6TH STUDY IN INDIA SHORT TERM 2019 PAN INDIA PROGRAM
INDIAN PYSCHOLOGY
Rapporteur: Hiteshree Dudani, Rhicha Tripathi, Hitesh Gangwani, Anushka Sharma
1-15 Feb. 2019: The School of Liberal Studies (SLS), Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University
organised its 6th Study in India short term pan India program from 1st February, 2019 to 15th
February, 2019. The aim of the programme focused on the module of Indian Psychology. Delegation
comprising seventeen students from Psychology and two academicians of Psychology from Edith
Cowan University, Perth, Australia were a part of this programme. Prof. Nigam Dave, Director and
Head of the Office of International Relations(OIR), Program chairs Dr. Ritu Sharma and Prof. Eyal
Gringart from ECU with a team of student coordinators Ms. Hiteshree Dudani, Mr. Hitesh Ganwani
and Ms. Rhicha Triphati along with the OIR team including Mr. Martin Santhan, Project Coordinator
weaved this three-credit course. The objective of this course was to provide a practical overview
along with the close interaction with the Indian society to understand Indian Psychology. The program
has been designed with intensive and rigorous training for 113 hours spread across two weeks and 8
cities of India.
The first day of their visit to India started with the Orientation Session with dinner in New Delhi. The
students were provided with their orientation kits. The program chairs Dr. Ritu Sharma and Dr. Eyal
Gringart along-with the student coordinator for the program Ms. Hiteshree Dudani, shared some brief
details about the flow of the program, the culture of the cities they were about to visit along with some
other important information.
On the second day, as a part of their academic visit, the delegation visited the Jawaharlal Nehru
University. Firstly, they interacted with Prof. Heeraman Tiwari, Professor of Historical Studies, School
of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). Prof. Tiwari introduced the delegation to the
history of JNU and its position as a leading university in the country at the present. The students then
attended the lecture of Prof. Kaushal Kumar Sharma, CSRD, Jawaharlal Nehru University and
Honorary Director, NRC, ICSSR, Chief Proctor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, on Genetics of
Intelligence and Socio-cultural development in India. Prof. Kumar discussed how religion and various
religious teachings provided in the Hindu Vedic literature have impacted the culture of India. He also
explained the correct Hindu way of living as suggested in Hindu scriptures and the scientific
relevance of the various practices mentioned in it. This was followed by a visit to Rashtrapati Bhavan,
the official residence of the President of India in New Delhi. The students explored various buildings
that surrounded the main building of the Rashtrapati Bhavan and had a glimpse of the Indo-
Saracenic architectural style popular during the British Raj in India. In evening they enjoyed their visit
to one of the biggest local markets of the city, the Connaught Palace Market and shopped local items
available in the area.
On the third day the delegation departed for Agra for Delhi in the morning. They visited the Taj Mahal
and explored the various parts of the monument. They also learnt about the history of the monument
and of the Mughal rule and their unique architectural style. In the evening, they shopped for some
local goods in the markets of Agra. On 4th of February, they shopped in some malls in the morning
time and then departed from Delhi for Varanasi in the afternoon.
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