Indian Knowledge Systems, this is the framework that IIT Mandi is now considering as it seeks answers to one of the most pressing concerns on India’s top campuses: student mental health. Big ranks, high packages and research papers, IITs are known for. But in the latter, another truth emerged. India’s top engineering institutes are facing … Read more
Zoira Hanafi stood in shock as four doctors rushed behind her to enter the ward where her eight-month-old daughter Hambali lay semi-conscious. Upon entering the Kayita Community Health Center in Nigeria’s northern Katsina state, medical personnel used color-coded tape to measure the diameter of children’s hands and determine their level of malnutrition. A steady stream … Read more
“Sometimes he’s gone for weeks,” says Galette, a clinical dietician and mother of two whose husband served more than 200 days in reserve duty. “When he comes back, it’s a bonus, but you can’t build your life around it.” With children out of school and at home, a declining income, and increasing pressures at home, … Read more
The World Health Organization officially recognizes burnout as an occupational phenomenon, but what was once confined to workplaces is now spreading into homes, relationships and identities. In India, several surveys suggest that more than half of the workforce reports significant burnout symptoms. | Photo: iStock/Getty Images The world stood for the virus in 2020, a … Read more