Bringing its proven community mental health worker model from tablets directly to Android phones for the first time.

What is Project Maanasi?

• Project Maanasi is a long-running rural mental health initiative jointly supported by Rotary Bangalore Midtown and St. John’s Medical College, focused on providing accessible, low-cost mental health care in southern India.
• The project uses cost-effective strategies such as village-level screening, outreach clinics, and community partnerships to reduce the treatment gap for mental, neurological, and substance use disorders.

From tablet model to Android app

• eMaanasi was originally built as a digital platform with modules for field workers, administrators, psychiatrists, and hospital management, primarily used on tablets in community settings.
• The new Android app on the Play Store makes this same healthcare worker–centric model available on smartphones, allowing field staff to screen, record, and follow up with patients directly from their mobile devices.

Key features for health workers

• The app enables health workers to access and update individual records, including treatment plans and progress, strengthening continuity of care in rural communities.
• Through its structured modules and data capture, the app supports coordinated work between field workers, clinic teams, and supervising psychiatrists, enhancing the reach and efficiency of community mental health services.

Why the Play Store launch matters?

• Making the Maanasi app available on the Play Store lowers the barrier to adoption, as any authorized healthcare worker with an Android device can now install and update it through a trusted, familiar channel.
• This step aligns with Project Maanasi’s broader move to scale its digital mental health platform in collaboration with government systems, aiming to make technology-enabled care a standard part of rural mental health delivery.

How to find the app?

• On your Android phone, open Google Play Store, search for “Maanasi Health Care”, and look for the app described as “Project Maanasi – Joint initiative by Rotary Bangalore Midtown and St. John’s Medical College.”play.google
• Check the app details page for the official description and developer information to ensure you are installing the correct, authenticated version linked to Project Maanasi.play.google