About Swastham
Doctors have long known that lifestyle belongs beside medicine. What they have rarely had is a dependable way to deliver it. Swastham is that way: an app for patients, tools for coaches, and a doctor in charge throughout.
Our story
Across India, some of the most effective lifestyle programmes for diabetes, weight and metabolic health have grown by word of mouth: in clinics, workshops and community groups. They work. But they rest on a few committed people, and they are hard to grow without losing what makes them work.
Meanwhile, most health apps offer generic content with no connection to a patient's own doctor or programme.
We started Swastham to close that gap: to give programmes that work a lasting digital home, with their creators and doctors firmly in charge. The aim is simple. Well-being should be part of ordinary life, not a luxury add-on.
Mission and vision
Our mission
To give every lifestyle programme that works a way to reach the patients who need it.
We do it by giving doctors, coaches and programme owners the technology to support each patient, every day.
Our vision
An India where every doctor who believes in lifestyle change can prescribe it, and every patient has the daily support to see it through.
Our values
Clinical judgement belongs to licensed doctors. Our technology supports it, and never overrides it.
We build around a programme's method. We never rewrite it, and never put our name in front of it.
We partner only with programmes proven in real patients. Growth follows results, never the other way round.
Family meals, festivals, travel and busy workdays are part of the plan, not exceptions to it.
We collect only what care requires, with consent, and treat it as the patient's, not ours.
Plain terms, agreed in writing, that both sides would be happy to read aloud.
Founders
Founder
A wellness advocate, with a background in banking at US Bank and in building businesses. Sucheta founded Swastham to make well-being practical in everyday life.
Sucheta Godbole Deshpande on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)
Co-founder
An entrepreneur who founded Ethosh and built it into a global business. At Swastham, Rahul leads the platform, operations and partnerships.
Rahul Deshpande on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)Next step
Tell us about your patients or your programme. We'll listen, show you the app, and tell you candidly whether Swastham is right for you.
No obligation, and no sales pitch.
