IIT Indore's Samvardhan workshop brought together 94 participants from 21 higher education institutions for a programme ending August 31, 2026. Organised with the Education Ministry under the Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme, it included wardens, students, counsellors, faculty and institutional leaders from five states.
The institute's own account supplies detail about the peer-support component. Geetha Mehrotra, a trainer in life skills, resilience and university mental health, facilitated a hands-on session with IIT Indore's counselling team. Its stated focus was developing peer-led support and students' social and emotional connections.
A separate panel brought together IIT Indore nutritionist Priya Chitale, chief medical officer Shilpa Raut and Indore endocrinologist Sandeep Julka. They discussed preventive health, lifestyle-related conditions and institutional support. Delegates also visited hostels to exchange experiences of campus practices, while an interactive wellness quiz asked participants to consider different dimensions of health.
These activities approached campus wellbeing at different levels: relationships between students, professional health expertise and the spaces where students live. The hostel visit made the living environment part of the training, alongside the peer-mentoring exercise, rather than confining the programme to talks about individual resilience.
The ministry's closing account described second-day work on recognising warning signs, specific learning disabilities, substance-use prevention and mentoring networks. Participating institutions developed wellbeing indicators, recommendations and action plans. Director Suhas Joshi urged them to carry the learning into sustained institutional practice, placing responsibility with the participating institutions as well as individual students.
