Our Team

President

Qualification: MBBS, MD , DPM, PhD Specialisation: Psychiatry Practising Since: 1991 Dr. Debashis Chatterjee is a senior Psychiatrist practicing in Kolkata since 1991. He is currently attached to Mon Psychiatric Nursing Home and Daffodil Nursing Home. He completed his post graduation in Psychiatry from National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru and Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi. Additionally, Dr. Chatterjee has achieved a PhD degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Dr. Chatterjee is strongly involved in charitable activities. He is the Founder Member and Consultant of many NGOS like WHY (Wellbeing, Happiness and You), Mon Foundation, etc. which are working in different areas of mental health services and has basic philosophical and epistemological problems in the discipline of Psychiatry.

Vice President

Ms. Sumitra Mukherjee is a trained and practicing Wellbeing and mental health consultant . Her primary focus is on promoting self healing and development of mental strength and positivity. She has authored book on Communication Techniques in the Indian context. She is a retired Associate Professor of Rani Birla Girls' College. She currently works with people from every walk of life in developing and delivering positive psychological health, training on lifestyle management. She is engaged in community development as Founder Member and Vice President of WHY: Wellbeing & Happiness for You and is also one of the Principal faculties and curriculum developers for the Postgraduate Diploma Course I Counselling & Wellbeing, in National Council of Education, Bengal (Parent body of Jadavpur University).

Secretary

Dr. Sujata Roychoudhury is a leading Wellbeing Specialist in India using Positive Psychological Interventions in Psychotherapy. She is one of the pioneers in earning a Ph.D. in Wellbeing and Happiness studies in India. She has research experiences in Cognitive Science, Human motivation and CBT. She is a certified Positive Psychological Intervention Professional from the University of Pennsylvania and is also certified in Science of Well-Being from Yale University. Her research focuses on how Positive Psychology principles can be used in counselling and training. She has several research articles to her credit as member of different research groups in Jadavpur University. She is a co-author of books on Communication. She has extensive experience in helping students, parents, educators and professionals to promote resilience and wellbeing in their personal and work life. She is an active member of the community as the Founder Member and Secretary of WHY: Wellbeing & Happiness for You and is engaged in enriching society and encouraging individuals to engage in promoting optimal health and wellbeing. She is the Coordinator and one of the lead curriculum developers for the Postgraduate Diploma Course I Counselling & Wellbeing, in National Council of Education, Bengal (Parent body of Jadavpur University).

Counsellor and Wellbeing Consultant

Sarmistha Baksi is a rehabilitation psychologist and wellbeing consultant. She has a Postgraduate degree in Psychology and Postgraduate Diploma in Rehabilitation Psychology from Calcutta University. She has also done a one year certificate course on Basic Skills in Counselling for Interpersonal Conflict Management from Jadavpur University. She has ample experience in working for persons with disability and currently she works as Adolescent Health Counsellor promoting and developing adolescent health issues in community and in schools. She is one of the founder members of WHY: Wellbeing and Happiness for You, engaged in promoting positive health in community. She is a faculty member of Postgraduate Diploma Course in Counselling and Wellbeing conducted by National Council of Education, Bengal (parent body of Jadavpur University).

Counsellor and Wellbeing Consultant

Saswati Chatterjee is a Postgraduate from Jadavpur University and an MBA in Human Resource. She gave up her job in pursuit of inner peace and well-being and trained herself rigorously while undergoing a Postgraduate Diploma course in Counselling and Wellbeing conducted by National Council of Education, Bengal (parent body of Jadavpur University). She has since been working as a successful Well-being consultant and a Mental Health worker. She is currently serving as a Faculty in School of Counselling and Promotion of Wellbeing, National Council of Education, Bengal. She is instrumental in planning and conducting the counselling skills enhancement practical sessions for the course students. In addition she is a passionate singer and a connoisseur of art in all forms.

Counsellor and Wellbeing Consultant

Sanjib Kundu, MSW, Counsellor and faculty member SPCW, NCEB having more than 20 years’ experience in the development sector. He was instrumental in setting up,leading and mentoring state level teams across geographies in India. He has worked on diverse issues like child protection, trafficking, adolescent empowerment and women empowerment. He is experienced in disaster Management (including post disaster psychosocial interventions) & community mobilization for development. He enjoys his roles as a trainer, capacity builder or mentor and as a leader.

Counsellor and Wellbeing Consultant

Soma Ghosh is a faculty member of the Postgraduate Diploma Course in Counselling and Wellbeing conducted by National Council of Education, Bengal (parent body of Jadavpur University). She has participated in various workshops and received modular training, on Psychological Dimensions of Relationship Issues, Sexuality, and gender, Adjustment problems, and Self Confidence, Psychosocial Dimensions of Aggression, Stress management through cognitive behavior and many more. Additionally, she has completed a course on Conflict management from Jadavpur University. She is active in organizing and conducting various workshops for WHY. For the last fifteen years, she has had the opportunity to work as a responsible and proficient professional in managing, teaching, coordinating and taking care of behavioral and learning problems in students. She collaborates with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards, develop mission statements, and set performance goals and objectives. She believes that mindfulness is the key to success. Her interests lie in yoga, gardening, and art & craft activities. She is always interested in challenges and developing new skill sets.

Counsellor and Wellbeing Consultant

Sonali Sengupta is a wellbeing consultant and faculty member of the Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Wellbeing, conducted by National Council of Education, Bengal (Parent body of Jadavpur University). She is instrumental in planning and conducting the counselling skills enhancement practical sessions which are a part of the curriculum. As a member of WHY, she is organizing and conducting workshops in many schools and colleges which focus on diverse issues like Life Skills, Challenges of Adolescence and mental health in general. Besides, singing happens to be her passion which she would like to take up as a therapy in near future.

Counsellor and Wellbeing Consultant

Sucharita Ghosh has an M.A. Psychology and Certificate in Basic Counselling Skills, Jadavpur University. Presently she is working as school counselor at St Augustine’s Day School, Shyamnagar. She is a faculty for the PG Diploma course in Counseling at National Council of Education, Bengal (parent body of Jadavpur University) As an active member of WHY, she organises and participates in various workshops. She is also practicing psychological counseling privately. Dedicated to promote awareness regarding mental health and wellbeing, she seizes every opportunity that comes her way to emphasize and put into effect a solution oriented positive attitude. In her leisure she loves to paint; she is an animal lover and an environmentalist.

Project Coordinator

Ms. Papri Das is a trained psychological counsellor having Master’s degree in psychology and PG diploma degree in psychological counselling and wellbeing as well as gerontology and age management. She worked in National Disaster Management Authority as tele-counsellor during covid period. Now she is working in Vedanta College in Kolkata as student counsellor. She is associated with PG Diploma in Person Centred Counselling and Holistic Wellbeing course as Resource Person. She is joint Project Coordinator in Wellbeing and Happiness for You (WHY).

Project Coordinator

Ananya Mukherjee is a wellbeing consultant and counsellor. She is also a faculty member of the Postgraduate Diploma course in Counselling and Wellbeing conducted by National Council of Education, Bengal (parent body of Jadavpur University) and former career counsellor at Schoolnet India Limited. Ananya is experienced in designing and executing a multitude of workshops, awareness programs, interactive sessions and training programs in a variety of mental health issues. Ananya is an avid traveler who loves to explore new places and their culture. She is known among friends as a great listener and non-judgmental individual. She loves reading and learning and is always open to new ideas and thoughts. She strives to make the world a better place by interacting with people and devising ways to improve the well-being of individuals for an enriched living through positive psychological approaches. She believes there is no end to learning and regularly attends different workshops and seminars on various mental health issues.

Counsellor and Wellbeing Consultant

Kanchan Sengupta is a Counselor and Wellbeing Consultant by profession. Currently engaged as a Faculty of the PG Diploma Course in Counselling and Wellbeing conducted by School of Psychology and Propmotion of Wellbeing, National Council of Education, Bengal (NCEB). Kanchan is a B.Sc. Graduate, has completed D.O.E.A.C. “A”-Level Computer Course and after 17yrs. of corporate job life, he decided to follow his passion and in this pursuance, he did the PG Diploma Course in Counselling and Wellbeing from NCEB in 2018. Beside this, Kanchan is also working as a freelancer. He does Audio Transcriptions, Translations, hand-painted designs on Tee shirts. Kanchan is also associated with another mental health organization named Songs Of Mind Foundation (SOM) and contributes as an active mental health personnel in workshops, road rallies, study circles regularly since 2013. Another venture takes place in recent days; Kanchan has started an Youtube Channel of Bengali Audio Stories with the name “Kaahinee Kanchan”. These are the significant part of Kanchan’s daily life nowadays.

Counsellor and Wellbeing Consultant

Shanghamitra Roy is a psychological counsellor and a faculty member of the Postgraduate Diploma Course in Counselling and Well-being conducted by National Council of Education, Bengal (parent body of Jadavpur University). She is retired Associate Professor & HOD of Geography department in Rani Birla Girls College and took up Counselling after her retirement. She is associated with various activities of WHY that includes organizing and active participation in workshops. She is also a member of Karma Kutir an NGO, and is a counsellor there. In Karma Kutir she specially deals in voluntary counselling of the economically & socially deprived women from the rural sectors & slums.

Counsellor and Wellbeing Consultant

Tamal Dasgupta is a psychological counsellor and a faculty member of the Postgraduate Diploma Course in Counselling and Well-being conducted by National Council of Education, Bengal (parent body of Jadavpur University). He looks after Admission, Financial matter and Personal counselling. He is post graduate in Economics and completed PGD in Counselling and wellbeing with distinction. He is an active member of team organizing workshops, awareness programmes and other activities relating to mental health and promotion of well-being. Tamal likes to meet new people and interact to get a feel of the life of others. Balance is very important for him as he is into business, counselling, socializing and a host of other activities at the same time.

Counsellor and Wellbeing Consultant

Sujata Chatterjee is a psychological counsellor and a faculty member of the Postgraduate Diploma Course in Counselling and Well-being conducted by National Council of Education, Bengal (parent body of Jadavpur University). She works as an active member of teams organizing workshops, awareness programmes and other activities relating to mental health and promotion of well-being. Having gone through tremendous personal struggles, she now finds meaningfulness in helping others in distress, providing support to them and in contributing to their wellbeing. Besides, she has her own small business which, she has grown through her singlehanded efforts. Her creative interests include dance, which she pursues passionately.