Suhani Jalota

Suhani Jalota is an economist and a social entrepreneur working to improve public health and women's employment in India. She set up the social enterprise Myna Mahila Foundation in 2015, establishing a technology-driven organization that focuses on health, employment, and research around women.

She received the Glamour Woman of the Year award for 2016. Jalota graduated from Duke University in 2016.

Jalota won the 2017 Queen's Young Leader Award for her start-up and its contributions.

Her social enterprise Myna Mahila Foundation was endorsed by Prince Harry and Meghan. It was the only non-UK-based organization to receive donations instead of gifts for the Royal couple. With this new endorsement, the team is now planning to increase the number of women to 25,000. Suhani Jalota has been nominated for the Global Citizen Prize: Cisco Youth Leadership Award.

Awards

 * Glamour Woman of the Year 2016