I have to say that travelling from the UK to Kharagpur is not the easiest of journeys, in fact it took me more than 25 hours door to door BUT it was SO worth it! This international workshop was organised by the Institute’s Rekhi Centre of Excellence for the Science of happiness. The Rekhi Centre was founded by alumnus Satinder Singh Rekhi who is experienced in assisting governments, corporates and the paramilitary forces to improve mental health and wellbeing. Two main themes were discussed, Wellbeing in communities, cities and states and happiness in the digital age, which was the title of my ..read more

What a wonderful experience it was to attend the World Happiness Summit (WOHASU) 2019, again this year. I am most fortunate that I have attended each of the three WOHASU events since the inaugural one in 2017 and in addition to the honour of being UKs WOHASU Ambassador, this year I also presented an 50 minute session on ‘Positive Aging’, a subject very close to my heart. You need to be there! It may seem a cliche but to get the full experience of WOHASU, you really do need to be there. There is something so powerful about being in the presence of more than 1000 attendees each of whom hold the ..read more

It was a great honour to once again accept an invitation from Her Excellency, Ohood Al Roumi, the UAE Minister of State for Happiness and Wellbeing, to attend the World Government Summit in Dubai, 10th – 12th February 2019. I am so fortunate to have been invited an invited guest for for the last few years so that I have been able to listen to governments from around the world discuss the agenda of happiness and wellbeing and examine how innovation and technology can provide solutions to some of the challenges that countries worldwide, currently face. This year there were more than 4,000 invite ..read more