Ms. Mousumi Sethy

Course Name – Paper Name (Paper Code) (2015 – Present)

• Organizational Behaviour – Paper IX
• Human Resource Development – Paper XII
• Clinical Psychology – Paper VIII
• Counselling – Paper XI
• Health Psychology – Paper IV
• Social Psychology – Paper IV
• Applied Psychology – Paper XIV
• Ph.D. (Positive Psychology)
• Personality Testing – Paper XIV
• Ability Testing – Paper X
• Dissertation

Journal Articles

• A Comparative Study On The Burden Of Caregivers Of Schizophrenia And Substance Use Disorder In Nuclear And Joint Family by Jayashree Sarangi, Mousumi Sethy, IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 28, Issue 9, Series 9 (September, 2023) 15-20 e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845.
• Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy for COVID-19: Global and Indian internet search trends in 2 years of pandemic Jha, P. K.; Saha, S.; Panda, M.; Sethy, M. National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology ; 12(5):669-673, 2022. Article in English | EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1863184.
• Barad, S., Sethy, M., Lata, M., & Jha, P. K. (2022). Relationship of perceived sleep quality and stress among university students: An online survey during the COVID-19 pandemic. National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 12(9), 1485-1485.
• A cross-sectional online survey to assess the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on stress, anxiety, and depression level of young adults in Odisha, India. Panda, G.; Sethy, M.; Mondal, H.; Behera, J. K.; Swarup, S. S.; Priyadarshini, B. National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology ; 11(8):912-915, 2021. Article in English | EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1355146.
• An integrated approach to deal with mental health issues of children and adolescent during COVID-19 pandemic. Sethy, M.; Mishra, R. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research ; 14(9):SE01-SE03, 2020. Article in English | EMBASE | ID: covidwho-742994.
• Assessment of The role of Social Environment in Tribal and Non-tribal Children as Perceived by their Mothers. F.M Sahoo, Abantika Kar, Pradeep Mohapatra and Mousumi Sethy in the Journal Community Guidance and Research, 1996, VOL-13, No-2, pp-113-127.
• “A Fear Of Missing Out In Youth” by Moona Queen, Mousumi Sethy in “IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science” (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 30, Issue 1, Series 7 (January – 2025) 49-55, e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845. (2025).
• “Psychological Capital, Job Satisfaction and Job Performance of Anganwadi Workers of Odisha: A Correlational Study” by Mousumi Sethy, Bhaswati Patnaik, in “IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science” (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 30, Issue 3, Series 5 (March-2025) 24-29, e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845 (2025).
• “Fear of missing out, self-esteem, and screen-time: A correlational study among youth of Odisha” by Moona Queen, Mousumi Sethy in “International Journal of Health, Physical Education and Computer Science in Sports” ISSN 2231-3265 Volume 57; Issue 1.

Book (Authored/Edited)

• Book chapter on “Effect of Yoga and Meditation on Quality of Life: Comparison among People Who Practice and Those Who Don’t” by Sethy, M., Mishra, P., Samantaray, P. B., & Mitra, R. in edited Book Yoga and Meditation Past and Present Evidence (2025) Apple Academic Press eBook ISBN9781003568308.
• Book Chapter on “A Study on Social media usage, Body-image an Psychological well-being of Young Adults” in edited Book “Social media in India: Dynamism, Issues and Challenges” (2024) Rituparna Mitra & Mousumi Sethy (2024) ISBN: 978-93-91550-98-1.
• Book Chapter on “A study on Perceived Social Support, Academic Stress and Resilience of University Students” in edited Book “Youth and Wellbeing” (2023) ISBN: 9789395651240.
• Book chapter on “Theories of Intelligence” in “Psychology of Individual Differences” published by IGNOU, ISBN: 978-93-90496-23-5.
• Case Study of Vibrant Anganwadis in “Portrayal of Good Practices from Two Districts of Odisha” Published by UNICEF.
• BaLA (Building as a Learning Aids), book for Anganwadi in Odia Published by UNICEF.

News Paper Article

• AAMA JIBANARA AYANTARANA PARVA, SAMPADAIYA, NYAYABATI, 21ST JUNE, 20202.
• CORONA O EHARA MUABILA, SAMPADAKIYA, PRAMEYA, 6TH APRIL, 2020.

• Short Term Research Project sponsored by The World Bank OHEPEE Programme of Utkal University

1. Saswati Pragnya Sahoo, MPhil, 2018-19, Locus of Control and Personality Factors of Followers and Non-followers of Godman: A Comparative Study
2. Jita Priyadarshini2017-18 Depression in Women in the Twin city of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar
3. Dipika Mohanty, 2016-17 A comparative Study on the Psychological Capital and Stress of Students with Visual Impairment and Students with Normal Vision
4. Shirley Raj, Mphil. 2015-16 , The Life of Brahamakumaries and Religious Sisters: An Assessment

Selected Talks/Presentations

• Resource person for channel based academic counselling in Swayam Prabha Channel of Ministry of Education, Govt. Of India for BPCC-131 (8 sessions).
• Delivered a talk on “Developing emotional intelligence among students: A phronetic approach” in a two-day workshop on “Value Added Education Following Phronetic and Interdisciplinary Approaches” Organized by Department of Philosophy, Utkal University Funded by OURIIP scheme (OSHEC), Govt of Odisha 4th and 5th November 2022.
• Delivered a talk on “Emotional Intelligence and You” in the “Lecture series on Psychology” organised by P.G. Department of Psychology, F.M. Autonomous College, Balasore (12th to 18th August 2021).
• Delivered a talk on “Suicidal Tendency among Youths” in the “One week Webinar Series on Psychosocial Issues and Intervention” organised by Department of Psychology, Dhenkanal Autonomous College, Dhenkanal (31st to 5th February 2022).
• Delivered a talk on “How to manage stress in Anti Naxalite Operation (ANO) Scenario” at Odisha Police SOG Training and Resource Centre Chandaka, Bhubaneswar-754005 on 13.2.2020.
• Odisha Police SOG Training and Resource Centre Chandaka, Bhubaneswar-754005 – “Managing stress during Anti-Naxal Operations scenario and remaining Motivated in difficult situations” in Anti Extremist Tactics (AET) Training to SOG Assault Team of Odisha Police on 25.09.2020.
• Odisha Police SOG Training and Resource Centre Chandaka, Bhubaneswar-754005 – “Managing stress during Anti-Naxal Operations scenario and remaining Motivated in difficult situations” in Anti Extremist Tactics (AET) Training to 7 Dy. SsP who joined SOG on 07.01.2021.
• Odisha Police SOG Training and Resource Centre Chandaka, Bhubaneswar – “How to manage Stress” to ToT to the Instructors on 16.4.2021.
• Odisha Police SOG Training and Resource Centre Chandaka, Bhubaneswar-754005 – “Managing stress during Anti-Naxal Operations scenario and remaining Motivated in difficult situations” to 4 trainee IPS Officers Date-08.09.21.
• Odisha Police SOG Training and Resource Centre Chandaka, Bhubaneswar-754005 – “Managing stress during Anti-Naxal Operations scenario and remaining Motivated in difficult situations” for SOG Assault Team Leader on Date-18.05.22.
• Odisha Police SOG Training and Resource Centre Chandaka, Bhubaneswar-754005 – “Emotional Intelligence in workplace” for Assault team leaders of rank of Sub-inspector Date-16.2.2023.
• Resource Person for the CPDT Programme of IGNOU, conducted from 8 September 2025 at the Navodaya Leadership Institute, JNV Campus, Konark, Puri. Delivered a total of four sessions on the following topics: Adolescence and Mental Health–I, Adolescence and Mental Health–II, Building Moral Behaviors and Values in Adolescents, and Developing Communication Skills. 8.9.2025.
• Resource Person for the 3rd Batch Workshop of the CPDT Programme of IGNOU, held from 17 November 2025 at the Navodaya Leadership Institute, JNV Campus. The topics covered were: Inclusive Teaching–Learning Practices: Presentation and Assessment of SBA; Promotion of WSPBS: Developing a Sample Behaviour Matrix; and Feedback and Valedictory. 21.11.2025.
• Resource Person for the 4th Batch Workshop of the CPDT Programme of IGNOU, held from 24 November 2025 at the Navodaya Leadership Institute, JNV Campus, Konark, Puri. The topics covered were: Inclusive Teaching–Learning Practices: Presentation and Assessment of SBA; Promotion of WSPBS: Developing a Sample Behaviour Matrix; and Feedback and Valedictory. 28.11.2025.
• Resource Person for the 4th Batch Workshop of the CPDT Programme of IGNOU, held from 24 November 2025 at the Navodaya Leadership Institute, JNV Campus, Konark, Puri. Topic: Building Moral Behaviour & Values, Developing Communication Skills on 21.4.2026.

National Seminar

• Presented a paper on “A comparative study on the Psychological Capital and Stress of Students with Visual Impairment and Students with Normal Vision” in the International Conference on “Mental Health, NEP-2020 and Psychology in practice” held on 4th October 2023 by Department of Psychology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar.
• Presented a paper on “Psychological Consequences of Noise Pollution” in the National Seminar on “Environmental Challenges; Role of Science & Technology” on the occasion of the 24th Odisha Bigyan ‘O’ Paribesha Congress held on 18-19th December 2023 by Odisha Environmental Society, Bhubaneswar and Berhampur University, Berhampur.
• Presented a paper on “Psychological Capital, Job Satisfaction and Job Performance: A Study of Anganwadi Workers in Odisha” in two day National Conference on “Women Empowerment and Economic Development in India: Issues and Challenges” held on 15-16th March 2024 by School of Women’s Studies, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar.
• Speaker in the Symposium titled “Mental Health issues of the Tribals: Promoting the well-being” and a participant in the World Anthropology Congress-2023, organised by the United Indian Anthropology Forum and hosted by KISS deemed to be University during August 9-14, 2023.
• Attended and Presented paper entitled “Mainstreaming of Multilingual Education based on Mother Tongue in early Childhood Education” in the National Seminar on “Mother-tongue, Multilingualism and Internationalism” organised by International Office, Utkal University sponsored by WB-OHEPEE 27-28 April, 2023.
• Attended and Presented a paper entitled “A Study on Social Media Usage, Body-image and Self-esteem among Young Adults” in National Seminar on “Role of Psychologists in Addressing Social Concern” organized by Department of P.G. studies and Research in Psychology, SDMC, Ujire on 12th April, 2023.
• Attended and presented the paper titled “A study on the relationship between perceived parenting styles and the personality traits of adults” in the “International Symposium on Mental health and Well Being – Trends and challenges” organised by Department of Psychology, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, REVA in Collaboration with Indian Academy of Applied Psychology (IAAP) University held on 9 and 10 December 2022.
• Attended and Presented paper entitled “A study on Perceived Social Support, Academic Stress and Resilience of University Students” in the National Seminar organised by the School of Psychology, GM University, Sambalpur held on 13th November 2022.
• Attended and Presented paper entitled ‘Mental Health Status of Young Adults during COVID-19 Pandemic’ in National E-Conference on ‘New Challenges in the Changing Scenario 2020-21 & Mental Health’ organised by the Department of Psychology, Dhenkanal Autonomous College, Dhenkanal, on 7th & 8th November 2020.
• Attended and presented paper entitled ‘Personality Factors of the Followers and Non-followers of Godmen: A comparative Study’ at 30th Annual Convention of National Academy of Psychology hosted by IIT, Kanpur from 19th-21st March 2021.
• Attended and presented paper entitled ‘Trends Redefining HR’ in National Conference on “HR AT CROSS ROADS” by Department of Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, Berhampur University (24th-25th January 2020).
• Attended Consultation Meeting on Implementation of ECCD, Journey of First 1000 Days by NHM, Odisha and Department of Family and Health, Odisha (14th August 2019).
• Attended and presented paper on “Behaviour Based Safety” in workshop on “Safety- an Integral Part of Work” organised by Directorate of Factories and Boilers, Govt of Odisha (30th November 2018).
• Participated in “Igniting Young Minds: State-Level Dialogue on Early Childhood Care and Education in Odisha” organised by Department of Psychology, Utkal University and UNICEF (17-18 November 2017).
• Attended Seminar on “Coping with Ageing” organized by Department of Psychology, Utkal University (4th March 2017).
• Attended National workshop on “Building Climate Resilience and Mainstreaming DRR in the State of Odisha” by CANSA and Utkal University (23-24th April 2016).
• Attended UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Perspective of Women Empowerment in India” by Women’s College, Khurdha (27-28 September 2015).

•  First class first  in Graduation of 1991 batch(Berhampur University)
• First class first Gold Medalist in Post Graduation in Psychology of 1993 batch(Utkal University)
•  Awarded National Scholarship for +2 Arts(1988)
• Awarded UGC Merit Scholarship for + 3 Arts(1991)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Superintendent, Ladies Hostel -III (Sarala Devi Chatrinivas) from 22.01.2021
• Course Coordinator, School of Women’s Studies from 10.02,2026 and continuing

ORIENTATION, REFRESHERS AND WORKSHOPS

• Attended NEP 2020 orientation and Sensitization Programme under MM-TTP of UGC organized by MMTTC, Utkal University from 18.03.2024 to 28.03.2024.
• 15 Days online Refresher Course organised by UGC and HRDC, Utkal University on “Educational Psychology” from 4th December – 17th December 2023.
• Attended a workshop on Editing and Finalization of the Translation Equivalents in Indian Languages – Psychology in Odia from 5 to 11 July 2023 organized by the National Translation Mission, Mysore at Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore.
• 15 Days online Refresher Course organised by UGC and HRDC, Utkal University on Environmental Science from 12th March – 26th March 2021.
• Online National Faculty Development Program on Advanced Research Methods and Quantitative Data Analysis organized by JVA Edutech from 21st September – 27th September 2020 (7 days).
• 5 Days National Level Virtual Workshop organized by Consortium for Human Resource Development (CHRD) Faculty Chapter from 10th August – 14th August 2020.
• FDP (In association with RUSA and IQAC) organized by Govt. P.G. College, Bilaspur, Rampur, Uttar Pradesh on “Online Teaching-Learning and Research Methodology” from 18th July – 29th July 2020 (12 days, Online Mode).
• FDP on A Step-to-Step Guide to Write a Good Research Paper organised by Research Foundation of India and World Virtual Conference Forum from 13th June – 19th June 2020 (7 days, Online Mode).
• UGC sponsored 21 days Refresher Course on “Research Methodology” by HRDC, Utkal University from 11th September – 1st October 2018.
• UGC sponsored 28 days Orientation Programme on “Capacity Building in Higher Education” by HRDC, Utkal University from 18th September 2017.
• Attended UGC sponsored one week short term course on Stress Management by UGC-HRDC, Utkal University from 20th July – 25th July 2017.

Member in Board of Studies

• Department of Applied Psychology, Fakir Mohan University, Balasore
• Board of Studies for Framing Psychology Undergraduate Curriculum under National Education Policy 2020, Utkal University
• Department of Psychology, S.C.S. College, Puri
• Department of Psychology, N.C. Autonomous College, Jajpur
• Department of Psychology, V.N. Autonomous College, Jajpur
• Department of Psychology, U.N. Autonomous College of Science and Technology, Adaspur, Cuttack
• Department of Psychology, Dhenkanal Autonomous College, Dhenkanal
• Department of Psychology, Banki Autonomous College, Banki
• Department of Psychology, Nimapada College, Nimapada