Report of Inauguration of Psychology Association
The Inauguration of the Psychology
Association of the Department of Psychology was held on 22 July 2013. The Psychology association is a student body
comprising of representatives from all the undergraduate and postgraduate
Psychology classes. The association is guided by faculty members and aims to
promote curricular and extracurricular activities related to Psychology. The
governing body of the association consists of a president, vice-president,
secretary and treasurer.
The office bearers of the
Psychology association for the academic year 2013-14are: NehaMoopen (President),
Priyanka M. B (Vice-president), Kavya Reddy (Secretary), Dhwani Sheth(Treasurer).This
was followed by the investiture of the class representatives from all the undergraduate
and postgraduate Psychology classes. The action plan of the Psychology Association
for the academic year 2013-14 was presented by the secretary.
The three major events planned for the year
are :
·
Street
play competition for the first year students
·
Exhibition
for the second year students
·
Research
paper presentations for third year undergraduate students.
Following
this Prof. Mallika Krishnaswamy, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, emphasized
on the need for professionalism in curricular and extracurricular activities
and encouraged the students to consider these activities as a major part of
their education.
The chief guest for the
programme was Dr. Sheela Julius, former Head of Department of Psychology,
Women’s Christian College, Chennai. She is currently heading the Department of
Counselling in the Madras School of Social Work, Chennai. In her address, she
motivated the students to develop soft skillssuch as effective communication,
problem solving, initiative, ability to work under pressure, organizational
skills, team work, ability to learn and adapt, numeracy skills, valuing
diversity and negotiation skills. She explained the relevance of possessing
such skills and their value in enhancing the employability potential.
On the
whole the event set the tone for the students of Psychology to be enthusiastic
and productive and work together under the leadership of the new office
bearers, in the academic year ahead.
Justine James (Faculty in
charge)
Psychology Association
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