# Wellness@Civil

**Source**: https://civil.iisc.ac.in/~wellness/
**Parent**: https://www.civil.iisc.ac.in/

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## **Wellness@Civil**

### **About**

The department wellness committee is a group that works at the department level and interfaces with the IISc Wellness Centre. The role of the department level committee are:

- Facilitate discussions on mental health issues within the department
- Act as local contact points for any members (students/faculty/staff) seeking information or help on mental health
- Direct the members of the department to resources offered by the IISc wellness centre
- Convey departmental feedback to the Wellness Centre
- Maintain confidentiality

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### **Team**

**Faculty**

**Tarun Rambha**

Email: [tarunrambha@iisc.ac.in](mailto:tarunrambha@iisc.ac.in)

**Swetha Veeraraghavan**

Email: [swethav@iisc.ac.in](mailto:swethav@iisc.ac.in)

**Students**

**Saumya Srivatsava**

Email: [saumyas@iisc.ac.in](mailto:saumyas@iisc.ac.in)

**Biswajit Pal**

Email: [biswajitpal@iisc.ac.in](mailto:biswajitpal@iisc.ac.in)

**Rohit Sachdeva**

Email: [rohits@iisc.ac.in](mailto:rohits@iisc.ac.in)

**Ramdev Gohil**

Email:  [ramdevg@iisc.ac.in](mailto:ramdevg@iisc.ac.in)

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### **Events**

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### **Policies**

- All issues are treated **confidentially**, unless you request otherwise.
- In general, you issue may be discussed by the committee as a whole. However, if you prefer, feel free to approach only one person, or a smaller part of the committee for discussions. Please inform the person approach about your confidentiality preferences.
- We may inform the IISc wellness committee if the situation warrants direct intervention by them.

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### **Resources**

Details of the IISc Wellness Centre can be found at <https://wellness.iisc.ac.in/>

Few of the confidential resources that are available for all members of the IISc community are:

- Mental health emergency hotline: 080 4711 3444
- There are two Full-rime Counsellors available at IISc - Shreedar and Savitha. You can visit them at the First floor of the Faculty club
- Online counseling services available through YourDost. Details on how to access this service can be found on the [IISc Wellness Centre website](https://wellness.iisc.ac.in/)
- IISc Wellness Centre also organizes workshops and lectures on various issues. Details of these events can be accessed at <https://wellness.iisc.ac.in/index.php/calendar/>

**Other IISc Committees**:

- ICASH (Internal Committee Against Sexual Harassment) Website:<https://iisc.ac.in/icash/>
- Students Affairs Advisor and Student Counsellors (Chair: Prof. Satish Kailash)
- Complaints on case-based discrimination (Chair: Prof. Jayabaskaran of Biochemistry Department)

**Posters**:

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### **Contact**

Feel free to approach us at anytime. Earlier the better!

- You can approach any one or more members of this committee
- You can reach us by email, office phone number (avaiable in the IISc telephone directory) or find us in the department!
- You can also directly contact the IISc wellness centre (Email: support.wellness@iisc.ac.in)
- You can also use any of the IISc Wellness Centre resources directly

**Other emergency numbers:**

IISc Health Centre: 080 2293 2227

Ramaiah Hospital: 080 2360 9999; 080 2360 8888

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