Written By Divya
AIIMS-Delhi Launches AI-Based App "Never Alone" For Mental Awareness And To Deal With Student Suicides
To deal with the rising cases of mental health and student suicides in India, AIIMS-Delhi has launched an AI-based app, called "Never Alone." Here is how it works.
Edited By: Divya | Published By: Divya | Published: Sep 11, 2025, 06:48 PM (IST)
The suicidal cases in India are rising at an alarming rate. A last year report titled “Student Suicides: An Epidemic Sweeping India” has revealed that the student suicides have outpaced the population growth and even the overall suicide trends. To tackle this situation, AIIMS-Delhi has introduced an AI-powered mental wellness programme, dubbed Never Alone. 
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The Never Alone AI program was launched on World Suicide Prevention Day, which aims to tackle student suicides and improve mental health awareness in the country. What does it? Know all the details. Also Read: Elon Musk Shows How Grok Imagine Can Turn Your Odd Ideas Into Shareable Talking Videos
AIIMS Never Alone Mental-Health Program
The AIIMS-Delhi’s Never Alone offers 24/7 virtual as well as offline consultation. The mental health experts will be accessible via a web-based app on WhatsApp. The important part of the initiative is that the app provides personalised and secure mental health screening at an affordable price. It costs 70 paise per student per day for institutions with 5 thousand students. That means the service is available for institutions, and they will have to approach AIIMS-Delhi or other institutions to subscribe to the service. Also Read: Salesforce Layoffs 2025: AI Cuts 4000 Jobs, Here's What CEO Marc Benioff Says
“The program aims to minimise stigma surrounding suicide and increase awareness among students,” Dr. Nand Kumar, Professor of Psychiatry at AIIMS Delhi. Apart from the AIIMS-Delhi, the AIIMS-Bhubaneswar and the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) in Shahdara have also launched the same programme for mental health.
Suicidal Rates: Why Is It Alarming?
According to the World Health Organisation, one person dies by suicide every 45 seconds globally. Shockingly, around 73 per cent of these deaths occur in low and middle-income countries—India being one of them. The crisis has only intensified in recent years. As per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 1,70,924 people died by suicide in 2022, marking the highest toll in over five decades.
As per a report by PTI, Dr. Nand Kumar, Professor of Psychiatry at AIIMS-Delhi, has mentioned that student suicides represent a major public health concern, not just in India, but across the globe. In India, young adults between 18 to 30 years accounted for a staggering 35 per cent of all suicides in 2022, which is the largest share among all age groups.
