Inauguration of Mental Well-being Club & Session on ‘Reiki
On the 5th of October, at first there was the inauguration programme of Mental Well-being Club together with Substance Abuse Prevention Cell, Patna Women’s College. Ms. Shabana Fatima, International Fellow, Ford Foundation and Consultant, UNICEF was the Chief Guest for the session. The members of the club also took the pledge to make a stigma-free environment for the awareness and promotion of mental health around them, both in and out-campus. Ms. Riya Singh, Student, M.A. Applied Psychology, Semester I, Ms. Mushkan Kumari (Student, B.A. Mass Communication, Semester I), and Ms. Anu Shruti (Student, B.A. Economics, Semester III) were selected as the President, General Secretary, and Treasurer respectively for the functioning of the Club for the ongoing Academic Year. Secondly, a workshop on ‘REIKI’ was organized for the teachers. Prof. Kanak Verma, Retd. Director, IPRS, Patna University was the resource person. She explained the ethics and essence of ‘REIKI’ to the participants and demonstrated how to perform it to work on our physical and mental health and be more productive.