Psychology Department
Annual Report 2013 - 14
“Manosrujana” @ Jain University
The students of Psychology attended “Manosrujana”, a
workshop organized by the Department of Psychology,
Jain University, Bangalore on 27 April 2013. Raina,
Manisha, Radhika, Satshya, Rashmi, Deepthi, Marissa
and Refana Participated in the Fest and Workshop.
It began with a competition, “Movers and Shapers”
where a group had to represent a disorder in the form
of a dance and the students led by Raina D’Mello
bagged the second place.
Another event, “I am the One” was where a participant
had to impersonate a psychologist and contend that
their theory was still relevant in the present age and
Satshya Tharien bagged the first place.
The events were followed by two workshops – “Dance
as a Tool for Therapy” and “Innovations in the TeachingLearning Process”, followed by a panel discussion on
“Nurturing Creativity: Key to Success in the current
Socio-Cultural Scenario”.
Welcome Fresher’s
The Department had organized Fresher’s day
programme on 15-06-2013. It was more of welcoming
the new comers and a get together of all psychology
students. Hadley and Manisha of third BA were the
organisers of the show. Introductions, Icebreaking
sessions, games and interaction made the fresher’s feel
at home and gave them the essence of belongingness
and familiarity.
Workshop on Alcohol and Substance
Abuse Disorders
On 20th June 2013, nine Psychology students from third
year along with the HOD, Ms Shalini Aiyappa attended a
one day seminar organized by Yenepoya University,
Department of Psychiatry on “Alcohol and Substance
Abuse Disorders”. The resource persons for this
workshop were Dr. Vivek Benegal from NIMHANS, Dr.
P.V Bandari and Dr. Suresh Kumar from PsyMed
Hospital
The workshop was conducted in three sessions which
emphasized on the recent advancements regarding
addictions, drugs and alcohol dependency and
neurobiological aspects as well as the consequences of
the use of cannabis. The seminar successfully gave an
insight into the various health hazards linked with
addictions and also emphasized on the recent
advancement in the medical field.
Workshop on Life Skills and
Neurolingustic programme
Students attended a workshop on life skills and
neurolinguistic programming organized by St. Agnes
College for Post Graduate studies and Research. Mrs
Shilpa Somanathan, renowned motivational speaker
and life coach from Bangalore delivered expert lecture
and conducted the whole session. The entire session,
was focused on improving knowledge, attitude and
various skills to achieve success in any field. Workshop
was well structured and conducted in live and
interactive session. She further spoke about building
communicative and self-management skills.
Experiencing Clinical Exposure in
Yenepoya
During the semester vacation, the students from third year
Psychology, underwent 14 days of clinical observation and
Training at Yenepoya Medical College Hospital, Derlakatte.
Guided by the HOD of the department of Psychiatry Dr. V.V
Mohan Chandra, the students got an opportunity to go on
rounds and interact with the patients in the psychiatry wards.
During their posting, the students were exposed to ECT on
the patients, case studies, case history taking as well as
psychological tests. The 14 rigorous days spent at the
hospital were indeed helpful in strengthening the roots of
the students, who wish to pursue clinical psychology as a
career ahead.
Overalls in Roshni Fest
Nine Students of the Department of Psychology of St
Aloysius College (Hadley, Raina, Manisha, Ameena,
Radhika, Pushyarag, Nanditha, Deepthi and Satshya)
participated for the inter-collegiate level fest and half
day workshop on flow psychology held on 05 DEC 2013
in Roshni Nilaya and won the overall’s trophy. Hadley
bagged the first place for caption writing competition;
Raina, Ameena Pushyarag and Deepthi bagged the first
place for the dance competition named ripples; Satshya
got the second place for the event where the
participants had to impersonate a psychologist.
Hunters on Move
The department of psychology saw a combustion of a combination of
energy and knowledge as the first and second year students
enthusiastically took part in the “Treasure Hunt” organised for them
by the final year students of psychology on the 19th of December,
2012. Eleven teams fought to the finish to win their treasure. These
teams faced challenges at every stage with regard to their knowledge
of phobias, mental disorders, contributions of psychologists, also their
memory and concentration skills being put to test. The clues to the
treasure were spread across the campus with the final destination
being department of psychology. The students thoroughly enjoyed the
treasure hunt and look forward to more events in the forthcoming
year.
Christmas Stay Forever
The students of The Department of Psychology celebrated Christmas on the
21st of December, Saturday- complete with presents, carols and Santa Claus!
As has been the tradition each year, the students of each year played the
‘Secret Santa’ game and exchanged their presents on the day of the
celebration.
The Department of Psychology put on a festive look with all the decorations
put up by the students of the Final Year. The one hour program began with
carol singing by the students, followed by a series of Christmas wishes and
messages too. Throughout, the presence of Santa Claus enhanced the overall
feeling of joy and celebration and topped the festive mood. The small yet
warm celebration culminated with the students giving gifts to their ‘Secret
Friends’ and receiving gifts from their ‘Secret Santa’s’. It was all a flurry of
colour, excitement and warmth that will be earnestly looked forward to by all
the members of the department again.