DIVISION OF HUMANITIES, SCIENCE & EDUCATION AREA VOCATIONS
Dr. V.K. Jain, Reader (Entrepreneurship Development) and In-charge Head
Dr. Vipin Kumar Jain (M.Com, Ph.D. in Commerce) is working as Reader, Entrepreneurship Development at PSSCIVE. He has over 13 years of academic and entrepreneurial experience in the profession of Entrepreneurship Development and Vocational Education. He has to his credit 59 research papers and articles published in Journals and magazines. His areas of professional interest are Educational Planning, Research, Self-employment promotion, Self Development and Direct Marketing. <Top>
Dr. (Mrs.) Kiran Mathur, Reader (Vocational Guidance and Counseling)
Dr. (Mrs.) Kiran Mathur, Reader, (Vocational Guidance and Counseling) is M.A. (Organizational Psychology), and Ph.D. in Psychology. She has also done P.G. Diploma in Distance Education (IGNOU) and Guidance & Counseling (Barkatullah Vishvavidyalaya, Bhopal). She joined PSSCIVE in Nov. 1995. She was on deputation as Programme Officer (from July 2004 to July 2006) in Distance Education Programme – Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (DEP-SSA) – An IGNOU – MHRD Project, New Delhi. She was also posted at the Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations of Education (DEPFE), NCERT, New Delhi from July 2006 to May 2008. During her tenure at DEPFE, NCERT, she had coordinated Diploma course in Guidance & Counselling (2006-07) and International Diploma course in Guidance & Counselling (2007-08). Her areas of specialization are Guidance and Counselling, Organisational Psychology, Vocational Education and Distance Education. Her professional experience includes about 20 years of experience in Research, Development, Teaching, Training and Extension in the field of Psychology, Primary and Elementary Education, Gender Studies, Vocational Guidance and Counselling, Vocational Education and Value Education.Her professional interests are Guidance and Counselling, Distance Education, Gender/Women's Studies, Educational Psychology, Child Psychology and Value Education.Dr. Mathur has more than 50 publications to her credit which include Books / Guidelines / Bulletin, Research Papers / Review/ Popular Articles (in magazines and newspapers). She has coordinated and participated in more than 100 Extension Programmes on Vocational Guidance & Counselling, Vocational Education, Value Education, Distance Education; about 30 Teacher Training Programmes on above subjects; participated in 15 Seminars/Workshops/Meetings etc. She had participated in and compered 14 radio programmes. <Top>