(MOVED) EDD Young Leaders 2015
by European Commission
- EDD participation year: 2015
- Country: India
A Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award recipient, Tanvi is the CEO and Founder of Becoming I Foundation which works towards revolutionising education systems to transform India's most marginalised communities. The organisation has connected hundreds of volunteers to the areas of primary and secondary education, sex trafficking, women empowerment, and youth leadership.
Tanvi has been awarded the Karamveer Puraskar - a National award for Social Justice, the Youth Award for 'Contribution to Humanitarian Development' at the United Nations and has served as an International Fellow at the Global Fund for Children in Washington DC.
Tanvi has been a panelist at the Clinton Global Initiative and has addressed numerous high level gatherings around the world. Tanvi served on the Global Advisory of the Girls20 Summit and was awarded the William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India last year where she involved herself in the workings of an anti trafficking initiative in high risk communities around the country. She will be joining Harvard University for a Masters in Public Policy in the fall.
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