Dr SUDHA THOMAS
MSW, MPhil, PhD
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
MSW, MPhil, PhD
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Articles in Journals
| Sl.No. | Title | Name of Journal / Vol. No. / Issue No. / Page Nos | ISSN No. | Date Published |
| 1 | Legal Frameworks And Spatial Justice A Socio Political Perspective On Urban Planning In Developing Nations | journal of applied bioanalysis / / / - | 2405-710X | 04-Jul-2025 |
| 2 | Review on Psychosocial Interventions for Siblings of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) | Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health / / / - | 2198-9834 | 01-Oct-2016 |
| 3 | Interfaith Marriage: The Impact of Well-Being Indicators on Marital Satisfaction | Indian Journal of Natural Sciences / 16 / 93 / 105852 - 105862 | 0976-0997 | 31-Dec-2025 |
| 4 | Attitude toward inter-religious marriage: interplay of generational shifts with religious affiliations and educational attainments | Journal of Family Social Work / / / - | 1052-2158 | 09-Apr-2026 |
| 5 | Psychosocial Group Interventions for Older Adults: A Systematic Review | Families in Society / / / - | 1044-3894 | 28-Apr-2026 |
| 6 | Interreligious Marriage and Psychological Well-Being: A Qualitative Exploration Through the Lens of Seligman's PERMA Model | Journal of Marriage and family / / / - | 0022-2445 | 01-Jun-2026 |
| 7 | Actor-Partner Effects of Social Well-Being, Financial Well-Being, Marital Satisfaction, and Support on Psychological Well-Being in Interfaith Couples: An APIM Approach | Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy / / / - | 1533-2683 | 11-Jun-2026 |
Books/ Book Chapter/Case Study
| Sl.No. | Title | Author Names(s) | ISBN No. | Month Year |
| 1 | Using Sustainable Neighborhood Resources for Successful Aging Amidst Global Crises | SUDHA THOMAS,DENNIS REJI | 979-8337314495 | / |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
| Sl.No. | Name of the Conference /Seminar /Symposium | Type of Program | Title of the Article | Role | Venue/Place | Date |
| 1 | Xavier board of higher education in India annual general body meet | CONFERENCES | Beyond the classroom service learning pedagogies for social synergy at Christ deemed to be university | PRESENTER) | Rajagiri business school,KochiRajagiri business school,Kochi | 21/10/2023 |
| 2 | International conference on from family care to social care Japanese experience | CONFERENCES | PARTICIPANT) | Bangalore | 30/08/2023 | |
| 3 | India international social work conference 2024 | CONFERENCES | Service learning pedagogies for social synergy | PRESENTER) | Loyola college Chennai | 22/02/2024 |
| 4 | National Conference On Circular Economy ;Redefining Sustainability | CONFERENCES | Impact Of Equitqble Diverse And Inclusive Work Spaces Upon Women Professionals;Case Of Indian Nurses | PRESENTER) | ST.jOSEPH UNIVERSITYBANGALORE | 12/09/2024 |
| 5 | SPANDANA 24-25- PROGRESSIVE INDIA:PATHWAYS TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH | CONFERENCES | roles and responsibilities of NGOs and CSR in nthe education sector and its effects on the government schools | PRESENTER) | SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK ROSHINI NILAYAMANGALORE | 16/01/2025 |
| 6 | International Conference on Organisational Culture, Work Values and Organisational Performance in Higher Education Institutions (ICOC'25). | CONFERENCES | Empowering Educators as Researchers: Barriers and Motivators of Faculty Publishing in Higher Educational Institutions | PRESENTER) | CHRIST (Deemed to be University)Bangalore | 06/08/2025 |
| 7 | social work and Trauma | SEMINARS | Social wrok and Trauma Indian Context | PRESENTER) | Catholic University ,USA | 20/10/2025 |
| 8 | International conference on child protection | CONFERENCES | International conference on child protection | CHAIR) | CHRIST (Deemed to be University) | 20/11/2025 |
| 9 | Internationalisatio for excellence and sustainable impact in higher education | SEMINARS | Internationalisatio for excellence and sustainable impact in higher education | PARTICIPANT) | CHRIST (Deemed to be University) | 19/02/2026 |
| 10 | The 3rd National Conference on Professional Social Work for Youth Development | CONFERENCES | The 3rd National Conference on Professional Social Work for Youth Development | PANELIST) | Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Developme | 24/03/2026 |
| 11 | Trauma, Mental Health, Recovery and Resilience: Indian Clinical Social Work Perspectives | SEMINARS | “Trauma, Mental Health, Recovery and Resilience: Indian Clinical Social Work Perspectives.” | PRESENTER) | CHRIST (Deemed to be University)Bangalore | 14/08/2026 |
| 12 | Workshop on Art Therapy | SEMINARS | Workshop on Art Therapy | PRESENTER) | CHRIST (Deemed to be University) | 20/08/2026 |
Invited Talks
| Sl.No. | Titel of the Program | Name of the Program | Date | Name of the Institution |
| 1 | Introduction To Sociology For Social Work Students | INDUCTION PROGRAM | 30/07/2024 | St Gregorious College Of Social Sciences |
| 2 | Introduction To Intervention Science | GLOBAL HEALTH E LEARNING PROGRAME | 01/07/2024 | University of Washington |
MPhil/PhD Guided/Adjudicated
| Sl.No. | Title | Name of Student | Institution | Role | Status | Month Year |
| 1 | Renegotiating Identities: A Study of Malayali Nurses Working in Australia and New Zealand | SHERIN JACOB | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | July 2021 |
| 2 | . | MARY CATHERINE GASPER | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | May 2024 |
| 3 | . | SEBIN JOHN | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | March 2025 |
| 4 | SOCIAL GROUP WORK INTERVENTION ON LONELINESS AND SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS AMONG ELDERLY: A QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY | JINCY BABY | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | March 2025 |
| 5 | DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERVENTION MODEL FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION - HEMALATHA K (403) - SOCIAL WORK | Alen Kuriakose | Christ University | RAC_DC | Awarded | |
| 6 | PARENT-MEDIATED HOME INTERVENTIONS FOR FAMILIES HAVING CHILDREN WITH SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES - MATHEW P M (1984) - SOCIAL WORK | Christina Francis | RAC_DC | Notification Issued | ||
| 7 | Psychological Well-being in Inter-religious Marriages: Examining the Predictive Role of Individual and RelationalFactors in the Indian Context | Jineesh Cyriac | Christ University | RAC_DC | Ongoing |
Patents
| Sl.No. | Title of Invention | Inventor(s) | Filing Date |
| 1 | PSYCHOSOCIAL GROUP INTERVENTION AMONG SIBLINGS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM | SUDHA THOMAS | 19-Sep-2025 |
| 2 | Mentorship Module for Supporting Work culture Adaptation of Immigrant Women Professionals | SUDHA THOMAS | 17-May-2026 |
Research Project
| Sl.No. | Name of the Research Project | Investigator(s) | Sponsors | Internal/External |
| 1 | Improved access to Credit and Enterprise Development? The Role of Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana in availing easy access to credit to entrepreneurs, its contribution to enterprise development and economic growth - Study among MUDRA entrepreneurs in the aspirational districts | SUDHA THOMAS,DR. SREEJITH V ( PROJECT DIRECTOR) | Indian Council of Social Science Research(ICSSR) | External |
| 2 | Three day programs on social defence issues for social work educators | SUDHA THOMAS,MATHEW P M | National institute of social defence | External |
| 3 | Development of a Scale to Measure Belief in God and Its Relationship with Suicidal Ideation | SUDHA THOMAS,SANTHOSH K R | Internal |
Workshop/FDP/Training programme
| Sl.No. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Role | Date |
| 1 | Workshop on Art Therapy | Christ deemed To Be University, | Presenter | 20/08/2026 | |
| 2 | ARTFUL PRACTICES FOR WELLBEING FOR YOUNG MENTAL HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS | NIMHANS, NIMHANS,Bangalore | Participant | 22/07/2026 | |
| 3 | DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service: Funding Opportunities & Strategies to Approach International Fundings | Christ deemed To Be University, | Participant | 24/06/2026 | |
| 4 | Exploring Collaborative and Evaluation Research Projects - Research Opportunities at Karnataka Monitoring and Evaluation Authority (KMEA) | Christ deemed To Be University, | Participant | 18/06/2026 | |
| 5 | Internationalisatio for excellence and sustainable impact in higher education | Christ deemed To Be University, | Participant | 19/02/2026 | |
| 6 | Mindfulnes based cognitive therapy | Care of mind, care of mind | National | Participant | 07/02/2025 |
| 7 | observational methods and qualitative data analysis | Coursera, | Participant | 14/11/2024 | |
| 8 | Interviewing methods | Coursera, American Psychological association | Participant | 11/11/2024 | |
| 9 | Qualitative Research Methods in Psychology -speciaisation certificate | Coursera, American Psychological association | International | Participant | 05/11/2024 |
| 10 | What is Qualitative Research? | Coursera, American Psychological association | Participant | 05/11/2024 | |
| 11 | Healing with the Arts | Coursera, | Participant | 24/06/2024 | |
| 12 | Basic statistics | Coursera, University of Amsterdam | Participant | 18/06/2024 | |
| 13 | Global Mental health | Univeristy of Washington, | International | Invited Resource Person/Trainer | 01/07/2023 |
| 14 | FDP 1 | Christ deemed to be University, | Institutional | Participant | 26/06/2023 |
| 15 | Orientation Program | Christ deemed to be University, | Institutional | Participant | 14/03/2023 |
| 16 | Fundamentals of DATA Analysis Using SPSS in Social Sciences | Christ deemed to be University, | Institutional | Participant | 25/02/2023 |
Awards/Achievements/Others
| Sl.No. | Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others | Description | Organisation | Month/ Year |
| 1 | SSHAP Fellowship | Social science in humanitarian action platform Fellowship supported by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Wellcome Trust, with previous funding from UNICEF | Institute od developmental studies UK | 04 August 2023 |
| 2 | Best Paper Award | Got Best Paper Award In National | ST JOSEPH COLLEGE OF COMMERCE | 12 September 2024 |
| 3 | RAC member in Deprtment of Psychiatric social work,NIMHANS | RAC external member for Cathy roshini V | National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences(NIMHANS) | 03 November 2025 |
| 4 | RAC member in Deprtment of Psychiatric social work,NIMHANS | RAC External Expert for Aina Kurian | National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences(NIMHANS) | 03 November 2025 |
| 5 | Faculty leader for Young community leadership program(DREAMS) | University level Faculty lead for yung community leadership program | DREAMS | 12 March 2026 |
| 6 | Member-Board of studies MACFAST | Selected as Member-MSW Board of studies MACFAST | MACFAST | 01 June 2026 |
| 7 | Editorial board member | Editorial booard member of INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GLOBAL HUMAN BEHAVIOUR REVIEW (IJGHBR) | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GLOBAL HUMAN BEHAVIOUR REVIEW (IJGHBR) | 04 June 2026 |
Consultancy
| Sl.No. | Faculties | Theme of Consultancy | Type |
| 1 | TRESA MARY M J,,ASHWINI GOVINDA,MEERA S NEELAKANTAN,SANTHOSH K R,SUDHA THOMAS,SUDHESH N T | School Wellbeing Project LifeLab | MOU_BASED |