Suhani Jalota

Suhani Jalota is an activist working to improve public health in India. She set up the social enterprise Myna Mahila Foundation along with three women, establishing a factory that produces sanitary products, and which employs poor women in Mumbai by giving them jobs selling these products.

She received the Glamour Woman of the Year award for 2016.[1][2][3][4] Jalota graduated from Duke University in 2016.

Jalota won the 2017 Queen's Young Leader Award for her start-up and its contributions.[5]

Her social enterprise Myna Mahila Foundation[6] 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.[7][8] Suhani Jalota has been nominated for the Global Citizen Prize: Cisco Youth Leadership Award.[9]

Awards

References
  1. Toone, Eric J. "The role of higher education in entrepreneurship". TechCrunch. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. "2016 College Women Of The Year: Suhani Jalota". thedailyeye.info. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  3. Militare, Jessica. "2016 College Women of the Year: Suhani Jalota". Glamour. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  4. Nast, Condé. "Here's What It Was Actually Like to Attend the Royal Wedding". Glamour. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  5. Bahuguna, Lavanya (19 July 2017). "Suhani Jalota, The Woman Revolutionizing Menstrual Hygiene, Remembers Her Moment With Queen Elizabeth". Indian Women Blog - Stories of Indian Women. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  6. "Myna Mahila Foundation | Women Empowerment NGO in Mumbai". Myna Mahila Foundation. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  7. "The Royal Wedding Was an Incredible Experience: Suhani Jalota". The Quint. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  8. jha, neha (29 April 2018). "Ek 'Suhani' Royal wedding". The Asian Age. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  9. "Mumbai-based NGO founder nominated for Global Citizen Prize". Mumbai Live. Retrieved 23 November 2020.


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