The BlacBook Thought Leader Series Report

 

 

Title of the event:	Mental Health and the Untapped Indian Market
Date:	7 Nov 2020
Target Audience:	I, III & V Sem BBA & BCom students and DSBA Faculty
No of participants:	70
Resource person -                                                           Name:	Ms. Richa Singh
Designation:	Conceptualizer and CEO of YourDost
Organization:	Mental Health Tech company
Mail id:	-
Mobile No:	-
Venue:	Online; https://zoom.us/j/91951494320?pwd=aDVPZGFHd054T1IvNjg1S3JuazYyQT09
Report prepared by:	Prof Meera Krishnan
Faculty In-charge:	Prof Crissy Mathew & Prof Meera Seshanna

 

Ms Richa Singh is on a mission to eliminate the stigma attached to the emotional wellness support. Her work with Yourdost has brought her a lot of recognition across platforms. She has been facilitated with several awards and recognitions. Some of them are Forbes 30 under

 

30 India as well as Asia List, Women of Worth by NDTV and L’Oréal, Digital India Start-up Award for social innovation by Times Group and Govt of India.

 

Ms Richa ,in her session, spoke about her inspiration behind conceptualizing Yourdost -the demurs; the business and revenue models; challenges faced in marketing her services; boon and bane of technology in emotional wellbeing; changes in fundraising from the time she started till date; impact of government regulations on wellness as a segment; tackling issues in rural India; and foreseeing emotional wellbeing’s evolvement in the next decade.

She ended her talk by mentioning what excites her about her job at Yourdost.

The floor was then opened up for questions from the audience.