Student Wellness Resources Overview

IIT Madras seeks to facilitate a holistic environment where students and researchers are empowered to pursue their goals and achieve excellence. Such support is complete only when mental health needs are also acknowledged and met.

Everyone is likely to be in need of mental health support at various points in their lives. This could be brought about by anything from exam stress, anxieties about the future, and interpersonal relationships to diagnosed mood disorders. The DoSt Office takes mental health concerns seriously and seeks to accommodate all its students and researchers. The following resources have been made available. You are encouraged to seek the help you need from these and other reliable care providers, as well as any required accommodations from administration and faculty.

Wellness Community Centre

The Wellness Community Centre, IIT Madras vouches for the holistic wellbeing of the student community. Proactive, retroactive, professional, and career guidance facilities are available on the campus in different forms to ensure student empowerment.

The following three teams work in cohesion to provide assistance for the wellbeing of the Institute community.

The Wellness Community Centre, IIT Madras vouches for the holistic wellbeing of the student community. Proactive, retroactive, professional, and career guidance facilities are available on the campus in different forms to ensure student empowerment.

  1. SAATHI is a proactive platform for the self-growth and well-being of students. The SAATHI team focuses on proactive measures that raise awareness in the campus about various pertinent issues and plan several informal gatherings, lectures, and sessions, open to all.
  2. MITR is the retroactive body of students and faculty. The motto of MITR is 'No one in the campus should be unattended in their emotional distress'. MITR members offer emotional and other forms of support to students according to their needs.
  3. Wellness Centre is the body of licensed mental health professionals. Students can walk in to discuss their concerns with the professionals. All session information is kept CONFIDENTIAL, unless it holds a threat to the student or others.

IIT Madras provides various counselling services, headed by:
Advisor (Wellness): Prof. Sarith P Sathian (adwellness@smail.iitm.ac.in, 94986 65027)

Please see below for the list of available facilities.

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