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Mononiketan | Mental Health and Wellness Centre
Overview
Mononiketan is the Mental Health and Wellness Centre of Brainware University, developed in close association with the Department of Psychology. It is a university-wide space for counselling, emotional support, wellbeing practices, creative engagement, and meaningful campus participation. Along with serving the wider Brainware community, it also functions as an important extension of the Department's academic and developmental activities.
Student Learning and Exposure
Through Mononiketan, students of the Department of Psychology, especially at the postgraduate level, receive guided exposure to wellbeing-oriented work. This includes supervised observation, participation in awareness initiatives, and opportunities to understand how emotional support systems function within an institutional setting. Such exposure helps students connect classroom learning with applied practice in an ethical and interdisciplinary environment.
Areas of Activity
Mononiketan includes a wide range of activities linked to holistic wellbeing, such as:
- Counselling and emotional support
- Wellbeing practices and guided self-regulation
- Art, music, and movement-based engagement
- Yoga, fitness, and holistic balance
- Workshops, awareness sessions, and outreach
- Student observation, supervised exposure, and practical learning
Research and Innovation Scope
The Centre also creates important opportunities for student learning in areas such as mental health communication, documentation, wellbeing programme design, supervised participation, and research. It further opens up academic scope for studying support systems, student wellbeing patterns, institutional care models, and the future role of digital tools and automation in mental health and wellness services.
Departmental Significance
Mononiketan is not only a support space for the Brainware community, but also a meaningful part of the Department of Psychology’s effort to prepare students for responsible, applied, and future-ready engagement with psychology, wellbeing, and human development.
Empanelled Experts
Mononiketan is supported by a panel of qualified professionals and experts who contribute to the Centre’s holistic approach to wellbeing.
- Dr. Rima Mukherjee
- Founder and Lead Consultant, Crystal Clinic and Crystal Wellness Clinic
- Visiting Psychiatrist, Woodlands Multispeciality Hospital
In-house Support Team
| Anandita Das, Assistant Registrar (Student Welfare) | Logistics and coordination |
| Dr Alok Kumar Chowdhury | HoD, Department of Psychology |
| Ashish Malik | Research |
| Dr. Adiba Ali | Counselling and research |
| Surangana Ghosh | Clinical Psychologist |
| Mandira Das | Clinical Psychologist |
| Priya Roy | Psychologist (with RCI registration) |
| Shrabana Panda | Psychologist, Responsible for dance movement practices |
| Rishika Paul | Psychologist, Responsible for art therapy |
| Sanjana Roychowdhury | Psychologist, Responsible for art therapy |
| Dr. Sinchan Das | Assistant Professor, Responsible for music therapy |
| Prabir Kumar Paul | Yoga Instructor (Visiting) |
How to Reach Mononiketan
Location: Building 1, Room No. 009
Phone: 033 69010 641
Email: mononiketan@brainwareuniversity.ac.in
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Frequently Asked Questions
Mononiketan is located at Building 1, Room No. 009.
No. Mononiketan is a holistic wellbeing centre. Along with support and guidance, it also includes wellbeing practices, creative engagement, clubs, activities, and meaningful campus participation.
Students and employees of Brainware University can access the Centre.
Yes. Mononiketan is also a space for balance, connection, expression, and wellbeing in everyday campus life.
You may walk in directly, come through referral, or use the contact details and appointment channels as provided.
Yes. Confidentiality is maintained in accordance with professional and institutional norms.
No. Students may reach out directly.
No. Mononiketan’s services are free for all the enrolled students and employees.
Yes, students and employees may contact Mononiketan through the official email ID and by directly calling the number.
Yes. Mononiketan is supported by empanelled experts and associated professionals as required.