Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 31: Higher Education Department, in collaboration with Government College for Women, Parade Ground Jammu, organized a webinar on the theme ‘Holistic Mental and Emotional Well Being’ at the launch of Psychological cum Career Counseling Cell in colleges of Jammu and Kashmir.
Talat Parvez Rohella, Commissioner Secretary, Higher Education Department, presided over the webinar and talked about the mental health scenario in the UT of J&K.
Launching of Psychological cum Career Counseling Cell is a process initiated by the Department of Higher Education to train teachers, facilitate them to work in teams as counselors and provide psychological counseling to the youth. Over 500 participants joined the webinar, which was streamed live on Youtube. The webinar was organized by IQAC team of GCW Parade.
Director Colleges, Dr Yaseen Ahmed Shah; Dr S P Sarswat, Principal GCW Parade and Patron Psychological Career Counselling & Placement Cell, Jammu; Dr Sheikh Ajaz Bashir, Principal Islamia College Srinagar and patron Psychological Career Counselling & Placement Cell, Kashmir, Vikas Dhar Bhagati, Deputy Secretary Higher Education Department, Dr Kumar Sourabh, Principal and faculty of Degree colleges from across the UT attended the webinar.
Dr Jitendra Nagpal, Sr Psychiatrist, Institute of Mental Health and Life Skill Promotion, Moolchand Medicity, New Delhi, shared the screen as the resources person. He spoke on the constituents of holistic mental and emotional well being amidst crisis faced by the youth in the current scenario and ways to overcome it. He also spoke about the roles that schools, colleges and the youth must undertake to ensure mental emotional well being in such times.
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