Software, web & mobile apps · Intelligent automation
Datalk was the technology partner for India's second National Mental Health Survey, funded by the Government of India and run across all 36 states and union territories. We bring the same engineering to product teams, businesses, institutions and governments.
What we believe
Useful software connects people, information and everyday work.
The systems behind it need a clear scope, a connected foundation and agreed support after launch.
We plan those responsibilities in one engagement.
How information is stored, how services connect and how the software is supported are considered together, with scope and priorities shaped around your project.
Experience from national delivery. A technical approach shaped around your project.
National Mental Health Survey 2 (NMHS-2)
We built the technology behind the world's largest psychiatric epidemiology survey.
250,000+Interviews with adults and adolescents
36Indian states and union territories
What we built
Conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, and funded by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.Conducted by NIMHANS, Bengaluru; funded by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. NMHS-2 programme overview (external site)
Services
Specialist solutions
Delivery scope
The complete platform
Define what the software needs to do, how its parts connect and the delivery priorities, with running costs considered from the start.
Choose the operating environment around the workload, data requirements and budget, with deployment and maintenance planned alongside it.
Backend services and APIs connect the application with its data and business rules, with access requirements defined for each role.
Plan how information is stored, prepared and presented, so reports and dashboards answer the questions your team needs to ask.
Build around the tasks people need to complete, their devices and the conditions they work in, including offline use where required.
Access control, deployment and monitoring are considered across the platform, with support defined around the agreed scope and period of operation.
Selected work
Mobile applications, research platforms, an annual reporting system and a website with a custom CMS. Each connects the application people use with the infrastructure and data behind it.
National Mental Health Survey 2 · Government of India
An offline-first mobile app and survey infrastructure for India's second National Mental Health Survey, with central data management and technical support throughout fieldwork.
NIMHANS suicide prevention initiative
A public website and custom content management system for a NIMHANS initiative, with the backend and infrastructure delivered as part of the same project.
Urban Self-Harm Study
A mobile app and analysis platform for the Urban Self-Harm Study, with the infrastructure and backend connecting them.
Systems Approach for Management of Self-Harm
A mobile app and analysis platform for Systems Approach for Management of Self-Harm, with the infrastructure and backend Datalk delivered.
Annual Report Management System · NIMHANS
A reporting application for NIMHANS that connects contributions, departmental review and publication in one system, with access based on each person's role.
Why Datalk
Our work includes offline field applications, reporting workflows and research platforms, supported while teams relied on them.
Applications, backends and infrastructure are planned together. The engagement sets out which responsibilities Datalk takes on.
Requirements, priorities and review criteria give you a clear basis for judging progress and considering changes.
Handover, support responsibilities and duration are defined for each engagement. Our research experience includes support throughout fieldwork.
Scale and value
A first release and a national platform need different technical choices. We consider your users, operating conditions and budget, then agree what to build first and which future requirements to plan for.
Super Intelligence (SI) is Datalk's approach to combining intelligent tools, data expertise and human judgement. We begin with a defined task and a clear way to evaluate the result.
Context first, then the approach
Understood first
Multiple locations
Stakeholder groups
Substantial information needs
Technical approach
Shaped around
Required scale
Available budget
Delivery priorities
Technology
Data & Research Analytics
Datalk provides statistical analysis and advanced analytics for researchers and institutions. We connect the research question, study design and available data to an appropriate method, then explain the findings and their limitations.
Explore Data & Research AnalyticsQuestion, method, interpretation
Research question
What the study needs to answer
Analytical method
Suited to the design and the data
Interpretation
Understood and used with care
Share the problem, the people involved and where the project stands. We will help you work out the technical scope and the next decisions.