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IRiS ’20

For the second year in a row, the city’s only psychology-based fest was hosted by
the Psychology Department of Lakshmipat Singhania Academy on 16 October,
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2020. It went ahead using the online platform of Zoom. Seven engaging events
were conducted as a part of this fest, with three of them being livestreamed on
the official YouTube channel as well.

The opening ceremony started off the proceedings at 9:00am, and it emphasised on the focus of the hour – ‘Mental
Health During A Pandemic’. Students and teachers are at the fore of a struggle to deal with the pandemic while
handling their academic responsibilities as well.
Let us find out a little more about the events we hosted this year!
LUMINARY
CATHARSIS Luminary was an event where the

PROJECTION participants were required to play the
Believing in the phrase “our creativity is the role of a counsellor to their respective
essence of who we are”, the event catharsis subjects. It aimed at exploring the core
aimed at bringing out the inner artist within Projection was an event where the elements of a psychologist, which are
us. An illusive and impressionistic poem participants were required to create a communication and problem-solving.
was sent to all the participants who then film pertaining to the topic, Obsessive
had to paint whatever came to their mind Compulsive Disorder (OCD). PSYCHOLOGIST’S PARLEY
on reading it.
BLURB CONFLICT CONVERSATION Discussion wherein each participant had
This event was in form of a Panel

Blurb was an event designed to Conflict Conversation was a practical to represent a certain School of Thought
explore the marketing skills of simulation of the Freudian unconscious, (Psychology) and deliberate on the
he Innovation behind the name IRIS
the participants keeping in according to which the unconscious topic, ‘Work from Home- Managing
mind the ‘color and consumer’ human mind has three segments- the id, unfamiliar work pressure and family life.’
psychology in a bid to create superego and ego. The participants had QUIZEPTION
the best product possible. to use their words in wits to reach an
achievable solution, assuming the role of Quizeption, an engaging mind sport, aimed at
the aforementioned segments.
testing students’ knowledge of psychology
through an interactive quiz.

Iris is the ring-shaped membrane behind the cornea of our eye which
helps regulate the amount of light that enters our eye, thus helping us
to see the world as it is. Iris is also the Greek goddess of the vibrant
rainbow, which encompasses all shades of the color spectrum. In a
similar vein, IRiS is a fest which seeks to push the inclusive nature of
psychology forward, to acknowledge every shade of the wonderful
rainbow of human diversity, and to spread the message of keeping one
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happy and joyful.