Committees & clubs.

Coordinators

Counseling Centre

Ovee Gokhale · Abha Khan

Two student team members work alongside the counselor to keep services accessible and welcoming — reaching out to new clients, scheduling sessions, and running day-to-day operations. They also drive outreach: brainstorming activities and ideas to connect with the wider community.

• Institute of Science workshop
• Thoughts and Emotions workshop
• Mantralaya Initiative

Coordinator

Social Media Club

Dikshaa Sahu

The digital voice of the department — showcasing activities, achievements, and everyday moments through the Instagram page Sorted Psychos. Announcements about initiatives, internships, and admissions are shared here, keeping the space active and reflective of the department's spirit.

• Psych Rewind reel series
• @sorted.psychos on Instagram

Coordinator

FUN-Da Mental — Cultural Club

Tanisha Das

More than just a cultural club — a space where creativity meets community. Every event is a collective creation: members are involved in brainstorming, curating, sourcing, designing, and executing. The club nurtures creativity, celebrates diversity of expression, and reminds everyone that culture is something we create together.

• Freshers'
• Farewell
• Diwali Party
• Jamming sessions

Coordinator

Readiculous — Library Club

Hinal Mhatre

The departmental library holds over 135 books across subfields of psychology. More than 90 books were issued by students in 2025–26, most popular: abnormal psychology (17%), school psychology (12%), and counseling (11%). The Readiculous club was founded this year to promote reading culture in the department.

• Bring Your Own Book — book auction + exchange (MA and BA editions)
• Imposter — social-deduction game on psychological topics

Coordinator

Teaching Assistantship

Rakshita Palande

Masters students initiate and support undergraduate learning. This year, TA has run revision sessions, supervised experimental psychology practicals, assisted with internal assessments, and offered one-to-one mentoring for third-year undergraduates. Teaching assistants have also contributed to research support and report writing.

Coordinator

CogLab Club

Shreya Chaturvedi

Enhances academic resources within the department by procuring and setting up laptops and tablets for student and faculty use. Essential research software is installed and updated; a systematic register tracks usage details to ensure transparency and responsible use. Class-wise co-coordinators oversee lab functioning across years.

• Co-coordinators: Sachin (MA part 2), Gun (TYBA), Tanvi (SYBA), Fatima (FYBA)

Coordinators

Outreach Club

Khushi Garg · Anushka Dasgupta

Works in mental-health promotion across the community — from school and college workshops to large awareness campaigns on Suicide Prevention Day and World Mental Health Day. Past efforts include a Suicide Prevention Pledge that reached approximately 10,000 people and a street play at Elphinstone College.

• Suicide Prevention Day pledge — ~10,000 signatures
• World Mental Health Day — wellbeing screenings across colleges and community
• School workshops on Academic Stress, Understanding Emotions, Screentime Management

Coordinator

Psynapse Magazine

First edition magazine

The inaugural edition of Psynapse introduced the department's magazine as a space for psychological reflection, student writing, and creative engagement with ideas from the classroom and beyond.

Coordinator

Workshop Club

Mili Dass

Curates the department's workshop programme — both student-led sessions (relaxation techniques, movement-based work) and guest-led ones (Sports Psychology, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, Indian approaches to wellbeing, 16PF, career guidance, psychoeducation, setting up private practice, and the Matheran nature-based field workshop).

• Art of Assessment 2025 — ~400 students from across Mumbai
• Test Exhibition, Aurangabad
• Matheran nature-based workshop (field trip)