Mount Carmel College, Autonomous,Bengaluru

No 58, Palace Rd, Abshot Layout, Vasanth Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560052

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

PRESENTS
'INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL CONFERENCE '
ON
'INTERDISCIPLINARY SCOPE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT'
15TH-16TH FEB 2021

KEY SESSION HIGHLIGHTS

Human Development in everday living
Rewarding careers in Early Childhood Care and Education
Exploring applied areas in Human Development : Avenues for professional development
with special focus on disabilities and child rights
Child Life Services : Promoting Psychological Care for Children in Healthcare Settings
Academic and research opportunities in the field of Human Development
Advocacy : Working with children and families in Maltreatment
Certificate of appreciation for BEST PAPER presentation
Certificate of appreciation for BEST POSTER presentation.
MOUNT CARMEL COLLEGE ,AUTONOMOUS:

Mount Carmel College is a premier institution for women’s

education in India. Established in 1948, it is run by the sisters of
the CSST order who are devoted to impart excellence in
teaching, learning, and research.
We focus on providing students with a conducive environment
merged with state-of-the art facilities and guidance from
esteemed lecturers in the pursuit of humanizing each student to
partake in society as a responsible citizen, dynamic professional
and empathetic human.

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT :

Head of Department: Dr. Sujata Gupta Kedar, M.Sc., Ph.D.

Vision:
To intra-personally and inter-personally grow and develop holistically.
To adjust to the changing roles and responsibilities in society.
To be tolerant, have integrated, happy and healthy families, societies, and nation.
To provide students with an excellent program where they can observe, learn, and practice Human
Development.
Mission:
To provide an empowering education to students to affect and transform human lives and to contribute
proactively, creatively, progressively, and humanely to improve life and standards of living.
 EMINENT SPEAKERS

KATIE WOOD
Dr.SHAGUFA KAPADIA Child Life Specialist
Dr. PRITI.P.DESAI
Professor, Department of Human Development and TEDI BEAR Children's Advocacy Center
India's first certified child life specialist
Family Studies Department of Pediatrics
Associate professor at East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda,
U.S.A East Carolina University
Gujarat,India.
U.S.A

Dr. REKHA SHARMA SEN Dr. GEETA CHOPRA, Dr .JIGISHA SHASTRI

Professor, Faculty of Child Development, Associate Professor, Consultant for Early Childhood Education
Department of
School Of Continuing Education, with Azim Premji Foundation.
Human Development & Childhood Studies,
Indira Gandhi National Open University, Bengaluru,India .
Delhi University
New Delhi, India. Delhi,India
 Program Schedule
DAY 1 - 15/02/21
10:00 am- Inauguration - DR.SR.ARPANA - PATRON AND PRINCIPAL,
Mount Carmel College,Autonomous,Bangalore

10:30 am -Keynote address on ‘Human Development in Everyday Life’ by DR.SHAGUFA KAPADIA

11:15 am - Child Life Services : Promoting Psychological Care for Children in Healthcare Settings by DR.PRITI DESAI

12:00-1:00 pm LUNCH BREAK

1:00 pm- Applied areas in Human Development: Avenues for Professional Development
with special focus on disabilities and child rights by Dr. GEETA

1:30 pm Academic and research opportunities in the field of Human Development by DR.REKHA SHARMA

2:00 pm -Paper presentation

DAY 2 - 16/02/21
10:00 am -Advocacy - Working with children and families in Maltreatment by KATIE WOOD

10:45 am -Rewarding careers in Early Childhood Care and Education by DR.JIGISHA SHASTRI

11:20 am -Paper presentation

Valedictory
The field of Human Development is ever changing. In the recent scenario, the

global pandemic has drastically changed everyone's life.This has indeed affected TARGET GROUP:

people across the life span.Hence,the Department of Human Development is ACADEMICIANS

RESEARCH SCHOLARS
conducting a virtual international conference for students as well as faculties PROFESSIONALS
UG AND PG STUDENTS
related to the subject to understand the changes and the scope of the subject. Also

to reflect on how Human Development is a part of our lives.

GUIDELINES FOR THE PAPER : CALL FOR PAPERS

Soft copy of the paper must be submitted in MS-WORD The virtual platform provides a platform for the participants to to
with 1.5 line spacing in A-4 sizeusing Times New Roman present their original research work on the sub themes .
font size12
Figures,tables, and charts must be original and not HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY
scanned SCIENCE
The paper should be original work,not published or
CAREERS AND SCOPE IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
presented earlier.
LIFE SPAN DEVELOPMENT
The author and co-authors should register seperately
and virtually participate.
EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION
Abstract and full paper and E-posters to be sent on : ADOLESCENCE
humandevelopmentmcc2020@gmail.com PARENTING
The cover page should contain: title of the paper, name GERENTOLOGY
of the author(s),Email ID,Mobile INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
number,Program,Name of the college with address and INTERVENTIONS IN HD
telephone
 E-POSTERS
E-POSTERS based on original research studies are invited.
Guidelines for E-POSTER

LANGUAGE: All posters should be prepared in English

CONTENT:
Authors need to mention: Title, author names, institutional affiliation and email-id of the
corresponding author.
The content in the e-poster should be arranged in the following section - background, objectives,
material and methods, result, conclusion and references.
References should be written as per APA 7th edition. Table/s and figure/s can be inserted.
Font size : TITLE : Arial bold 96 pt. SUBTITLE: Arial bold 80 pt TEXT : Arial normal 60 pt
Images : High resolution. Dimension - A0 (83X119 CM)
Orientation: Portrait Background: White
File format : PNG. Maximum file size: 100MB

NOTE: The presenting author can submit one poster only.

IMPORTANT DATES
FULL PAPER SUBMISSION: 7/02/21
LAST DATE FOR REGISTRATION: 10/02/21

REGISTRATION DETAILS:
REGISTRATION FEES:
ACADEMICIANS: 472 rs/-including GST per person
STUDENTS: 295 rs/- including GST per person
FOREIGN STUDENTS AND ACADEMICIANS: 50$ + GST according to Indian norms
Early bird registration till 25/01/21
POST 25/01/21- Registration fee+ 177 rs (inclusive of GST)
All payments should be made through RTGS/NEFT mode only to the following college account :
NAME : principalmccpg
BANK: UCO BANK
A/C NO: 20150110002056
IFSC CODE: UCBA0002015
BRANCH: VASANTH NAGAR
REGISTRATION LINK :https://forms.gle/Eh9NTHe8Z2VKTn81A

Mount Carmel College,Autonomous ,Bengaluru

Patron and Principal
Dr. Sr. Arpana

Convener
Dr.Sujata Gupta Kedar
Head, Department of Human Development
Contact no: 9986103406