What all we did this October

IN BULLETS-

1. Deer Park Institute and SIDH conference in Bir, Himachal Pradesh on Shiksha. In this photo here you see the head of SIDH, Pawan-ji along with Prof Sangal (IIT Kanpur )and his wife Rita, Soma Paul (IIIT, Hyderabad; also my roommate at DPI) and Manish Jain of Shikshantar
2. Scores of synergies emerged from this and we may work with at least a few of the people I encountered here.
3. Later in October there was the mental health mela organized by the PHFI- Public Health Foundation of India; in whose preparation we had contributed both at the IIC and at the Lady Irwin College
4. Meeting with Prof Narender Ahuja- 19th Oct at Electronics Niketan, CGO complex
5. Meeting with Prof Girishwar Misra- 25th Oct in his room in the university
6. Met the representatives of SEWA NGO from Faridabad

This is a view of the proceedings at the Lady Irwin College on 19th September 2011. Organizers were PHFI

Mental Health initiative

On 10th-11th October 2011 the Public Health Foundation of India observed the world mental health day wiht a two day program in the IIC, New Delhi..We participated in two programs- one each at the Lady Irwin College (September 2011) and the IIC

A major part of our work is in the area of mental health and we are in the process of setting up a whole arm of mental wellness titled- MANSA. Several academics, psychologists and senior people have been requested to be a part of this venture, which starts initially as a think tank venture. Hope to accomplish some serious things through this and by putting mental health in the domain of the community itself.