:: Networking & Training

Training and Networking Unit aims at

  • Imparting Mental Health Education to the Prison Personnel , Staff Team of the Custodial Institutions , Nursing Staff working in the Govt. Hospitals

  • Networking with the Human Rights Institutions, Government, Human Rights Activists & NGOs for spreading effective mental health awareness at different levels of the society

  • Organizing National level Seminars & Workshops for sensitizing the policy makers regarding the deplorable mental health care delivery system in the country

  • Eradicating the mental illness related stigma

SEVAC has been imparting Mental Health Education to the Prison Personnel with the support of:

  • National Human Rights Commission

  • Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission

  • Assam State Human Rights Commission

  • Regional Institute of Correctional Administration, Velore

  • Prison Departments of: Maharstra, Goa, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Tripura, Nagaland


A prison official voicing his views at a Mental Health Education programme held at Vellore

Training Programme for the Prison Personnel held in Mumbai presided by Mr. Justice Ranganath Misra

Inauguration of a Mental Health Education Programme for the prison personnel held at the Regional Institute of Correctional Administration ,Vellore in presence of Dr. Banerjee

Inauguration of a Mental Health Education Programme for the prison personnel held at the Regional Institute of Correctional Administration ,Vellore

Training Programme under the National Mental Health Programme for the Nursing Staff working in the Govt. Hospital in West Bengal

Training Programme under the National Mental Health Programme for the Nursing Staff working in the Psyciatric Hospital in West Bengal
Coverage of the SEVAC Network - at a glance