Rita Karmakar
Associate Professor of Applied Psychology at Amity University Kolkata
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About
Dr. Rita Karmakar is a PhD (with Junior and Senior Research Fellowship) in Applied Psychology from Indian Statistical Institute Calcutta (2005-2010). She is an experienced academician with demonstrated capabilities in teaching and research in the domain of Organizational Behavior, Behavioural Sciences and Psychology.
Her areas of expertise also include Human Resource Management, Cross-cultural Management, Conflict and Negotiation. She joined Amity University Kolkata in 2015 and presently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology.
Experience
Associate Professor - Amity University Kolkata - Kolkata, India
(2023-03-01)
Teaching Psychology and Behavioral Sciences in Undergraduate and Post graduate level. Other than teaching, guiding students in completing their term papers and summer projects, mentoring, course coordination and organizing seminar and invited lectures for students.
Assistant Professor - Amity University Kolkata - Kolkata, India
(2015-09-21 - 2023-02-28)
Teaching Psychology and Behavioral Sciences in Undergraduate and Post graduate level. Other than teaching, guiding students in completing their term papers and summer projects, mentoring, course coordination and organizing seminar and invited lectures for students.
Sr. Business Analyst - Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS) - India
(2014-08-20 - 2015-09-15)
Developing psychological tools and assessments for the business, publishing papers, introducing leadership thoughts in the field of Information Technology and bringing in psychological principles in different aspects of business. The job also requires teamwork and collaboration.
Teaching Associate - Indian Institute of Management Calcutta - Kolkata, India
(2010-11-01 - 2014-08-06)
Teaching Organizational behavior, Research methodology, Cross Cultural Psychology, Human Resource Management. Development of teaching material, literature review, evaluation of class participation, preparation of case studies, industry notes, technical notes, lecture notes and taking classes of Behavioral Science occasionally.
Visiting Faculty - International Institute of Management Sciences, Kolkata - Kolkata, India
(2013-04-01 - 2014-12-31)
Teaching Behavioral science and Human Resource Management
Visiting Faculty - University of Calcutta, Dept. of Business Management - Kolkata, India
(2014-09-01 - 2015-03-31)
Teaching Management of Change and Business policy
Guest Faculty - S. N. Pradhan Centre for Neurosciences, University of Calcutta - Kolkata, India
(2012-04-01 - 2013-04-30)
Teaching psychology
Senior Research Fellow - Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata - Kolkata, India
(2005-08-01 - 2010-10-31)
Data collection and analysis of data regarding the Ph D thesis entitled "Pattern of Distributive Justice and Its Correlates in Different Groups of School Students" and attending conferences (National and International) and workshops.
Project Associate - Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata - Kolkata, India
(2003-10-01 - 2005-03-31)
Project entitled "Socialization and Cognitive Moral Development of Children across Cultures" which involved collection of data from different schools of West Bengal, North Eastern India
Education
PhD - Applied Psychology - University of Calcutta (2005 - 2010)
MA - Applied Psychology - University of Calcutta (2001 - 2003)
BA (H) - Psychology - University of Calcutta (1999 - 2001)
