We were delighted to hear from Old Hymerian (OH 2011-21) Srinidhi Krishnan, who will be representing the University of Cambridge in ‘Kings of Gaana’, the largest kuthu dance competition, being held at the Troxy in London, on the 14th December. Kuthu is a South Indian dance style, and it will be the biggest stage she has performed on so far, and she can’t wait to experience this with the team. 

Watch Cambridge Kuthu team here

Srinidi is a 5th year student studying medicine at Cambridge and has fully embraced university life with roles including; student ambassador, welfare officer and events officer for the Cambridge University Women in Surgery Society. Srinidi intercalculated studying a BA in Psychology and recently wrote an article in the MDU sharing her thoughts on this. 

Srinidi's published article in the MDU 2024

I wanted a course that would be different to medicine, but with a blend of science and humanities, so I chose psychology! I'm also interested in neurology as a speciality, so I thought psychology would complement this well.

It involved a lot more abstract thinking and theoretical exploration, which was definitely a shift from memorising hundreds of flash cards. It was fascinating to discuss topics with world-class researchers, and work with other psychology students and discuss their experiences and ambitions.

I took part in a research project looking at how fear affects learning in OCD, using virtual reality. This experience opened my eyes to how virtual reality could potentially be used as a tool in clinical practice for therapies and diagnosis. We published this paper and I was able to present it at a conference in Cambridge. This was a great experience to meet some amazing researchers and boost my presentation skills.

Psychology was also very flexible and had significantly fewer contact hours in comparison to medicine. This gave me the chance to join multiple sports societies, perform at a dance show, and organise events for our college medsoc!

Good luck to you and the team, Srinidi. Keep in touch and we look forward to welcoming you back to Hymers or at the Cambridge OH social in 2026.