{"id":262006,"date":"2025-04-04T00:20:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T18:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=262006"},"modified":"2025-04-04T00:20:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T18:50:53","slug":"rgu-hosts-review-meeting-on-mental-health-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2025\/04\/04\/rgu-hosts-review-meeting-on-mental-health-project\/","title":{"rendered":"RGU hosts review meeting on mental health project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>RONO HILLS, 3 Apr:<\/strong> A consultative-cum-review meeting on the ongoing project of the ICMR, titled &#8216;Multistate Implementation Research Study on Suicide Risk Reduction and Improving Mental Well-being Among School and College Students&#8217;, was held at Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) here on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The meeting aimed to review the progress of the ongoing research study after one year of its implementation in higher education institutes and schools in Papum Pare and ICR districts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chairing the meeting, RGU Acting Vice-Chancellor Prof SK Nayak emphasised the importance of the study, saying that &#8220;suicide prevention is a pressing concern that requires collaborative efforts from researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He encouraged the research team to continue their work and explore innovative solutions to address this critical issue. The VC also assured them of the university&#8217;s support and resources.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Co-principal investigator (PI) Dr Dharmeshwari Laurembam provided an overview of the research study and preliminary findings during the formative and iterative phase of the project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The meeting concluded with the discussion on the next steps, timelines and milestones.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This study is expected to contribute significantly to the understanding of suicide risk reduction strategies in India, specifically in Arunachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">RGU Registrar Dr NT Rikam, Joint Registrar Dr David Pertin, PI Dr Tarun Mene, Co-PIs Dr Kakali Goswamia and Dr Amit Kumar, and other research team members were present at the meeting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RONO HILLS, 3 Apr: A consultative-cum-review meeting on the ongoing project of the ICMR, titled &#8216;Multistate Implementation Research Study on Suicide Risk Reduction and Improving Mental Well-being Among School and College Students&#8217;, was held at Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) here on Thursday. The meeting aimed to review the progress of the ongoing research study after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262010,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-262006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}