Suhani Jalota

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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.

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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]

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