**Executive Summary**
The National Task Force on Student Mental Health and Suicide Prevention (NTF) has submitted its interim report to the Supreme Court of India on November 6, 2025, awaiting its cognizance. Established in March 2025, the NTF is gathering perspectives from Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) nationwide through online surveys and other methods to understand student wellbeing. The deadline for completing the online surveys has been extended to December 15, 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **NTF Objectives and Activities:**
* The NTF was formed to gather perspectives on student mental health and suicide prevention in HEIs.
* It launched a website on August 8, 2025, as a central platform for HEIs.
* The NTF gathers information through online surveys, field visits, stakeholder meetings, and analysis of existing data.
* The NTF aims to understand multiple determinants of student wellbeing, including academic pressure, discrimination, and financial hardship.
* **Survey Requirements and Deadlines:**
* The NTF emphasizes a robust evidentiary base for recommendations, which includes surveys from HEIs and individuals.
* Filling out the institute survey is mandatory for HEIs, requesting information on faculty diversity, vacant positions, student composition, and mental health services.
* The deadline for filling out online surveys has been extended to December 15, 2025, for both HEIs and individual stakeholders (students, faculty, parents, mental health service professionals).
* Confidentiality and anonymity are guaranteed for survey participants.
* **Call to Action:**
* The NTF appeals to all stakeholders, including State Nodal Officers, to participate in the survey.
* Participation is crucial for shaping the final recommendations of the Task Force.
**Impact Analysis**
**Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)**
* **Impact:** HEIs are required to participate in the surveys to provide data on student mental health and support systems.
* **Action Required:** HEIs must fill out the institute survey by the extended deadline of December 15, 2025, and encourage participation from their students, faculty, and staff.
**Students, Faculty, Parents, and Mental Health Professionals**
* **Impact:** These individuals can provide valuable insights into the challenges and experiences related to student mental health.
* **Action Required:** They are requested to voluntarily fill out the surveys by December 15, 2025, to contribute to the NTF's findings.
**State Nodal Officers**
* **Impact:** State Nodal Officers can play a critical role in increasing participation in the survey and providing on the ground insights.
* **Action Required:** Stakeholders need to make concerted efforts for participation in the Survey.
Key Entities Referenced
National Task Force on Student Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Higher Educational Institutions (NTF): The central entity responsible for gathering perspectives and providing recommendations on student mental health and suicide prevention in HEIs.
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs): The institutions targeted by the NTF's survey and key to providing data on student mental health and support systems.
Supreme Court of India: The court to which the NTF submits its interim report.
Ministry of Education: The ministry under which the NTF operates.
Department of Higher Education: Department involved in official communications related to the NTF.
Ministry of Education
National Task Force on student Mental Health
and Suicide prevention submits interim report to
the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India on 6
November 2025
प्रव तथ: 03 DEC 2025 8:06PM by PIB Delhi
The National Task Force on Student Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Higher Educational
Institutions (NTF) submit its Interim Report to the Supreme Court of India on 6thNovember 2025 and
awaits cognizance from the Court.
The NTF, constituted in March 2025, launched a website as a central platform to gather perspectives from
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) across the country on 8th August 2025. The NTF has been actively
engaged in obtaining a range of information and diverse views from key stakeholders, through the online
surveys, by actual field visits to select HEIs across the country, by hosting stake holder meetings, as well
as by analysing existing national data, laws and policies and exploring relevant writings on matters
relating to student mental health and wellbeing.
The approach of the NTF, reflecting its diverse composition, has been to examine the multiple
determinants of student wellbeing – academic pressure, experiences of discrimination due to caste/tribe,
religion, disability and gender/sexuality/transgender, and the stress of financial hardship, among others.
A key requirement for making recommendations by NTF is to have a robust evidentiary base, which is
provided by the surveys from HEIs, and also from individuals – students, faculty, parents and mental
health professionals. It is mandatory for HEIs to fill out the institute survey which asks for key
information on a range of parameters such as the diversity of faculty, vacant positions, student
composition, nature of provisions for mental health services, details about various committees and cells of
relevance to students as well as inputs on challenges and suggestions on strengthening student support
systems. The appeal to HEIs have been made through official letters by Department of Higher Education
and follow up from the NTF, regulatory bodies etc.
In order to increase responses, the NTF has extended the final deadline for filling up online surveys to
15th December 2025. This extension also applies to all the individual stakeholders – students, faculty,
parents and mental health service professionals. HEIs are requested to help the NTF by volunteering to fill
out the surveys meant for them, where confidentiality and anonymity are guaranteed.
National Task Force appeals to all stakeholders including State Nodal Officers to make concerted efforts
for participation in the Survey in greater numbers. The diversity of views and live experiences collected
through this participatory process will play a critical role in shaping the final recommendations of the Task
Force.
For more information and to participate, please visit: ntf.education.gov.in
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