The delegation also interacted with Dr. Bharat Vatwani, founder of Shraddha Rehabilitation
Foundation and a recipients of the Ramon Magsaysay award. Sir talked about the work of his
foundation in rehabilitating the mentally ill people who are living on the streets by first treating them
and then sending them back to their families.
This was followed by an expert guest lecture and interaction session on Stress Management by Prof.
D.M. Pestonjee, Chair Professor, Psychology, School of Petroleum Management, PDPU. Sir talked
about the various loopholes and flaws in organization-employee interaction pattern that lead to
organizational stress. He also discussed the various techniques that can be used to combat this
stress.
Lastly, there was a concluding session on Indian Psychology by Dr. Ritu Sharma. Dr. Sharma and Dr.
Eyal shared the inputs from the students deliberated upon various aspects of Psychology that were
touched upon throughout the program. The students also talked about the learnings drawn through
the course during this session. The same night the delegation had a special dinner at Barbeque
Nation.
On the 14th, the Valedictory Ceremony for the program took place in PDPU. The program started
with lighting of the lamp and formal welcome of the delegation from Edith Cowan University. This was
followed by a cultural dance performance by students from PDPU and Cultural Music Performance by
Mr. Nigel Healy from ECU. This was followed by experience sharing by Mr. Aaron Willis and Dr. Eyal
Gringart from ECU. After this, Dr. Ritu Sharma shared the academic exposure details of the program
which was followed by address by Prof. Nigam Dave. The chief guest for the program, Shri Pankaj
Kumar, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Gujarat then gave his address which was
followed by certificate distribution ceremony and group photograph. The program was concluded by
the vote of thanks by Hiteshree Dudani, Student Coordinator of the program. The ceremony was
followed by a gala dinner for the delegation from ECU and faculty members, staff and students of
PDPU.
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