Ms. Shweta Parmar

Clinical Psychologist

Phone No. – 91736 47047

Email – shweta.parmar@rru.ac.in

Research Area – Psychometric Assessments; Personality; Forensic Psychology; Psychosocial perspective; Self Awareness

About Ms. Shweta Parmar

I am interested in Psychology subject because of I like to counsel people and want to know about their emotional needs. I am interested in personality and emotions of individual person. As different mind have different ideas and I like to explore that. I also worked as a Construction of Psychometric assessments and wants to develop more assessments. As my nature is kind and helpful so it is my passion to work with people and their behavior and I totally enjoy my work.

In working with different places like school, NGO and now Rashtriya Raksha University I like to work with prisoners and proud as I can help that population who is rejected by society and they need more support in Mental Health.

Academic Qualification
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University (2023 -Pursuing)
  • Master of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology, National Forensic Sciences University (2020)
  • Master of Arts in Psychology, Gujarat University (2012)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Gujarat University (2010)
Additional Qualifications
  • NCC cadet in Law garden Ahmedabad as a part of Bachelor in Arts for 2 years and have “C” certificate.
Awards & Achievements
  • Attendant, Recorder and Organizing Member of National Conference on “Development of Psychology in 100 Years in India, Challenges & Future of Psychology” at S.B. Garda Arts & P. K. Patel college of commerce- Navsari & Psychological Development & Mental Health Foundation, Ahmedabad held from 10-12th September 2016.
  • Psychometric Assessment Tool Development: As a core member constructed National Level Psychometric Assessment Tool namely “Mehrizm Aptitude test” for secondary and higher secondary student, with more than ten thousand participants across country. The test has been acknowledged twice in National Conference. (December 2017 and November 2018)
  • Co-chaired in National Conference on “Psychological Testing, Counseling and Mental Health” held from 21-22 September 2019, Dakor, Kheda.
  • Co-chaired in International Conference on “Applied Psychometrics and Tool Construction in Indian Context” held from 13-14th August 2022, Composite Regional Centre for Skill Development, Rehabilitation and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ahmedabad jointly with Department of Education, Gujarat University & Mehrizm Assessments, India
  • Achieved NCC Certificate of “B‟ and “C” with “A” Grade and I have participated three camps of NCC at Ahmedabad, Junagadh and Haryana (Rohtak)
Professional Experiences
  • Clinical Psychologist, of M. Phil. in the Clinical Psychology Program, Mental Health Services, Psychosocial Care Center (Ahmedabad) SBSFI, RRU and Psycho-socio Care Centre, Sabarmati Central Jail, Ahmedabad, Part of Extension Activities in Forensic settings (Since March 2023)
  • Coordinator, Psycho-socio Care Centre, Rajkot Central Jail, Rajkot, part of Extension Activities in Forensic setting by RRU. (Since January 2024)
  • Clinical Psychologist, Nootan General Hospital, Visnagar, Mehsana (May 2022 to December 2022)
  • Consultant Clinical Psychologist at Satyabhamadevi Bulchand Memorial Hospital, Motera, Ahmedabad from December 2020 to February 2023)
  • Senior Career and Counselling Psychologist at Mehrizm Foundation, Motera, Ahmedabad. (October 2019 to May 2022)
Professional Memberships
  • Society of Young Psychologists
  • Indian School Psychology Association (INSPA)
Workshops & Training Programs
  • Workshop on Statistical Analysis for Researchers 14th May 2024.
  • Awareness Program on World Mental Health Day, 9-10th October 2023
Consultancy & Extension Services
  • Psycho-social Care Center, Sabarmati Central Jail, Ahmedabad
  • Psycho-social Care Center, Rajkot Central Jail, Rajkot
Expert Lectures & Paper Presentations
Paper Presentation
  • The Research Paper titled “Mental Health of Working and non-working Women” presented at National Conference on “Development of Psychology in 100 Years In India, Challenges & Future of Psychology” at S.B. Garda Arts & P. K. Patel college of commerce- Navsari & Psychological Development & Mental Health Foundation, Ahmedabad held from 10-12th September 2016.
  • The Research Paper titled “Emotionally Nurturing Surrounding for Children through Healthy Marital Life” presented at 52nd NATIONAL & 21st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF INDIAN ACADEMY OF APPLIED PASYCHOLOGY (IAAP) on “Community and Health Psychology” held from 23-25th February 2017, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan
  • The Research Paper titled “Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Epilepsy among School teachers” presented at International Conference on “Applied Psychometrics and Tool Construction in Indian Context” held from 13-14th August 2022, Composite Regional Centre for Skill Development, Rehabilitation and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ahmedabad jointly with Department of Education, Gujarat University & Mehrizm Assessments, India
  • The Case study titled “Rehabilitation through Clinical Intervention: A Depressed Inmate’s Journey” Presented at International Conference on “Holistic Education Reforms: Creating synergy between NEP-2020, Counseling and Psychometric Assessments” held from 3-5th January 2025, at Gujarat University, Gujarat.
Research Projects & Paper Publications
Paper Publications
  • Published Paper titeled “Parental Marital Quality and its impact on Childeren’s Self-concept” in Surabhi internarional Peer Reviewed Referred Journal on February 2023.
  • Published Paper titled “Improving Epilepsy Awareness in Schools: An Examination of Teacher’s knowledge and attitudes” in The International Journal of Indian Psychology.