Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna. Telegraph picture

Patna, July 11: Chandragupt Institute of Management, Patna (CIMP), has laid emphasis on psychological counselling of students in its new 2011-2013 academic session.

The management institute that achieved cent per cent placement of students last academic session, has zeroed in on counselling sessions this time around so that the students can handle their stress better.

The director of CIMP, V. Mukunda Das, said on many instances, students with good academic record have been found unable to cope with the situations thrown at them for different professional and personal reasons. The counselling sessions, which have started at the institute along with classes from June 21, will help students deal with such situations.

Das said: “On several occasions, we have come across students who find it difficult to adjust with their fellow students because of some psychological problems. From this academic session, the institute has decided to bring in a team of experts to counsel these students.”

Elaborating on the issue, he said: “We have seen that mostly students, who are single child or brought up in a nuclear family, face difficulties in adjusting with their colleagues or batchmates. These students seldom socialise or share their belongings with their friends, affecting the atmosphere. These students need counselling and the institute has invited Prasad Sundarrajan, a psychologist from Chennai, and Promita, a city-based psychologist, to counsel them on their problems.”

The director also said: “Students often slip into depression in the duration of the course because of an end in a relationship or inability to fulfil academic expectations. They end up developing a different outlook to life, become self-centred or even egoist. These counsellors will help them overcome such issues.”

Sundarrajan and Promita have started counselling sessions on the campus, where after primary counselling, the duo have selected a group of 15 students with such problems. The 15 students have been picked on the basis of assignments given in class and the students’ handwriting. These counselling sessions will continue round the year, where apart from the 15 selected students, others can also approach the counsellors for help.

This year, the 60-seat institution has taken 51 through on the basis of Common Admission Test performance.

CIMP, established three years ago, is one of the dream projects of chief minister Nitish Kumar. Das said by 2012, the institute would be able to take students from other states once it shifts to a new campus at Mithapur.