India, Aug. 29 -- The key necessity of the time is for higher education institutions to implement behavioural change programs and provide students with opportunities to practice sustainability, creativity, innovation, and social connection in their daily lives

The biggest fallacy of society today is that, despite being self-proclaimed progressives, we live in a burnout society, in the words of philosopher Byung Chul Han. This is one that thrives on excess positivity borne out of a culture of overproduction and relentless achievement, and marked by a deficit in understanding psychological and emotional health.

This discrepancy is felt most in the education ecosystem. The dilemma is that we are a part of the educational process, and the f...