Today, the city gets a dedicated research centre to study methods and tools to improve happiness. The happiness research centre is being launched in collaboration by HappyPlus Consulting, an AI and machine learning (ML)-enabled HR consultancy and the state government-run Sydenham Institute of Management Studies and Research & Entrepreneurship Education (SIMSREE).

This is a first-of-its-kind research centre in Maharashtra. SIMSREE and HappyPlus officials said the centre will hold research and teachings to identify ways to improve the lives of citizens, particularly students. This will be done through groundbreaking research and dissemination of knowledge. Students of SIMSREE will “measure happiness and calmness”.