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Dr. Priyanka Behrani

Acting Dean & Program Chair

School: Liberal Studies And Education, School of Business and Law
Email Id: priyankab@nuv.ac.in

Presently on the position of Acting Dean, School of Liberal Studies and Education, Program Chair for BA in Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate Professor, Navrachana University, Vadodara. Academic experience of 25+years with a demonstrated history of working in the Higher Education industry. Her education is M.A. PH.D. in Psychology. Certified Psychologist from RCI, CRR No. A15546  

Academic background/Qualification

  • PhD in Psychology in the area of Personality and Leadership  University, The M.S. University of Baroda  
  • SLET ,Gujarat 2000 
  • Master of Arts  in Psychology,1994,Kanpur University . 
  • Bachelors of Arts in Economics,1992 and Psychology, Kanpur University  

Professional Experience  

  • I am currently working as Associate Professor in School of Business & Law, Navrachana University, Vadodara since January 2021. 
  • Worked as Head and Associate Professor, Department of Life Skills Team Lease Skill University, Vadodara from Jan 2019-June 2022. 
  • Worked as Assistant Professor at The M.S. University of Baroda from 2014 to 2018.

Teaching

  • Organization Behavior  
  • Psychology  
  • Individual and Group Behavior  
  • Organization Change and Development  
  • Industrial /Organization Psychology

Teaching philosophy or approach 

She conducts Management Development Programs that helps in bringing the workplace experience to the classroom, giving them live examples. She uses case studies, Individual and  group projects to ensure the learning is not only theoretical but also practical.   

Any innovative teaching methods or technologies used: She use simulation activities. Case based studies, games, videos, field visits to imbibe the learnings in the students.   

Area of Expertise and Research 

  • Primary Area: Organization Behavior and Health Psychology  
  • Secondary Area: Women, Disability  
  • Principal Investigator for a NUV Seed Grant project titled ‘Unveiling the awareness level and Hesitance for Adoption of Menstrual Cups among Employed Women in the State of Gujarat’ (NUV_Seed Grant_2022-23_05) 

Publications (in the order recent to be first) 

List of publications in the chronology (APA Style Guidelines) 

Journal Articles 

  • Dave, A. C., & Behrani, P. (2024). Firm-created content on YouTube for product promotion-A thematic analysis for menstrual cup. Health Marketing Quarterly, 1-18. [ABDC – B + Scopus Q2]  
  • Banani,M. and Behrani,P.,(2024) Organizational Communication and Multicultural Organizations: A Literature Review Empirical Economics Letters, 22 (Special Issue 1): (December 2023) ISSN 1681 8997 JEL Classification Number: J-24, J-81 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10687496 
  • Patel, N. and Behrani, P. (2023) ‘A study on the relationship between organizational citizenship behavior and work life balance in contemporary work environment’, OPJU Business Review, 2, pp. 115–122. Available at: http://www.opju.ac.in/opjubr/.  
  • Roy,G. and Behrani,P.  (2023) Immigration and Psychological Well Being -A Pilot Study from Gujarat and Maharashtra state, India. Indian Journal of Psychology UGC LISTED . 
  • Behrani,P. and Roy,G. (2022) , Counseling Module For Children With Emotional Disturbance (Ed) In Indian Education System . Gap Indian Journal Of Forensics And Behavioural Sciences 
  • Chaudhary, B., Behrani, P. (2019), “An intervention Program PREP for children with learning difficulties” Disabilities and Impairments An interdisciplinary research journal. (ISSN: ISSN 0970356X UGC APPROVED) Vol 33, No. 1, JUL 2019, Pp 21-28 
  • Behrani, P., Rajput, K. (2017), “The attitude towards the employment of persons with disabilities among employees of service and manufacturing sector” International jounal of education and management studies (ISSN: P2231 5632; E2321 3671) Vol 7, No. 4, DEC 2017, Pp 460-466 
  • Behrani, P. (2017), “A comparative study of subjective well being of young adults of single parent family and dual parent family” Journal of Indian Health Psychology (ISSN: 0973 5755) Vol 12, No. 1, SEPT 2017, Pp 78-85 

 Chapter/s in Books 

  •  Shah,H. & Behrani,P.,(2022) The changing Trends in Training and Development during the Pandemic. Managing People Planet and Profit (3Ps). Navrachana University Publication, Vadodara.   
  • Behrani, P. & Deka, D. (2020),“An Overview on Issues Among Individuals with Intellectual Disability in India” in Developmental Challenges and Societal Issues for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities. ISBN No E-9781799812241; P-9781799812234by IGI Global, Hershey PA, USA. 
  • Behrani, P. (2019), “Challenges and concerns of providing vocational education to children with disabilities.” in Empowering children with disability. ISBN No 978 93 5266 3217 by Prabhat Prakashan, New Delhi. 
  • Behrani, P. & Rajput, K. (2019), “Assessment /Development centers as an effective method of teacher appraisal” in Teacher Performance Assessment. ISBN No 978-93-5382- 084-8 by Inter University center for teacher education, The MS University of Baroda Vadodara. 
  • Behrani, P. & Deka, D. (2016), “Concerns of children with intellectual disabilities” in Handbook of Research on Diagnosing Treating and Managing Intellectual Disabilities. ISBN No 9781522500896 by IGI Global, Hershey PA, USA. 
  • Behrani, P. (2016), “Inclusive education, a case study of a school in Vadodara” in Implementing inclusion in schools. ISBN No 978 93 5268 13 8 by Notion Press, Chennai.

Conferences/Seminars (in the order recent to be first) 

International 

  • Presented paper on ‘A Study On Present and Forthcoming Human Resource Practices and Work Engagement’ at 32ⁿᵈ Annual Convention of the National Academy of Psychology (NAOP), March 2023 AU,Guj  
  • Presented the paper named ‘A study on the relationship between organizational citizenship behavior and work life balance in contemporary work environment’ in the 3rd International Conference on The role of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Management for Sustainable development 2022,OPJU 
  • Presented paper on ‘ Teacher’s Attitude towards inclusion of LGBTQ students in education. ‘in International conference on Inclusive education: Present perspectives and Future Perspectives Organized by IUCTE and Department of Education. The M.S. University of Baroda on 21 and 23 January 2020.

National 

  • Presented a research paper titled “to study the subjective well-being of the Institutionalized and Noninstitutionalized Elderly of Vadodara City” at the conference on Fostering Intergenerational Connections: Successful Aging & Gerontology organized by the Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Delhi NCR Campus in collaboration with National Institute of Social Defence (NISD), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India in March 2024.   
  • Presented paper on ‘A Review of the Literature on Organizational Communication and Multicultural Organizations’ in National conference on “Managing People, Planet and Profit (3Ps): Shaping the Sustainable Future through Innovation and Digitalization” on 14-15 December 2023.  
  • Presented paper titled , ‘Menstrual cup and Social media: A menstrual health literacy lens’, National level E-Conference on “Psychology of Media” organized by the Department of Humanities, Uka Tarsadia University on 25th March, 2023.  
  • Presented paper on  TATA consultancy services : HR Practices amongst Pandemic” in National Conference on ‘Managing People, Planet and Profit (3Ps) in COVID World in National conference on Managing People, Planet & Profit in COVID World in association with ISTD Vadodara Chapter on 20-21 December 2021.   

Training/Workshops (in the order recent to be first)  

  • Invited to conduct a session on Transaction Analysis 29-30 April 2023 H.R. Gajwani College of Education, Adipur, Kuch, Gujarat. 

 

 

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