For individuals
Devdoot
A business-to-consumer platform designed to help individuals find and access wellbeing, coaching, and related support based on their personal needs.
Individual access to support
Better workplaces begin with understanding people.
Meet Vasu Shobhit, founder of Humanova. His work brings together technology, business insight, and a human-first approach to employee wellbeing and healthier workplace cultures.
Employee wellbeingWorkplace cultureWorkforce intelligence
2020
Humanova founded
UK + US
International experience
54 countries
Fieldwork Africa research coverage
Human-first
A responsible approach to insight
The story
A simple belief. A meaningful shift.
Humanova began with a question: what if organisations could listen earlier, respond thoughtfully, and make wellbeing part of everyday work?
Vasu Shobhit founded Humanova in 2020 after recognising a persistent gap inside modern organisations: companies may care about employee wellbeing, but often lack the systems, insight, and trusted support needed to act before problems become serious.
Workplace stress, poor management practices, and unhealthy cultures can affect confidence, collaboration, attendance, engagement, and an employee’s decision to stay. Too often, the signs become visible only after people have begun to disengage.
Humanova was created to help close that gap. It brings together employee support, regular check-ins, coaching, leadership development, feedback, and privacy-conscious workforce insights in one connected approach.
The goal is not to monitor people. It is to help organisations understand where support may be needed—and respond with care.
One wider mission
Devdoot and Humanova: connected, distinct roles.
Personal wellbeing and workplace systems both matter. The platforms address different needs while sharing a commitment to accessible, human-led support.
For organisations
Humanova
A business-to-business platform that helps employers, HR teams, and leaders build structured wellbeing programmes, strengthen managers, listen to employee feedback, and understand team-level patterns.
Organisational wellbeing infrastructure
The distinction matters: individual support can help someone navigate a personal challenge, while organisations must also examine the working conditions that shape employee experience.
A global perspective
Technology, business, and the human experience.
Vasu’s education and professional experience across the UK and US helped shape his view that technology should provide clarity and access—while sensitive workplace decisions still need human judgement.
2015
University of Westminster · London
Graduated with a BEng in Computer Science and Software Engineering. The university recognised him on its Dean’s List, and he later returned to support its alumni community in India.
Computer science & software engineering2020
Clark University · United States
Completed an MBA focused on business analytics and information management, connecting his technology background with organisational decision-making and business performance.
Business analytics & information managementAcross the UK and US
Professional experience
Experience across technology, finance, insurance, public administration, analytics, and sustainability helped him see how systems and leadership decisions influence the people who work within them.
International workplace experienceThe Humanova approach
Technology should support people—not replace judgement.
Vasu’s approach recognises that software alone cannot solve employee mental health challenges or workplace culture. It can, however, make support easier to find and help leaders respond to patterns responsibly.
Listen regularly
Create consistent, voluntary ways for employees to share feedback and experience.
Respect privacy
Keep personal support conversations confidential and focus employer insight on aggregated patterns.
Make support accessible
Connect employees with resources and human-led coaching or professional support, depending on the programme.
Help leaders respond
Give HR teams and managers a clearer starting point for investigating concerns and taking responsible action.
Humanova is not a replacement for clinical treatment, empathetic management, or healthy working conditions. Technology is intended to support access, listening, and responsible organisation-level decisions.
Across regions
Wellbeing that adapts to people and places.
Humanova has a working presence in India, the United States, Sri Lanka, and parts of Europe. Its approach recognises that language, culture, working practices, access to support, and privacy expectations can differ between regions.
IndiaUnited StatesSri LankaParts of Europe
Client partnership
Fieldwork Africa
Humanova’s first African client partnership is with Fieldwork Africa, a market and social research organisation with research coverage across all 54 African countries. The partnership provides a foundation for supporting a widely distributed workforce while protecting employee privacy.
Read the case studyRecognition
A commendation for Devdoot
Former President of India
Recognition from Shri Ram Nath Kovind
Vasu’s work through Devdoot received a written commendation from Shri Ram Nath Kovind, former President of India. The message recognised Devdoot’s work in timely healthcare support, mental wellbeing, and emotional resilience, as well as Vasu’s decision to return to India after completing his master’s studies in the United States.
Important distinction: this recognition relates specifically to Devdoot and its founder. It is not a direct endorsement of Humanova’s products or commercial services.
Read the messageWhat guides the work
Principles before platforms.
These principles guide how Humanova approaches employee wellbeing, workplace culture, and the use of workforce insight.
01
Support before crisis
Make appropriate support easier to access before challenges begin affecting health, work, or relationships.
02
Trust is non-negotiable
Protect employee privacy and build an environment where people can share feedback without fear.
03
Look at the workplace, too
Individual resilience cannot make up indefinitely for unhealthy workloads, poor management, or culture.
04
Turn insight into action
Use workforce patterns to ask better questions and make responsible, human-centred decisions.
Sustainable performance
Short-term output achieved through constant pressure can carry a long-term cost for both employees and organisations.
People and performance
Looking ahead
Make wellbeing part of how work works.
Vasu’s vision is for employee wellbeing to become part of how organisations operate—not a benefit used only after something has gone wrong. Humanova aims to help leaders recognise workforce signals earlier, equip managers for better conversations, and make confidential support easier to access.
The ambition is straightforward: help organisations understand their people better, respond earlier, and create working environments where employees can perform without sacrificing their wellbeing.
Founder FAQs
A little more about Vasu and Humanova.
Quick answers about the founder, the platform, and the thinking behind the work.
Want to explore what Humanova could look like for your organisation?
Talk to HumanovaVasu Shobhit is the founder of Humanova and Devdoot. His work focuses on employee wellbeing, workplace culture, leadership development, and improving access to human-led support through technology.
Humanova was founded in 2020 as a business-to-business corporate wellbeing platform. Its current corporate wellbeing positioning was formally introduced or expanded in 2026.
Vasu created Humanova after seeing how mental health challenges and unhealthy workplace cultures could affect employees, teams, and organisational performance. He wanted to help companies recognise workforce concerns earlier and provide more accessible, confidential support.
Devdoot has a business-to-consumer focus and helps individuals access wellbeing and related support. Humanova is a business-to-business platform that helps organisations structure employee wellbeing, leadership development, workplace feedback, and workforce insight.
Vasu holds a BEng in Computer Science and Software Engineering from the University of Westminster and an MBA from Clark University, with a focus on business analytics and information management.
Humanova has a working presence in India, the United States, Sri Lanka, and parts of Europe. Its first African client partnership is with Fieldwork Africa, whose research coverage spans all 54 African countries.
The written commendation from former President Ram Nath Kovind relates to Devdoot and its founder, Vasu Shobhit. It should not be presented as a direct endorsement of Humanova's products or commercial services.
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