Anchal Sharma

State President, Chandigarh Wellness & Wellbeing Council

Anchal Sharma leads Wellness and Wellbeing Council, WICCI UT Chandigarh and previously served in the capacity of Vice President at the Mental Health Council, WICCI, UT Chandigarh. She is presently working as a Counselling Psychologist with the Department of Mental Health & Behavioral Sciences, Fortis Healthcare Mohali. As a part of her work, she provides counselling services to both in patients and out patients on various psychological issues. She has been actively conducting workshops in various schools, colleges, universities with parents, students, and teachers on life skills and mental health related concerns. She also conducts workshops with different corporates on mental health topics. Apart from group sessions, she also provides one to one consultation sessions to the employees of various corporates. Proudly, she has done 300+ workshops in the past 3 years. Previously she has worked as a Psychologist with Swashrit Society, Educating Children for a Better Tomorrow (NGO), Delhi. She collaborated with a Project with Sesame Workshop India Trust on Child Protection which focuses on engaging children in activities which would infer their mental health state and family dynamics. The project was done in various states like Mumbai, Lucknow, Bihar and Hyderabad with the children of underprivileged section. She has also written a Proposal for “Ayush Project” for the Ministry of Health Affairs for the topic “A Study of Impact of Yoga Practice on Attention and Concentration Ability in School Students in Contemporary Times.”