Humanising Lives

What Humanising Lives does

Humanising Lives is an India-based, Section 8 non-profit mental health organisation founded in 2021 by Ekta Prakash Sharma and headquartered digitally with a team of 12 employees. It operates an online therapy and teletherapy platform delivering individual and group therapy, coaching, queer-affirmative therapy, community meet-ups (Baatcheet), therapist-led life-transition experiences (Safarnama), corporate stress workshops, and prison rehabilitation/suicide prevention programmes through video conferencing and a Wix-hosted website with online booking. The platform also publishes a mental health blog and operates an e-commerce shop selling awareness-themed merchandise.

The organisation serves a mix of consumer individuals (general mental wellness, youth and young adults, under-resourced clients accessing pro bono services), the LGBTQ+ community through queer-affirmative therapists and group therapy, corporate clients via paid workshops on burnout and stress, and government/correctional institutions (India Vision Foundation at Gurgaon Prison, ICA Chandigarh) for inmate and prison officer mental health training. Strategic partnerships with the Existential-Humanistic Institute (USA), University College London researcher Shikha Soni, and multiple LGBTQ+ advocates support clinical training and content development.

Humanising Lives' business model combines affordable therapy session packages (₹2,600 for four monthly sessions), a merchandise storefront (₹990–₹1,500 per T-shirt), tax-exempt donations under Section 80G via Razorpay and bank transfer, and professional services revenue from corporate and institutional workshops. Marketing is driven by content (blog), organic social media, earned media in major Indian outlets, community events, and a volunteer/donation pipeline. The organisation is 12A and 80G certified, making donations tax-deductible under Indian law. No app, API, or proprietary software platform is disclosed; the technology layer is commodity website, video conferencing, and payment gateway infrastructure.

Name

Humanising Lives

Legal name

Humanising Lives

Website

https://humanisinglives.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Humanising Lives is an India-based Section 8 non-profit operating an online therapy platform that delivers individual and group teletherapy, queer-affirmative counselling, community meet-ups, corporate workshops, and prison rehabilitation programmes to individuals, the LGBTQ+ community, corporates, and correctional institutions across India.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Services

NAICS

Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) (621330), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Chronic Condition Lifestyle Coaching (Non-Clinical) (HSADAGAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Mindfulness-Based Coaching & Training (MBSR/MBCT-style) (HSADAJAB)

Keywords

• Online therapy services
• Mental health support
• Queer affirmative therapy
• Counselling workshops
• Community healing sessions

Headquarters

HQ city

India

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Therapy Sessions: Affordable therapy sessions sold in packages - 4 sessions for ₹2,600 valid for one month. Individual session pricing not publicly disclosed.
2. Merchandise Sales: Mental health awareness merchandise including T-shirts with mental wellness messages sold through e-commerce shop at prices ranging from ₹990 to ₹1,500
3. Donations: Tax-exempt donations under Section 80G of Indian Income Tax Act for donors seeking to support mental health services
4. Corporate Workshops: Paid workshops for corporate clients on stress management and burnout prevention, such as sessions conducted at A&N Buying House

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Humanising Lives is a non-profit mental health organization that delivers online therapy, coaching, and community-based healing services to individuals across India. Its core services include one-on-one HL Therapy sessions, Coaching Support, Safarnama therapist-led experiences, Queer affirmative therapy and group therapy, Baatcheet community meet-ups, corporate and institutional workshops, prison rehabilitation and suicide prevention programs, and a pro bono counselling project. The organization also sells mental-health-themed merchandise and accepts tax-exempt donations to subsidize affordable and free services.

Product overview

Humanising Lives is a non-profit mental health organisation offering a comprehensive suite of therapy and support services. The core offering is HL Therapy (online therapy sessions with trained professionals) supplemented by Coaching Support, Prison Rehabilitation services, Safarnama (therapist-led experiential sessions), and a Pro Bono Counselling project providing free therapy. The organisation also runs Internships & Trainings for developing psychologists, Queer Support services including queer-affirmative therapy and group sessions, Baatcheet community meet-ups, and educational Workshops. An e-commerce Shop selling mental health-themed merchandise complements the service portfolio. The platform operates as a unified service model rather than a software product, with all offerings interconnected through the mission of making mental health accessible and humanised.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Baatcheet: Warm, casual coffee meet-ups designed to support emotional well-being, genuine connection, and self-discovery in a relaxed and welcoming space.
• Safarnama

Products and services

• HL Therapy

Quantifiable outcome

• Tax-exempt donations enabled under Section 80G certification
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• India Vision FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for suicide prevention workshop at Gurgaon Prison. Humanising Lives team conducted workshop with prison inmates in collaboration with India Vision Foundation to address mental health issues and suicide prevention in correctional settings.
• Institute of Correctional Administration (ICA), ChandigarhcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConducted one-day online workshop on 'Mental Health Problems and Suicide Prevention in Prisons' for State Prison Officers. Humanising Lives' Assistant Psychologist Sidhartha Arya delivered session highlighting issues and early signs of suicide.
• Being Plus BecomingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization for emotional wellbeing workshop using creative expression. Workshop focused on helping people explore emotions, develop self-awareness, and cope with stress through art.
• A&N Buying HouseminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCorporate client for stress and burnout management workshop. Humanising Lives team conducted engaging session to help employees recognize mental health as collective priority.
• PriyanjulminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLGBTQ+ training workshop with Priyanjul, a software engineer who creates content for LGBTQ+ awareness. Priyanjul conducted queer awareness training for assistant psychologists to help them become better queer affirmative therapists.
• NavirahminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLGBTQ+ training with Navirah, a software engineer and LGBTQIA+ community member. Training focused on LGBTQ+ spectrum, terminologies, coming out experiences, and psychosocial challenges faced by the community.
• Existential-Humanistic Institute (USA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorkshop with Dr. Nader Shabahangi (founder) and Dr. Stephanie Weissman (30+ years experience) from Existential-Humanistic Institute USA. Experiential workshop on existential-humanistic therapy for Assistant Psychologists.
• Shikha SoniminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerQueer affirmative psychologist and mental-health researcher at University College London conducted 'Queerious Conversations' session. Initiative aims to foster dialogue around Queer Activism through awareness and sensitivity training.
• Rashmi SinghminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNESCO certified Expressive Art Therapist collaborated for Mindful Pottery workshop combining neuropsychology with clay art to create therapeutic experience focused on process over product.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/humanisinglives
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC-m1B__bvwQDLlJHeVHwX8Q/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/Humanisinglives
• Instagraminstagram.com/humanisinglives
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/humanisinglives

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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