Rockford, Illinois 20-Jan-2021
Leadership National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics Visakhapatnam 11-Jun-2020
Psychosocial Impact of Displacement Constitution Club New Delhi 04-Apr-2018
Colonial Legacy of Development Eastern Mennonite University Harrisonburg, Virginia 24-Jan-2018
Leveraging Psychometrics for HR Advantage Confederation of Indian Industry Visakhapatnam 04-Jul-2015
Disaster Management: Post Traumatic Stress DIsorder All India Radio Visakhapatnam 29th March, 2010
Psychometry for HR Effectiveness National Institute of Personnel Management Visakhapatnam 10th August, 2011
Change Management District Training Centre Visakhapatnam 16th February, 2012
Prehistory to Postmodernism: A timeline of the World's Largest Minority HDPI Visakhapatnam 8th March, 2012
Time Management District Training Centre Visakhapatnam 17th March, 2012
Psychological Impact of Crowding All India Radio Visakhapatnam 3rd December, 2012
Stress Management SOS Children's Village Visakhapatnam 3 September, 2013
Managing Relationships District Training Centre Visakhapatnam 27th December, 2013
Factors Affecting Work Stress District Training Centre Visakhapatnam 28th December, 2013