Meera Shenoy

Meera Shenoy is Founder -CEO, Youth4Jobs, which has grown to be the largest organisation in South Asia skilling youth with disabilities and linking them to resilient livelihoods . This challenging but transformational work ensures youth with disabilities are poverty free, independent and confident citizens of India . She set up SwarajAbility, an AI driven, accessible livelihood platform for youth with disabilities. This seamlessly makes Youth4Jobs a System Changer supporting companies, governments and civil society to ensure PwDs get gainfully employed . Y4J is the South Asia partner of the prestigious Zero project conference, which has experts in 180 countries. Y4J partners with Zero project for WEDO, a global pioneering initiative for economic empowerment of women with disabilities.
She has experience of working in senior government positions, World Bank and UN. This work has won the highest National and international awards, and featured in our Hon’ble PM Mann ke baath. It is a Harvard case study. She writes books and runs NotJustArt which conducts the inspirational Global Ability Photography Challenge., with UN/Unesco as partners . She is invited to speak at national and international forums on inclusion and Leading with Purpose.