Digital Wellbeing Council

What is Digital Wellbeing Council

An Overview

The Digital Wellbeing Council (DWC), an initiative by End Now Foundation, is India’s first structured approach to integrate digital safety, ethics, and wellbeing into the core environments of schools, colleges, and corporate firms. The DWC promotes responsible technology usage, nurtures digital mindfulness, and safeguards online behaviour across all age groups. This document outlines the framework, structure, roles, and rollout plan to implement the Council effectively

Vision & Mission

The primary objective of the Digital Wellbeing Council is to help users navigate through the intricacies of the digital environment, ensuring a secure, enriching, and balanced online experience. The council is at the forefront of innovation in the digital wellness space, creating benchmarks for the health and safety of users, as technologies progresses and becomes more complex day by day.

Core Pillars of Implementation

Digital Social Wellbeing: Promoting respectful and empathetic online behaviour, addressing cyberbullying, digital hate, and misinformation. Encouraging healthy digital communication and positive influence through social media.
Digital Personal Wellbeing: Empowering individuals to balance their screen time, manage digital fatigue, prevent device addiction, and adopt digital detox strategies. Emphasis is placed on emotional, mental, and physical wellness in tech usage.
Digital Learning: Ensuring students, educators, and institutions use digital learning tools securely and ethically. Covers AI literacy, academic integrity in the digital age, and digital collaboration for knowledge sharing.
Digital Work Wellbeing: Promoting digital wellness at workplaces through structured guidelines, awareness programs, and HR-aligned digital ethics. Focus on mental health in remote/hybrid environments, productivity without burnout, and secure information handling

Sector Specific Strategies

Schools:

Curriculum Integration: Embed topics like cyber ethics, safe browsing, digital identity, and responsible use of tech into the academic syllabus.
Digital Hygiene Pledge: Conduct annual pledge events where students commit to being responsible digital citizens.
Parent-Teacher Workshops: Host periodic sessions to educate parents about monitoring apps, digital parenting, and cybercrime redressal for children.

Colleges:

Student Ambassador Programs: Appoint Digital Wellbeing Ambassadors to lead initiatives, peer-to-peer sessions, and digital behaviour campaigns.
Research Fellowships: Encourage students to conduct research on emerging digital behaviour trends and their societal impacts.
AI Content Awareness Drives: Create awareness about AI-generated misinformation, plagiarism, and ethical digital creation.

Firms:

HR Policy Alignment: Help firms update policies based on DPDPA and global cyber wellness norms.
Digital Wellbeing Scorecards: Evaluate employees’ wellbeing using confidential surveys and offer tiered recognition.
Workshops & Wellness Days: Conduct professional sessions and observe digital detox or tech-free hours to foster a healthier digital work culture.

COUNCIL STRUCTURE

Council Structure – Schools

Role	Designation	Responsibilities
Principal / Headmaster	School Chairperson	Overall in-charge; nominates faculty coordinator and ensures council activities are integrated into school calendar
Faculty Coordinator	Senior Teacher (IT / Moral Science)	Drives implementation, conducts workshops, coordinates with End Now Foundation
Student Ambassadors	Class Representatives (Classes 8–10)	Act as peer leaders, conduct awareness sessions, run pledge campaigns
Parent Council Member	PTA Representative	Supports parental workshops, acts as liaison between school and parents
Digital Hygiene Committee	4 to 5 Teachers + 4 to 5 Students	Plans monthly activities, reviews progress, maintains activity logbook

Council Structure – Colleges

Role	Designation	Responsibilities
Principal / Dean / HoD	College Council Chair	Strategic oversight and institutional support for the council
Faculty Advisor	Professor / Assistant Professor	Coordinates campaigns, guides student research, ensures curriculum linkage
Student Ambassadors	Elected from UG/PG courses	Lead initiatives, conduct peer awareness, maintain activity logs
Research Interns / Fellows	Final Year / PG Students	Conduct studies, write reports, assist in building institutional digital wellbeing scorecard
Digital Media Cell Members	Media/IT Club Students	Create posters, short films, reels, and digital content for campaigns

Council Structure – Firms

Role	Designation	Responsibilities
HR Head / CHRO	Council Chair	Integrates DWC initiatives into wellness programs and policy
IT Compliance Officer	Digital Risk Lead	Ensures compliance with DPDPA, monitors digital safety protocols
Digital Wellbeing Coordinator	Appointed Manager / Team Lead	Organizes sessions, collaborates with End Now Foundation, tracks participation
Employee Wellbeing Ambassadors	Volunteers from Departments	Promote safe tech use, lead digital detox or screen time campaigns
CSR / ESG Officer	Council Liaison	Aligns digital wellbeing with CSR initiatives, helps in funding training sessions

Common Responsibilities across Councils

Conduct Monthly Awareness Campaigns (aligned to themes like cyberbullying, screen time, misinformation, etc.)
Maintain Digital Wellbeing Logs (report activities, attendance, pledges)
Submit Quarterly Feedback and Annual Reports to the End Now Foundation
Nominate for Digital Wellbeing Awards (both institutional and individual)

Proposed Future Structure

National DWC Leadership Board: Governing and strategic decision-making body.
Regional Chapters: Implement programs across states, ensuring cultural and language customisation.
Institutional Coordinators: Appointed leads from each school/college/firm to oversee Council activities.

Membership And Offering

Membership Criteria

Formal Application: Institutions apply by detailing their interest and current digital wellbeing initiatives.
Guideline Adherence: Members pledge to implement Council standards and continuously enhance internal digital wellbeing measures.
Active Participation: Involves contribution to campaigns, feedback mechanisms, and shared learning sessions.
Support Contribution: While not mandatory, financial or in-kind support (expertise, infrastructure, technology) is welcomed to scale efforts.

Key Offering & Activities

Digital Wellbeing Awards: Annual recognition for exemplary institutions and individuals.
Yearly Campaigns: Each month focuses on a digital wellbeing theme (e.g., Data Privacy Day – Jan, Safer Internet Day – Feb, Word Password Day – May, Social Media Day – 30^th June, Cyberbullying Day – Aug, Anti Phishing Day – 5^th Nov Etc).
Scorecard System: Bronze to Gold levels based on initiative adoption, participation, and impact.
Resource Distribution: Regular dissemination of posters, policy templates, infographics, and SOPs.

Reporting & Evaluation

Annual Self-Assessment: Institutions submit reports showcasing efforts and outcomes.
Quarterly Reviews: Feedback loop from DWC reviewers helps measure progress and provide suggestions.
Impact Metrics: Includes number of people trained, sessions conducted, pledges taken, and content shared.

Toolkit & Resources

Posters: Visually appealing, multilingual awareness content.
Pledge Templates: Customisable for schools, colleges, and firms.
Training PPTs: Pre-designed decks for coordinators.
Feedback Forms: Impact tracking and reporting templates.
Event Guidelines: How to conduct Digital Wellbeing Day, campaigns, and reward ceremonies

Reach us at: support@endnowfoundation.org