Faculty
Updated on 10 Feb, 2023
Dr. Amiteshwar Ratra
Professor
Amiteshwar Ratra, Ph.D., is Professor at STRIDE at the Indira Gandhi National Open University. She has a rich and varied experience in the areas of Child Development, Human Development and Family Studies, Education, Distance Education, and Disability Studies. She is Research Degree Programme, Distance Education - Co-Coordinator. She is Course Coordinator of MDE 416 course of MADE programme. She is also Course Co-Coordinator of MDE 415 course of MADE programme. She is also the joint Programme Coordinator of the Master’s programme in Counselling and Family Therapy and Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling and Family Therapy of IGNOU. She has presented many research papers in both national and international conferences. She has contributed three books in socio-psychological domains and written and edited many chapters in eminent publications and written research papers in peer reviewed journals. She has completed three programme evaluation studies at STRIDE. She is guiding research scholars for both PhD and MPhil in Distance Education.
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EDUCATION:
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Doctor of Philosophy , 2002
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Name of the University.CCS Haryana agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana
Discipline: Child Development
Doctoral Research Topic: “Preparedness, marital quality and maintenance behaviour in working and non-working women”
Academic Achievement: Did PhD on grant of SRF fellowship, ICAR, NET qualified, Obtained Ist Division
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PGDHE, Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education, 2001
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Name of the university: IGNOU
Discipline: Education
Academic Achievement: B ‘Very Good’
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PGDDE, Post Graduate Diploma in Distance Education, 2006
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Name of the university: IGNOU
Discipline: Distance Education
Academic Achievement: B ‘Very Good’
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Advanced Certificate Course in Family Therapy, 2010
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Name of the university: NIMHANS
Academic Achievement: Successfully completed
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M.Ed., 1999
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Name of the university: Kurukshetra University
Discipline: Education
Academic Achievement: Obtained Ist Division
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B.Ed., 1997
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Name of the university: Delhi University
Discipline: Education
Academic Achievement: Obtained Ist Division
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M.Sc. (H.Sc.) Child Development, 1996
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Name of the university: Kurukshetra University
Academic Achievement: Obtained Ist Division (Topper)
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B.Sc. (Home Science),1994
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Name of the university: Delhi University
Academic Achievement: Obtained Ist Division
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WORK EXPERIENCE:
Dr. Amiteshwar Ratra had joined STRIDE in 11.10.11 as Assistant Professor in Distance Education. Earlier was working at NCDS, IGNOU as Research Officer since 04.04.06.
FELLOWSHIP/ AWARDS:
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Name of the Fellowship/Awards
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Granting/ Awarding Institution
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Year
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Senior Research Fellowship to pursue
Ph D in Child Development
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ICAR
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1997/98-2002
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Award of Appreciation
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Global Summit 2016 Enriching Skills for Health Behavior & Wellbeing in Schools, Expressions India
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February 2016
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PUBLICATIONS:
? BOOKS: 3 (authored)
? CHAPTERS IN BOOKS: 8
? RESEARCH PAPERS: 12
? POLICY DOCUMENTS: 3
? UNITS WRITTEN: 15+
? EDITOR - Peer reviewer for Journal; Part of Editorial team in Journal; IGNOU Course materials – Units : 15+
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODY/ STATUTORY BODY (INTERNAL/ EXTERNAL):
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Membership of Professional body/ Statutory body
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Name of statutory body/ institution/
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Period
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Member of Academic Council
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IGNOU
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From 17.01.2019 for two years
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Member of Academic Council Standing Committee
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IGNOU
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From 14.02.2019 for one year
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Member, School Board of SOA
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IGNOU
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From 20.08.2019 for two years
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Research Degree Co-Cordinator of Distance Education, STRIDE
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IGNOU
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From 02.08.2019 onwards
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Faculty Coordinator, STRIDE
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IGNOU
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From 31.10.2012 to 17.02.2017
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Official Address:STRIDE,
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU),
Maidan Garhi,
New Delhi -
110068
New Delhi, India
amiteshwar@ignou.ac.in
