SANRAKSHA - A Digital Shield: An Android-Based Multi-Trigger Women Safety Application with Offline and Real-Time Alert System

Abstract

In our rapidly changing world, personal safety is now an issue of utmost importance since accidents, emergencies, and threats can occur at any time, giving people only a few seconds to react. A majority of the SOS applications currently available in the market are more or less entirely dependent on the internet, are very difficult to activate, and provide little or no support in different languages, which makes them quite unreliable during the critical moments of the situation. On the other hand, SANRAKSHA - A Digital Shield - is a unique Android application that comes up with a solution to all the above challenges by offering offline access, multi-trigger activation, and language support. As a result, the app can be activated very fast and smoothly even in panic situations as it allows users to send the emergency alert using voice commands, shake gestures, or manual input. When there is no internet connection, the system will automatically queue and send the messages once the network is restored. Together with GPS tracking and instant location sharing, SANRAKSHA ensures that the trusted contacts are promptly notified and provided with exact location details. The initial trials signal that SANRAKSHA is a safe, pleasant, and universal method to personal protection that can be a potential lifesaver in the case of emergencies.

Introduction

The increasing concerns over personal safety, particularly for women, have highlighted the need for reliable emergency alert systems. Existing SOS and safety apps like NEED U NOW, SHAKTI, and My Safetipin offer GPS-based alerts but face significant limitations such as dependency on internet connectivity, single-mode activation, lack of multilingual support, complicated user interfaces, and no direct connection to local emergency services.

To address these issues, the SANRAKSHA system was developed as an Android-based mobile application providing a multi-trigger, multilingual, and offline-capable emergency alert solution. Its key features include:

• Multi-trigger activation: Voice commands, shaking the device, or manual button press.

• Offline functionality: Queues alerts to be sent once connectivity is restored.

• Real-time GPS tracking: Provides accurate live location to trusted contacts.

• Multilingual interface: Makes the app accessible to diverse users.

• Data security and low power consumption: Ensures privacy and efficiency.

The app’s architecture consists of three layers: User Interaction, Application Logic, and Backend/Communication, coordinating registration, event processing, GPS location retrieval, alert dispatch via SMS/push notifications, and acknowledgment from contacts. Compared with other safety apps, SANRAKSHA stands out for its offline capability, multi-trigger activation, and stronger privacy measures.

The system’s methodology ensures reliable communication even in stressful or offline situations, aiming to redefine personal safety by providing accessibility, responsiveness, and trustworthiness. Its objectives include fast emergency alerting, flexible activation methods, secure data handling, energy efficiency, and wide user reach.

Overall, SANRAKSHA bridges the gaps of current safety applications, making emergency assistance faster, inclusive, and dependable.

Conclusion

The whole process of developing and testing SANRAKSHA - A Digital Shield has proved the advantages of combining multi-trigger emergency activation, GPS tracking, and offline alert mechanisms in one Android-based safety application. The system has efficiently handled three major problems which were the most seen in the SOS solutions—continuous internet connectivity as a must, fewer activation ways and no multilingual support. SANRAKSHA besides voice activation, shake and manual activation, allows the users to ask help without any delay whether they are physically or emotionally fit. The main features of the system i.e. real-time alerting, secured data handling and low battery consumption make it a very practical, reliable, and efficient solution for the safety challenges of our modern times. To sum it up, SANRAKSHA is like a digital guardian angel providing constant surveillance and instant interaction with the trusted persons and officials, regardless of the difficulty or isolation of the situation. The suggested system hence brings to the personal safety technology-enabled future vision and makes a base for future research which includes AI-driven emergency prediction, wearable connectivity, and smart city safety networks.

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Copyright © 2025 Prof. Ashish Trivedi, Mr. Vishal Chaudhari, Ms. Vedanti Chedge, Ms. Divya Kothare, Mr. Faizan Khan, Mr. Vedant Gadhave, Ms. Yashshree Nimbarte. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.