Shalmali Jadhav

Shalmali Jadhav is the Founder of unique social enterprise Empathy For You that works in

spreading awareness about mental health and suicide prevention. She is the Founder President at

Letters of Empathy wherein letters are written to the people who are depression fighters. She

uses storytelling, advocacy and digital media to drive a positive impact.

As an inspiring bath breaker, Shalmali is widely recognized and featured in various social media

initiatives, Radiocity and local newspapers.

Shalmali is an action oriented leader who believes in leading with Empathy. She is the youngest

to be chosen as a Member at International Youth Council by United Nations and now she is the

one who is leading the Indian Subcontinent. To her credit, she had been awarded as a

Changemaker from YouthLead.org.

Shalmali is a passionate changemaker and a young ambassador for Mental Health. Additionally,

she is a public speaker and a captivating Storyteller who has been invited as a Keynote Speaker

to share her inspiring story and insights by various institutions. To her credit, she has recently

started a petition to the government asking to include SEL (Social and Emotional Learning) as a

subject in the curriculum of schools and colleges. She was recently invited for a Youth Dialogue

with Chief Administrative Secretary of Kenya for #KenyaIsMe Youth Dialogue. She has

recently given her Ted Circle Talk at TedxGoldenBridge. Shalmali will now be speaking at The

International Youth Conclave organized by Girl Up Zia, under United Nations as a Panelist

Speaker.

She has embarked on the journeys as a founding member, mentor, and an advisor with different

social initiatives. To add to this, she has been invited for many international conferences

including Harvard Conference - Massachusetts, Harvard Asian Conference - Kazakhstan,

Harvard US India Initiative - Mumbai, Future City Summit - Hongkong, International Youth

Leadership Conference - Malaysia. As her majors, she has successfully completed a Research

Fellowship from Aarhus University, Denmark.

She feels deeply about women empowerment and has taken up numerous initiatives regarding

the same. Her go-to motto of life is, "If you start, you'll finish it off well!"

Specialties: Digital Marketing, Mental Health, Management, Leadership Skills, Storytelling,

Communications and Impact