Category: External Events

Our founder-director, psychotherapist Minu Budhia was invited as the Guest of Honour at the Inner Wheel Club of Behala installation ceremony. She spoke on the importance of mental healthcare, especially for women, gave answers to several FAQs about psychological counselling, and shared her journey of battling & overcoming depression.

Ms. Atreyee Chandra, Clinical Psychologist at Caring Minds, was invited to give a talk at the American Institute of Indian Sciences, Kolkata on the 17th of June, 2022.
8 students from the United States of America, who are to be in India for a 2 month fellowship, were in the audience. The talk, titled ‘Stress, Culture Shock and Mental Health Challenges While Studying Abroad and Self Help Strategies’, aimed to be an orientation for the international students.
The hour-long session was interactive and we hope the students found a lot to take away from it!

The Bengal Global Trade Expo at Science City, Kolkata, gave us a unique stage to start a conversation about mental health. With many visitors showing interest in our organisation, what we do and what we stand for, we were able to talk and spread awareness about mental health and answer questions regarding it for the 5 days spanning between April 20th to April 24th of this year.
A big ‘Thank You!’ to everyone who showed interest in us!

Caring Minds conducted training on ‘Human Behaviour & Relationship Management’ for the Sub-Inspectors of Excise, W.B at Kolkata Police Training Academy, Howrah on 18th may, 20th May, and 21st May, 2021.
The participants thoroughly enjoyed the sessions on Human Behaviour & Socio Psychological Factors; Human Emotions; Motivation; Types of Personality and Leadership, Decision Making, Empowerment.
Caring Minds Facilitator Ms. Atreyee Chandra conducted the workshop.

Psychotherapist & Founder-Director, Ms. Minu Budhia, gave a talk on the Importance of Mental Health & Counselling. This event was held at Assam Heights Public School, Tinsukia on 19th May, 2022. Through this talk she spread awareness on how to break the stigma and trash the taboos surrounding mental healthcare.

IQAC, Women’s College, Tinsukia (Assam) in association with Caring Minds & R.C. Agarwal Multi-Speciality Hospital, organized an awareness program on “Why mental health & counseling is important”. This event took place on 19th May, 2022. Our Founder-Director, Minu Budhia spoke about the importance of Mental Health and Wellbeing.

Caring Minds, Tinsukia (Assam) presented a talk to Mental Wellbeing – “It’s okay to not be okay” on 18th May, 2022.
Our founder- Director, Minu Budhia spoke on the importance of Mental Wellbeing and how it’s okay to not be okay and gave answers to several FAQs on Mental Health.

Being a part of the diverse education system, the responsibilities of teachers are interaction-intensive ones, and knowing how to manage different kinds of interactions is an essential skill for teachers.
Ms. Mohini Ojha (Special Educator at Caring Minds, Kolkata) conducted a workshop addressing the issue of handling difficult parents for the teachers of Birla Bharati (Sarala Birla Group of Schools) on the 13th of April, 2022. With over 70 teachers in attendance, the hour-long session saw a lot of interaction and participation from the attendees.
We hope the attendees found a lot to take away from our workshop!

Caring Minds conducted training on ‘Human Behaviour & Relationship Management’ for the Sub-Inspectors of Excise, W.B at Kolkata Police Training Academy, Howrah on 21st December, 23rd December and 28th December, 2021.
The participants thoroughly enjoyed the sessions on Human Behaviour & Socio Psychological Factors; Human Emotions; Motivation; Types of Personality and Leadership, Decision Making, Empowerment.

Ms. Minu Budhia, our Founder-Director, was felicitated with the Covid Warrior Award for the efforts she undertook to help the community relentlessly during the challenging pandemic times.

Thank you, Millenium Post, the British Deputy High Commission (Kolkata) and Skal International Kolkata 127 for recognising Ms. Budhia’s efforts!