Psychology as a subject has always fascinated students. But for boys looking to pursue the subject at Delhi University, the options are limited with barely a handful of co-ed colleges offering the subject.

Interestingly, at the recent annual Psychology fest ‘Psyfiesta’ at DU’s Gargi College, a significant number of boys spoke about the need to introduce the subject in more colleges, especially co-ed colleges. At present, most colleges that offer a graduation degree in the subject are all-girls colleges.

“Fests like these make us realise the need to remove the taboo attached with taking up Psychology. Personally, Psychology helps me understand relationships with people around. I don’t understand why the course should be restricted only to girls’ colleges,” said Achaman Agarwal, a third-year marketing student at DU who attended the fest.

“DU hardly has any Psychology options for boys. The only college I can remember that offers it to boys too is Zakir Hussain College,” said Dr. Jitendra Nagpal, head of the Psychiatry Department at Moolchand Hospital, while speaking at
Psyfiesta.

“The number of boys at this event organised at a girls’ college shows how interested we are in studying Psychology. We should be provided with the means to pursue it,” said Himanshu Mundepi, a B.Tech student at SGT Institute of Engineering and Technology.

The theme for this year’s fest was ‘Towards a positive self: Promoting good mental health’.

It included

competitions like Photostory, Just A Minute and PsychAd.

“It was a one-of-a-kind fest because of the basket of events it had to offer to all kinds of students. I would surely attend fests like these in future, which allow us boys to do something unconventional,” said Baksheesh Sachar, a student of Economics at Ambedkar University, who won the second prize in Photostory. Two boys from Sri Venkateswara College bagged the second prize in PsychAd.

“A lot of entries I receive for internships at the Moolchand Psychiatry department are from boys. There are some who are from the engineering stream, but want to take up Psychology. I think that is hopeful,” said Dr. Nagpal.

(The writer is an intern with The Hindu)

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