AICTE, HET collaborate to pomote emotional & mental wellness learning

The collaboration aims at making HET courses and programmes available for students, staff, faculty and counselors of colleges, institutes and universities recognized by AICTE.

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Heartfulness Education Trust (HET). The signing of the MoU took place between Ramesh Krishnan, Director of the Heartful Campus program and Nivedita Shreyans, Director of PR for HET, and Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman of AICTE. According to the official statement, the collaboration aims at making HET courses and programmes available for students, staff, faculty and counselors of colleges, institutes and universities recognized by AICTE. Professor Anil D Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, AICTE, Professor MP Poonia Vice-Chairman AICTE, Professor Rajiv Kumar- Member Secretary AICTE, Dr Ramesh Unnikrishnan-Advisor-II (P&AP Bureau) were also present at the signing.

MoU will enable students for internship opportunities from AICTE-approved institutions

The MoU will allow the students to elect credit-based courses and/or modules at undergraduate and postgraduate levels at AICTE-approved educational institutions. It will also enable students for internship opportunities from AICTE-approved institutions. The deserving students will also be eligible for research fellowships in areas including sustainable technologies, environmental sustainability, contemplative pedagogy and consciousness, the official statement informed.

The collaboration will also ensure the establishment of Heartfulness centres at the educational institutions to offer wellness tools such as Heartfulness meditation sessions, sharing literature and awareness sessions, and training programmes for faculty members, counsellors, senior leaders, and staff from these educational institutions. Currently Heartful Campus programmes are being offered in several colleges and universities all over the country by HET.

HET to provide experts, facilitate infrastructure for its courses

HET will provide mentors or trainers to conduct its courses. It will also conduct orientation sessions for the educational institutions to give them an overview of its courses and programmes

HET may also offer its infrastructure facilities at different Indian locations wherever the AICTE-approved educational institutions are situated. The facilities will include tissue culture lab, initiatives in the area of environment sustainability and research facilities at Kanha Shantivanam, and retreat centres across India.

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