April 27, 2024

Grant Thornton Bharat joins hands with Amaha to drive positive change in their workplace culture

Amaha, India’s leading mental health organisation, has been onboarded as the Employee Mental Well-Being partner for Grant Thornton Bharat (Firm), a leading professional services firm providing assurance, consulting, tax, risk, and digital and technology transformation services. This association aims to provide comprehensive employee well-being services to Grant Thornton Bharat’s personnel, aligned with their objective of providing exceptional care for the firm’s personnel, promoting positive cultural change, and prioritising mental health and well-being in the workplace.

Commenting on the association, Satya Jha, Chief Business Officer at Grant Thornton Bharat, said, “The firm’s proactive approach to creating a psychologically safe space for its personnel aligns perfectly with Amaha’s mission to help create emotionally healthy and resilient workplaces. Through this collaboration, we will be able to care for our employees by putting people first, and this would be a great testament to how the firm plans to lead by example when it comes to prioritising employee wellbeing.”

The programme will offer an integrated mental health ecosystem of services, including but not limited to mental health workshops, surveys, individual therapy and psychiatry interventions, stress management techniques, and access to an online mental health platform. The Amaha self-care app curates a highly personalised self-care journey for each employee, based on their needs, context and preferences that allows them to work on their mental health goals through a combination of action-oriented tasks, goals and a reflection on activity logs. Amaha will leverage the clinical expertise of their 140+ in-house therapists and psychiatrists and implement a 360-degree programmatic approach to deliver a tailored employee well-being programme for Grant Thornton Bharat.

“We are thrilled to work with Grant Thornton Bharat to drive positive change in the workplace,” said Dr Amit Malik, CEO of Amaha. “Our mission is to support individuals and families, feel better, get better and stay better. With our tailored, collaborative, and programmatic approach, we aim to support all firm members and their dependents to lead happy, healthy, and fulfilling personal and professional lives.”

The association between Amaha and Grant Thornton Bharat highlights the growing importance of mental health in employee wellbeing. It is also an affirmation that, especially post-COVID, more and more progressive organisations are providing emotional health support as a key employee benefit with the aim of prioritising the overall health and well-being of their members.

About Amaha

Amaha is a leading mental health organisation in India dedicated to transforming workplace culture into one that supports the mental health of its employees. With an in-house expert team of 140+ psychiatrists and psychologists, they have provided treatment and care plans for a range of mental health conditions both online and in-person through its digital platform and mobile app. Amaha has touched 5 Million lives globally through its app and in-person centres in Mumbai, Bangalore & Delhi NCR. Amaha has delivered over 80,000+ sessions across 400 cities in India in over 15+ languages. Amaha’s Employee Well-Being Program currently supports over 700k lives through their 120+ corporate partners.

About Grant Thornton Bharat

“Grant Thornton Bharat” refers to Grant Thornton Advisory Private Limited, the sole member firm of Grant Thornton International Limited (UK) in India, and those legal entities which are its related parties as defined by the Companies Act, 2013, including Grant Thornton Bharat LLP.

Grant Thornton Bharat LLP, formerly Grant Thornton India LLP, is registered with limited liability with identity number AAA-7677 and has its registered office at L-41 Connaught Circus, New Delhi, 110001.

References to Grant Thornton are to Grant Thornton International Ltd. (Grant Thornton International) or its member firms. Grant Thornton International and the member firms are not a worldwide partnership. Services are delivered independently by the member firms.

Grant Thornton Bharat is a leading professional services firm in the country. Being an Indian Firm with global connections – it works with businesses and governments across industries and sectors, providing assurance, consulting, tax, risk and digital and technology transformation services. With 9000+ people, across 17 locations and catering to over 25 industries, Grant Thornton Bharat provides more than 250+ business solutions and services.