International Conference on Positive Psychology: A New Approach to Mental Health  

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Jaipur, August, 2010. Amity University Rajasthan is organizing an international conference on “Positive Psychology- a new approach to mental health” from 6th to 8th August 2010. Aimaduddin Ahmad 'Duru Miyan', Health Minister, Govt. of Rajasthan will be the Chief Guest for this conference. More than 1000 attendees from nine countries will be participating in the conference.

The aim of the conference is to bring together the world's leading mental health experts, professors and research scholars to discuss the positive aspects of human beings, such as strengths, virtues, value based quality of life and satisfaction in life. The conference focuses on problems of mental health in India and around the world, perspectives of positive psychology & mental health and mediation.

Eminent professors and experts hailing from Germany, Australia, U.S.A., Japan, China, IranEmeritus Prof. Jitendra Mohan, S.P Sinha, V Veera Raghwan, Prof. Uday Jain will also be taking part in the conference. Also approximately 300 research scholars from premier institutes and universities like Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jamia MiliaIslamia University, Banaras Hindu University, IITs, IIM-Shillong and DRDO will also be a part a part of this event. and Nepal etc. will be participating in this conference. Besides this, reputed experts from India like Prof. Manas K. Mandal (Director, DIPR, DRDO), Prof S.D. Sharma (Ex Director of IHBAS),

The three day event includes scientific sessions like keynote addresses, panel discussions, research papers and poster presentations.

NEW SESSION AND ME  

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Before anything else…heyaaa!!! Writing again after such along time, really sorry for not sharing my views this long. I could list a plenty of reasons, but then they all seem petty excuses to me...so no excuses for not writing in. And now since college has begun, there is no way I could get away from writing as Bubble (as some of my friends call me).

So, how are you all? Honestly, I don’t think I could write anything on some topic like I have been doing before…we are back from a long vacation and I honestly am curious to know how was it for u all, our valued readers (did I sound like some salesperson??? :P). 1st year pass outs must have felt great to return back home (*feeling nostalgic*), 2nd year students (like me) had this ‘practical training’ to keep them busy all the time, while those in PG courses said ‘tally-ho’, 3rd year people were also into training and all…in short, loads of action even during the vacations that will keep the campus buzzing this whole week!!! And then we have people who didn’t do anything at all apart from sleeping, eating and facebooking/tweeting... (I’m partially included in this category as well!!). Nevertheless, whatever category you may be in, I’m pretty sure you all had a great time (my fb wall is a proof, thanks to your posts and updates). Oh, and talking about Facebook and Twitter (which I recently joined), I should really thank these social sites…they actually kept me connected with my friends and family no matter where I was. Of course, this is the main reason why most of us are hooked to these social networking sites, but they became all the more important to me when I was away from my Mom! Also, I could say a hi to all my friends, whether they be in any part of the world, and talk to them as if I were in college…that would make my lazy days pass like *snap*!!

And seriously speaking, this new academic year has already started with a bang!! Ever since the news of the new rules has reached our ears, there has been no pause to our discussions!! Log into FB anytime, you will see a new post/update regarding these rules! Chat with any Amitian, and this would be the first topic anyone would talk on (me included!!). And then of course, the results!! They turned out to be terrifying for some, wonderful for others and as usual, surprising for all! I could actually tell this from my experience, 70% of my chats in the past two weeks have begun not with “hey wassup??” but with “hey, how was your result?”!! (It does become a little tricky when you don’t want to talk about your result really...) And then there was this whole hostel shifting things…and the change in the college timings…..ah! This week really has been like a ride!!!

Hmmm….so did this article get too long? I don’t think so, coz compared to the myriad of things I have in my mind, the length seems pretty decent to me!! But I guess our editor would have a hard time editing this ’not-an-article-at-all’ type of article…hehe!! So, I’l take your leave for this week, will be back next Sunday with something more to talk on! Oh, I got an idea!! Why don’t u suggest me what to talk about? Who knows, it might help my mind to work in a better way and come up with something good next time?? Keep commenting, and take care! God bless!!