Heading - iINVENT NABROS JANUARY 2024 BRAINSTORM. Overview - During this event experts and students discussed and shared their train of thoughts on health & wellbeing ideas in the age of various SUBSTANCE & MENTAL HABITS + ADDICTIONS. Plus, our talented students from P.V. Datti School for Deaf and Aroodha School for Blind will share their AIMS.  Glimpse from our Keynotes -  Experts community - 

• Dr. Deepti Joshi. MS, FIPO , Pediatric Ophthalmologist at M M Joshi Eye Institute, Hubli, Karnataka and Chair person for Masoom ( anti child sexual abuse vertical)- Young Indians, Hubli - Dharwad - shared her view and experiences on how digital addition can impact ones health and wellbeing and also highlighted about cyber crimes and what we need to do to avoid be a victim of cyber crimes epically on social media and how also how it has a negative effects the eye sight and mentality of children and also how it leads to other problems like lowering the level of memory power and concentration, negative impact on our metabolism.

• Dr.Umesh R Hallikeri. MBBS, Consultant Oncopathologist The Karnataka Cancer Therapy and Research Institute ,Navanagar - shared the different types of substances abuse / drug addiction , why one gets addicted, what are some of the common legal / illegal drugs and how it is a diseases that impacts one health and wellbeing causing our organs to fail and also how an addict will destroy the mental peace of the family and also financial health. And how to overcome such addition by having a good friend circle, how parenting will help.

• Dr. Nagarekha Hebsur, Gynaecologist at Hebsur Hospital a multispecialty & Research center, Hubballi. - she shared her views on adult content consumption and Age-appropriate clothing. How it impacts one's wellbeing ,Why it is important to create awareness, and why it is important to listen to elders and also how parenting helps. She also said that we need to understand that each one of us is beautiful in our own way we need not flaunt our beauty but we need to study focus on your career , good engaged with good projects, good ideas and we will be very attractive in every one eye and it's not by going after what is a hype or influential that is being portrayed on some move if media that defines who we are.

• Designation - Protection Officer (Institutional) DCPUD Dharwad - shared as how some of the children that are brought to the DCPUD institution are affected by addiction of drugs, substances abuse and digital addiction and how these kind of addiction makes the children criminal/ conflict with law at a very young age. And how with much difficulty DCPUD is taking necessary steps to enable such kids come out of addiction.

Intern/Student community - 

• Aishath a 7th grade student from Maldives - shared her views on how she was once a victim of digital addiction and how it had a negative impact on her studies and health and how she overcame it by starting to work on her hobbies that is painting and diving. She also shared how she is helping her brother to overcome digital addiction and how she helped one of her cousins who was addicted to swimming to overcome it by taking him to play football.

• Neetra a 10th grade student from India - shared her views about gambling addiction that she has seen in her neighborhood and place with both elders and children is gambling where this starts as game for fun and later becomes addiction and how it impacts their personal, career and family life and also how it leads them into crimes, she also shared that many influential people like film stars , sports personalities promoting online gambling on tv and social media to which many youngsters get influenced and start gambling and later become addicts to gambling and spoil their lives. According to her to overcome the addiction of gambling or any addiction one should have an goal/ aim in life or learn something new that will help them to grow and have a better future.

AIMS shared by our talented students -

• Prerana a 8th grade student from a school for the visually impaired, India shared her talent with a song "Haraluva huvagale"   in Kannada language which means - young people don't be afraid of anything we need to work hard and in that process you will find victory.
• Prathiba a 5th grade student from a school for the speech and hearing impaired to share her AIMS in terms of her art work, her outstanding achievements in academic's and sports. 
• Nirmala a 8th std. student from a school for the visually impaired, India to share her talent with a song in Kannada language "Megha bantu megha" which means which good luck. All the three students where recognized for their sharing their AIMS during this event.

We thank Ottilie Anban Kumar - Physiologist, Founder, & CEO of Evolves lives Foundation & Co-founder of DDCLICS for moderation this event.