In the view of upcoming university exams, a workshop for combating stress was conducted by Dr Priyanka Nitin for final year BDS students on 1.7.24. titled “Beating Stress with SMILE”. Dr Jaishankar HP, Vice Principal, JSS Dental college & Hospital, gave a brief introduction regarding the program. Thirty students participated in this workshop. Dr Priyanka gave a brief overview of the What, How & Why of Stress and gave a mnemonic “SMILE” for combating stress. Students participated in few breathing exercises, and learnt the use of Yoga Mudra to help them in fighting Stress. The feedback for the session was good.