Seeking tech-based ideas to address student mental health challenges

Devanarayanan — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 17:48:01 +0000

Hello!
We are a group of students from a college in Kochi, India, currently working on a project focused on mental health and stress among students. With rising academic pressure, competition and limited access to mental health support, we want to explore how technology can play a role in creating positive change. We're reaching out to gather ideas for the critical problem affecting lakhs of students across India. Your technical expertise and suggestions would be invaluable.

Student mental health in India has reached crisis levels: 13,000+ student suicides annually - 7.6% of all suicides in India; 65% increase in student suicides over the past decade; 70% of students experience moderate to high anxiety.
Major triggers: Academic pressure, toxic competitiveness, family expectations, generational gap, exam failures, social media comparison.

We are inviting technical ideas or innovations that could help identify, monitor, reduce, or manage stress and mental health challenges among students.
Your ideas can involve any form of technology - such as:

Software / Mobile Apps (self-help, peer support, mindfulness or counselling tools)
Data Analytics (early stress detection, mood tracking, predictive well-being models)
IoT or Wearable Devices (sensors for stress indicators like sleep, heart rate or posture)
VR / AR or Gamified Platforms (immersive relaxation or awareness experiences)

The goal is to collect practical, ethical and scalable ideas that could later be developed or piloted in educational institutions.

Forem: Devanarayanan

Seeking tech-based ideas to address student mental health challenges