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Sustainable Happiness

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and NPTEL via Swayam

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

Syllabus

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