Founders

Founders’ Story

Purpose Built on Experience

The idea behind CopeMeds was born from a genuine, purpose-driven conversation between two accomplished doctors—both with deep roots in medical academia and corporate healthcare. What began as a casual coffee chat became a sober reflection on a troubling pattern: week after week, mental-health concerns among medical students, trainees, and clinicians were rising. WhatsApp threads, corridor conversations, and conference panels kept circling back to the same question: Who heals the healers?

We searched for a dedicated, stigma-free platform where healthcare students and professionals could be heard, understood, and supported by people who truly know the journey. We didn’t find one….We thought we will create one.

So we chose action over commentary. After weeks of thoughtful planning and collaboration, a passionate team came together, a clear structural framework took shape, and CopeMeds was born—by doctors, for future doctors. Our commitment is simple and unwavering: make care-seeking easy, timely, and normal for the people who care for everyone else.

Why This Work Cannot Wait

Research consistently reports high rates of anxiety, depression, and stress among medical learners and clinicians, too loud to ignore.

Sustainable solutions must pair personal skills with organisational change, workload, culture, access routes, and leadership training. That also  means pairing individual support with preventive and proactive care

Reported suicides among medical students, residents, and physicians over the past decade demand prevention, early support, and psychologically safe campuses and hospitals.

In July 2025, India’s Supreme Court affirmed mental health as integral to the Right to Life and issued binding guidelines for educational institutions and hostels—moving support from “good to have” to must have.

WHO/ILO outline concrete workplace actions, risk assessment, manager training, worker training, and return-to-work support. CopeMeds builds on these pillars.

What CopeMeds Delivers
  • Screen • Support • Steer

Early, confidential entry points; brief, structured support; and stepped referrals when higher-intensity care is needed.

  • Skills That Transfer to Ward & Viva

Short, rota-friendly modules on stress physiology, cognitive & behavioural tools, rest–recovery planning, and mindfulness-informed practices.

  • Humane Ecosystems, Not Just “Resilient” Individuals

Faculty/manager education, supervised peer support, crisis-response playbooks, and light dashboards—so leaders act on trends, not anecdotes.

  • Compliance & Alignment

Designed to map cleanly to the Supreme Court’s 15-point directions and WHO/ILO workplace mental-health guidance.

Our Values

Empathy

Meet people where they are.

Evidence

Do what works, measure what matters.

Confidentiality

Protect privacy, earn trust.

Collaboration

Students, faculty, administrators, one team.

Accountability

From promises to practice.

For Colleges & Hospitals

Implement CopeMeds as a structured wellbeing layer aligned to policy and best practice.

Call to Action

For Faculty & Leaders

Co-design a humane learning environment with us, training, protocols, and response playbooks included.

Call to Action

For Students & Residents

If you’re struggling, you are not alone. CopeMeds makes reaching out simple and safe.

Call to Action