SUKHSANDESH: An Avatar Therapeutic Question Answering Platform for Sexual Education in Rural India
Salam Michael Singh, Shubhmoy Kumar Garg, Amitesh Misra, Aaditeshwar, Seth, Tanmoy Chakraborty

TL;DR
SUKHSANDESH is an AI-powered avatar-based question answering platform designed to provide safe, regional language sexual education in rural India, integrating avatar therapy to enhance engagement and empathy.
Contribution
This work introduces a novel avatar therapy feature combined with AI-driven QA for sexual education tailored to rural Indian contexts, emphasizing safety and regional language support.
Findings
Effective response delivery via information retrieval and large language models
Implementation of safety guardrails and dataset anonymization
Deployment in partnership with Gram Vaani for rural outreach
Abstract
Sexual education aims to foster a healthy lifestyle in terms of emotional, mental and social well-being. In countries like India, where adolescents form the largest demographic group, they face significant vulnerabilities concerning sexual health. Unfortunately, sexual education is often stigmatized, creating barriers to providing essential counseling and information to this at-risk population. Consequently, issues such as early pregnancy, unsafe abortions, sexually transmitted infections, and sexual violence become prevalent. Our current proposal aims to provide a safe and trustworthy platform for sexual education to the vulnerable rural Indian population, thereby fostering the healthy and overall growth of the nation. In this regard, we strive towards designing SUKHSANDESH, a multi-staged AI-based Question Answering platform for sexual education tailored to rural India, adhering to…
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Taxonomy
TopicsAI in Service Interactions · ICT in Developing Communities
MethodsSparse Evolutionary Training
