Gomantak Young Inspirators Network in association with VVM’s Shree Damodar College of Commerce & Economics organized a session on “Mental Health” on 25th January 2023 from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Hall 2 of the Central Block of the College. 50 students of the B.Com programme were a part of this session. Mental health being an important area particularly with reference to the youth, this session aimed to help students develop resilience and work towards growing into healthy, well-rounded adults.
The session commenced with a brief introduction about mental health by the compere Ms. Abha Naik, a student of FY B.Com. The Resource Person for the session was Mrs. Ketaki Parob Gadekar, a psychologist and transformational speaker who is also the Founder and President of Wow Foundation.
The Resource Person began with a set of mental health check-in questions that maybe used to understand feelings of individuals. Mrs. Gadekar also displayed the feelings wheel which contained a plethora of words that could be used by everyone to express themselves along with an emotional awareness checklist. She spoke about chemicals in the body that increase happiness and also explained the components of emotional intelligence. She highlighted different ways to become mentally stronger and take care of mental health. She concluded the session by sharing her experiences through practical examples and cases that she had come across.
Ms. Hester Carvalho, a student of FY B.Com proposed the Vote of Thanks. Assistant Professor Ms. Stesa Pereira, Convenor of Young Inspirators Network was the faculty in charge of coordinating the session.
