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Webinar on Mental Health for All
World Mental Health Day is observed on 10th October, to create an awareness on Mental Health, to remove the stigma on Mental Health, to seek help from Mental health professionals at the earliest to lead a happy and peaceful life.
According to World Health Organization (WHO) “Mental health is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community”.
COVID 19 has affected a larger number of people all over the world. It has created a major stress in people and is evident that the people in the community are largely affected. Many people lost their jobs during COVID 19. Daily wage earners have been affected a lot and they lost their livelihood. Due to this many suicides have taken place in the society. COVID 19 has affected the student community too. Due to the stress many students have committed suicide. It is very important to educate the community as to, how to deal with and handle stress during the times of crisis.
The theme for World Mental Health Day 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO) is “Mental Health for All”. Based on the theme the World Mental Health Day was observed in our college on 10th October, 2020 between 1.15 pm – 2.15 pm via MS Teams the Online Platform.
Poster-making, Slogan writing, Blog writing and Short film making events were conducted on the theme. There was an active participation from the students. The students participated in all the events enthusiastically.
The program started with a Prayer Song followed by Principal’s Welcome Address.
Dr Annie Jacob, Director, KCG College of Technology addressed the audience on Mental Health and how to take care of Mental Health. Also she insisted that the body, mind and spirit must be aligned for perfect mental health.
Dr Yamini Kannappan, MBBS, DPM, DNB, Consultant Psychiatrist, Kauvery Hospital, Chennai, the Chief Guest for the Day spoke on Students’ Mental Health and raised an awareness amongst students and staff. She educated our students on how to cope with stressors in life and suicide is not the only solution for problems in life and to practise resilience. She also spoke about substance abuse and handling emotions. Her message to the students was “It’s Okay to be Not Okay”.
Prize winning Short films were screened. The prize winners for the events conducted were announced. Cash prize and e-certficates were distributed to the winners of the first 3 places.
The program came to an end with Vote of Thanks by the Student Counsellor.
As an Educational Institution we ensure the Mental Health of our Young Minds.
Workshop on Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH)
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As an Educational Institution we play a major role towards the Society. It’s our responsibility to educate our staff and students on the Prevention of Sexual Harassment, the Act and its consequences.
The program was organized by the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) to educate our staff and students about the Sexual Harassment at Work place. The session educated the attendees on what is Sexual Harassment and the Sexual Harassment of Women at workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013”. The Resource Person spoke about the difference between sexual harassment and physical abuse, where physical abuse cause pain, injury, physical suffering or harm, whereas sexual harassment is causing mental agony, protection of women against Sexual Harassment at Work place and advised to go through the MHRD Handbook released in 2014 which is updated periodically and can be downloaded for easy reference.
It was told that POSH protects only women and not a gay or transgender, but the act protects not only the employees on campus but also the contract labourers who come to campus, who visit work place or for any official purpose, volunteers, daily wagers, ad hoc employees are covered. She discussed about the action lead to sexual harassment which is done in particular with sexual intent. She made a mention that sexual harassment and sexual abuse are different, but both come under sexual law and are sexual and criminal offence / civil offence. She said that when there is no consent of the person who undergo the harassment or abuse leads to sexual offence. A mention was made about the respondent under section 9 and a need for constitution of Internal Complaints Committee at every organisation by an order in writing.
A discussion was made on who can complain, against whom the complaint can be registered for what kind of sexual acts and the complaint has to be made within 3 months of the last incident happened. Stages for addressing a complaint and conducting the enquiry of the complaint by ICC had a mention. Rights of the respondent and consequences of making a false allegations against the respondent was put across. She quoted examples of the incidents happened related to, made the audience understand Sexual Harassment and how to deal with it.
The session created an awareness amongst the staff and students on Sexual Harassment.
Virtual Brand Launch – Sei*Gai
Webinar on Modern Avionics & Air Safety organised by Department of Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineering
Webinar on “Introduction to Engines fitted on Airbus A320 Aircraft”
Delivered by
Mr. Gavini Venkata Subbarao,
Consultant Indigo Airlines
Organised by Department of Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineering
FDP on Creative Storytelling Techniques for Teachers
Webinar on “Combustion Fundamentals and Propulsion Systems”
Delivered by
Dr. Arun Balakrishnan,
Engine Calibration Engineer,
Performance, Emissions and Calibrations Team,
John Deere Power Systems,
Product Engineering Center,
Waterloo, Iowa,
United States of America
Organised by Department of Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineering.
Orientation Day Programme for First Year Students
Date | Time : 02-11-2020 | 10.00 am
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