Mental health is a serious concern in academia, across the world and at all levels of professionals. There is an increasing global push to acknowledge and bring discussions on mental health to the forefront (‘out of the closet’), and seek and share individual and collective solutions to support and promote the mental well-being of academic professionals. Taking the initiative to create awareness and de-stigmatize mental health will be vital to making science in India a more inclusive and supportive place.
Friday, October 9, 2020 | 4:00 PM — 5:30 PM IST
Maitrayee is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Calcutta and her research interests are symbiotic nitrogen fixation and plant receptor kinases. She has established a vibrant research program, training more than 17 PhD students and postdocs, been recognized by multiple agencies, and is a fellow of all three National Academies of Sciences in India.
Hansika is Research Author at the Department of Psychology, Monk Prayogshala, Mumbai. She holds a PhD from IIT, Bombay in the area of creativity, specifically negative creativity (aka how people get good ideas to do bad things). She is the recipient of the Fulbright-Nehru Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (2019-2020), and is an Affiliate at the University of Connecticut. She is a published author, practising psychologist, and her research interests lie in individual differences, creativity, and behavioural economics.
HBCSE, TIFR
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Format
The webinar will be a closed-door discussion with up to 500 participants who register. Attendance will be on a first come first serve basis. The event will not be live streamed to protect the confidentiality of the participants. The session will however be recorded, for internal use only.
Please Note
In the registration form, you may enter your first name (or) if you wish to protect your identity, you may type in just your initials. Providing your last name in the form is optional
This knowledge broadcast session is intended to discuss mental health (in the broadest sense), and specifically in the academic setup.
It aims to generate a healthy dialogue among stakeholders in the community towards making conscious, well-informed and progressive changes, both at the individual and systemic level. The information shared and discussed is intended to shape conversations in science in India, to lead to more inclusivity and empathy, and will in no way compromise confidentiality of the participants.
This session is not a substitute for medical consultation / treatment / or counselling. In addition, the session does not provide training of any kind, and hence no certificate of participation shall be awarded to the webinar attendees.
This knowledge broadcast session is intended to discuss and help de-stigmatise mental health (in the broadest sense), specifically in the academic setup. It aims to increase the overall awareness by generating a healthy dialogue among stakeholders in the community towards identifying issues, and making conscious, well-informed and progressive changes, both at the individual and systemic levels.
The webinar will be conducted as a three part series. The first one will target PhD students and postdocs. The second will target early to mid-career independent faculty. The third one will target undergraduate students.
The webinar will be in the format of a closed-door discussion, and requires prior registration. The discussion will be live recorded, but will not be live streamed / broadcasted. The webinar platform can accommodate a maximum of 500 attendees on a first come first serve basis.
Yes. The registration form will allow you sign up using your full name or using just your initials, if you wish to remain anonymous. Other questions in the form are also optional, and can be filled based on what the participant wants to share.
Yes. The session will be a closed door discussion and will not be live streamed or simulcast. We respect your privacy and will not reveal your identity without your explicit consent. Questions can be typed into the chat window anonymously. Registration form enables sign up with initials to maintain anonymity.
This webinar part of a three-part webinar series targeting different stakeholders in the academia — PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, undergrads, masters and faculty.
This session is NOT a substitute for medical consultation / treatment / or counselling.
This session will not provide training of any kind, and hence no certificate of participation shall be awarded to the webinar attendees.
We agree, and the intention of the webinar series is to discuss, help de-stigmatize and increase overall awareness, and find collective and individual solutions, and in no means claims that these issues can be solved over the webinar series.
IndiaBioscience will record for INTERNAL PURPOSES only. Recordings will not be made available after the sessions. Participant recording will be disabled.
While this is relevant, the privacy and confidentiality of the participants is critical. Hence no recording shall be made public.
As of now, it has been planned as a three-part series. Further engagements on this topic will be looked into, but nothing has been planned.
No. While registration is required, please ensure that you join the discussion room before time as we can only accommodate the first 500 attendees.
This webinar is part of a three-part webinar series targeting different stakeholders in the academia — PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, undergrads, masters and faculty. It primarily concerns with aspects of mental health relevant to science in India, hence the discussions will be particularly relevant to science professionals.
This webinar is part of a three-part webinar series targeting different stakeholders in the academia — PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, undergrads, masters and faculty. It primarily concerns with aspects of mental health relevant to science in India, hence the discussions will be particularly relevant to science professionals. While concerns and challenges vary across disciplines, the overall discussions (we believe) will be helpful across science professionals in India.
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