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2020

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Happiness Run : The 2.2 Marathon

Events17th Annual Alumni Meet, Alumni Affairs, Annual Alumni Meet, Director IIT Kharagpur, happiness, Happiness and Wellbeing, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kharagpur Alumni, Marathon, Run

12th January 2020, 6:30 AM. Technology Students’ Gymkhana was bubbling with some 100-150 students, both past and present. A very unusual scene, especially on a Sunday morning. Packets of Glucon-D were being constantly poured and mixed into 20-litre water jars. T-shirts were being distributed and students were seen warming themselves up. It was indeed a big day. Each had to complete the 2.2 Marathon beating the rest to win the coveted title of a Marathoner. The 17th Annual Alumni Meet of 2020 saw a host of IIT Kharagpur’s ‘young’ bunch, aged 18 years to almost 68 years gear up for…

IITKGP’s Happiness Boost for Sports

EventsBadminton, Gopichand, happiness, Rekhi, Resilience, sports

Times of India Hindustan Times Indian Express Ei Samay Business Standard Deccan Chronicle Asian Age Sakshi News The Hindu (Sportstar) Outlook InsideSport Sportsavour IIT Kharagpur signed an MoU with Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy (PGBA), Hyderabad to promote health and wellbeing within the scope of academics and extra-academic activities. A delegation from IIT Kharagpur led by Director Prof. P P Chakrabarti met the Padma Bhushan awardee and Chief National Coach for the…

Happiness in the Air

Eventscommunity, happiness, social network, workshop

Happiness and wellbeing are the two most causal factors of our existence. Today policymakers and corporate giants strongly acknowledge how crucial these are in comparison to financial growth, stability, profit and affluence. In all fields exploring social realities or bringing about social changes, happiness and wellbeing have become key areas of interest. The Rekhi Centre for Science of Happiness at IIT Kharagpur will explore these domains in an international workshop from April 4-6, 2019, bringing in global experts to interrogate the current state of happiness and wellbeing studies, especially in the context of Communities, Cities and States, and the Networked…