Centre for
Mental Health and
 Emotional Wellbeing

Centre for
Mental Health and
Emotional Wellbeing

About the Centre

University life brings more than academic demands, students are also navigating independence, new relationships, performance pressure, and the ordinary, everyday work of understanding themselves. The Centre for Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing exists to support that whole experience.

The Centre is Marwadi University's dedicated space for psychological support, emotional wellbeing, and mental fitness - bringing together mindfulness, psychology, cognitive science, and experiential learning under one roof. It is grounded in the belief that mental health isn't only about addressing distress when it arises, but about building the everyday skills - attention, self-awareness, emotional regulation, resilience - that help students thrive throughout their time on campus and beyond.

At the heart of the Centre is Mind Lab, its experiential learning space, where students don't just learn about the mind — they experience it.

Our Vision

To create a culture where mental well-being, mindfulness, self-awareness, and mental fitness become an integral part of student life and education at Marwadi University.

Our Mission

The Centre works to:

  • Provide accessible, confidential, and non-judgemental support for students navigating academic and personal challenges
  • Build self-awareness, emotional literacy, and healthy coping strategies
  • Develop attention, focus, and cognitive fitness through experiential practice
  • Normalise help-seeking and reduce stigma around mental health
  • Strengthen resilience and life skills that extend beyond the classroom
  • Foster a campus culture of empathy, belonging, and care

Mind Lab - Our Experiential Space

Mind Lab is the Centre's dedicated experiential wing, where mindfulness, psychology, and technology come together through guided, hands-on experiences.

Mindfulness Room

A calm space for guided mindfulness and meditation practice — helping students build awareness, calmness, present-moment focus, and a stronger mind-body connection.

Reflection & Experiential Zone

Interactive activities, games, and challenges across four areas:

  • Attention & Concentration-Concentration Grid, Stroop Test, Neuro Focus activities‎‎
  • Memory & Cognitive Skills-memory challenges, pattern recognition, cognitive games
  • Emotional Wellness-gratitude practices, thoughts-and-feelings exercises, positive thinking‎‎
  • Values & Life Skills-values-based games and reflection activities‎‎

Technology-Enabled Experiences

EEG and neuro feedback devices, brain-computer interface activities, and biofeedback tools that let students experience - not just read about - how attention, relaxation, and the mind-body connection actually work.

What We Offer

  • One-on-one confidential counselling support
  • Guided mindfulness and meditation sessions
  • Experiential and technology-enabled cognitive activities
  • Workshops on stress, resilience, and emotional wellness
  • Orientation and induction sessions for new students
  • Value education and life-skills programmes
  • Mentorship and support in collaboration with faculty and counsellors

Our Approach

Every interaction at the Centre is confidential, inclusive, and rooted in empathy and professional care. Students are met without judgement, whatever they bring - academic stress, personal transitions, relationships, identity, or simply curiosity about how their own mind works.

We believe support and self-discovery go hand in hand: alongside individual counselling, the Centre encourages every student to reflect on their experience and ask;

What did I experience? What did I learn about myself? How can I apply it in my daily life?

That reflective habit is what carries the Centre's work from a single session or activity into everyday life studies, relationships, stress, decision-making, and personal growth.

Who Can Benefit

The Centre supports every student at Marwadi University, and can be accessed for:

  • Individual counselling and emotional support
  • Student orientation and induction
  • Mindfulness and meditation sessions
  • Value education and life-skills sessions
  • Mentorship and peer-support initiatives
  • Workshops and awareness programmes
  • Attention, memory, and cognitive-fitness activities

Mind Lab

Centre for Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing (Mind Lab)

MB107-Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat

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