Admissions 2026 ICSWHMH conference '27

Department of Social Work

Dr. Rajeev S. P.

Designation : Assistant Professor

Qualification : Ph.D

Email-ID : rajeev@rajagiri.edu

Dr. Rajeev S. P. holds postgraduate degrees in Social Work (MSW) and Human Resource Management (MHRM). He earned his doctoral degree from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, for his intervention research among the families of plantation workers. He is an approved Research Guide under Mahatma Gandhi University. With over two decades of experience in social work practice, administration, research, and higher education, Dr. Rajeev currently serves on the Boards of Studies of Mahatma Gandhi University, the University of Calicut, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Loyola College (Autonomous), St. Joseph’s College, Devagiri (Autonomous), SB College, Changanassery, and Fatima Mata National College, Kollam. 

He is a recipient of the European Union’s Erasmus+ scholarship and was associated with the University of Padua, Italy, under the prestigious academic mobility initiative. He has successfully completed numerous research projects funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), the University Grants Commission (UGC), and other national and international agencies. Dr. Rajeev has published extensively in peer-reviewed and indexed journals and has contributed chapters to several academic books. He has also edited and published multiple books and serves on the editorial boards of Scopus-indexed journals. His research interests include qualitative research, workplace well-being, youth well-being, social group work, postpartum well-being, sustainability initiatives, and international social work. He has visited universities in Australia, the United Kingdom, Italy, Indonesia, Italy, and Nepal, and actively collaborates with several international universities and research institutions. He founded the International Centre for Well-being and Community Mental Health Programmes in Kanjoor, Kerala, and has organized numerous international conferences, seminars, and academic events. Dr. Rajeev previously served as the General Secretary of the Association of Schools of Social Work in Kerala (ASSK) and continues to contribute to academic leadership, research mentorship, and professional development in social work education.

  • PhD – Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam
  • Master of Social Work (MSW)- Kerala University
  • Master of Human Resource Management (MHRM)- Kerala University
  • UGC NET exam- 2004

Research

  • Research Associate, SB College, Changanassery- 2003-2004

Teaching

  • Head of De Paul School of Social Work, DiST, Angamaly -2009- 2015

Industry

  • Learning and Development Officer, E &Y, Technopark, Trivandrum- 2007 -2009
  • Training/ Event Manager, MGP, Government of Kerala - 2005 – 2007
  • Social Worker and Project Manager, Carmel Special Care International- 2004-2005
  • Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing
  • Workplace Wellbeing
  • Environment and Disaster Management 
  • School Mental Health 
  • Substance Abuse Prevention 
  • Social Group Work Practice with Adolescents and Youth
  • Postpartum Social Work Practice 
  • Qualitative Research

Current projects:

  • Prevalence and awareness of PPD among young women in Kerala (sponsored project)
  • Functional support for single mothers and their mental health (sponsored Project)
  • ICSSR (IMPRESS) - Title of the study: School-based multi-component intervention study on substance abuse among the higher secondary school students in Kerala)
  • UGC sponsored Minor Research on: Stranger danger fears and the coping strategies of mothers of adolescent girls in Ernakulum education District
  • A study on Social Work Responses to Suicide in Kerala: Strategies and lessons from the field (Associated projects with Prof. Lena Robinson, Central Queensland University & Dr Abraham Francis, JCU , Australia) 
  • Chief consultant to the ‘Model Anganwadi Project’ (ICDS) in Parakkadavu Block Panchayat in the district of Ernakulam
  • Chief consultant to the Counselling at Police station project as part of clean campus – safe campus- implemented at Nedumbassery Police station
  • Chief consultant to the International Centre for Wellbeing (Project) in Angamaly
  • Training on ‘Parenting and self esteem of children’, MAPS School Trissur District
  • ‘Communicating effectively’- Training for staff members from the department of education in Trussure and Palakkad districts
  • Personality development and career guidance program trainings at St. Patrick’s ICSE School
  • ‘Wellbeing and productivity of employees’, TELK, Angamaly
  • Counselling approaches in dealing with students and their problems –EWS, Ernakulam
  • Employee engagement and participation of employees – TELK, Angamaly
  • Managing employee stress and coping – Technopark, Trivandrum
  • Three days TOT on Life Skills – NRHM Wayanadu
  • Group discussion conducted at TELK, Angamaly as part of Employee selection
  • Three days training for School Teachers on ‘Life skills education’, Angamaly
  • ‘Facing exams with confidence’ one day training for +2 and +1 students at Higher Secondary School, Nedumbassery, Higher secondary School Parakkadavu, St. Joseph’s School Angamaly
  • ICSSR (IMPRESS) - Title of the study: School-based multi component intervention study on substance abuse among the higher secondary school students in Kerala
  • Consultant to the ASER- Pratham Study in the state of Kerala- 2018
  • Mooc Lesson written: Disasters and disaster risk reduction – 3 modules (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwIQVKqytD4)
  • Mooc Lesson written: Social Welfare administration- 2 modules
  • E-PATHSHALA - Group Work – 3 lessons
  • Rajeev et.al., (2026). When family and culture shape motherhood: Pathways of support and risk in postpartum well-being. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services, 10443894261439198. https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894261439198
  • Rajeev et.al., (2025). A Scientometric analysis of research on Single Mothers’ Mental Health. Journal of Social Work Education and Practice, 10(2).
  • Rajeev, et. al, (2024). Evaluating community projects through participatory rural appraisal: case study of a CSR initiative in India. Social Work Education, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2024.2398664
  • Rajeev S. P., Nair GM, K. KK, Maria C. India’s Silent Struggle: A Scoping Review on Postpartum Depression in the Land of a Billion Mothers. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine. 2024;0(0). doi:10.1177/02537176241245773
  • Rajeev (2023). School-based community mental health intervention: Partnership and social work model. Rajagiri Journal of Social Development. 15(1):32-37. 10.5958/2583-7087.2023.00007.X
  • Rajeev (2023). International fieldwork: a mirroring of the expectations and experiences of social work students. Journal of Social Work Education 42 (3). https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2021.1973989
  • Rajeev (2022). Co-building and Co-existing in an Eco-Social World (2022). Space and Culture, India. Vol. 9  https://doi.org/10.20896/saci.v9i4.1257
  • Rajeev (2021). Living in the New Normal of COVID-19: The Challenges and Coping in Academia. Children First – Journal on Children’s Life, 1(1): DCPR Delhi.
  • Rajeev (2021). Swāsthya, an integrated chronic condition management programme for families of patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMC Fam Pract 22, 15 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-020-01357-w  IF-2.022 
  • Rajeev (2020). Strengths-based perspective in working with the elderly. Indian Journal of Gerontology. Vol. 34 No. 3, 377-393.
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  • Rajeev (2019). Gandhi’s Symbolism and Ideology in the Socio-economic and Political Arena of Contemporary India. Rajagiri Journal of Social Development. Volume 11, Number 2, (139-152).
  • Rajeev (2019). Competency Based Social Work Education: An Indian perspective. The Journal of Social Work and Social Development. Volume 10, Number1. ISSN. 22296468 (UGC- https://www.ugc.ac.in/journallist/ugc_admin_journal_report.aspx?eid=NDcyOTg=)  
  • Rajeev (2019). Changing Families in India and Social Work Responses. Journal of Social Work Education and Practice 4(4) 17-24.
  • S. P. Rajeev, Francis Abraham & Robinson Lena. (2017). Social Work Responses to Suicide in Kerala: Strategies and Lessons from the Field. Journal of Social Work Education, Research and Action.Vol.III (2). ISSN 2394-4102  
  • S. P, Rajeev (co-authored) (2019). Mental health intervention at Work place: A psychosocial care model. Cogent Psychology. 6: 1601606. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2019.1601606
  • S. P., Rajeev and Thampi, Kiran,(2016). Twenty20 Vision of CSR in Kizhakkambalam. International Journal of Business Ethics in Developing Economies. Volume 5 Issue 1
  • Building Family Resilience- A Social Work Approach- International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice- Vol.2. No.6 Dec, 2014, pp. 87-92 [ISSN: 2332-6840 (Online) 2332-6832 (Print)]
  • Co-Authored – Working towards Eco-social Justice: Reflections on An Interpersonal, Cross-Institutional Social Work Collaboration. Asian Journal of Research in Social Science & Humanities, Volume 2 Issue 6 (June, 2012), ISSN 2249-7315

Book Chapters

  • Contemporary Mental health Practices in Kerala, Sage Publications (ISBN 978-81-321-1739-1)
  • Community mental health in Kerala: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for Social Work Practice, Allied Publishers (ISBN: 978-81-8424-958-3)
  • Emotional Resilience among adolescents- ‘Papers on Strengths based Practice’- Allied Publishers, ISBN:978-81-8424-810-4
  • Emotional Intelligence of the HR Department: A path to Manage Men Tactfully-ISBN No: 978-93-81441-26-8
  • Rajeev, S.P., and Francis, Abraham (2014) Community mental health practices in Kerala: challenges and opportunities for social work practice. In: Abstracts from the Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development: promoting social and economic equality (Session 3K), p. 80.- Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development 2014: promoting social and economic equality, 9-12 July 2014, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
  • S. P. Rajeev (2013). A shade tree falling on to head: Cultural Displacement to Mental health. Paul, N. (ed). Development, Displacement and Social Disarticulation A Kerala Experience. Saarbrücken: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing. pp 245-260, ISBN- 978-3-659-41152-6
  • Conference proceedings:- A paper co-authored – on ‘Working conditions and health hazards of women working in peeling sheds’. –Global Social Work Conference on Multi-sectoral and interdisciplinary responses to health and well-being- DYUTI’ 19.

Books Edited:

  • Rajeev, et., al., (2025). Social Work Perspectives in Family Dynamics A Compendium of Cases from Indian Families. HSRA Publications. Bangalore
  • Eco-social justice : issues, challenges and ways forward : voices from De Novo '11. (2011), De Paul Institute of Science and  &  James Cook University, Australia. Publisher: Books for Change. ISBN: 978-81-8291-118-5
  • Social Work perspectives in Mental Health, DRD, Cochin, Kerala, ISBN: 978-81-929671-1-0
  • Social Work Practice in Mental Health: Cross-Cultural Perspectives, (2014)- Allied Publishers. ISBN: 978-81-8424-958-3

Book Published

  • Rajeev SP. (2023).Children's Workbook on Emotions - Parents and Teachers can never ignore. Notion Press. ISBN: 9798890662569.

 

  • Presented a paper titled ‘Community mental health practices in Kerala: challenges and opportunities for social work practice’ in World Social Work Conference, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia
  • Building Family Resilience- A Social Work Approach- International Conference at Hyderabad, 2014
  • Community mental health in Kerala: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for Social Work Practice- International Conference on Social Work Practice in Mental health, Cochin, 2014
  • Presented a Paper titled ‘ Cultural diversity and inclusive development practices in India’ in International cultural Conference, 2012, in Townsville, Australia
  • Presented a paper in International conference on Eco-Social justice Issues, Challenges and ways forward, 2011. 
  • Presented a paper titled ‘International Social Work: A collaborative model’ in International Conference on International social work – 2013
  • Emotional Intelligence and Social Behaviour of students’ at UGC sponsored Seminar at NSS College ‘Not a one size fit for all approach’ in Community Intervention: in UGC sponsored National Seminar at Loyola College
  • ‘Positive Psychology and Social Work approaches’: in National Conference on Positive Psychology in LISSAH College, Calicut
  • ‘Food Security and environment resilience’: in National Conference, De Novo ’12, at DiST
  • General Secretary, Association of Schools of Social Work in Kerala (ASSK)
  •  Membership in International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW)
  •  Membership in Asian and Pacific Association for Social Work Education (APASWE)
  • Membership in Kerala Association of Professional Social Workers (KAPS)