Anoushka Jolly

Speaker Summary

Anoushka Jolly is the 15-year-old founder of the Kavach App (an adolescent well-being app which aims to holistically address adolescents ’everyday issues and problems) who embarked on her change-making journey as a response to being a victim of severe bullying as a child. Her mission began when she was just nine years old, and she’s impacted over 2 million children in 20,000 schools across India. At the age of 13 she became the youngest entrepreneur to receive funding on Shark Tank India for her Anti-Bullying initiative. In 2023, she won the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (highest civilian honour for a child) from the Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu in the field of social service. As a social entrepreneur and changemaker, she has a strong belief in the power of technology for the betterment of mental health, as evident in her work.

Areas of Expertise

Anti-Bullying