Dr. Padmakumari P, a distinguished academic, holds a PhD and MPhil from the University of Kerala. With 18 years of experience in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, she joined Christ University in 2007. She is a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at the Bangalore Central Campus. Her teaching focuses on psychopathology, positive psychology, and biological foundations of behavior. Dr. Padmakumaris research emphasizes applied positive psychology, particularly character strengths such as forgiveness and gratitude. Her work employs diverse methodologies to explore the development, prediction, and cultivation of these behaviors in varied populations. She has affiliations with multiple professional organizations in psychology, showcasing her commitment to the field.
Name of Journal: Qualitative Research Journal
Date Of Publication: 09-Feb-2026
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Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 26/1/1 - 12
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Author Name (s): PADMAKUMARI P,DANIEL M ABRAHAM
URL: https://www.emerald.com/qrj
Indexing Agency: Scopus
Name of Journal: Annals of Indian Psychiatry
Date Of Publication: 23-Oct-2025
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Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 9/4/423 - 424
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Author Name (s): PADMAKUMARI P,DANIEL M ABRAHAM
URL: https://journals.lww.com/AIPS/pages/aboutthejournal.aspx
Indexing Agency: Web of Science
Name of Journal: Journal of Mental Helath and Human Behavior
Date Of Publication: 12-Dec-2025
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Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 30/2/130 - 131
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Author Name (s): PADMAKUMARI P
URL: https://journals.lww.com/MHHB/pages/aboutthejournal.aspx
Indexing Agency: Web of Science
Name of Journal: Current Psychology
Date Of Publication: 05-Aug-2025
Category: INTERNATIONAL_REFEREED
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Author Name (s): PADMAKUMARI P,AHANA LAHIRI
URL: https://link.springer.com/journal/12144/aims-and-scope
Indexing Agency: Scopus
Name of Journal: Western Journal of Nursing Research
Date Of Publication: 26-Dec-2024
Category: INTERNATIONAL_REFEREED
Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 47/2/125 - 134
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Author Name (s): PADMAKUMARI P,DANIEL M ABRAHAM
URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/wjna/47/2
Indexing Agency: Web of Science
Name of Journal: Culture,medicine and psychiatry - An International Journal of Cross-Cultural Health Research
Date Of Publication: 02-Jul-2024
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Author Name (s): MIRIAM PRITI MOHAN,BAIJU GOPAL,ELIZABETH THOMAS,PADMAKUMARI P
URL: https://link.springer.com/journal/11013
Indexing Agency: Scopus
Name of Journal: Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry
Date Of Publication: 02-Jul-2024
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Author Name (s): PADMAKUMARI P,ELIZABETH THOMAS,MIRIAM PRITI MOHAN,VAISHALI V. RAVAL
URL: https://link.springer.com/journal/11013
Indexing Agency: Scopus
Name of Journal: Child & Youth Services
Date Of Publication: 01-May-2024
Category: INTERNATIONAL_REFEREED
Volume No/Issue No/Page No: /1 - 22
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Author Name (s): PADMAKUMARI P,PAUL RAJ
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/wcys20
Indexing Agency: Scopus
Name of Journal: Hellenic Journal of Psychology
Date Of Publication: 19-Oct-2023
Category: INTERNATIONAL_REFEREED
Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 20/3/298 - 317
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Author Name (s): PADMAKUMARI P,SIMMI GUPTA
URL: https://ejournals.lib.auth.gr/hjp
Indexing Agency: Scopus
Name of Journal: Culture and psychology
Date Of Publication: 04-Dec-2023
Category: INTERNATIONAL_REFEREED
Volume No/Issue No/Page No: /1 - 25
Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author
Author Name (s): ELIZABETH THOMAS,BAIJU GOPAL,PADMAKUMARI P,VAISHALI V RAVAL
URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/CAP
Indexing Agency: Scopus
Name of Journal: Indian Journal of Psychological Science
Date Of Publication: 13-Jan-2022
Category: NATIONAL_REFEREED
Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 14/1/36 - 51
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Author Name (s): PADMAKUMARI P,AMMU ELIZABETH ALEXANDER,INDU D PADAVAN
URL: https://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ijps7&type=home
Indexing Agency: Web of Science
Name of Journal: Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Date Of Publication: 30-Mar-2021
Category: NATIONAL_REFEREED
Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 17/2/178 - 203
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Author Name (s): PADMAKUMARI P,INDU D PADAVAN
URL: https://jiacam.org/ojs/index.php/JIACAM/about
Indexing Agency: Scopus
Name of Journal: Current Psychology
Date Of Publication: 02-Mar-2021
Category: INTERNATIONAL_REFEREED
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Author Name (s): PADMAKUMARI P,HESI S HERBERT,KEZIA IRIS CHRISTOPHER
URL: https://www.springer.com/journal/12144
Indexing Agency: Scopus
Name of Journal: Journal of Indian Association of child and Adolescent mental health
Date Of Publication: 01-Apr-2021
Category: NATIONAL_REFEREED
Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 17/2/178 - 203
Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author
Author Name (s): AMMU ELIZABETH ALEXANDER,PADMAKUMARI P
URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/iam
Indexing Agency: Scopus
Name of Journal: Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
Date Of Publication: 14-Jul-2020
Category: NATIONAL_REFEREED
Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 42/4/374 - 378
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Author Name (s): PADMAKUMARI P,VARADARAJ G
URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0253717620934037
Indexing Agency: Scopus
Name of Journal: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Date Of Publication: 14-Dec-2020
Category: INTERNATIONAL_REFEREED
Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 24/3/168 - 171
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Author Name (s): PADMAKUMARI P,DITI KOHLI
URL: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/14658
Indexing Agency: Web of Science
Name of Journal: Medical Journal Armed Forces India
Date Of Publication: 01-Sep-2020
Category: NATIONAL_REFEREED
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Author Name (s): PADMAKUMARI P,SIMMI GUPTA
URL: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/medical-journal-armed-forces-india
Indexing Agency: Scopus
Name of Journal: Cogent Psychology
Date Of Publication: 15-Jan-2015
Category: INTERNATIONAL_REFEREED
Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 3/1/1 - 16
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Author Name (s): PADMAKUMARI P
Indexing Agency: Scopus
Name of the Program: Workshop on Core Life Skills
Date: 2017-03-10 00:00:00
Name of the Institutions: Jyoti Nivas College
Name of the Program: International conference on public mental health and neuroscience
Date: 2014-12-19 00:00:00
Name of the Institutions: Sarvasumana Association, Bangalore
Name of Student: ASEERA NIZAM PM
Institutions: Christ University
Month & Year: September 2025
Name of Student: SIMMI GUPTA
Institutions: Christ University
Month & Year: November 2024
Name of Student: SHILPA DAS
Institutions: Christ University
Month & Year: March 2024
Name of Student: AHANA LAHIRI
Institutions: Christ University
Month & Year: August 2023
Name of Student: DANIEL M ABRAHAM
Institutions: Christ University
Month & Year: April 2023
Name of Student: DANIEL JOHN KJ
Institutions: Christ University
Month & Year: February 2022
Name of Student: AMMU ELIZABETH ALEXANDER
Institutions: Christ University
Month & Year: September 2021
Name of Student: RENNY P.P
Institutions: Christ University
Month & Year: December 2018
Name of Student: Ammu Elizabeth
Institutions: Christ University
Month & Year: September 2017
Name of Student: DOLLY JOSE
Institutions: Christ University
Month & Year: October 2017
Name of Student: Aiswarya Mishra
Institutions: Christ University
Month & Year: July 2017
Name of Student: SHARON RUTH
Institutions: Christ University
Month & Year: April 2017
Name of Student: Anil G Palakkal
Institutions: Christ University
Month & Year: April 2016
Name of Student: Dolly
Institutions: Christ University
Month & Year: July 2013
Name of Student: Sharon Ruth Israel
Institutions: Christ University
Month & Year: July 2012
Name of Student: Neha Sharma
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Investigator(s): PADMAKUMARI P
Sponsors: USIEF
Investigator(s): BAIJU GOPAL,ANEESH KUMAR P,ELIZABETH THOMAS,JAYASANKARA REDDY K,MADHAVI RANGASWAMY,MIRIAM PRITI MOHAN,MOOSATH HARISHANKAR VASUDEVAN,PADMAKUMARI P,TONY SAM GEORGE,VIJU P D
Sponsors: USIEF
Investigator(s): PADMAKUMARI P,SUREKHA C
Sponsors: National Institute of Social Defense
Investigator(s): PADMAKUMARI P,SMITHA A G,SUREKHA C ,VIJU P D
Sponsors: National Institute of Social Defense
Investigator(s): PADMAKUMARI P,AMIT SETH,DIVYA SUNDARAM,SABORNEE KARMAKAR BASU,SHINTO THOMAS,SUREKHA C ,YESHASWINI V
Sponsors: National Institute of Social Defence
Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: SIGNALS- The EEG Workshop
Name of the Organiser: NeuroCognition Laboratory
Level: National
Role: Participant
Date: 2025-06-12
Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Learner-Centered Andragogy, E-Content Development & Micro-Credentials
Name of the Organiser: Christ University
Level: Institutional
Role: Participant
Date: 2025-03-24
Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Culturally Informed Care: Advanced Counselling Techniques for Youth and Family
Name of the Organiser: Christ University
Level: Institutional
Role: Invited Resource Person/Trainer
Date: 2024-12-17
Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: What is Qualitative Research?
Name of the Organiser: American Psychological Association
Level: International
Role: Participant
Date: 2024-07-01
Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Leadership Workshop
Name of the Organiser: Christ University Higher Education Leadership Institute
Level: Institutional
Role: Participant
Date: 2024-02-02
Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: FDP
Name of the Organiser: SDC
Level: Institutional
Role: Participant
Date: 2022-12-05
Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: QIP on Competency Based Curriculum
Name of the Organiser: CU Academic Staff College
Level: Institutional
Role:
Date: 2015-09-30
Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: N-Vivo Basic facilitator course
Name of the Organiser: CART
Level: Institutional
Role:
Date: 2015-02-27
Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Practitioner course on Rorscach Ink blot test, Part-II
Name of the Organiser: Department of Psychology & SUKRUT
Level: National
Role:
Date: 2014-12-19
Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Routledge Editorial Workshop
Name of the Organiser: Taylor & Francis India
Level: National
Role:
Date: 2014-09-25
Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Practitioner course on Rorscach Ink blot test, Part-1
Name of the Organiser: Department of Psychology & SUKRUT
Level: National
Role:
Date: 2014-08-22
Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Basic level training on SPSS
Name of the Organiser: CART
Level: Institutional
Role:
Date: 2014-06-06
Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Quality Improvement Programme
Name of the Organiser: Department of Psychology
Level: National
Role:
Date: 2014-03-17
Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Advanced Qualitative Research Methods in Psychology
Name of the Organiser: Christ University and Knowledge White Board, Mumbai
Level: National
Role:
Date: 2012-10-01
Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Refresher Programme
Name of the Organiser: Academic Staff College
Level:
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Date: 2012-04-25
Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: The Use of Dreams in Counseling, Psychotherapy and Healing
Name of the Organiser: Christ University
Level: National
Role:
Date: 2012-01-02
Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: An introduction to Hypnotherapy: An alternative path to Physical and psychological wellbeing
Name of the Organiser: Christ University
Level: National
Role:
Date: 2011-02-27
Type of Book: CHAPTER
Title : Research Methodologies and Practical Applications in Psychoneuroimmunology
ISBN: 9798369374320
Month/Year: Mar 2025
Type of Book: CHAPTER
Title : Research Methodologies and Practical Applications in Psychoneuroimmunology
ISBN: 9798369374320
Month/Year: Mar 2025
Type of Book: CHAPTER
Title : Developing Student Engagement Opportunities in Higher Education
ISBN: 9798337306445
Month/Year: Aug 2025
Type of Book: CHAPTER
Title : Developing Student Engagement Opportunities in Higher Education
ISBN: 9798337306445
Month/Year: Aug 2025
Type of Book: CHAPTER
Title : Teacher Strategies for Addressing Social-Emotional Needs of P-12 Students
ISBN: 9798337310671|
Month/Year: Oct 2025
Type of Book: CHAPTER
Title : Teacher Strategies for Addressing Social-Emotional Needs of P-12 Students
ISBN: 9798337310671
Month/Year: Oct 2025
Type of the Program: CONFERENCES
Role: CHAIR
Title: Behavioral Confluence
Date: 2026-02-12
Organising Institution: CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
Level: —
Type of the Program: CONFERENCES
Role: PANELIST
Title: XXXIV Annual Convention Of National Academy Of Psychology( NAOP)
Date: 2025-02-18
Organising Institution: CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
Level: NATIONAL
Type of the Program: CONFERENCES
Role: PRESENTER
Title: Is Money Third Wheeling Your Relationship ? A Correlational Study to Predict Relationship Satisfaction
Date: 2025-02-12
Organising Institution: Madras School of Social Work
Level: INTERNATIONAL
Type of the Program: CONFERENCES
Role: PANELIST
Title: National Conference on Empowering Minds: Promoting Mental Helath and Well-being in Schools
Date: 2025-02-10
Organising Institution: CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
Level: NATIONAL
Type of the Program: CONFERENCES
Role:
Title:
Date: 2024-11-28
Organising Institution: Assumption University, Thailand
Level: INTERNATIONAL
Type of the Program: CONFERENCES
Role: PRESENTER
Title: Undergraduate teaching-learning of psychology statistics, assessments, and experiments: Experiences and challenges
Date: 2024-08-01
Organising Institution:
Level: INTERNATIONAL
Type of the Program: CONFERENCES
Role: MODERATOR
Title:
Date: 2024-08-01
Organising Institution:
Level: INTERNATIONAL
Type of the Program: CONFERENCES
Role: PRESENTER
Title: Undergraduate teaching learning of psychology statistics, assessments and experiments: Experiences and challenges
Date: 2024-08-01
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Level: INTERNATIONAL
Type of the Program: SYMPOSIUM
Role: PRESENTER
Title: Balancing the Scales: Navigating Equity, Justice and Wellbeing in Psychology Education in India
Date: 2024-02-14
Organising Institution: Dept of Applied Psychology, GITAM University & NAOP
Level: INTERNATIONAL
Type of the Program: SYMPOSIUM
Role: PRESENTER
Title: Balancing the Scales: Navigating Equity, Justice and Wellbeing in Psychology Education in India
Date: 2024-02-14
Organising Institution: Dept of Applied Psychology, GITAM University & NAOP
Level: NATIONAL
Type of the Program: SYMPOSIUM
Role: MODERATOR
Title:
Date: 2023-03-24
Organising Institution:
Level: NATIONAL
Type of the Program: SYMPOSIUM
Role: PRESENTER
Title: Beyond Feeling Thankful: Maintaining an Attitude of Gratitude
Date: 2023-03-03
Organising Institution: National Positive Psychology Association
Level: INTERNATIONAL
Type of the Program: CONFERENCES
Role: PRESENTER
Title: Effectiveness of Emotion Recognition Training on Social and Emotional skills in children with ASD: A pilot study
Date: 2023-01-18
Organising Institution: IMHANS, Kozhikode
Level: INTERNATIONAL
Type of the Program:
Role: PARTICIPANT
Title: 2nd International Conference on Public Mental Heal
Date: 2016-03-05
Organising Institution: Sarvasumanna Association and Jyoti Nivas College
Level: INTERNATIONAL
Type of the Program: CONFERENCES
Role: PRESENTER
Title: Alexitymia, Fatigue and Affective dimensions in breast cancer patients undergoing adjuvant psychological therapy
Date: 2015-10-07
Organising Institution:
Level: NATIONAL
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Role: PARTICIPANT
Title: National Conference on Hypnotherapy
Date: 2015-10-07
Organising Institution: Christ University and Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
Level: NATIONAL
Type of the Program:
Role: PARTICIPANT
Title: 2nd International Conference on Counselling, Psych
Date: 2015-10-07
Organising Institution: Christ University
Level: INTERNATIONAL
Type of the Program:
Role: PARTICIPANT
Title: National Conference on Revisiting the world of wor
Date: 2015-10-07
Organising Institution: Christ University
Level: NATIONAL
Type of the Program:
Role: PRESENTER
Title: Two Minds in One Head
Date: 2015-10-07
Organising Institution:
Level: INSTITUTIONAL
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Role: PARTICIPANT
Title: Conference on Strategic Planning
Date: 2015-10-07
Organising Institution: Total Quality Management System, Christ University
Level: INSTITUTIONAL
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Role: PARTICIPANT
Title: National conference on cognitive and neuropsycholo
Date: 2015-03-08
Organising Institution: Department of psychology
Level: NATIONAL
Type of the Program: SYMPOSIUM
Role: PRESENTER
Title: Mental health through forgiveness: Exploring the roots and benefits
Date: 2015-01-28
Organising Institution:
Level: INTERNATIONAL
Type of the Program: SYMPOSIUM
Role: PRESENTER
Title: Effectiveness of autogenic training in relapse prevention and enhancing the quality of life in individuals with alcohol dependence
Date: 2015-01-28
Organising Institution:
Level: INTERNATIONAL
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Role: PARTICIPANT
Title: Living Well: Grounding Positive Psychology in Prac
Date: 2014-03-06
Organising Institution: Christ University
Level: NATIONAL
Type of the Program:
Role: PARTICIPANT
Title: Education and culture for total consciousness
Date: 2013-04-16
Organising Institution: Viswaprajana Trust, Trivandrum
Level: NATIONAL
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Role: PARTICIPANT
Title: yoga and meditation for stress management and hol
Date: 2013-04-16
Organising Institution: Govt.Medical college, Trivandrum
Level: NATIONAL
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Role: PARTICIPANT
Title: Primary Fraternity for Pedagogic Excellence
Date: 2013-04-16
Organising Institution: Kerala University
Level: REGIONAL
Type of the Program:
Role: PARTICIPANT
Title: National level seminar on Positive Psychology- Its
Date: 2013-02-21
Organising Institution: Mount Carmel College
Level: NATIONAL
Guide Name: Dr. S. Raju
Institution: University of Kerala
Month Year: January 1970
Guide Name: Dr. Krishnaprasad Sreedhar
Institution: University of Kerala
Month Year: January 1970
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