In a junior college classroom in Kurnool, a sixteen-year-old raises his hand and asks a question he's never said out loud: how do I stop being on my phone at 2 a.m.? That question is why this exists.
"In a junior college classroom in Kurnool, a sixteen-year-old raises his hand and asks a question he's never said out loud: how do I stop being on my phone at 2 a.m.?"
That question — honest, uncomfortable, and urgent — is why Project Parivarthan exists. India's youth are navigating a world shaped by social media pressure, academic stress, substance influence, and emotional isolation. Most of them navigate it alone, without language or safe space to ask for help.
In partnership with the Government of India, Nigama Foundation deploys mental health professionals directly into junior colleges, government schools, and residential hostels across Andhra Pradesh. Not webinars. Not pamphlets. In-person, interactive sessions where young people can ask the questions they've been holding.
Fund a WorkshopEvery Parivarthan session is structured around the real pressures young people face — not theoretical topics, but the situations they're living through.
Understanding compulsive phone use, social media anxiety, and how digital habits reshape sleep, focus, and relationships. Participants leave with practical boundaries, not bans.
Early awareness about tobacco, alcohol, and substance experimentation — approached through peer-to-peer dialogue, not fear. The goal is informed choice, not lecture.
Building vocabulary for anxiety, depression, and emotional overwhelm. Students learn to recognize symptoms, ask for help, and understand that struggling is not weakness.
Navigation tools for social influence — how to say no, how to recognize manipulation, and how to build friendships that don't require compromise of values.
Self-awareness, emotional regulation, and healthy expression. Youth learn to identify what they're feeling and why — a foundation for every life skill that follows.
Digital responsibility, communication, goal-setting, and decision-making. The skills that schools teach toward exams — not the skills that shape a life. We teach the latter.
Four structured stages. Every session runs in person, led by trained mental health professionals, not volunteers.
Nigama Foundation coordinates with school or college leadership to schedule sessions and prepare the environment for open dialogue.
A trained professional leads 60–90 minutes of structured discussion using real-life case studies, role plays, and guided Q&A — no lectures.
Students ask the questions they've never asked out loud. Anonymity is preserved. The facilitator normalises struggle and points toward resources.
Institutions receive materials for ongoing use. Students flagged as needing further support are connected with counseling resources.
Real sessions, real students, real conversations — across Anantapur, Guntakal, Akuthotapalli, and Singanamala.
Ten sessions. Ten institutions. August–September 2025 — from degree colleges and polytechnics to nursing schools and welfare hostels across Anantapur and Guntakal.
Engineering College
An interactive session with engineering students on screen addiction, peer pressure, and emotional resilience — including a candid open-mic Q&A where students spoke about the pressures they carry.
Welfare Hostel
A Parivarthan “Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat” session for hostel residents — an honest conversation about substance influence, stress, and the importance of asking for help.
2024–25 · Kurnool, Nandyal & Anantapur Districts · 16 institutions
2026 · Kadapa & Annamayya Districts · 85+ institutions
Project Parivarthan operates under an official GoI mandate — not a grant, a recognized state-backed partnership to reach India's youth.
Nigama Foundation holds a formal GoI partnership under the Ministry of Education. Project Parivarthan operates as a recognized youth well-being initiative across Kurnool, Nandyal, Kadapa, and Annamayya districts of Andhra Pradesh. Sessions are conducted with institutional coordination and state-level sanction.
Nigama Foundation is an officially registered organization under MY Bharat, the Government of India's national platform for youth engagement. This recognition validates Parivarthan as part of India's national youth development framework and connects the initiative to government infrastructure for scale.
₹5,000 funds one full Parivarthan workshop session — a trained professional, a full session, and a room full of students who finally have language for what they're going through.