NIRJULI, Nov 6: A two-day International Conference titled “Invisible Struggles: Mental Health and the Lived Realities of the Peripheralized” began today at the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), Nirjuli.

The event, organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), NERIST, is being held in collaboration with the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt of India, and the Dept of Social Justice, Empowerment and Tribal Affairs (SJETA), Govt of Arunachal Pradesh, in association with knowledge partners BRIDGE, Kolkata, and the Mariwala Health Initiative, Mumbai.

The conference also marks the observance of Janjatiya Gaurav Varsh, commemorating the 150th birth anniversary of Bhagwan Birsa Munda.

In his address, NERIST Director Prof Narendranath S str

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