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‘The best within us is waiting to be explored’ said Dr. (Fr.) Walter de Sa, Principal of St. Xavier’s college of Arts, Science and Commerce at the inaugural function of PSYGNUS-2010, at which the chief guest was Mr. Chandrakant Barve, director of Doordarshan Kendra, Goa.
Psygnus 2010 (adapted from the word Cygnus that means Swan) was a state level inter-college psychology festival held at. St. Xavier’s College and was organized by its Abbe Faria Post Graduate Department of Psychology. It was a platform for any student of psychology to display his/her own inner grace, self esteem and beauty. A total of 8 teams from 5 colleges - St. Xavier’s College, M.E.S College, Dhempe College, Smt. Parvatibai Chowgule College and Kandola College - across Goa participated.
BECOMING, the in-house psychology magazine, was brought out by the Abbe Faria Post Graduate Department. It was released at the hands of the chief guest, Mr. Chandrakant Barve. It contains various articles and experiences penned down by the faculty and students of the department.
In total there were 6 events, 4 on stage and 2 off stage. They were Psychodrama (a 4 minute play), Psychojive (a dance expressing Mental Health Awareness), Psychosphere (a quiz), Psygnotherapy (creating a new therapy), Psychoblots (t-shirt creation) and Psygnus Times (a newspaper showing the events of the day). Judges for each event were experts and experienced in the field of the event they judged.
The winners of Psygnus-2010 were M.E.S College, the 1st runners up being Chowgule College and the position of 2nd runners up was tied by Kandola College and St. Xavier’s College.
