The Healthy Indian Project (THIP) is an Indian healthcare information and fact-checking organization operated by THIP Healthtech Private Limited.
History The Healthy Indian Project was established in 2019 as a health information initiative in India. According to Startup India, it operates as a registered entity under the Government of India’s Startup India programme. In June 2021, The Times of India reported that The Healthy Indian Project was selected as a third-party fact-checking partner for Facebook (now Meta) in India. The report stated that the organization’s role involved reviewing and identifying health-related misinformation circulating on the platform, forming part of Facebook’s broader third-party fact-checking programme in India.
Operations The organisation’s health information division, THIP Media, is listed as a member of the World Health Organization’s Vaccine Safety Net, a global network of websites providing reliable vaccine safety information. THIP Media is also a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network(IFCN) Code of Principles, administered by the Poynter Institute.
Media coverage In 2024, Channel NewsAsia featured The Healthy Indian Project in its documentary Fact vs Fiction – India’s Disinformation War, which examined misinformation in India and referenced the organisation’s work on health-related misinformation.
Awards and recognition In 2024, The Healthy Indian Project received the Best Health Literacy Platform award at the Atal Samman Samaroh 2024. Coverage of the award was reported by The Week. In the same year, Ask RAKSHA, a WhatsApp-based health information chatbot developed by THIP Media, was named Health Solution of the Year at the Economic Times HealthWorld Nutrition & Wellness Awards 2024. In 2025, The Healthy Indian Project was recognised at the Outlook Business Nation Builders Excellence Awards for its work in health literacy across digital and print platforms.
See also Health literacy Health communication Fact-checking Medical journalism Vaccine hesitancy Health misinformation Science communication
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