Mann Mela was designed by an interdisciplinary team of young people, including those with lived experience of mental health needs, researchers, designers, artists and technologists.
Mann Mela is a program by Sangath. It is being designed by an interdisciplinary team of young people, including those with lived experience of mental health problems, researchers, designers, artists and technologists. It is being implemented in collaboration with Quicksand Design Studio, and is supported by the Wellcome Trust.
Team
Pattie Gonsalves
Project Director, It’s Ok To Talk
Strategy and Direction
Sweta Pal
Communications Manager, It’s Ok To Talk
Strategy, Partnerships and Communications
Arunima Gururani
It’s Ok To Talk
Social Media and Events Coordinator
Vikram Patel
Global Mental Health Expert
Harvard Medical School, USA and Sangath, India
Dr Eleanor Hodgson
Clinical Psychologist
Strategy and Psychoeducation
Faith Gonsalves
Public Engagement Specialist
Storytelling, Writing and Curation
Design and art
Artists from Quicksand
Design studio
Supported by
Wellcome Trust
Young People’s Advisory Group
Tarini Sehgal
Chinmay Agarwal
Tejaswini Balaj
Kritika Kaul
Rishita Gulati
Pranjal Tiwari
Rhea Mathews
Research advisors
Dr John Naslund
Digital mental health researcher
Harvard Medical School, USA
Dr Daniel Michelson
Academic clinical psychologist
University of Sussex, UK