Professor
Deptt. of Humanities and Social Sciences,
BITS Pilani- K.K. Birla Goa Campus
Phone: +918322580141(office)
E-mail cheruvalath@gmail.com
Date of joining in BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus: January 2006
Subjects Taught
Professional Ethics, Symbolic Logic, Logic in Computer Science, Introductory Philosophy, Theoretical Approaches to Liberal Studies, Research Methodology, Research Ethics
Research Interest
Moral Cognition, Critical Thinking, Education
Education
- Post doctoral research in Philosophy, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (2005) (Title-‘Phenomenal Consciousness in Cognitive Science’ (Supervisor- Professor B.H. Boruah)
- PhD in Philosophy, Calicut University Campus (2004 (Title of PhD Thesis- ‘The nature and structure of consciousness- the biological naturalist’s views’ (Supervisor- Professor A Kanthamani)
- MPhil in Philosophy, Calicut University Campus (First)
- M.Ed in Education, University of M.S (First)
- B.Ed in Social Studies, University of Kannur (First)
- MA in Philosophy, Calicut University Campus (First-Rank at university level)
- BA in Philosophy and Psychology, Govt. Brennen College (Third Rank at university level)
- Certificate Course in Russian Language and Communication Calicut University Campus (First)
Fellowships & Awards
Short-term Visiting Fellowship, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, June-August, 2022.
JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science), Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research on 'Language, Culture and Critical Thinking: The possibilities of measuring objectives with task,' Role: Co-investigator, 2019 (Principal Investigators: Prof. Hideki Ohno, Daitobunka University, Prof. Chris Sheppard, Waseda University,Tokyo, Japan).
Data Collection Abroad fellowship, ICSSR, on 'Meta-moral Cognition and Critical Thinking,' University of Kyoto, Japan, 2019.
Visiting Research Scholar, School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Japan (2019).
Visiting Research Scholar,Graduate School of Education, Kyoto Univeristy, Japan (2019).
Visiting Research Scholar, Graduate School of Education, University of Tokyo, Japan (May- July, 2018).
Post-doctoral Research Fellowship for Women, UGC, 2005
Details of Employment
Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus, 2023-
Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus, 2018- 2023
Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus, 2007-2018
Visiting Faculty ( BITS Pilani Dubai Campus, UAE January 2016- 2019)
Visiting Faculty in the Department of Humanities and Management at BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus, 2006-07
Google Scholar:
Ttoal citations: 229
h-index: 8
List of Publications
Reena Cheruvalath. 2023. Teaching-learning via telepresence classrooms: Does telepresence really provide ‘presence’? Education and Information Technologies, Springer, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-023-11782-w (Q1)
Reena Cheruvalath. and Ajay Gaude. 2022. Managing problem behaviour and metacognitive skills, European Journal of Psychology of Education, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-022-00645-6 SCOPUS- Q1
Mishra, E, Nikam, P., Vidhyadharan, S. and Cheruvalath, R. 2022. An affect-based approach to detect collective sentiments of film audience: Analyzing emotions and attentions, Acta Psychologica. 230(e):103736, DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103736, Elsevier, SCOPUS (Q1)
Reena Cheruvalath, 2022. Artifcial Intelligent systems and ethical agency, Journal of Human Values, doi.org/10.1177/0971685822111954 Sage, SCPUS Q1
Hajara Hameed and Reena Cheruvalath, 2021. Metacognitive skills inventory (MSI): Development and validation, International Journal of Testing, Routledge, https://doi.org/10.1080/15305058.2021.1986051- SCOPUS-Q1
Reena Cheruvalath. 2020. Analyzing the concept of 'paradox' in the Liar Paradox arguments. Cultura. International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology, Philosophy Documentation Center, 17(1): 87-98. SCOPUS-Q3
Reena Cheruvalath. 2019. Does studying 'ethics' improve engineering students' Meta-moral Cognitive skill? Science and Engineering Ethics (JSEE), 25(2): 583-596. Springer (Indexed in SCI & SCOPUS- Q1) http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11948-017-0009-x
Reena Cheruvalath. 2019. Meta-moral cognition- An introduction. Mind and Society, 18(1): 33-42, (Springer, SCOPUS- Q1)- doi.org/10.1007/s11299-019-00209-0
Reena Cheruvalath. 2019. Finding virtues in the trash on the City's Edge. Film International, 17(1): 96-102, Intellect (Indexed in SCOPUS & SCI)
Reena Cheruvalath. 2018. Internet Neutrality: A battle between Law and Ethics. International Journal for the Semiotics of Law (SELA), 31(1): 145-153 Springer (Indexed in SCOPUS-Q2 & SCI) (http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11196-017-9531-z)
Reena Cheruvalath. 2017. Need for a shift from philanthropic to humanistic approach to Corporate Social Responsibility: With special reference to the New Act 2013 of CSR in India, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 88(1): 121- 136. John Wiley & Sons (Indexed in SCOPUS - Q2 & SCI )
Reena Cheruvalath. 2017. Does attending classes help foster human values in college students? Active Learning in Higher Education, 18(2): 143-155. Sage Publication. (SCOPUS- Q1 & SCI)
Reena Cheruvalath. 2017. Engineering, technology and science disciplines and gender difference: A case study among Indian students, European Journal of Engineering Education, Routledge publication (SCOPUS- Q1 & SCI)http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2017.1319339
Reena Cheruvalath. 2016. Role of sociality in deciding the morality involved in personal and professional relationships in Indian culture. Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics, 34(1-2):113-122.
Reena Cheruvalath and Tripati, M. 2015. Secondary school teachers’ perception towards corporal punishment: A case study in India. The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, Routledge Publication. 88(4):127-132 (Indexed in Thomson Reuters).
Reena Cheruvalath. 2014. Politics of Mobility in Indian Politics - With special reference to Electoral Behavior, Humanities Circle- International Journal of Central University of Kerala, 2(1): 143-155.
Reena Cheruvalath. 2013. Is the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act really beneficial to the poorer children in India? An analysis with special reference to the admission of poorer children in Public unaided schools, Education 3-13: International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education, Routledge Publication, 43(6): 621-629 (Indexed in SCOPUS- Q2)
Reena Cheruvalath. 2012. Academic Failure of First year Engineering and Technological students in India and Assessment of Motivation factors – A Case Study, Educational Research & Evaluation- An International Journal on Theory and Practice, Routledge Publication, Vol.18, No. 3, pp. 283-297 (Indexed in SCOPUS-Q2)
Reena Cheruvalath. 2012. Analyzing the concept of self-deception in Indian Cultural Context, Cultura- International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology, Peter Lang Press, Germany, pp.195-204. (Indexed in SCOPUS-Q3)
Reena Cheruvalath. 2008. The Problem of Phenomenal Consciousness and Connectionist’s Representationalism, Acta Philosophica- An International Journal of Philosophy, Italy, 1, 17, pp.135-143. (Indexed in SCOPUS)
Reena Cheruvalath. 2007. Explanatory Gap and Mental Causation, Teorema- International Journal of Philosophy, 16/I: 107-116, Spain, (Indexed in SCOPUS)- Q2
Piyali Ghosh and Reena Cheruvalath. 2007. Female Entrepreneurs as a Catalyst for Economic Growth and Development, The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovations, 8(2):139-147, Sage Publication, (Indexed in SCOPUS)- Q2
Reena Cheruvalath.2006. Clinical Philosophy, Book Review, Philosophical Practice, Routledge Publication, UK, July 2(2):129-130.
Reena Cheruvalath. 2015. Analysis of the issue of engineering and technological students' class absenteeism- A case study. The Indian Journal of Technical Education, 38(2): 77-85.
Reena Cheruvalath. “Does configuration of neurons produce moral behaviour?- an inquiry into the ethical implications of connectionism,” Proceedings of National Seminar on The Ethics of Paradigm Shifts in Science, Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi, February 2007, pp. 25-31.
Reena Cheruvalath. 2002. What does Cognitive Science say on Consciousness? The Philosophical Quarterly, 8 (3-4): July-October, 119-124
Reena Cheruvalath. 2002. Is Elimination of Folk Psychology Possible? Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, 14(4): 0ctober-December, 168-173. (SCOPUS-Q2)
Reena Cheruvalath and Biju. 2001. Can Consciousness be Explained? Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, 15(3): September, .222-226(SCOPUS-Q2)
BOOK CHAPTERS PUBLISHED
Reena Cheruvalath, 2023. Ethics education in engineering and technological institutes in India: Challenges and looking forward. In Building Inclusive Ethical Cultures in STEM (Eds: Hildt, E., Laas, K., Miller, C. and Brey, E.) Springer Nature (Forthcoming).
Reena Cheruvalath. 2018. Teachers' character development in higher education settings in Higher Education and Professional Ethics: Roles and Responsibilities of Teachers. Satya Sundar Sethy (Ed.), Routledge Publication, pp. 45-58.
Reena Cheruvalath. 2017. Social policy in higher education: Linking educaiton and social needs in Higher Education in India: Challenges and Possibilities. Parimala D (Ed.) Kanishka Publishers, New Delhi.
Reena Cheruvalath. 2018. Teachers' character development in higher education settings in Higher Education and Professional Ethics: Roles and Responsibilities of Teachers. Satya Sundar Sethy (Ed.), Routledge Publication, pp. 45-58.
Reena Cheruvalath. 2015. Teaching Ethics to Engineering Students in India: Issues and Challenges, Contemporary Ethical Issues in Engineering, S. S. Sethy (Ed.) IGI Global, USA, pp. 121- 132
Reena Cheruvalath. 2014. Ethical Leadership and politics in Indian context in Leadership and Leadership Styles (Eds.) Diwan T. K. and Dr. Lenin, K. N. Prasadpsycho, New Delhi, pp.136-143.
Reena Cheruvalath. 2012. Women and Higher Education- Analysis of some Existing Realities Regarding Women students, in Issues and Challenges on Higher Education (Eds). Phillips-Singh, D. and Singh, N.S, Wordsworth, New Delhi, pp.165-176
INVITED TALKS
Invited talk, (Topic: AI and Ethics), Telecom Paris, France, April 7th, 2023.
Invited as a Resource Person, Integrating Professional Ethics in Higher Education Curriculum, Six Day Faculty Development Programme on Integrating the Contemporary Discourse in English Language and Literature Studies, SRM, Chennai, 17th - 23rd December, 2022.
Invited lead speaker (Topic: Authors and Ethical Sensitivity: A perceptive analysis of selected Literature) in the International Conference on 'Ethics and Human values through Literature' organized by Yeshwant Mahavidyalaya, Nanded, Maharashtra, 16th- 17th December, 2022
Invited talk on 'Student engagement with ethical issues', Amity University, 24th June, 2022
Invited talk on Social and Professional Ethics , Chandigarh university, 16th October, 2021
Invited talk on Professional Ethics, Indian Institute of Technology, Thirupati (IITT), 18th March, 2021
Invited as a Resource Person, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Sponsored Two Week Online FDP on “Nurturing Morals, Work Ethics & Accountability for Technical Teachers,” Dept. of Computer Science, VRSEC,7th - 19th December 2020
Invited as a Resource Person, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Sponsored Two Week Online FDP on “Professional Morals, Work Ethics, Accountability for Teachers in Technical Education,” Dept. of Computer Science, VRSEC, 19th- 31st November, 2020
Invited Speaker in ISEC 2020 (SE4AI), IIITDM, Jabalpur, 27th February, 2020, Topic: Can Artificial Intelligence systems be 'moral'?
Invited as a Resource Person at ICSSR Sponsered Capacity Building Workshop on Research Methodology at IGNOU Regional Center, Goa, 8th -21st January, 2018.
Invited speaker for the National Conference on ‘Education in Contemporary India’, Department of Education, University of Delhi, 22nd -24th February, 2017.
Invited as a Resource Person in a Two-day National Seminar on 'Kant, Hegel, Marx: Revolutions in Philosophising,' organized by Dept. of Philosophy, Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 16th-17th, November, 2017.
Invited as a Resource Person in a National Workshop on 'Quality enhancement in Higher Education: The role of Inter-disciplinary teaching, learning and research', sponsored by NAAC, in Nirmalagiri College, Koothuparamba, Kerala, 22nd- 23rd, January, 2016.
Invited Speaker in International South Asian Conference on Social Policy in Higher Education: Challenges and Possibilities” 19th to 21st November 2015, Department of Education, University of Delhi.
Invited as a Resource Person, in 73rd Orientation Programme (General) from 16.05.2012 to 12.06.2012 at the UGC-Academic Staff College, Calicut University Campus, organized by UGC-Academic Staff College, University of Calicut.
Invited speaker in a National seminar of Philosophy, (Topic- Can artificial neural network explain phenomenal consciousness?), University of Goa, March 2007.
Invited speaker in a National Seminar of Philosophy, (Topic- Does configuration of neurons produce moral behaviour?- an inquiry into the ethical implications of connectionism) , Government Brennen College, Kerala, February 2007
· PROJECTS COMPLETED/ ON-GOING:
Principal Investigator, NCERT, Title: ‘Evaluation’ as
a teaching method: A new pedagogical model to improve knowledge and critical
thinking among students, Duration: 12 months, Amount: Rs. 3, 88, 000. 2022
(Completed)
Principal Investigator, Title: Comparison on the Academic performance, class-room interaction and college students’ feedback between Tele-presence and On-campus students, Amount: Rs. 80,000, Duration: December, 2017-March, 2018 Agency: Teaching Learning Centre (TLC), BITS Pilani Goa (Completed)
Co-PI, Revisiting Employment Relation in Domestic Work from a Socio-Economic Perspective in the Context of Covid-19 Pandemic, PI: Prof. Kingshuk Sarkar & Prof. Sreerupa Sengupta, Dr. Goswami, Goa Institute of Management, Amount: Rs. 5,00,000, 2022- (Completed)
PhD Thesis Supervision
Sebastiao Anthony Rodrigues (2013PHXP411G), Intra-inter conflicts
and sustainability issues in the fisheries of Goa: An environmental ethical
Approach (Completed-October, 23rd, 2020)
Hajara Abdul Hameed (2017PHXF0431G), Predicting Depression and Wellbeing among Young adults in India: A Metacognitive skills based Model (Thesis Submitted- 2022, Defense awaiting).
Gokul Sisir (2018PHXF0432G), A social psychological approach to scientific creativity: A study of the
COVID-19 pandemic in India (Ongoing)
Pratiksha Chandrakant (2018PHXP0040G), Relationship between
Meta-moral Cognitive Skills and Creativity : A case study among
student-teachers (Ongoing)
PAPERS PRESENTED/ATTENDED IN NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS
· Manalo, E., Cheruvalath, R. and Ayabe, H. Can planning with diagrams help students think more critically
about moral questions? EARLI 2021 – August 23–27
Cheruvalath, R. Meta-moral cognition and social relationship: A theoretical perspective, International Conference for Social Sciences and Humanities, University of London, November 8-11, UK, 2016
Cheruvalath, R. Internet Neutrality, Social Justice And Ethics: A Kantian Perspective, The Asian Conference on Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, The Art Centre of Kobe, March 31- April-3, Japan, 2016.
Cheruvalath, R. Teachers’ Character Development in Higher Education settings, National Conference, IITM, August 29-30, Chennai, 2015
Cheruvalath, R. Morality: An Indian Woman’s Perspective, International and Interdisciplinary Conference, May 21st- 23rd, University of Vaasa, Finland, 2014.
The Sociality and Morality, International and Interdisciplinary Conference, Jawaharlal Nehru University, December 16-18, New Delhi, 2014
‘A comparative study of Female Entreprenurs in India and UAE’, 17th International Conference on Management and Technology, The British Univeristy, Dubai, April 6-10, 2008.
· Winter Institute on ‘Bounded Rationality in Psychology & Management,’ in Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore, conducted by DAAD, 2005
other
activities
Editorial Member, Journal of Human Values, Sage (Q1)
Reviewer -Technology, Knowledge and Learning, Springer (Q1)
Reviewer- Education and Information Technologies, Springer (Q1)
Member of Board of Studies in Philosophy, Goa University
Additional Information
Interested in Carnatic and Hindustani Music