Priya Hiranandani-Vandrevala

Priya Hiranandani-Vandrevala is an entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist with real estate and technology business interests.

In 2011, the World Economic Forum (WEF) included Priya in its Forum of Young Global Leaders (YGL). For the WEF’s 2012 annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Priya served as Chairman of the Steering Board of the WEF’s Real Estate Community.

Mrs. Hiranandani-Vandrevala also serves on the board of the American School in London and on the Board of Penn Medicine. She is a patron of the Elephant Family, whose goal is to halt the massive decline in numbers of the endangered Indian elephant. Priya is a Chartered Accountant and a post-graduate from Mumbai University.

About Us

The Cyrus and Priya Vandrevala Foundation is a non-profit that partners with organizations to help communities thrive by providing education and healthcare.

Vandrevala Foundation launched a mental health helpline in India in 2009 to offer free psychological counselling and crisis mediation to anyone who is experiencing distress due to depression, trauma, mood disorders, chronic illness, and relationship conflict, to name a few.

14 years of supporting those who need mental and emotional counselling, we have facilitated 1 million+ conversations to date. Our emergency mental health support service is accessible 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Our Team

Dr. Arun John

Chief Executive Officer

MBBS, DGO, MD, PDHHM, PDMLS

Mr. Akhilesh Laghate

Technology Lead

BE(Mech), PGDIE-NITIE, APM-Stanford University

Mr. Sunidhar Solomon

Operations Lead

MA (Eco), MBA (Health care)

Dr. Abhay John

Counselling Team Lead

MBBS, MD, MBA, PDCR, PCPV

Dr. Teena Augustine Joseph

Training & Development Lead

MSW (Med and Psych), PGDCS, PhD (Ed Psych),Erasmus Fellow(University of Padova)

Our Story

After 14 years of supporting those who need counseling, we are expanding our effort by building a counseling platform that enables people to resolve issues efficiently. Not all issues can be resolved through crisis intervention, especially when they have a long history. Long-term therapy can resolve these issues by helping you uncover matters that impact your mental health and find methods to help you cope and build resilience.

On this platform, our network of professional counsellors – those with a post graduate degree in psychology, psychiatric social work or an M.Phil or PhD in psychology, are allowed to charge for their services. Each session costs Rs.500/- and can last up to an hour.

This Is What We Do

Provide quality mental health services and support by carefully vetting and selecting a team of experts

Respond and treat every individual with respect and dignity, while empowering them to have their own voice and encouraging them to participate actively in caring for their own mental peace

Continually learning, researching and creating more efficient methods to reach and serve the community optimally

Benefits of Vandrevala Foundation Paid Consultation

An affordable service staffed by highly qualified and trained mental health experts who could be psychiatrists ,psychologists, psychiatric social workers, counsellors or therapists.

Therapy sessions from a comfortable space where you can freely share your thoughts and feelings without any inhibitions.

Accessible even to those lacking transportation services or those residing in rural areas.

Ability to choose from a multilingual pool of counsellors by selecting their area of expertise that matches your needs.

Keeps counselling or therapy absolutely discreet simply because you meet your counsellor from the comfort of your home, without having to step out to visit their office.

Priya Hiranandani-Vandrevala

Cyrus Vandrevala

Dr. Arun John (Chief Executive Officer)

Mr. Akhilesh Laghate (Technology Lead)

Mr. Sunidhar Solomon (Operations Lead)

Dr. Abhay John (Counselling Team Lead)

Dr Teena Augustine Joseph (Training & Development Lead)

About Us

Our Founders

Our Team

This Is What We Do

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