• The Honourable Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Govt.

of
India, inaugurated the NIMHANS Digital Academy on 27th June, 2018.
• The NIMHANS Digital Academy (NDA) has helped to consolidate and
expand the tele-activities initiated at NIMHANS throughout the
country.
• This activity was approved as part of a larger mental health
informatics initiative on 30th April 2018.
• We have total 27 courses approved by the NIMHANS Digital Academy
Board of Studies
• This include 7 Diploma Course and
• 20 Certificate Courses
NDA statistics till now (Updated till 31 Oct 2022)
Enrolled Accredited
Diplomas in Community Mental Health
Doctors 2024 849
Psychologists 786 463
Social Workers 590 234
Nurses 640 284
Diploma in Primary Care Psychiatry 57 39
Diploma In Prison And Correctional Psychiatry For 7 5
Practicing Medical Officers
Diploma In Psychological Wellbeing In Tamilnadu Police 80 In process
(Certificate courses and Other long-term training)
Doctors (Certificate course in Primary Mental Health 3115 510
Care & Primary Mental Health Care For Rural Medical
Assistants (Rmas) & Ayush Medical Officers (Amos)

Community Health Officers 2519 Not applicable

Rural Health Organizers 1438 Not applicable
Lay counsellors 800 580
Others (include all other certificate courses under the
NDA ambit; Certificate course in CBT; Diploma in
Psychological Wellbeing for TN police officers;
certificate course in Media and Mental Health etc) 3767 1255

GRAND TOTAL for NDA (from inception till date) 15,823 4219