On 16th February, 2023 we had the privilege of having Dr. Suresh Gupta, renowned doctor from USA and his family in Caring Minds. The guests were accompanied by our founder director Ms. Minu Budhia, Mr, Sanjay Budhia, Managing Director, Patton and Shri. H.P. Budhia, Chairman Patton. The guests were given a facility tour and also a welcome speech by Ms Minu Budhia. The guests were very impressed by the facility and were very appreciative of the work done by Minu ma’am and her team.
On 18th December 2022, Caring Minds held the orientation for 1 year diploma in psychological counselling, recognised by Jadavpur University.
On 17th December 2022, Caring Minds held a convocation ceremony for 1 year post graduate diploma in basic counselling, recognised by the University of Calcutta.
We wish the students the very best for their future endeavours!
An Awareness program on Dementia was held at Carings Minds. It was conducted on 25th August, 2022. The speakers spread awareness and educated the audience on Dementia and how to manage it. It helped the listeners to gain insight about the same.
We hope the audience found a lot to take away from the session!
The board of advisors meeting was virtually held for September 2021 – July 2022 on 21st July 2022. It was attended by:
Board of Advisors:
Dr. Manoj R. Shah
Dr. Sudha Kaul
Mr. Sanjay Budhia
Mr. Debanjan MandaL
Mr. Rudra Chatterjee
Ms. Swati Sarawagi
Ms. Preeyam Budhia
Team Caring Minds:
Ms. Minu Budhia
Ms. Meenakshi Jalan
Ms. Sreepurna Ray
Mr. Sashi Kanta Jana
The meeting started with a welcome message by our Founder Director Ms. Minu Budhia. This was followed by a yearly review presentation by our manager Ms. Meenakshi Jalan. The work done by Minu Ma’am and her team was praised by all of the board members. New ideas were discussed. The meeting was concluded with a thank you note by Minu ma’am. Members are looking forward an offline meeting soon.
The Convocation Ceremony of the 2nd batch of Diploma in Psychological Counselling and the 3rd batch of the Certificate Course in Psychotherapy was held in the Caring Minds Auditorium on the 5th of July, 2022.
Hon’ble Ministers Sri Sujit Bose and Vice Chancellor of Jadavpur University, Dr. Prof. Suranjan Das graced the event as Chief Guests. After a brief tour of the facilities at Caring Minds, the dignitaries headed to the Auditorium to deliver their motivating speeches to the audience. The graduating students were then handed their certificates in the presence of their families, friends and teachers.
We thank our Chief Guests for their gracious presence and wish the students the very best for their future endeavours!
An awareness program on Comprehensive Medical, Physical, Functional Assessment and Management Camp for Down Syndrome kids was conducted on 25th June. The panellists spread awareness and educated the parents of the children with down syndrome. The audience were enthusiastic and the workshop helped them to gain insight about the same.
Students in school often go through a lot of issues in school like fear of failure, lack of concentration, lack of acceptance among peers and many such issues which often goes unnoticed.
Caring Minds conducted a workshop with the teachers of Skylark school, Howrah on understanding and dealing with emotional and behavioral issues of students. The workshop was conducted with 12 teachers including the principal.
Awareness is the key and information is the power that will help break stereotypes surrounding the capabilities of individuals with Autism. To this end, Caring Minds and the Yi Kolkata Chapter Accessibility vertical celebrated World Autism Awareness Day by hosting a panel discussion titled ‘Demystifying Autism’ on the 2nd of April, 2022 at the Caring Minds office.
Ms. Minu Budhia (Psychotherapist and Founder, Caring Minds), Ms. Megha Rathi (Clinical Psychologist), Ms. Mohini Ojha (Special Educator) and Ms. Aparna Ladha (Clinical Psychologist) gave riveting and thought provoking talks on autism. This was followed by a ‘Bollywood Mental Health’ Quiz, which saw eager participation from the audience.
The guests were also given a tour of the Caring Minds premises. To increase awareness about mental health issues, tests such as stress detection, anxiety detection, depression detection, and personality tests were made available to them.
We hope the audience found a lot to take away from the session!
A graduation ceremony for the 5th batch (2019-2020) of the 1 year Post-Graduate Diploma in Basic Counselling was held in the Caring Minds auditorium on the 5th of March, 2022. Honourable Ministers Smt. Chandrima Banerjee and Shri Bratya Basu graced the day as chief guests, and the event saw wide press coverage.
The graduates received their diplomas from the chief guests in the presence of their family members.
We congratulate and wish them the very best in their future endeavours!
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