The various happiness programmes are being organized by IIT Kharagpur from April 4 to 6, 2019 at the Rekhi Centre for Science of Happiness, bringing global experts from the field under the same roof. On the context of the current state of happiness and wellbeing studies, the happiness programmes will be designed. Satinder Singh Rekhi the IIT KGP alumnus and entrepreneur, who pioneered academic discourse on Science of Happiness in India, will be attending the workshop.
It has been envisioned to promote the science and practice of positivity for fostering meaningful life, happiness, well-being and holistic self-development by the Rekhi Centre for Science of Happiness at IIT Kharagpur.
The various MS and PhD programs in the domains of positive psychology, community well-being, creative arts, pedagogy, and technology development for happiness are being run by the centre.
Several collaborations have been forged with the Madhya Pradesh Government, HIDCO, New Town Kolkata, Steel Authority of India Ltd. and CRPF for development of happiness and wellbeing index and applications, and institutional training by the centre.
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