This book is on 'Sreyas' a saskrit word or happiness with success. The book consists of 12 chapters. The first four chapters are on the concept of happiness with success , concept and theories of personality, Positive Psychology and psychometric test chapters 5 to 11 are the psychological traits and behaviour patterns associated with happiness with success. The book is on personal efficacy built on people orientation and performance orientation combined. The book is on self---development built on a strong theoretical foundation, useful for anagers, psychologists and common people.
Prof. P. Ramachandra Poduval
Prof. P.R. Poduval (b.1938), a native of payyanur of kannur district, kerala had his higher education in St.Aloysius college, Mangalore, Presidency college, Chennai, Poona University, Pune and Harvard Business School of Harvard University, USA.
After a short period of 10 months of service as Junior employment officer under the govt. of Kerala, he made his choice for faculty positions in Universities - Demonstrator in Experimental Psychology, Lecturer in Psychology, Lecturer in Human Relations, Reader in Organizational Behaviour, Professor of Human Resource Management, Director of School of Management Studies and Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences in four universities.
Prof. Poduval retired from the School of Management Studies of the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) in 1998, He continued his service as Director in two other Management institutes. While he was in the service of Cochin University of Science and Technology, he was deputed to serve the Kerala Public Service Commission as Special officer for examination reforms and also as the Founder Executive Director of a newly established Kerala Institute of Labour and employment, Trivandrum.
In the research and publication field, he has to his credit 12 Ph.D awardees, 6 books including the present one, specific chapters in 6 books of reading and more than 50 research papers/articles in professional and popular journals.
Contact address:
'Thapasya', No. 11, Vidyanagar Cochin University P.O. Kochi-682022- Kerala
30091-9895134526,0484-2541197
thapasyapoduval@gmail.com
