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About SIDHARTHAN

SIDHARTHAN is a wellness app for students studying in the universities and affiliated colleges of Kerala. Through this app, students can report ragging and drug-related concerns, ask for counselling for themselves, and join moderated campus Connect community groups and chatrooms. The app also lets them send SOS alerts, which are responded to by the respective authorities in their college or university.

Students and parents use the mobile app. The respective staff members and authorities are provided with the mobile app and web dashboards and workspace.

Illustrative campus scene with college students

What each person can do

  • Students

    Mobile app
    • Send an SOS to campus authorities for an immediate response
    • Report ragging or drug abuse to the authorities, about yourself or others
    • Ask for counselling support
    • Follow up on submitted requests in My Requests, through a secret PIN
    • Join the Community Connect rooms of interest provided by your campus

  • Parents and guardians

    Mobile app
    • View your children enrolled with the institution and linked to you
    • Report a concern or send an SOS about your child
    • Ask for help with drug or alcohol use affecting your child; students request counselling themselves
    • Follow up on reported cases

  • Staff and authorities (respondents)

    Staff app and web workspace
    • Staff: Anti-Ragging Squad members receive SOS alerts, TOOFAN Team members receive drug alerts, and staff see their assigned requests
    • Counsellors: accept requests and arrange counselling appointments
    • Committee: reviews the reported cases and records its decisions in the system
    • University, college, district and state level authorities: review unresolved concerns

How requests are handled

  • Set up by your institution

    Each institution or college enrols its students, links their parents and guardians, assigns staff and gives them the access permissions their roles need. There is no individual public registration or sign-up for students and parents.

  • People make the decisions

    Reported cases are reviewed and decided by the responsible people at your institution and, when needed, at university, district and state level. The app does not decide who is at fault.

  • Counselling process

    Requests for counselling support and for help with drug or alcohol use are handled by the counselling team at your institution, through a separate team and process.

  • Who can view your request

    Your request submission history is protected by a secret PIN that you set. The student’s identity is hidden from normal incident review screens. Staff access to this module depends purely on their role. Counselling requests can be seen only by the authorised counsellor. The system ensures your privacy and the confidentiality of your data.

  • Complaint resolution timeframe and escalation

    Reported concerns have resolution timeframes at the institution. If they stay unresolved, they move to higher authorities at university, district and state level.

  • Read help without signing in

    Help and emergency contacts are available in the app and on this website.

The Higher Education Council initiative

SIDHARTHAN is an initiative of the Higher Education Council, Department of Higher Education, Government of Keralam, for the safety and wellness of college students.

It is designed and built by CDIPD, the Centre for Digital Innovation and Product Development, at Digital University Kerala.

How it works Get the app

The campus photograph is an illustrative scene. The people shown are fictional.