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Dr. Atiq Ahmed

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. in Psychiatric Social Work (NIMHANS, Bengaluru), B.A. Philosophy & M.A. Social Work (University of Madras, Chennai), UGC-NET & JRF in Social Work,

atiqahmed_sw@curaj.ac.in

919829855217

  • Medical and Psychiatric Social Work
  • Psychosocial Interventions in Mental Health and Chronic Illnesses, Public Health
  • Neuro-Psycho-Oncology, Neurosurgical Illnesses, Neurotrauma,
  • Psychotrauma, Chronic Renal Failure, Substance Abuse,
  • Health Accessibility among Rural and Urban Poor Migrants

Lecturer in Post Graduate Dept. of Social Work, Mohamed Sathak College of Arts and Science, Sholinganallur, Chennai – 119 (2003-2006)

Assistant Professor (Contractual) in Dept. of Social Work,   Pondicherry University (Central University), Kalapet, Puducherry – 605014. (2011-2012)

Worked as Post Doctoral Research Associate, ICMR- National Task Force on Migrants and Implementation of National Urban Health Mission in National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore- 560029.   Worked under Dr.Marimuthu, Associate Professor in Dept. of Bio-Statistics.  Joined  on 01-09-2012 and relieved on 30-07-2013.

Worked as Research Assistant in EPICENTRE, Apollo Specialty Hospital, Teynampet, from 1998-1999.  Chennai, Engaged in Counselling the Epileptic patients, Retrospective Research: on Epileptic Patients, Research Assistant for ‘Gabitril’ Study: Clinical Trial for Newer Antiepileptic Drugs

S. No. Authors Title of Article Journal/Conference Details Journal/Conference Publication Year
1 Pali, J., Mariam, T., & Ahmed, A Menstrual Belief and Practices among Adolescent Girls: A Case Study of Rural Rajasthan International Journal of Innovative Knowledge Concepts, 6(10), 66-70. Journal 2018
2 Choudhary, G. N., & Ahmed, A. Caring of Tuberculosis Patients: A Study of Psychosocial Factors. International Journal of Innovative Knowledge Concepts, 7(2), 98-104. Journal 2018
3 Pali, J., Ahmed, A. & Mariam, T., Discourse Of Menstrual Wellbeing In Socio-Cultural Perspective Among Adolescent Girls In Rural Rajasthan. Indian Journal of Social Science and Economic Research. 4(2), 801-818 Journal 2019
4 Choudhary, G. N., & Ahmed, A. The Role of Medical Social Workers to Manage Mental Health Issues of Tuberculosis Patients and Caregivers. Shodh Sanchar Bulletin, 10(37,II), 41-45. Journal 2020
5 Harikrishna, N., & Ahmed, A. Mental Health Problems Among School Students in Rural Andhra Pradesh: A Cross-Sectional Study. Shodh Sanchar Bulletin, 10(37,II), 25-30. Journal 2020
6 Shetty, V.K., Hamza, M.A., Ahmed, A., Shirlal, S., Kumar, M.S. Coping Behaviours in economically disadvantaged hostel students in India. Indian Journal of Health and Well-being. 11(4-6), 213-215. Journal 2020
7 Pali, J., & Ahmed, A. Menstrual Attitude, Experience and sanitary product usage among school students of rural Uttar Pradesh: A cross sectional survey. Perspectives in Social Work XXVI(2), 45-62. Journal 2021
8 Shylla D., Muralidhar D., Ahmed A. Data Analytics of Psychological Distress and Coping Among Fresh Migrant from North Eastern Region to Bengaluru City. In: Sharma S., Rahaman V., Sinha G.R. (eds) Big Data Analytics in Cognitive Social Media and Literary Texts. Springer, Singapore. PP:251-263 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4729-1_14 Book Chapter 2021
9 Harikrishna, N., & Ahmed, A. Mental health problems among school students from Government schools in rural areas. Journal of Interdisciplinary Cycle Research, 15(8), pp: 698-716 ISSN NO: 0022-1945 Journal 2022

Attended

 

Presented paper on Psychosocial Impact of Head Injury on individual and Families , XXVI Annual conference of Indian Society for Professional Social Work, Roshini Nilaya, Mangalore, 30th Jan, 2008

 

Resource person in the Training Programme on Substance Use Disorders , Training Program for Health Care workers , NIMHANS,Community Extension Centre, Tumkur, Karnataka., on 30th, December, 2008

 

Resource person in the Training Programme on Substance Use Disorders , Training Program for Health Care workers , NIMHANS,Community Extension Centre, Chamraj Nagar, Karnataka., 20th, January, 2009

 

Presented paper on Accessibility of health care challenges and issues in rural India’ , 27th Annual National Conference of Indian Society for Professional Social Work , DNR College Bhimavaram, A.P. , On 8th February, 2009.

 

Presented paper on Caregiver burden and accessibility of health care in rural India potential for social work contribution , 27th Annual National Conference of Indian Society for Professional Social Work , DNR College Bhimavaram, A.P. , On 8th February, 2009.

 

Presented paper on Problem Solving and Coping in Caregivers of Brain Tumour Patients, DYUTI International Conference on Social Work and Environmental Justice and XXIX Annual National Conference of the Indian Society of Professional Social Work, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kalamassery, Kerala , 6-9 January, 2010.

 

Presented paper on Psychosocial interventions for patients with brain tumor, on 27th and 28th of February, 2009., UGC Sponsored National Conference on Millennium Development Goals , Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli, TN,, 22/03/2010

 

Delivered Lecture on Research Review and Process of Computer Application for Nursing Research, Workshop on Research Process and Computer Application in Nursing, Sarvodaya College of Nursing, Bangalore, 31-04-2010

 

Presented paper on Social Work Practice with Families of Brain tumor Patients, XXVIII Annual National Conference of Indian Society of Professional Social Work held at, CVLNR College, Ananthapur, A. P. during, 8th-10th, January 2010.

 

Resource Person for Recent Trends in Psychiatric Social Work, National Workshop on Recent Trends in Psychiatric Social Work, Dept. of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS, Bangalore held on, January 13th, 2011.

 

Resource Person for Advanced Counselling Techniques, Workshop on Counseling , Dept. of Social Work, Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapally, Tamil Nadu, 17th March 2012

 

Presented paper on Efficacy of Psycho-Social interventions in caregivers of Brain Tumor patients’ , XXXII Annual National Conference of Indian Society of Professional Social Work, , Dept. of Social Work, Karnataka State Women’s University, Bijapur., 20th to 22nd January, 2014

 

Presented paper on Issues and Challenges faced by Medical Social Workers in Practice Settings, National Seminar on ‘Social Work Practices in Health Care: Challenges and Innovations’ , Organized by Association of Medical Social Workers, PGIMER, Chandigarh , 23rd-March-2014

 

Presented paper on Psychosocial Problems of Renal Failure Patients, , 2nd Annual National Seminar of All India Association of Medical Social Work Professionals (AIAMSWP), AIIMS, New Delhi, 20th March, 2015

 

Presented paper on Availability and Accessibility of Public health Care Services among the residents of Rural Rajasthan , XXXIV Annual National Conference of the Indian Society of Professional Social Work (ISPSW) , Dept. of Social Work, Central University of Rajasthan, , 24th to 26th, February-2016

 

Presented paper on Sources of Life stress among university students, XXXIV Annual National Conference of the Indian Society of Professional Social Work (ISPSW) , Dept. of Social Work, Central University of Rajasthan, , 24th to 26th, February-2016

 

Presented paper on The impact of Road Traffic Accidents on the family of the deceased’, 52nd National and 21st International Conference of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology (IAAP) on Psychology for Building Global Community. Dept. of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur , from 23rd to 25th, February, 2017.

 

Resource Person for the topic Variables and Hypothesis Framing, ICSSR Sponsored Ten Days Research Methodology course for Ph.D. Scholars in Social Sciences., Department of Public Policy, Law and Governance, Central University of Rajasthan , 8th to 17th May, 2017

 

Resource Person for Security and Protection of Human Rights Defenders in Field’, Community Level Human Rights Defenders Leadership Training Program, , Department of Social Work, CURAJ and Action Aid, Jaipur , 12th to 14th, December, 2018.

 

Resource Person for Clinical Intervention with Social Work Perspective” , Clinical/ Medico Social Work Perspectives, Clinical/ Medico Social Work Dept. St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore , 29th May, 2018.

 

Resource Person on ‘Physical health issues and Remedies in Old Age’ , National Workshop: Active Agining in 21st Century: Challenges, Concerns and Opportunities Across Multiple Stakeholders , Organized at Department of Social Work, Central Univesity of Rajasthan, in collaboration with National Institute of Social Defence, New Delhi,, 27th and 28th September 2018.

 

Presented paper on Issues of Primary health Care in the context of Rajasthan, in the International Colloquium on Primary Health Care in India-Practice and Challenges. Department of Social Work, Central University of Rajasthan, 12th January, 2018.

 

Presented paper on Preparedness of the Govt. School Teachers towards mainstreaming the Children with Special Needs with special reference to Ajmer District of Rajasthan, Three day International Conference on Reflecting on Successes and Barriers in Implementing Inclusive Education for Children with Special Needs in India. Organized by CSEIP, Pondicherry University , 28th to 30th March, 2019.

 

Resource Person for the topic Experimental Research in Social Work, ICSSR Sponsored 10-day Research Methodology Course in Social Science for Ph.D. Scholars, Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University, 27-12-2019

 

Invited talk on Building Agile Workforce, International Conference on Building Agile Workforce: Transforming talent, Technologies and Ideas, 2019, Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University, 26th December 2019

 

Resource Person for Training Session on Adolescent, Well Being and Development, Understanding the flag signs of common mental health problems, Induction course for Newly Engaged Counselors of NVS Lucknow Region, Navodaya Leadership Institute, Mavali, 24-01-2020

 

Resource Person for Training Session on Communicating with the Adolescents Basic Techniques to do, Induction course for Newly Engaged Counselors of NVS Lucknow Region, Navodaya Leadership Institute, Mavali, 24-01-2020

 

Resource Person for the topic Hypothesis testing in Research, Four Week Research Methodology Workshop for Ph.D. Scholars, School of Social Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, 29-01-2021

 

Resource Person for Invited lecture on topic Advanced Research Designs in Social Sciences, ICSSR Sponsored Ten-Day Workshop on Research Methodology and Data Analysis , Dept. of Management Alagappa University, 19-02-2021

 

Resource Person for workshop to ascertain the status of persons with disabilities in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, Virtual Research Methodology Consultation Workshop, Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, 25-02-2021

 

Resource Person Three Days Workshop on Counselling, Workshop on Guidance and Counselling, Jawahar Navodaya Vidhyalaya, Paota, Jaipur, 2nd to 4th April,

Resource Person for Essentials and Innovations in Doing Research, Invited Talk on Research Methodology for Ph.D. Scholars, Bishop Appasamy College of Arts and Science, 30-04-2021

 

Resource Person for the topic Hypothesis in Research, Four Week Research Methodology Workshop for Ph.D. Scholars, School of Social Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, 28-01-2021

 

Resource Person for the topic Theoretical Constructs and Conceptualization, Four Week Research Methodology Workshop for Ph.D. Scholars, School of Social Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, 21-01-2021

 

Resource Person for the topic Use of SPSS for Research in Psychiatric Social Work, Invited talk for M.Phil. in Psychiatric Social Work, Institute of Mental Health (IMH), University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, 22-11-2021

 

Resource Person for Topic Psychosocial Support for Community Resilience against Disaster In 3 Days Training Programme on Community based Disaster Preparedness and Management. Organized by National Institute of Disaster Management New Delhi and School of International relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottyam, Kerala.   December 21st to 23rd, 2021

 

Resource Person on Gender Sensitisation and Women Leadership in CBDRR in 3 Days Training Programme on Community based Disaster Preparedness and Management. Organized by National Institute of Disaster Management New Delhi and School of International relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottyam, Kerala. December 21st to 23rd, 2021

 

Delivered Lecture on PFA and Psychosocial Support During Pandemic in Webinar on “Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Disaster: Psychological first Aid for Community Survivors” organized by National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), New Delhi,  4th June 2021.