Department of Psychology was established in 2007 to cater to the growing demand by students to offer specialization in the subject of Psychology. The Department emphasizes developing sound knowledge-base of Psychology, ability to apply this knowledge to real-life issues as well as sensitivity to the context in which one is working, a strong sense of discipline and ethical values. At the Department, learning is enhanced by the use of classroom discussions, guest lectures, screening of relevant videos, films, documentaries. Role-plays, case-studies, problem-solving exercises help students clarify the concepts taught. As a part of assignments, students are encouraged to make presentations, participate in group discussions, work as volunteers at NGOs, conduct awareness campaigns on topics related to Psychology, interact with the experts in the field, and conduct research study. These offer students ample opportunities develop insight about the subject and become sensitive towards the needs and challenges of the real-world. Department also has its own library with more than 70 books, which are very helpful for the students for understand the nuances of the subject and its application.
Students of the Department are successfully working as mental health professionals and academicians in various fields like hospitals, counseling centers, industries, educational institutes. Some of the students have also worked on the field projects related to psychological well-being initiated by the Government of India, Mumbai Police and private organizations working in the field of mental health.
National webinar on "Community Mental Health"
8th January 2022, Psychology Department
Department of Psychology organised a national webinar on "Community Mental Health: Issues, challenges and opportunities". The purpose of the webinar was to create awareness about the field of community mental health and the opportunities therein.
Brain Donation
24th July 2021, Psychology Department
Guest lecture on "Brain Donation" by Dr. Anita Mahadevan, Head of the Department of Neupathalogy, NIMHANS, Bangalore.
Writing and Publishing a Research Paper
5th March 2020, Psychology Department
A detailed lecture on how to choose a topic, write a title , and report scientific findings were taught to students with precise examples of each. Thus the speaker Dr. Mrinalini Purandare made it simple for the students to understand and also raised their curiosity in conducting research.
Workshop on ' Suicide Prevention'
28th February 2020, Psychology Department
Ms. Ketki Doshi from Sisters Living Works conduted the workshop for TYBA Psychology students. She addressed warning signs, risk, protective factors, conducting risk assessment etc. Students found it very helpful as they had studied a part of it in their syllabus.
Understanding Genetics
27th February 2020, Psychology Department
Dr. Subi Yoosuf from Department of Biotechnology, conducted a guest leture for the students of TYBA Psychology to understand basics of genetics. This lecture helped students to understand the biological perscpective in depth.
Workshop on 'R' Software
24th February 2020, Psychology Department
The workshop was conducted by Dr. Leela Subramanian on 24th and 25tth Feb. The resource person made the content very simple. She also addressed the fear of Statictics, and encouraged students to do self learning.
Monday with Maslow
27th January 2020, Psychology Department
A fund raising activity with different stalls, gaming stalls (dobble), eating stalls etc. Students and staff members contributed books and objects like jewellery, purses etc and this was been purchased by the college students and faculties. The fund was donated to Deepstambh Foundation, Jalgaon.
Work Culture and Organizational Behaviour: An Indian Perspective
10th January 2020, Psychology Department
Dr. Kamala Srinivas from Philosophy Dept. was the resource person for the talk. She spoke majorly on emotions and attitudes at the workplace (considering ndian Ethos) comparing the Indian scenario with western scenario.
Role of indian ethos in Employee Motivation
9th January 2020, Psychology Department
Ms. Vrushali Gupte, from Philosophy Department was the resource person. She addressed the topic on Motivation comparing Indian and Western scenario keeping in the background the Indian Philosophical values and concepts
Exhibition- Psych Fair, Open mic- 'Emotions Unleashed'
2nd January 2020, Psychology Department
In the Pscy-fair exhibition, various stalls were set up like memory games, taboo, guess who (based on psychological principles).
Open mic- Participants could sing, dance,enact for the event,the theme being expression of any emotion.
Field Visit
6th November 2019, Psychology Department
A field visit was organised for TYBA Psychology Students to Manobal, Jalgaon. In Manobal various projects are run for orphans, physically disabled etc. That is not only a home but serves as a learning centre for various exams. Students from there have cleared various competitive exams, bank exams etc.
Students also visited Gandhi Tirth, to know more about Mahatma Gandhi,
Experimental Psychology: Past, Present and Future
19th August 2019, Psychology Department
Dr. Vivek Belhekar spoke about the importance of experiments in gaining knowledge about the field of Psychology.
Applications of Mindfulness in day-to-day Living
9th August 2019, Psychology Department
Ms. Chitra Kelkar spoke about the importance of being in te present moment. She also discusssed a few techniques in achieving the same. In the end she gave the audience a n eclair and asked to pay attention while eating it (eat it mindfully)
Workshop on Empathy
1st August 2019, Psychology Department
Department past student Ms. Rasika Karkare conducted a workshop on how to deonstrate empathy in therapeutic sessions. The workshop was made interesting as there were many activities. Students appreciated the workshop.
Orientation session
15th June 2019, Psychology Department
Orientation session was organized for the students and parents of TYBA Psychology class, with the purpose of informing them about the TYPsychology course structure, evaluation pattern and course demands.
Ethics of Research
12th June 2019, Psychology Department
Dr. Neha Karnik from Department of Economics delivered a lecture on the above mentioned topic to TYBA Psychology students. She also spoke about correct referencing, choosing of a topic etc. It was a very informative lecture especially for those students who pursued research as a part of their internal assesssment.
Parents'-Teachers Interaction
19th January 2019, Psychology Department
Department arranged an Interactive session for the teachers of the Department and parents of current batch of TYBA Psychology students
Manmoklya Gappa
18th August 2018, Psychology Department
Actors Ms. Jui and Actor Mr. Ms. Jui spoke about her experience in Marathi Industry. She was recently screened in a reality show 'Big Boss'. She mentioned that Big Boss was not scripted but very well edited. Students asked both the actors a lot of questions. It was a very interactive session. Students are always fascinated about the glamorous cine world hence the program was very well received.
Poetry Competition
20th December 2017, Psychology Department
Value lab and Psychology Association organized Poetry competition to celebrate the value of the month December-Appreciation on 20th December, 2018 (theme -mind and mental health).
Psychology Exhibition
19th September 2016, Psychology Department
As a part of Utkarsha-2016-17 Psychology Association organized Psychology-related exhibition named ‘Psyched-up’. Those who visited the exhibition were asked to play games related to Psychology and then psychological principles underlying these games were explained. 255 students from our college and a few other colleges visited this exhibition.
Workshop on Dance Movement Therapy
24th August 2016, Psychology Department
Past-student of the Department, Vidhya Shenoy along with her colleague Nandini Ray conducted a workshop on Dance Movement Therapy. They elaborated on this therapy, its effectiveness by engaging the students in various activities like dancing and painting.
Film Screening: Sybil
23rd August 2016, Psychology Department
The screening of the movie 'Sybil' was organized to help students better understand the disorder that they learn about in the subject of Abnormal Psychology. 21 students from TYBA Psychology attended the movie screening.
Guest Lecture: Ergonomics
8th August 2016, Psychology Department
To help students understand application of Psychology in designing equipments Psychology Association organized a Guest Lecture on ‘Ergonomics’
Orientation to TYBA Psychology
2nd July 2016, Psychology Department
Six students of the TYBA Psychology 2015-16 batch gave orientation to the 22 students of the current batch. The students of 2015-16 batch shared their experiences of graduating with Psychology, also tips to do well academically at TYBA.
Ms Amruta Avinash Padhye
Personal
Delivered a guest lecture on the topic ‚¬â€œ‚Introduction to Counseling Psychology‚ for students of Institute of Comprehensive Education on 22nd August 2019.
Ms Amruta Avinash Padhye
Personal
Attended a one-day workshop on Research Methodology organized by Departments of English, Politics and Philosophy of SIES College of Arts, Science and Commerce on 27th January 2020.
Ms Amruta Avinash Padhye
Personal
Attended a workshop on basic excel organized by IQAC, SIES College of Arts, Science and Commerce on 19th and 20th July 2019.
Mrs Shama Girish Todurkar
Personal
Attended a one-day workshop on Research Methodology organized by Departments of English, Politics and Philosophy of SIES College of Arts, Science and Commerce
Mrs Shama Girish Todurkar
Personal
Attended a workshop about Avishkar Research Convention organized by K. J. Somaiya College under the aegis of Mumbai University
Mrs Shama Girish Todurkar
Personal
Attended a workshop on basic excel organized by IQAC, SIES College of Arts, Science and Commerce
Mrs Shama Girish Todurkar
Personal
Delivered a guest lecture on the topic ‚¬â€œ‚Psychological Testing in Counseling‚ for students of Institute of Comprehensive Education on 26th September 2019.
Mrs Shama Girish Todurkar
Personal
Delivered a guest lecture on the topic ‚¬â€œ‚Psychological Testing in Counseling‚ for students of Institute of Comprehensive Education on 26th September 2019.
Ms Amruta Avinash Padhye
Personal
Delivered a Guest Lecture Psychology and Teaching profession in IPH , Thane on 15th July 2017.
Ms Amruta Avinash Padhye
Personal
Delivered a Guest Lecture on Psychology of Criminal after the screening of the movie Detective Bomkesh Bakshi in the college auditorium
Ms Amruta Avinash Padhye
Personal
Delivered a Guest Lecture on Introduction to Counselling for ICE students on 10th August 2017.
Ms Amruta Avinash Padhye
Personal
Conducted Training for Police Trainees at Marol from 4th October to 10th October 2017 on the following topics: Use of Psychology for Effective Learning Observational Learning and its importance in Police work Short Term Memory, Long Term Memory and Retrieval
Mrs Shama Girish Todurkar
Guest Lecture
Delivered a Guest Lecture on the topic Teachers and Counseling to the participants of In-Service Training programme for Junior College teachers on 3rd June 2016
Mrs Shama Girish Todurkar
Resource Person
Worked as psychologist on the Interview Panel for the recruitment in Hindustan Petroleum on 16th and 18th July 2016
Mrs Shama Girish Todurkar
Guest Lecture
Delivered A Guest Lecture On Beginning Of New Life To SYBA Psychology Students Of SIES College Of Arts, Science And Commerce, Sion on 11th August 2016.
Mrs Shama Girish Todurkar
Guest Lecture
Delivered A Guest Lecture On Psychological Testing and Counseling for the students of Institute of Comprehensive Education on 29th September, 2016.
Mrs Shama Girish Todurkar
Guest Lecture
Delivered a lecture on Cross-cultural Sensitivity about ettiqutte as a part of Value-lab activity of Department of English on 13th January 2017
Mrs Shama Girish Todurkar
Personal
completed mumbai university minor research project entitled role of hope and health locus of control in influencing health-behaviours of adolescents. report was submitted on 29th july 2015.
Mrs Shama Girish Todurkar
Guest Lecture
delivered a guest lecture on beginning of new life to syba psychology students of sies college of arts, science and commerce, sion on 5th august 2015.
Mrs Shama Girish Todurkar
Personal
successfully completed orientation programme organised by ugc, human resource development centre (mumbai university) from 20th august 2015 to 16th september 2015.
Mrs Shama Girish Todurkar
Personal
worked as psychologist on the interview panel of hindustan petroleum corporation limited for their recruitment in august and december 2015.
Mrs Shama Girish Todurkar
Resource Person
Served as Psychologist on the Interview panel for recruitment in Hindustan Petroleum on 23rd and 24th September, 2015
