In 2002, Vikas was involved in designing and building one of the world's most comprehensive clinical mental health systems for ACT Mental Health Services in Canberra, Australia.
He has developed applications for research organisations like kConFab, Peter MacCallum and the Australasian Biospecimen Network Association. He has also designed and managed the development of a visual inventory management solution to manage stem cells for the Australian Stem cell centre.
In 2006 when headspace, Australia's national youth mental health initiative, was founded, Vikas designed the technology and managed the rollout to the first 40 centres. The solution included a national minimum dataset, a clinical system and a dimensional data warehouse for operation analysis and understanding correlations between diagnosis, risk of suicide, substance abuse and early interventions.
Vikas was the Principal Consultant for auditing the National Blood Bank Service's technology (Ministry of Health, Malaysia) and recommending changes. He has also worked with Dr Nor Hayati Ali in providing solution consulting in mental health for Malaysia's national transition from an inpatient-based care model to community-based care (Mantari).
In 2017, everMind re-platformed its mental health ePST(Problem Solving Treatment) solution. This solution was initially built as a desktop application for NASA astronauts to treat anxiety and depression in space. Vikas engaged and supervised a team to rebuild the application using a scalable, multi-tiered, multi-tenanted, mobile-first design.
In 2021, Vikas provided youth engagement support through Mentegram for Sonder's youth mental health services and the Momentum QP Youth Mental Health AOD (Alcohol and Other Drug) and Homelessness Service at Richmond Wellbeing.
In early 2022, he implemented Mentegram at Bethesda Clinic, a 75 bed inpatient and outpatient service in Perth, WA.
In 2022, he helped architect and design usupport, a digital mental health platform and framework for UNICEF.
In 2023, he collaborated with UNICEF Office of Innovation in Stockholm, Sweden, evaluating solutions from international partners for potential implementation on the UNICEF uSupport platform.
In 2024, he continuous supporting the UNICEF uSupport implementations across multiple European and Central Asian countries
Vikas advocates for improving outcomes in mental health through the use of appropriate technology, including AI, with a focus on managing diverse multidisciplinary technology teams and partnerships. His affable nature enables him to quickly build rapport with patients, clinicians, and technology teams alike. With over 25 years of experience, he has delivered consulting and project management services to companies and governments across Australia and internationally.
