Introduction

The Rabindrik Psychotherapy Research Institute Trust (RPRIT) was established on July 1st, 2018, with a dedicated focus on advancing training and research methodologies within the academic domain, particularly in psychometrics, to support various principles of Rabindrik Psychotherapy. Through extensive research internship programs and collaborative efforts with both academic and non-academic institutions, RPRIT has consistently nurtured the development of research skills among participants. Notably, the institute offers specialized training in Rabindrik Psychotherapy, Rabindrik Value Profile Similarity, applied psychometrics, mental health infographics, questionnaire construction, as well as data analysis using R-Script and SPSS.

At the core of its mission is the promotion of knowledge dissemination concerning Rabindrik Psychotherapy through qualitative and quantitative research pursuits. The institute strongly advocates for Research-Based Teaching and has meticulously tailored its curriculum to meet the evolving needs of students.

Operating nationwide, RPRIT attracts individuals from various regions of India who enroll in its courses annually. With a diverse faculty comprising both internal and external experts, the trust boasts a student body exceeding 500 individuals.

In its pursuit of expanding its reach and accessibility, RPRIT recently inaugurated an offline study center situated at Shriram Grand City, Grand One, in close proximity to Konnagar Rail Station, Kolkata. Furthermore, the institute has obtained its GST number, marking another milestone in its journey towards institutional excellence and compliance.

Rabindrik Psychotherapy Postulates

The key concepts of Rabindrik Psychotherapy postulates are (a) unbounded consciousness, (b) freedom to create flows across three layers of consciousness (Murta, Raag and Saraswat),  (c) non labelling. Institute disseminates this concept through various researches. Properties of Rabindrik Psychotherapy are available here.

Students & Certificates

Currently this institute has more than 342 certified students of India and abroad. There are two types of certificates – course completion and participation certificates. Trainees appeared at both Written examination and viva-voce. Finally, they received course completion certificates with registration number.  Students are trained with research orientations. Therefore, they are encouraged to learn research methodology, statistics and statistical software. Besides, the institute has more than 300 students appeared at the short term courses. They received only participation certificates. 

Course

Institute provides two types of courses – major and minor course. In minor course, students received participation certificates. But in major courses, they received certificates along with marksheet and registration number. Course has been designed with specific objective to develop research oriented human resources.  Sometimes, new course has been derived from the main course in order to facilitate new derived course. Each course is beneficial for researchers in various fields of education. The course is graded from learning key concepts, postulates and theories, assessment, and research projects. Institute encourages teaching using research studies, unpaid and paid internships through projects. 

Institute offers some general courses – School Psychology, Applied Psychometrics, Forensic Psychology, Rabindrik Psychotherapy, Environmental Psychology, Business Psychology. The course includes some elective courses – Research methodology, Statistics with statistical  software, Performing art therapy (Story therapy, Drawing Therapy, Dance Therapy, Drama therapy) as and when required. For much exposure on Psychological testing, Institute negotiates with other organizations. 

Intellectual properties

Through research and teaching, the institute is creating technical reports, dissertations, project reports and book chapters. Institute is thinking patent for some researches. Institute created more number of class lecture based videos available in You Tube. Description of our videos is in process.

Journal Publications

1. Dutta Roy ,A. and Soral,A. (2020), Correspondence Analysis of Reading Motivation For Grade III-IV: Journal  of Psychometry, India, Vol 34 No-1
2. Basak,M.  ( 2016) School Going Adolescents Perception Of Rabindrik Values: Salesian Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol.VII, No.2
3. Dutta Roy and Sucharita Dutt (2023) Psycho-Emotional Disablism In Persons With Intellectual Disability, In Basak,Dasgupta,R., Shaikh,S.,Das,S.(Eds.),Emerging trends in Indian education and culture, Darjeeling, Shiligudi B.Ed. College, P.96.
4. Duta Roy, Sumona Datta and Murshida Khatoon (July,2023) Verbal Reasoning Abilities predict Academic Achievement among School-Going Adolescents: Evidence From Indian Population, Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, Vol-49, No2,202-210.
5. Dutta Roy and Anurupa Kundu (2 May,2023) How do teachers innovate? Role of efficacy for innovation and school climate perception: Research Article Published in Wiley.
6. Dutta Roy and Rituparna Basak Dasgupta (July,2023) Quantum Consciousness in Language Acquisition: Asia Pacific Perspective: International Journal of Asia Pacific School Psychology, Vol.4, No.2., 9-16.
7. Debdulal Dutta Roy (June, 2023) A study on learner autonomy and reading-writing motivation of school going adolescents, International Journal of Research and analytical reviews, No: 43602 & 7.17 Impact Factor Volume 10 .
8. Chattopadhyay, I., & Dutta Roy, D. (2020). Face Validation of Questionnaires Measuring Attitude towards Environmental Sensitivity and Recycling. InSPA Journal Of Applied And School Psychology, October 2020, Volume II, No. 1, 44 – 50.

9. Dey. A and Dutta Roy. D (2020) Face Validity of Items Measuring Environmental Safety, Perceived Control and Environmental Reductionism Attitude Among College Going Students : InSpa Journal of Applied and School Psychology, Volume I., pp 42-55. 

10. Roy, S. S., Roy, D. D. (2022). Item Construction for Measuring Environmental Cleanliness and Reuse Attitudes of College going Students. International Journal of Asia Pacific School Psychology. 3(1), 58-63.

11. Dutta Roy, D and Dasgupta Basak, R. (2022), Reading Motivation as predictor of Academic Achievement in Primary Education, Journal of Applied and School Psychology. April,202, Vol 3, No 2, 80-91.

12. Dutta Roy, D and Dasgupta Basak, R. (2022), Self-awakening Approach to achieve Sustainable Education in Neo-Normal Situation based on Postulates of Rabindrik Psychotherapy, Mind and Society, 11,3,38-48.
13. Dutta Roy, D and Dasgupta Basak, R. (2022), Reading Motivation as predictor of Academic Achievement in Primary Education, Journal of Applied and School Psychology. April,202, Vol 3, No 2, 80-91.
14. Dutta Roy, D and Dasgupta Basak, R. (2022), Self-awakening Approach to achieve Sustainable Education in Neo-Normal Situation based on Postulates of Rabindrik Psychotherapy, Mind and Society, 11,3,38-48.
15. Dutta Roy,D. and Pegu,P.(2020). Literature Review on ‘ Impact of Covid-19 on Mental health of Health care providers’, Journal of Psychometry, 34,1, 49-61.
16.  Dutta Roy, D.(2023). Pro-environmental attitude of college students of India and Bangladesh, Mind and Society,12, 4, 53-64.

Book Publications

In collaboration with Indian School psychology Association, Dr. D. Dutta Roy in association with Dr. Panch Ramalingam and Dr. Rituparna Basak Dasgupta published one Bengali book titled “ Bharatbarsher Patabhumikay Bidyalaya sankranta Manobigyan’. The book was published by Indian School psychology Association, Puducherry. 

Book chapters

1. Dutta Roy, D and Dasgupta Basak, R. (2022),Reading Motivation of Bilinguals in Primary Education. Mukherjee,S. Biswas, P, Olea, D. (Eds.), Education in Post- Pandemic Era: A Paradigm Shift. Stockholm, Sweden: Redshine.
2. Dey. A and Dutta Roy. D (2023) Psychological Tools for Assessing Competency to Stand Trial : In Print; Discerning Crime : Psychological, Legal and Forensic Aspects. Asian Press, India.
3. Dutta Roy,D. (2023). ‘Hierarchical Clustering in Writing Motivation of Tribal Students of Primary Education in Manipur’ . Dasgupta Basak,R. , Shaikh,S.,Das,S.(eds.)’Emerging Trends in Indian Education and Culture.’ West Bengal: Siliguri B.Ed. College. P.601.
4. Dutt,S. and Dutta Roy,D. (2023). ‘A study on learner autonomy across different demographic groups . Dasgupta Basak,R. , Shaikh,S.,Das,S.(eds.)’Emerging Trends in Indian Education and Culture.’ West Bengal: Siliguri B.Ed. College. P.96.

Research collaboration

To foster robust research endeavors, both formal and informal collaborations across academic and non-academic spheres are crucial. Consequently, the Institute has extended its support through training initiatives to ‘Arohan,’ a microfinance organization, and the Tata Power Project in Haldia. In these collaborations, the Institute has devised its own psychological tests and advanced research models, including machine learning applications. Additionally, partnerships have been forged with ABBSM, a business management institute, for co-authoring a book on Statistics in Kolkata.

Finance

Institute is Non-profit organization, therefore. Institute depends upon registration fees of students. 60% of total registration fees is used for infrastructure development of the Institute. 

RPRIT News letter

RPRIT is regularly publishing one e-news letter  for facilitating talents of students and teachers. The news letter covers new research, Description of instruments, short essay, creative writing, case study, pictures of events on popular topics and current issue. For example, Green education, Climate change, Behavioural finance, hypnotism, Grief management, Music therapy, Rabindrasangeet impact, academic stress, Reading or Writing motivation.
Writing will not be academic or journalistic and free from Grammatical errors with simple language avoiding technical terms. Keep your word limits not more than 500 words.

Keep in mind that your contribution will be edited by RPRIT when necessary. Our aim is to flourish your inner self.
Please send your contribution to rpri.edu@gmail.com with subject line ‘ Article for magazine’.

Knowledge dissemination

This institute is engaged in dissemination of knowledge through academic courses, symposiums, seminars/webinars, panel discussions , workshops and publications.  This facilitates students to be good researchers in different fields of studies related to philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore and Rabindrik Psychotherapy postulates. 

Students are trained here by internal and external faculties. This institute offers a set of skill development courses under academic assistants. Academic assistants are guided by the academic course co-ordinator.

RPRIT has conducted more than 300 workshops and webinars some of the workshops are based on Research Methodology, Data Analysis through R-Programming, School Psychology theory based workshop, Regression statistics on school psychology etc. In this institute, there are few ongoing skill development certification courses .Those are Story therapy, Drawing Therapy, Dance Therapy, Educational Dance for Children, Profile Matching based career counseling and Data Analysis through R programming. Recently we have completed one course on ‘Attitude scale construction for Measuring Pro-environmental Environmental attitude’. Institute encourages students of other institutions and they obtained Best Paper Awards. Home students could interact with professors of Visva-Bharati and Tata Institute of Social Sciences. It is felt that the course has high viability in national and international project management.

The institute lecture is available in the Youtube videos with name ‘Rabindrik Psychotherapy Research Institute Trust or RPRIT.