Sustainable Happiness

By Prof. Atasi Mohanty | IIT Kharagpur

Learners enrolled: 3990 | Exam registration: 2098

ABOUT THE COURSE:
Increasingly, happiness, wellbeing and quality of life are seen as not just about feeling satisfied and happy, but also about having a purposeful life. This includes making a contribution to our family and community, and fulfilling our potential in terms of our own abilities and capacities. Thus, we can apply sustainable happiness to meet our global learning needs, individually and collectively. It is an invitation for all of us to stretch ourselves to be both a choice-maker and a change-maker to contribute to sustainable happiness of the society.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: All Graduates and Professionals

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: All the Corporates, Educational Institutions, Start-Ups, NGOs, Both Non-Govt. and Govt. Organizations

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Humanities and Social Sciences Psychology
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	22 Jul 2024
End Date :	13 Sep 2024
Enrollment Ends :	05 Aug 2024
Exam Registration Ends :	16 Aug 2024
Exam Date :	21 Sep 2024 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1:
Unit I-Sustainable Happiness-
A Sustainable sense of Self
a. Sustainable Wellbeing
b. Happiness & Collective Wellbeing
c. Sustainable Happiness Theory (Catherine O’Brien)
d. Happy Classrooms & Green Schools

Week 2:
Unit II- Pedagogy of Sustainable Happiness-
a. Education for Sustainable Happiness
b. Learning a Path not a Goal
c. Contemplative learning for Sustainable Transformations
d. Happiness Curriculum: Need for Responsive pedagogy
e. Education for Sustainable Environment/ Ecosystem

Week 3:
Unit III- Sustainable Happiness at Work
a. Positive Work culture & HR wellbeing
b. Positive Cognitive & Emotional states & processes in the Workplace
c. Pro-Social behavior & Mental health wellbeing
d. Continuous Professional development
e. Building Resilient Organizations
f. Interplay of Sustainability& Happiness at Work

Week 4:
Unit IV- Sustainable Organizations
a. Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability
b. Leveraging Workplace Diversity,
c. Work Ethics, Equity & Inclusion Initiatives
d. Sustainability Policies & Practices
e. Sustainable Employee Training , happiness & wellbeing

Week 5:
Unit V- Sustainable Leadership
a. Sustainability & Leadership
b. Transforming Self & Others
c. Sustainability Competences
d. Sustainable Lifestyle, Work-life balance &Wellbeing practices
e. Nurturing knowledge &positive attributes for In-house Sustainable Leadership grooming

Week 6:
Unit VI- Positive Psychology & Sustainable Happiness
a. Positive character strengths for Sustainable Happiness
b. Positive & Creative organizations
c. Nurturing talent&Career growth
d. Strength-based development in practice (Nudging)
e. Habits of Mind& Life skills for Sustainable Happiness
f. Sustainable Consumption,&Conservation of Resources

Week 7:
Unit-VII - Sustainable Wellbeing-
a. Challenges& Opportunities
b. Need for sustainable learning & practices
c. Creativity and Innovation
d. Consumer Wellbeing & Socio-cultural Sustainability
e. Convergence of Triple Bottom-line-Sustainable Ecology, Economy & Just Societies

Week 8:
Unit VIII- Sustainable Happiness & UNESCO SDGs
a. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) for achieving UNESCO Sustainable Development Goals (17 SDGs),
b. ESD for Organizational Sustainability
c. ESD for Social Transformation
d. Value Creation through ESG (Environment-Society-Governance) Services & Strategy
e. Implementing ESD & ESG for Sustainable Collective Happiness/Wellbeing

Books and references

1. Education for Sustainable Happiness & Well-being (2016)-by - Catherine O’Brien, ISBN 9781138640801, Routledge Publisher.

2. The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living (1998)–by His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama&Howard C. Cutler, BQ7935.B774 A78, Easton Press Publisher.

3. Authentic Happiness (2002)- by Martin Seligman, ISBN1740511085,9781740511087, Random House Publisher, Australia.

4. Positive Psychology (2007)-by C.R. Snyder & Shane J. Lopez, ISBN978-81-7829-924-2(PB), Sage Publication, India.

5. Positive Psychology in Practice (2004)-Edited by P. Alex Linley&StephenJoseph, ISBN 0-471-45906-2, Wiley Publisher, Canada.

6. Oxford Handbook of positive psychology(2009)-by S. J. Lopez (2nd Ed.), Publisher: Oxford University Press, UK.

Instructor bio

Prof. Atasi Mohanty

IIT Kharagpur

Prof. Atasi Mohanty has done her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Centre of Advanced Study in Psychology, Utkal University, and Bhubaneswar, India. She has also earned her M.Phil. Degree/s both in Education and Psychology. Prior to joining Centre for Educational Technology, IIT Kharagpur, she was teaching in Visva-Bharati university, Santiniketan. Her areas of academic and research interests are-Educational Psychology, Curriculum & Pedagogy, Educational Leadership, Sustainable Happiness, Teacher Education & Professional Development, Human Resource Development, Positive Mental Health & Wellbeing, Psychology of Learning, Education for Sustainable Development, HR & Sustainability. She has also organized Workshops/Seminar/Short Term Courses on Professional Development, Educational Leadership,&Education for Sustainable Development. At present she is the faculty in Rekhi Centre of Excellence for the Science of Happiness at IIT Kharagpur since 20th Nov.2020.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 21 September 2024 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 6 assignments out of the total 8 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team

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