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CISF, IHBAS Partner for Personnel Mental Wellness: 3-Year MoU Signed
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News18•25-09-2026, 17:45
CISF, IHBAS Partner for Personnel Mental Wellness: 3-Year MoU Signed
- •The CISF signed a three-year MoU with the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) to address occupational stress among its personnel.
- •This partnership aims to build a comprehensive mental wellness ecosystem, including specialized psychometric assessments for high-security deployments like the Parliament House Complex.
- •IHBAS will provide clinical and psychiatric support, complementing existing collaborations with the Heartfulness Institute and Mpower under 'Project Mann'.
- •The MoU includes training for CISF medical and supervisory officers to identify early behavioral changes and psychiatric emergencies, ensuring timely professional intervention.
- •CISF personnel will gain direct access to IHBAS's counselling and treatment facilities, and IHBAS will conduct Training of Trainers programs to cascade mental health awareness across the force.
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The memorandum of understanding aims to address occupational stress management and build a comprehensive mental wellness ecosystem for CISF personnel, which includes conducting specialised psychometric assessments for high-security deployments like the Parliament House Complex.
The agreement was signed at the CISF Headquarters by Inspector General Pratibha Agarwal for the force and Professor Vibha Sharma, Head of the Department of Clinical Psychology, on behalf of IHBAS.
IHBAS will train medical and supervisory officers to identify early behavioral changes and psychiatric emergencies, provide direct access to OPD and IPD facilities for counseling and treatment, and conduct Training of Trainers programs for mental health awareness.