Democratizing Wellbeing in the Workplace — a RoundGlass Fireside Discussion
Join us on 24th of June for the launch of RoundGlass Wellbeing at Work Survey (2020–21) report and a fireside discussion on ‘Democratizing Wellbeing at the Workplace’ with a panel of prominent leaders, including Sunny Gurpreet Singh, Pramod Bhasin, Vikram Shroff, BP Biddappa, Charulata Ravi Kumar, and Dr. Derrick DeSilva MD. The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Prakriti Poddar.
The notion of wellbeing in the workplace conjures up images of group meditation classes, yoga sessions, in-house counselling, or even corporate retreats. Glamorous and collaborative as these events sound, they remain fragmented, outsourced, and marginal to a company’s ethos. Organizations rarely go beyond these accessory events to create a true culture of wellbeing. However, one can’t have a one-size-fits-all approach towards wellbeing since everybody has different wellbeing goals. To some, physical fitness may be extremely important while others may prioritize emotional health.
Working remotely due to the pandemic has changed the world’s approach towards health and wellbeing. Organizations have caught onto this, and started rolling out more integrated, fully-fledged wellbeing programs for their employees. Technology works as a great enabler to make programs accessible across the very real geographical boundaries we have experienced in lockdown, as well as allowing users to track their progress through data collection. However, these programs are not always tailored to the needs of employees.
Different cultures, genders, and dietary patterns make it even more difficult for individuals to benefit from these programs. Areas such as emotional wellbeing and chronic health problems are continually underrepresented in health apps. While most companies offer insurance covers, these are curative rather than preventative and do not tackle the underlying causes behind the symptoms.
This begs the million-dollar question of whether we can come up with a democratic strategy at a global level that can improve workplace wellbeing.
RoundGlass presents a fireside chat to address some of the key questions around the theme of “Democratizing Wellbeing in the Workplace”.
About Sunny Gurpreet Singh
Sunny Gurpreet Singh is the founder of RoundGlass and Edifecs, and the visionary behind the w-holistic wellbeing concept: the practice of using holistic health in order to feel whole and at one with ourselves.
A serial entrepreneur and paragon of corporate wellbeing, Singh has dedicated his life to developing and sharing a sustainable and accessible holistic healthcare model. The culmination of years of work in this field, RoundGlass as Singh’s magnum opus: a company through which he offers cutting-edge solutions, content, an app and tech for people’s w-holistic wellbeing.
Singh’s altruism also shines through his philanthropy, most notably through the RoundGlass Foundation in India. Among other impressive projects, The Foundation has been supporting over 700 villages in India and other exceptional work in wellbeing, education, sports and sustainability.
About Pramod Bhasin
Pramod Bhasin founded Genpact in 1997 and served as the President and CEO until 2011. Bhasin was previously Head of GE Capital in India and Asia. He is currently building The Skills Academy, a pioneering institute to enhance employability, especially in the unorganized sector.
About Vikram Shroff
Vikram Shroff is part of the leadership team of UPL. He has been passionately driving continuous organizational improvement with his dynamic leadership, sound strategic insights and outstanding people management skills.
A philanthropist to the core, Shroff is very enthusiastic about the social development projects and the educational endeavors of the Shroff family that benefit more than 5,600 students annually.
About BP Biddappa
Mr. BP Biddappa joined Hindustan Unilever Limited in 1992. Over the last 20+ years, Biddappa has worked in a variety of roles, starting off in a factory in Orai (UP), then working in supervisory development, Corporate Learning and R&D. He has held global positions for Unilever — with Unilever Maghreb (Casablanca), Unilever Bangladesh as HR Director, and then in Unilever Asia, Singapore as Vice President, Human Resources for the Supply Chain in Asia, Africa and Russia.
About Charulata Kumar
Charulata Ravi Kumar is currently the Managing Director at Accenture.
In her responsibility as CEO and as an advisor to changemakers in global organizations in marketing, technology and transformation strategies, she has had the privilege to lead the most talented teams, creating amazing customer experiences by brands.
About Dr. Derrick DeSilva
Dr. Derrick DeSilva has been seeing patients for the past 31 years as a Doctor of Internal Medicine. His focus has always been on bringing together Eastern and Western medicine and giving his patients “The Best of Both Worlds”. He is on the Associate Staff in the Dept. of Medicine at Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, NJ and on the Teaching Faculty at JFK Medical Center in Edison, NJ.
About Dr Prakriti Poddar
Dr Prakriti Poddar is a global authority on mental wellbeing, the Global Head of RoundGlass, and the Managing Trustee of the Poddar Foundation and Poddar Wellness. Poddar focuses on mental health and wellbeing, combining technology and ancient wisdom to deliver contemporary and effective solutions that unleash people’s inner potential, and to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health.
About RoundGlass
RoundGlass offers cutting-edge solutions and content, an app, and other technologies for people to achieve what founder Sunny Gurpreet Singh calls w-holistic wellbeing: a philosophy that sees holistic health as the key to feeling whole, balanced and centred; and that wellbeing lies in this balance.
With its products and solutions, RoundGlass offers wellbeing, mindfulness, music and meditation products for everyday use, as well as collectives for dealing with stress, anxiety, sleep, focus, fitness, mental health and other contemporary challenges.
RoundGlass does that by harnessing the power of technology as a launchpad for world-class content by teachers and experts in the field of holistic health on the one hand, and immersive collective experiences and projects in education, sports, and biodiversity on the other.
RoundGlass teams are committed to expanding wellbeing opportunities and solutions to everyone everywhere and to supporting organisations and businesses at every stage of their journey towards instilling a culture of corporate wellbeing.
RoundGlass is focused on growing and improving the seven pillars of w-holistic wellbeing (emotional, physical, professional, community, social, financial, and professional), while focusing on nurturing a culture centred on people and that promotes respect and love for nature and its beauty.
To take part in the event, register here: https://bit.ly/3pWJ9Qk.
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