AI-based corporate wellness platform developed to deal with stress and anxiety

Constant stress and anxiety have become the new normal, especially in the age of COVID-19. It spares no one, be it the experienced workforce or the novices.

In order to cope with stress, anxiety and improve the physical and mental well-being of employees, companies seek help from professionals for therapy in various forms, including yoga. However, having a professional in person and supervising therapy is not always possible when staff are dispersed.

Artificial intelligence (AI) could be a solution to address this and a start-up company, part of the ARTPARK ignition program founded by SN Omkar of the Department of Aerospace, IISc., and Dhruv Shindhe, has created an AI-based company. wellness platform.

This AI corporate wellness platform, Kreeda.ai, will undergo a pilot study involving a small group of employees belonging to a Defense PSU based in Bangalore.

“We have built an AI corporate wellness platform, which will take care of the physical and mental well-being of the employees and will explore the physical state, anxiety, stress levels and will inform Human Resources and management about the state of their employees. Mr. .Shindhe said.

Employees will be required to fill out a questionnaire to learn about their mental and physical well-being and will then be given a study plan to improve it.

“Our platform will encompass AI-based yogasanas that will drive employees to perform yogasanas on a daily basis and also make sure they do it correctly just like a trainer would,” he said.

He added that the platform incorporates mindfulness techniques based on cognitive behavioral therapy, which will reduce anxiety and stress. “Doing them daily has been scientifically recorded to reduce anxiety and stress,” she added.

Kreeda.ai has also created a mental health chat bot, which will interact with employees and help them if they find themselves in a stressful situation.