SIDHARTHANStudent Wellness AppSIDHARTHAN Student Wellness App, home

Dear Students in Kerala,

Are you happy today?

We are here to support and protect you and your classmates.

SIDHARTHAN is a wellness app for students who are studying in the Universities and Affiliated Colleges in Kerala. Students and parents use the mobile app.

What you can do Get the app
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An initiative of the Higher Education Council, Department of Higher Education, Government of Keralam.

About the initiative

In the app

What do you need help with?

Choose the service that fits. Each one has its own people and process.

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    Report ragging

    You don’t have to suffer in silence. Report bullying, humiliation, threats or pressure, whether it happened to you or someone else. Share your experience by voice or text.

    How reporting works Students and parents
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    Drug-related concerns

    If you’re worried, speak up. Help is closer. Report drug supply, pressure to use, or other safety concerns.

    Your choices Students and parents
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    Talk to a counsellor

    You are not alone. Talk to someone who cares. Get help with stress, low mood, relationships, sleep or money worries.

    How counselling works Students
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    Connect

    Find your people. Feel part of your campus. Join moderated groups for arts, activities and everyday conversations, without sharing your mobile number.

    Community guidelines Students

Your institution needs to enable each service before you can use it. If a service is unavailable, contact your institution administration.

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Student wellbeing

When you want to talk.

Stress, low mood, relationships, money worries. You can ask for counselling for yourself through the app.

Only the counsellor holding your request can read it. Once they take it, they can see who asked and arrange the next step with you.

Read about counselling

Getting started

Start with your institution.

How each service works
  1. 01

    Check your access

    Your institution registers students and links parents. Ask the office if you need access.

  2. 02

    Sign in on your phone

    Use your registered mobile number and the six-digit sign-in code.

  3. 03

    Choose a service

    Report a concern, ask for counselling for yourself, or open Connect.

  4. 04

    Check My Requests

    Use your secret PIN to read recorded updates, messages and decisions.

On your phone

The SIDHARTHAN app

This is where students and parents sign in, send requests and check updates. Use the mobile number registered by your institution.

Your request history is protected by your own secret PIN.

App downloads

Download for Android

Version 1.25.0 · 33.9 MB · Android phones

On Android 15 or 16, if Android says “Alarm over other apps” is a restricted setting: open App info for SIDHARTHAN, tap the three dots at the top, choose Allow restricted settings, then go back to the app’s App settings and tap Allow again.

Store downloads are coming soon. Until then, Android phones can use the download above.

Help with signing in

Students, families and campus teams

Who uses SIDHARTHAN?

  • Students

    Send an SOS to campus authorities, report ragging or drug abuse, ask for counselling, follow up on your requests with a secret PIN and join Community Connect rooms. Your institution registers your account.

    Get the app

  • Parents and guardians

    View your children enrolled with the institution, send an SOS or report a concern about your child, and follow up on reported cases. Counselling is requested by students themselves.

    What parents can do

  • Staff and authorities

    Staff receive SOS alerts and assigned requests, counsellors arrange counselling, committees record decisions, and university, district and state authorities review unresolved concerns. Your institution decides which staff areas you can use.

    Staff sign in

Help and information

Have a question?

You can read the help pages without signing in.

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