Healthy Happy Campus initiative by Symbiosis

Pune – One of the missions of Symbiosis International University is to promote health and wellness amongst students, staff and community. Keeping this thought in mind, the Recreation and Wellness Centre of Symbiosis recently organized ‘Happy Healthy Campus’, a physical activity based event at their Hinjewadi Campus.

Dignitaries present on the occasion were Dr Rajiv Yeravdekar, Dean FoHBS and Director, Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences (SIHS), Dr Nayana Nimkar, Director, Symbiosis School of Sport Sciences (SSSS), Dr Pratima Sheorey, Director, Symbiosis School for Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD), Dr Asmita Chitnis, Director, Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB), Dr Dhanya Pramod, Director, Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology (SCIT) and Dr Alka Chandak, Deputy Director, Symbiosis Centre of Health Care (SCHC). At the inauguration, Sanjay Satpute, President of the Samarth Pratishthan Dhol Pathak and his team enthralled the crowd by the thumping music of dhol-tasha. The main attraction at the event was Dr Prabhu, who rappelled from a six floor building.

While addressing the gathering Dr Rajiv said, “By organizing a Happy Healthy Campus event we are embarking on the journey of promoting Symbiosis as a health promoting university. Two main reasons to organize this event is one, for health and the other for students’ entertainment and enjoyment. This activity is open to staff and students alike to encourage mindfulness, social engagement and to help feel relieved of daily stress.”

Citing the main objective to organize the event, Dr Nayana stated, “Our aim was to get students and staff together off the class room and office and provide them opportunities to explore, discover, and interact with the physical and social environment, encourage physical activities that become integrated into an individual's daily life style and to encourage social interactions that create and enhance connections between individuals and the Symbiosis community.”

There were more than 15 activities organized like – Tyredrag, Beat the Dhol, Obstacle Challenge, Cycling, Yoga, Zumba, Rappelling, Boxing and Fitness Bash among others.

The students along with the staff had a wonderful time and the evening ended on a high note with them determined to stay fit and healthy.