DOIMUKH, Feb 9: A two day national workshop on Mental Wellness is being held at Rajiv Gandhi University from February 9-10. The workshop is being jointly organized by the Department of Psychology, Department of Social Work and Career Counseling Cell, RGU, in collaboration with Solh Wellness. 
Inaugurating the workshop, Vice Chancellor Prof. Saket Kushwaha,  highlighted that most of the stress in our society are associated with lifestyle, and different roles and responsibilities one has to perform. Managing stress is an art and one should know how to mitigate these challenges. In this, technology has an important role to play in connecting someone to most necessary support system, he said.
The program started with the welcome address by Prof. Dharmeshwari Lourembam, she highlighted on the importance of mental wellness for student population in particular and public in general, and the usage of technology in mitigating this challenge. Dr. N. T. Rikam, the Registrar, RGU, and Prof. P. K. Panigrahi, HoD Dept. National Security Studies also shared their views.
The resource person, Kapil Gupta of Sohl Wellness emphasized on the importance of dealing with mental wellness as it affects the psychological capital of an individual which then affects the psychological capital of larger society. He shared that no two person has same reflection of same mental health issues thereby bringing solution to them is a challenge. During the workshop the resource person will be highlighting benefits of Solh Wellness applications and technology, and how that can be utilized by the students for their mental well being.

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