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In the year\u00a01975, Psychology became 4th Department of the H.P. University<\/strong>\u00a0under Faculty of Social Sciences. Department of\u00a0Psychology is an exploratory space of thinking<\/strong>\u00a0and reflecting on the innumerable meanings of human being. The academic programme of the department focus on the affirm and probable of the being human.<\/p>\n

The department runs its \u00a0\u00a0four programmes, Master of Arts (MA), Master of Philosophy (M. Phil.) and Doctorate of Psychology (PhD) and Postgraduate Programme in Clinical Psychology (PGDCP)<\/strong>\u00a0drawing strongly from intellectual sources as well as tempting with the real life \u2018conditions of diverse subjectivities around us. \u00a0The focus is to bring learning through bridging theory and practice for the erudition so as to create new kinds of knowledge and Practice.<\/p>\n

Our doctoral and\u00a0M. Phil\u00a0<\/strong>programmes are characterizing innovative and creative research practices and the challenge is to bring in new standpoint\u00a0\u00a0 and new conduct of knowing.<\/p>\n

The budding\u00a0psychologist<\/strong>\u00a0of our department take pleasure in learning and\u00a0\u00a0 mentoring skill of our\u00a0faculty members\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 that allows them to reach their full potential and place them in a better position to in life part from being involved in extention activities to under stand principle of psychology in the real world . The faculty has made a substantial number of publications and this has been\u00a0recognized both nationally and internationally<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Contact Us:<\/h4>\n

Email : chairpersonpsychologyhpu@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mob :\u00a08580677195<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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