Our Projects
ASPIRE
A universal intervention promoting responsive caregiving to give children the best start in their lives.
2019 - 2024
AUTHORSHIPRAXIS
A qualitative study exploring the experiences of researchers in navigating authorship issues and challenges.
2024 - Ongoing
Ashramshala
Enhancing mental well-being of students, parents, and teachers in 24 ashram shalas across the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra.
2021 - Ongoing
Baatcheet
Peer-delivered web-based storytelling for youth with mental health problems.
2022 - Ongoing
Being India
An international initiative to understand the mental health and well-being needs of young people and identify priority areas for intervention.
2023 - 2024
COINCIDE
Nutritional, psychosocial, and environmental determinants of neurodevelopment and child mental health.
2021 - Ongoing
COMPASS
Evaluating a community based non-specialist delivered autism intervention.
2018 - 2024
DICC 2.0
Making medical education disability inclusive through health humanities.
2023 - Ongoing
DRISHTi
A platform that hosts online courses on health research ethics, health communication, and social issues in health research.
2021 - Ongoing
Dating Violence
Developing and evaluating an intervention to improve the mental health effects of dating violence among adolescents and young people in India.
2019 - Present
Decolonizing Global Mental Health
Capturing Lay Counsellor Experiences to Inform Scaling-up of a Perinatal Depression program in rural Rajasthan, India.
2022 - 2024
Domestic Violence Study
Evaluating 'Pahal': a new clinical intervention for domestic violence survivors in Goa, part of a multi-country study.
2019 - 2022
EMPOWER INFOSYS
Scaling up psychological treatment for perinatal depression and malnutrition.
2024 - 2027
ESSENCE SU
Integrating evidence-based depression treatments into primary care.
2017 - Ongoing
Evaluate
Evaluating the adoption of digital NCD portal for health system strengthening.
2023 - 2024
IMPACT-T
Assisted telepsychiatry to address the care gap among Tibetan refugees.
2021 - Ongoing
IMPRESS
Implementation of facility and community interventions to reduce the treatment gap for depression.
2019 - 2025
KM-Photovoice
Using Photovoice and Critical Social Theory to Help Develop Culturally Safe Services for Perinatal Depression in Rural India.
2022 - 2024
Khushee-Mamta
A lay-counsellor delivered treatment for perinatal depression in rural Rajasthan, India.
2024 - 2025
MADAD
Community-based Psychological Treatment for Adolescents with Anxiety and Depression in India.
2022 - 2025
MeWeSports
Preventing adolescent substance use initiation through community sports.
January 2020 - Ongoing
NAMASTE
Community-based pathway for early detection and care for neurodevelopmental disabilities.
2022 - 2027
OptimizeD
Improving outcomes in depression in primary care in a low-resource setting.
2022 – 2025
PRESENCE - Madhya Pradesh
Enhancing adolescent mental health in Madhya Pradesh through resilience, substance abuse prevention, and school-based workshops.
15th September 2024 to 31st March 2027
PRESENCE - Rajasthan
Enhancing adolescent mental health in Rajasthan through resilience, substance abuse prevention, and school-based workshops.
15th September 2024 to 31st March 2027
PRIDE
Brief, scalable, early intervention in schools for emotional problems in adolescents.
2016 - 2022
QINSHIP
A qualitative study to understand forms of kinship, their meaning, and significance in the lives of queer adults aged 50 and above, in urban India.
2023 - 2024
RISE
Universal adolescent-focused resilience promoting intervention delivered by peer facilitators.
2023 - 2025
SEHER
Strengthening evidence base on school-based interventions for promoting adolescent health.
2013 - 2018
SHARP
Smartphone health assessment for relapse prevention (SHARP) is an international, digital health study.
2020 - 2022
SMHPP
Enhancing mental wellbeing of students, parents and teachers in 90 primary and secondary schools under PCMC and PMC.
2019 - Ongoing
Saathi
Developing a digital curriculum for peer support workers working with persons with severe mental illness.
2023 – 2024
Sambhav
Developing a scalable digital program for stress reduction and mental health promotion for community health workers in rural India.
2021 - 2022
TransCare
Understanding experiences of transgender persons in accessing healthcare.
2021 - 2021
TransCare Med-Ed National Conference
National conference on trans-affirmative medical education.
2022
TransCare MedEd
Integrating trans-affirmative healthcare in undergraduate medical curriculum.
2021 - 2022
iCAP
Initiative targetting hazardous drinking in low- and middle-income countries.
2024 - 2028
iHEAR Access Matters
Promoting accessibility and inclusion, participatory action research on disability access to public sector health facilities in MP and Goa.
2024 - 2025
iHEAR Peers for Equity
Community-led initiative fostering a LGBTQIA+ and disability researcher-advocates cohort.
2022 - 2023
iHEAR RainbowMed
Empowering educators in Western India with LGBTQIA+ inclusive healthcare.
2023 - 2024
iHEAR VaccinEquity 2.0
Understanding the behavioural and social drivers of vaccination in Transgender, intersex and disability communities.
2023 - 2024
iHear TransMHPrep
Identifying trans affirmative best practices in providing care during public health emergencies.