Archive · 3 Oct 2026
Student-Led CrossRoads Initiative Helps Communities Navigate Government Health Schemes
Anahita Nair started a youth-led initiative called CrossRoads.
It helps people learn about government healthcare schemes they may be eligible for.
Some people have trouble finding information, understanding the language or using online enrolment systems.
CrossRoads holds sessions in places such as schools, workplaces and villages.
It explains who may qualify and how to use the schemes.
More than 700 people have attended its outreach programmes.
The initiative has also shared over 500 easy-to-understand guides in Telugu.
It gives people practical help, including offline guidance, to navigate the steps.
Student Anahita Nair founded CrossRoads to improve awareness and access to existing government healthcare schemes.
The initiative explains eligibility, coverage, enrolment procedures and access to empanelled hospitals.
Its outreach programmes have reached more than 700 people through sessions in schools, workplaces, residential communities and villages.
CrossRoads has distributed more than 500 simplified Telugu-language guides about scheme benefits and access.
The initiative offers offline, on-the-spot guidance to people who have difficulty using digital platforms.
- Who
- Student Anahita Nair and the youth-led CrossRoads initiative.
- What
- Community outreach and practical guidance to help eligible people understand and access existing government healthcare schemes.
- Where
- Schools, workplaces, residential communities and villages; a specific geographic location is not stated.
- Why
- To address barriers including limited awareness, language difficulties and challenges with enrolment and digital systems.
- Founder
- Student Anahita Nair
- Initiative
- CrossRoads
- People reached
- More than 700
- Telugu guides distributed
- More than 500
- Schemes mentioned
- Aarogyasri, Ayushman Bharat and ESI
- Activities
- Awareness sessions, bilingual question-and-answer interactions, individual guidance and offline assistance