Dr. Sairaj M. Patki has over 13 years of teaching experience including undergraduate and post-graduate courses at various colleges in Pune. Prof. Sairaj teaches the courses Abnormal Psychology and Experimental Psychology. Sairaj Patki has been a full-time faculty at Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce and Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, and a visiting faculty at the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) (formerly Pune University), SNDT Women’s University and Fergusson College. He is also an academic counsellor, approved guide and examiner for Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) B.A. and M.A. Psychology programs and serves on the Board of Studies for Psychology for some institutions in Pune. He has worked as a joint director / co-investigator for an ICSSR Sponsored Research Project titled ‘Emotional intelligence among adolescents: Tool development and enhancement through training and study of correlates’.
He is a certified Emotional Intelligence Trainer and has conducted numerous workshops for schools, colleges and organizations including Reliance Industries Ltd., CID Office, Bajaj Auto, Modern Institute of Business Management, MIT Shillong, Pune People’s C-op Bank. He has also served as an observer on the FTII admission panels. Prof. Sairaj’s research interests lie in the areas of Cyberpsychology, Human-computer Interaction, AI, Emotional Intelligence, Personality and mental health. He has guided over 20 post-graduate research dissertations and has been a research consultant to Shantilal Muttha Foundation, NEALife and individual master’s and doctoral students.
He is also passionately involved in photography, cinematography, cooking, designing and aero-modelling.