Meera Shenoy
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Meera Shenoy | |
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| Born | 4 February Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupation | Social entrepreneur |
| Known for | Running training centers for persons with disabilities from rural India |
| Title | Founder, CEO |
| Board member of | SCPwD, CII |
| Spouse(s) | Dr. Subodh R, Shenoy |
| Children | Suchitra Shenoy (daughter) |
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| Alma mater | University of Hyderabad |
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| Institutions | Youth4Jobs |
| Website | http://www.youth4jobs.org/ |
Meera Shenoy is founder of Youth4Jobs. She works on policy, both with central and state governments, and has implemented projects in scale. Her recent assignment was Senior Advisor UNDP, Skilling & Employment and supporting Mr. Subramaniam Ramadorai, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Skilling, in his capacity as chairman, NSDA.
Meera Shenoy was born to a middle-class family in Chennai. Her mother has been an inspiration. One of the first women to get a seat in Vellore Medical College, she had to give up her education to marry an eligible only son. Meera's mother learnt the intricacies of the stock market in the 70s, and grew her small inheritance to ensure little niceties which the three daughters wanted were always given. Growing up in a joint family, she was influenced by her grandfather, a district medical officer in the British rule India, who lived simply but donated generously to the needy.[citation needed]
Family and personal life
She is married to Dr. Subodh R, Shenoy, who is the son of India's first market economist, B. R. Shenoy. She was born in Chennai and grew up in an upper middle class family and her father was an ophthalmologist. She was second of four children and very bright. The family led a value based life and helped those in need.
Pioneer: Starting & Scaling India’s First Jobs Mission
Meera Shenoy began her work in skilling as executive director of EGMM[1][2] (Employment Generation & Marketing Mission) For the first time, her work made companies realize rural youth can be placed in entry-level jobs when short-term customized training is given.[3][4][5][6] When she left after six years,[7] it had trained 2, 20,000 youth with 70% placements. A unique IT architecture linked to e-payment was put in place for transparency. Her work was featured in Knowledge@Wharton[8] and the Wall Street Journal.
Consultant, World Bank
She then worked as a specialist for the World Bank. In Bihar, she has worked closely with the Jeevika project to support the government in skilling strategy, capacity building of staff and its unique migration initiative. She has given invited talks in national and international forums including addressing students for their convocation.[citation needed]