eYogi.in addresses the mental wellness area, enters into a strategic alliance with SEDDAC, a multifaceted NGO operating from Kochi
eYogi.in, a startup based at NASSCOM 10,000 Startup Warehouse in Kochi, which tries to address the mental wellness area using the new technology solutions to address the lack of trained experts, is being incubated by IIMK LIVE.
eYogi.in is founded by three IIM Kozhikode, Kochi campus Executive MBA graduates and is being incubated at IIMK LIVE Incubator. The firm started as an academic project has evolved into a full-fledged company with the assistance from IIMK LIVE and is operating from IIMK LIVE.
IIMK LIVE is the Business Incubator and Entrepreneurship Development Centre of IIM Kozhikode with the support of Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Established in September 2016, the centre is envisioned to function as a business incubator with a purpose of creating a National Centre of Excellence that promotes innovation, new business venturing and entrepreneurship.
eYogi.in has entered into a strategic alliance with SEDDAC, a multifaceted NGO operating from Kochi for more than a decade. They operate with the motto of ‘Helping People to help themselves’ in delivering social uplifting activities in the most backward and needy communities in Kerala. SEDDAC helps in liaising with the experts in this area and act as a motivator for anxious parents and students to take up the services from the firm. eYogi.in has raised about Rs 25 lakhs through seed funding from Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC).
Vinod Mathew, Co-founder, eYogi.in said, “eYogi.in is planning to make an indelible mark in the Indian healthcare industry by fusing information technology innovations with mental health care techniques to improve the productivity, efficiency and wellness for millions in the country. Even though tele-consultation and counselling are around for a long time, the attempt to utilise new technologies such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, wearable and connected devices to improve the delivery of mental wellness support with limited practitioner interactions is new and opens up a huge leap of improvement. We are planning to establish research relationship with leading universities to implement the new finds in this area and provide the learnings from the practice to support further research in this domain.”
In their initial service offering, eYogi.in is bringing telephonic counselling to students and parents to address their issues. The first batch of counsellors will undergo training in new technology uses, familiarising them with the platform, latest techniques and methods in the mental wellness counselling etc. at the eYogi.in office by end of March. The intense training session is attended by 20 experts from student and family counselling (centres) across the state. They will discuss the problems and challenges faced by the community, deliberate on the new tools and methods which can be adopted in the telephonic delivery of the counselling services, review the new findings from eYogi.in for developing into next phase of their solution set.
eYogi.in plans to introduce the new platform for mental wellness to the student community in Kerala from May 2018 and plans to apply for patent to the new innovative techniques they are planning to introduce into this niche area of development.
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