On the occasion of the World Mental Health Day 2025, the Health Centre Psychological Counselling Unit, University of Hyderabad released a poster on 10th October 2025 and organized a lecture on mental health and well-being for the university community.
The Dean, Students’ Welfare, Prof. Vasantha Srinivasa Rao released the poster at the Health Centre on the occasion. Dr. (Capt.) Ravindra Kumar, Chief Medical Officer addressed about the importance of good Mental Health especially for students, for their academic success. Dr. Hymavathi and Dr. Subhash, Psychological Counsellors at the Health Centre stressed about the importance of mental health and the measures to be taken in this regard, on the occasion.
The Staff of the Health Centre along with the Psychological Counselling Unit took the initiative to spread the message by circulating the poster at all the hostels and through social media to reach out to the students and the University community.
The lecture at the College for Integrated Studies (CIS) where in Dr. Sushma Panyam, Clinical Psychologist at the Wellness Hub, Hyderabad spoke about the positive aspects of maintaining a good and positive mental health by developing positive mental health activities in their daily life. Director of CIS, Prof. Sanjay Subodh, who presided over the session complimented the Health Centre, Psychological Counselling Unit for organizing such lectures for the benefit of the students in the campus who are under great academic and social pressure from time to time.