Academics
Faculty
Ms. Priya Bahirnath KaleAssistant Professor

Bio
Mrs. Priya Kale is an experienced Assistant Professor at Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, with 17 years of teaching experience. She holds a Master's degree in Marathi, a Master's in Education, a SET qualification, and a Diploma in Communication and Journalism. Currently, she is pursuing her Ph.D. in Stress Management and Happiness Index of secondary School students from Savitribai Phule Pune University.
Priya specializes in Pedagogy of Language, Reading and Reflecting on Text, Guidance and Counseling, Learning and Teaching, and Use of ICT in the Classroom. She is a State Level Certified Trainer from MSCERT for making audio-visual aids for Primary and Secondary School Teachers, and conducts workshops on ‘Making Traditional and Advanced Teaching Aids’ for school teachers. She is also an approved counselor for IGNOU Courses.
Priya has presented 10 research papers at national and international conferences and journals and attended over 100 seminars, workshops, conferences, and symposiums at the state/national and international levels. Her mentees received 2nd Prize in MIT-WPU's Innovation Hackathon 2022 under her guidance, and she won 3rd Prize in the Teaching Learning Evaluation Hackathon organized by Symbiosis International University.
Priya is associated with various secondary schools in Pune for academic collaboration and has guided more than 500 school teachers about Pedagogy and Research. She has contributed 1 article to a Marathi book titled ‘Maayleki-Baapleki,’ which won the R. N. Chavan Award by Maharashtra Govt. in 2021. She is also a freelance writer for Marathi News Portals, including ‘Aksharnama’, "ESakal', 'Lokmat'. Priya has written a textbook titled “Bhashik Kaushalya Vikas ani Adhunik Marathi Sahityaprakar: Kadambari ani Lalit Gadya” for Second Year B.A. (Marathi) program and “Teaching – Learning Process” (Adhyapan –Adhyayan Prakriya) Third Year B.A. (Education) Programs at Savitribai Phule Pune University.
Research Areas
Education, Psychology
Publications
Book Publication :
1. "Happiness and Education, Past, Present and Future", Priya Kale, Dr. Chandan Shingte, Page 26 to 32, Vidyawarta, Printing Area Journal Peer Reviewed International Journal, ISSN: 2394 5303, Impact Factor 9.001, Aapril 2023, Issue 100, Vol - 01
2. "Creating a Global Citizen: analyzing the consequences of Virtual Happiness among youths", Priya Kale, Dr. Chandan Shingte, Conference Proceeding "Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam (One World, One Family)", February 2023
3. “Attitude of trainee teachers and in service teachers towards inclusion of transgender as a class fellow, student and colleague.” Priya Kale, Yasmin Attar, Kunda Hulbe, THE COMPASS an International Peer Reviewed Journal of Education in Universal Values, Bahai Academy , International Journal Vol 14, No. 1 October 2021, ISSN : 0973-9483
Book Publication :
1. “Bhashik Kaushalya Vikas ani Adhunik Marathi Sahityaprakar: Kadambari ani Lalit Gadya” for Second Year B.A. (Marathi) program, Savitribai Phule Pune University. ISBN : 978-93-5453-840-7, October 2022
2. “Teaching – Learning Process” (Adhyapan –Adhyayan Prakriya) Third Year B.A. (Education) Program, Savitribai Phule Pune University. ISBN : 978-93-5674-270-3, February 2023
Patent Publication :
1. "Deep Learning techniques to study and analyze the impact of various Emotional Intelligence factors", Priya Kale, Dr. Archana Chaudhari, Dr. Shalini Tonpe, Prachee Somvanshi, Patent No: 202221024297, 2022"
Google Scholar link :https://bit.ly/41p3UG8
Scopus link :https://bit.ly/41HyUl7
ORCID link :https://bit.ly/3oxp1aT
Research Grants
BCUD - 2.3L; AICTE - 9L; SERB - 87L