A proposed partnership programme for IITs, NITs, IIMs, medical colleges and teaching hospitals—bringing institutional responsibility together with biological awareness, recovery and mental-health support.
Conceptualised by Dr. Biswajit Mohapatra · Chairman, GSHER
A student is more than a rank. A doctor is more than a duty roster.
Wellbeing is a shared responsibility.
Personal skills and institutional change belong together. Project RESPECT asks what the institution must improve, what the individual can learn, and what professional care is needed.
The RESPECT framework
Seven interconnected domains.
Each letter in RESPECT describes a shared responsibility—connecting awareness and support with protection, institutional change and accountable follow-through.
R
R — Recognise
Recognise workload, fatigue, distress, institutional hazards and early warning signals.
E
E — Engage
Engage residents, faculty, leadership, families where appropriate, peer networks and mental-health professionals.
S
S — Support
Provide recovery support, peer support, mentorship and professional mental-health pathways.
P
P — Protect
Protect rest, duty limits, dignity, confidentiality, safety and non-retaliation.
E
E — Empower
Give residents a recognised institutional voice and skills to communicate, seek help and participate in decisions.
C
C — Correct
Correct unsafe rosters, workload imbalance, bullying, defective grievance systems and administrative failures.
T
T — Track
Measure duty hours, recovery, wellbeing, complaints, corrective action and outcomes.
These seven domains preserve the wider PROJECT RESPECT framework developed for GSHER and guide its institutional programmes, including RESPECT–MED.
One mission · Two pathways
Choose the context. Keep dignity at the centre.
Campus wellbeing
Ambition with balance.
For students, faculty and mentors in higher education. Proposed activities support stress understanding, belonging, early help-seeking, substance-use awareness and safer institutional responses.
Orientation and biological-health literacy
CelluReva™ recovery and stress-mindset sessions
Circle of Balance reflection and mentor support
Leadership listening and clinical referral pathways
For resident doctors and teaching hospitals. The medical arm supports GSHER’s case for measurable duty and recovery safeguards, recognised resident representation and accountable leadership.
Actual duty-hour and recovery review
Resident voice and protected grievance channels
Leadership actions with owners and deadlines
Personal support and confidential clinical referral
Biological Intelligence is used as an educational lens for understanding how sleep, stress, energy, emotion and environment interact. It is not a diagnosis or a validated clinical score.
01
Reset
Recognise distress, fatigue and unsafe conditions before choosing the next step.
02
Revive
Make room for sleep, nourishment, movement, recovery and connection.
03
Reprogram
Learn constructive stress responses; improve habits, workload and institutional culture.
04
Restore
Rebuild belonging, purpose and sustainable participation in learning and work.
Stress Mindset Intervention (SMI)
Recognise → Reframe → Relate → Respond → Reach
Understand the response, identify what matters, choose a constructive action and seek support. Unsafe overload calls for correction; distress may need clinical care.
Circle of Balance
From Race Against Yourself: self-esteem, self-love, self-care, self-consciousness, self-discipline and self-mastery. A reflection framework for growth with self-respect, beyond comparison alone.
Institutional responsibility
Listen. Protect. Act. Follow through.
Safe conditions
Review workload, rest opportunities and local duty standards; document exceptions and corrective action.
Meaningful representation
Include student or resident voices in decisions, with confidential reporting and protection from retaliation.
Accountable leadership
Assign each agreed improvement an owner, a deadline and a way to verify progress.
Accessible support
Identify qualified clinical services and an emergency route before recruiting a programme cohort.
Duty-hour limits and proposed charters must be agreed with the institution and checked against applicable requirements. Project RESPECT does not confer regulatory accreditation.
How institutions can get access
Begin with a conversation. Build a workable pilot.
Enquire
Tell us your institution, programme interest and the next step you want to explore.
Scope together
GSHER and your coordinator discuss needs, leadership readiness, delivery format and resources.
Agree the safeguards
Confirm roles, confidential referrals, consent, institutional changes and evaluation arrangements.
Deliver and review
Agree an orientation or phased pilot, monitor implementation and review progress before expansion.
Programme scope, availability, fees and host responsibilities are confirmed after discussion. Submitting an enquiry does not confirm a partnership.
An invitation to join hands
Let us build a culture of RESPECT, together.
GSHER invites philanthropic organisations, NGOs and corporates to help bring Project RESPECT to more campuses and teaching institutions. Together, we can support student and resident wellbeing, recovery, dignity and institutional responsibility.
Philanthropic organisations & foundations
Make access possible.
Explore support for institutional pilots, educator and mentor training, learning resources and programme evaluation—especially where institutions have limited resources.
NGOs & civil-society partners
Connect people and institutions.
Bring local networks, outreach experience, language support and volunteer coordination. Help connect campuses with appropriate professional support and sustain follow-up.
Corporates & CSR teams
Invest in a healthier future.
Discuss programme sponsorship, employee volunteering, technology, venues or other in-kind support. Potential CSR partnerships can be explored subject to applicable eligibility and due diligence.
Choose a contribution with a clear purpose.
Support a campus pilot, help develop learning resources, train mentors, contribute expertise or strengthen evaluation. Each partnership should agree its scope, budget, responsibilities and reporting, while protecting participant confidentiality and clinical independence.
Funding and partnership arrangements are agreed individually. Sponsorship does not confer access to personal health information or influence over clinical decisions.
Select “Philanthropic / NGO / corporate partnership” in the enquiry form and tell us how your organisation would like to contribute. GSHER will review your proposal and coordinate the next conversation.
Institutional enquiry
Bring RESPECT to your institution.
For leadership teams, faculty, resident representatives, mentors, academic partners, philanthropic organisations, NGOs and corporates. Tell us where you want to begin.
Purposeful, limited information.
Your contact details and programme interests will be used to assess the enquiry and coordinate follow-up. Avoid personal clinical or confidential case details.
Project RESPECT is being developed as a partnership and pilot model. Participation, outcomes and institutional adoption are not guaranteed.
If you need urgent help
This page and enquiry form are not an emergency service. If someone may be in immediate danger, contact local emergency services or the nearest emergency department. Programme education does not replace mental-health assessment or treatment.