BA Psychology, English Literature & Journalism
The department of B A Psychology, English Literature & Journalism was started in the year 2006. The triple major department prepares the students to look for job portals or to explore higher education possibilities based on their proficiency in any one of the three majors, giving them an opportunity and enabling them to make the right decision based on their interest levels and the demands in the education and job sectors of the society today. Also, considering that all the three majors are in a great demand in their respective sectors, the student would be able to choose interdisciplinary courses, facilitating them to explore in their career choices, inculcating better decision making skills for the same. A blend of classic curriculum and use of modern teaching aids is what makes this department contemporary to students’ needs. Student participative techniques like group discussions, case studies are adopted in teaching methodologies. Further, industrial visits impart practical exposure as a part of experiential learning. Additionally, for enhanced learning experiences, ICT tools are adopted for an effective teaching strategy.
VISION: The department aims to inculcate the ability to analyze and construct creative ideas, and to enable communicative competence among our students towards their holistic growth.
MISSION: The department through its humanities courses aims to train students to be empathetic, compassionate, and responsible young citizens
OBJECTIVES: This is a triple major department that offers three disciplines in one. Students registering for this course get in-depth exposure to three subjects; a buffet of three courses offers triple opportunities. The interdisciplinary thrust of the department facilitates creative learning—thus students offer innovative reading of cultural texts through psychological theories, or present complex psychological issues through literary genres like storytelling and drama
- This is a triple major department that offers three disciplines in one program. Students registering for this course get in-depth exposure to three subjects; a buffet of three courses offers triple opportunities. The interdisciplinary thrust of the department facilitates creative learning—thus students are offered an innovative reading of cultural texts through psychological theories or present complex psychological issues through literary genres like storytelling and drama.
- The Hyderabad Literary Fest: The HLF is one of the best practices of the department; it was initiated as the best practice in the year 2017. The HLF is a three day literature cum cultural event, wherein people from the field of arts, literature and from the discipline of cultural studies, come together to create an awareness about the same.
- Human Library: The Human Library creates a safe space for dialogue where myriad topics are discussed openly between human books and their readers. All the human books are volunteers with a personal experience on the topic.
Dr. Sudeep Chandra
HoD, Asst. Professor
EMP ID: 18136
M Sc., NET, SET, Ph.D
Dr Swaralipi Nandi
Dean of Arts and Humanities & Asst. Professor
EMP ID:17122
M.A, M.Phil, NET, Ph.D.
Dr S Prithvika
Asst.Professor
EMP ID: 18125
M.A, SET, Ph.D.
Ms. Arasharial Sandhria Thomas
Asst.Professor
EMP ID: 23114
M.Sc Applied Psychology Specialized In Counseling
Ms.AMISHA VADDI
Asst.Professor
EMP ID: 24107
M. A. Mass Communication and Journalism
DR. SHIVALI SHARMA
HoD & Asst. Professor Iin English
EMP ID: 23122
M.A. (English), M.A. (Mass Communication), UGC-NET & JRF, Ph. D.
Ms. P VAISHNAVI
Asst.Professor
EMP ID:241116
M.A PSYCHOLOGY, TS-SET
PROGRAMME OUTCOMES
PO1: Critical Thinking: Take informed actions after identifying the assumptions that frame our thinking and actions, critically evaluate. The validity of arguments and conclusion, and looking at our ideas and decisions (intellectual, organizational, and personal) From Different perspectives.
PO2: Effective Communication: Speak, read, write and listen clearly in person and through electronic media in English and in one Indian Language, and make meaning of the word by connecting people, ideas, books, media, and technology.
PO3: Social Interaction: Elicit views of others, mediate disagreements and help reach conclusions in group settings.
PO4: Conduct Investigation of Complex Problems: Use research based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, Analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of information to provide valid conclusion
PO5: Effective Citizenship: Demonstrate empathetic social concern and equity centered national development, and the ability to act with an informed awareness of issues and participate in civil life through a volunteering.
PO6: Ethics: Recognize different value systems including your own, understand the moral dimensions of your decisions, and accept responsibility for them.
PO7: Environment and Sustainability: Understand the issues of environmental contexts and sustainable development.
PO8: Self-Directed and Lifelong Learning: Acquire the ability to engage in independent and lifelong learning in the broadest manual.
PROGRAMME SPECIFIC OUTCOMES
PSO1. Understand the nature and basic concepts of Psychology, English literature, and Journalism and express them effectively in writing and speech.
PSO2. Analyze the relationship between individual and society, and the various ways individuals respond to socio-political-religious and economic factors
PSO3.Think critically about arguments and texts while taking into account diverse interpretations from different subject positions and acquire the ability to act in a socially responsible, ethical and humane way, grooming themselves towards effective citizenship.
PSO4.Apply the theories of Psychology, English Literature, and Journalism in conducting investigations on complex problems concerning the human being, his behavior, and existence in society.
The faculties of the department regularly implement experiential learning methods. For e.g. students are given the opportunity to experience altered states of consciousness in the form short naps in classroom, thereby allowing them to understand the complex transitions of the human sleep cycle.
Departmental Reports - Year Wise
National Webinar Series on Reflections on The Pandemic: Present and Future– The department organized a national webinar titled- ‘Reflections on the Pandemic: Present and Future from 20-23rd May 2020. The speakers for the event were Mr. Nasir Javid, Mr. Dhuniraj Chetri, Dr. Aparajita Sengupta, and Prof. Vishweshwar Rao. The speakers being experts in the field of psychology, English and Journalism respectively spoke about how has the discipline played a major role; the setbacks faced by the discipline because of the pandemic. The webinar helped the students gather a bigger picture of the world during such turbulent times. White Noise Symposium:
The department of Psychology, English and Journalism organized a symposium, titled, White Noise: A Symposium on Subtle Sexism on 14th August, 2021. The first half of the session consisted of two guest lectures. The first guest lecture for the day was delivered by Dr. Lalitha Sarma’s talk was titled ‘My Imperfect Feminisms: Theory and Praxis’. The second lecture was by Dr. Kavya Krishna K.R, and her talk was titled, ‘Gender and Politics of Experience in The Great Indian Kitchen’. https://youtu.be/_3bSBzWu3yw
GELP International Conference: The School of Arts, Loyola Academy collaborated with Global Emerging Leadership Program (GELP) for a two-day conference, on December 1st and December 2nd, 2022.
It is a Canadian social enterprise that aims at developing leadership programs for students and young professionals. The objective was to develop leadership development and also, to equip global leaders with tools to create change and empower students and young professionals within all communities.
They also intend to provide relevant skill-based learning and experiences that will challenge the next generation to discover themselves in their reflective journey and identify their career and pathway.
Visit to Institute of Mental Health, Erragadda, Hyderabad: The Final year students of the department visited the institute of Mental Health, Erragadda, Hyderabad, on March 3rd, 2023 along with their psychology professors. The purpose of the visit was to expose the students to the functioning of the various departments at an institute for mental health and to gain practical insights into the field of clinical psychology.
Psychological Testing in Real Time Setting
Intelligence Testing: Practical Experience Report
On the 2nd of March 2023, a group of students from Loyola Academy Degree and PG College visited Rockspire Public School to administer intelligence tests on subjects. The students were divided into groups of four, each consisting of two teams of two, with each team being assigned a subject. The purpose of the exercise was to provide students of BA Psychology with practical experience in the field of administering intelligence tests.
The students were tasked with administering Bhatia’s battery of intelligence tests, a well-known tool for measuring cognitive abilities. The battery included various subtests that assessed different cognitive abilities, including memory, verbal comprehension, and spatial ability. The tests provided valuable insight into the cognitive strengths and weaknesses of each subject.
Alumni Meeting- The Department of B A Psychology, English Literature and Journalism organized a virtual alumni meet on 28th May 2022. The agenda of the meet was for the department to acquaint itself with how its alumni have fared so far. The meet was attended by 25 alumni. The meet began with the HOD, Ms Elsita, welcoming the alumni to the meet. The next section of the meet was left open for alumni to share one of their fondest memories in Loyola Academy and also throw light on how the department has impacted their growth both personally and professionally.
Social Service- The first year students of the Department of B A Psychology, English Literature and Journalism took an initiative to visit a slum in Bhudevinagar and conducted a survey to know about the number of children who go to school and the number of children who do not go to school. The Students regularly visit this slum and interact with the children and also help them in their studies.
2021-2022 Academic Year
The Department of B A Psychology, English Literature & Journalism, won the resonance overall championship trophy, which is a 3 days long inter department cultural event.
2022-2023 Academic Year
The Department of B A Psychology, English Literature & Journalism, won the resonance overall championship trophy, which is a 3 days long inter department cultural event.
Dr. Swaralipi Nandi, Assistant Professor of English, published a paper on “Speculating the Carbon-Rift: Capitalistic Dystopias and the Ecological-Noir in Carbon” in ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment.
Dr. Swaralipi Nandi, Assistant Professor of English, published a paper on “Delineating Delhi: Spaces of Neoliberal Urbanism in Tarun Tejpal’s The Story Of My Assassins” in Studies in Linguistics and Literature Vol. 5, No. 4, 2021.
Dr Swaralipi Nandi, Assistant Professor of English was invited as a Resource Person on 26/6/2021.
Talking Films Online Research Enclave, EFLU.
Dr. Swaralipi Nandi, Assistant Professor of English, published a Book, Oil Fictions: World Literature and Contemporary Petrosphere , Oil Fictions: World Literature and Contemporary Petrosphere.
INVITED TALKS
Dr. Swaralipi Nandi, Assistant Professor of English.
Invited speaker for the podcast series Volatile Trajectories funded by Future Energy Systems and the Canada First Research Excellence
Fund.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwieqNNENew&t=2641s
Invited speaker at “Elements of the Anthropocene” New York University, Abu Dhabi (July 2022) https://nyuadi.secure.force.com/Events/NYUEventRegistration?event=sDHFQ_2FCybAwbAjF74SYfjw_3D_3D
Invited for interview “World Oil Literature”: Interview with Prof. Firat Oruc, Georgetown University, Qatar” (June 2022) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1sm8YTiIsI
Invited for guest lecture at Jyothi Nivas College, Bangalore, Nov 14th, 2023
Selected for special panel presentation at Modern Languages Association.
Dr. Swaralipi Nandi, Assistant Professor of English.
The Cultures of Resource Extraction: Past, Present, and Future | IIT Hyderabad : one-week seminar course approved by MHRD (Course No. 191008F01) under Global Initiative for Academic Network (GIAN),taught with Imre Szeman and Aalok Khandekar (August 22-26, 2022) https://afteroil.ca/extraction/
Travelled to Canada as an invited member of After Oil School–a two-year project organized and sponsored by the University of Alberta and TECS (Transition in Energy, Culture, and Society), Canada. https://afteroil.ca/after-oil-3/
Contributing member and collaborator of Petrocultures Research Group: Members – Petrocultures Research Group | Petrocultures Research Group
Dr Prithvika, Assistant Professor of English was invited as a Resource Person on 24.08.2021
Topic: Contemporary Literature from Europe (Ten days online lecture series on History of European Literature organized by Daath Voyage: An International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in English).Dr Prithvika, Assistant Professor of English was invited as a Resource Person in August 2021
Topic: Extension Lecture on The Age of Victoria: Uncertainty, Socio- Cultural crisis and Literature. Daath Voyage: An International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in English.
Ms Sritama Maitra, Assistant Professor of English, Published a paper on “Gangster Macbeths and their Diseased Minds: Is” in Quarterly Review of Film and Video.
Mr Sudeep Chandra, Assistant Professor of Psychology, published a paper on “Ego integrity and life satisfaction among older adults – A Comparative study” in Indian Journal of Gerontology.
Mr Utsav Batteneni (2020-2023 Batch) Indian National Athlete.
2023- Telangana State Champion under 23 Age category – ITT event.
2022: Pune – Baramathi Road National Cycle Race Top contender.
2022 – State Road Cycling Champion ship silver
2022 – State Track Cycling Champion ship silver
2021 – Telangana State Champion Under 18 Road Time Trial Event
2021 – Telangana State Champion Track (U18 age category) 3k IP
2020 – Track Cycling State Champion ships Pursuit IP – 3km Silver
2020 – SGFI Track NATIONAL BRONZE Medalist (Pune- Maharashtra)
Team India Camp Track Trials, Individual Pursuit Rider (National Institution of sports (NIS) (NCOE) Patiala.
Have participated over 7 national championships over last 3years and a top competitor for India and part of Team Indian Cycling – Cycling Federation Of India. Ms Shubha Pai (2017-2020 Batch)
She completed her Master’s degree in Health Psychology from the University of Hyderabad where she was awarded the University Gold Medal. She qualified for GATE with an All India Rank of 82 and also qualified for Assistant Professor through UGC NET. She recently got selected for a Fellowship training program in Palliative Care by St. Christopher’s Hospice, London and is currently working as a psycho-oncologist in the Department of Pain and Palliative Medicine at Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute.Mr K Hemanth Sai Reddy (2017-2020 Batch)
Criminologist & Forensic Psychologist
Current Designation: Forensic Professional, Forensic Psychology Division, Central Forensic Sciences Laboratory Hyderabad, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
UGC Net Qualified.
Qualified FACT (Forensic Aptitude and Caliber Test) in Forensic Psychology conducted by Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
Awards: Best Research Paper Award By International Association of Scientists and Researchers.
Best Research Paper Award at International Conference of Applied Forensic Psychology and Delinquency conducted by University of Madras.
Number of Publications: 3. John Pasapala (2018- 2021 batch)
John Pasapala works as a journalist at The Daily Pioneer.
As a health journalist, John has the privilege of gathering and reporting news and information to the public on a variety of topics. From working closely with medical professionals and government agencies to collaborating with advocacy groups, Jon pays close attention to the healthcare system and voice out the issues that the public needs to be aware of.Mr Chetan (2020-2023 Batch)
Mr Chetan attended the all India trekking expedition which was conducted by the DG NCC (Delhi) it was held at Tirupathi and it was 15 days camp. Mr Chetan was the first NCC cadet of my college to attend any national camp in the last year i.e. 2022.
He also won the medal for the best cadet form secunderabad group.Mr Adithya (2021-2024 Batch ) Published A Book Titled “SUNDARA KAANDA”
Ms Deepika Pasham, (2015-2018 Batch) Journalist.
Journalist for a cause. Multimedia reporter. I frequently cover beats like education, transport, tourism, entertainment and crime. Will stand up with underprivileged till my last breathe. I am happy to be the voice of voiceless.
Currently working as a Reporter with The Daily Pioneer, a national newspaper. She covers Education, Forest, Transport, Crime and the Railways beat for the newspaper. She has worked on many incidents of national as well as domestic importance. Some of them include doing a impact story on school students of Jawahar Nagar Slums, the Agniveer Protest and various other crime incidents.Ms Tejal Sinha (2016-2019 Batch)
Feature sub editor at The Pioneer Intern at The New Indian Express. Ms Aashreya Rajashekar (2020-2023 Batch)
She completed fact -checking training conducted by Ekta, a consortium of Indian fact checkers listed below and meedan.
Panel member for “Let us dream conference” Hyderabad.
Participated in “G20 Mock Summit” – under cluster college programme. Mr Tanay Singh (2021-2024 Batch)
Attended TEDxIARE on 26th January, on the theme “Nature vs Nuture”
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2006 – 2023 |
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Lab Infrastructure
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Pallavi Sharma |
2019-20 |
Zoho Corporation PVT LTD |
5 LPA
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Shri Hari Arun |
2020-21
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Bundl Technologies private limited |
6 LPA |
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3 |
Sowparnika Santosh |
2021-22
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CognitiveBotics Technologies Private Limited |
3.6 LPA |
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4 |
Ms Esha Kanoj |
2021-22 |
CognitiveBotics Technologies Private Limited |
3.6 LPA |
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Bhoomika Agarwal |
2021-22 |
Synchrony |
3 LPA |
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| Sl. No. | Student Name | Batch | PG | PG Institute |
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1 |
Siddharth Kakarla |
2021-22 |
MSc Psychology |
Christ University, Bangalore |
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2 |
Muni Amrita |
2021-22 |
MSc Psychology |
Kristu Jayanti College |
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3 |
Ananya Nair |
2021-22 |
Msc Applied psychology |
O. P. Jindal Global University |
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4 |
Deevana Georgiana |
2021-22 |
Ma Mass communication |
St Francis College for Women |
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5 |
Akshara Yeluri |
2021-22 |
MA Clinical Psychology |
Amity University, Madhya Pradesh |
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