Things I wish I knew before I was 18. | Karishma Mehta | TEDxYouth@JNIS

Ms.Karishma Mehta is the founder of Humans of Bombay, a social media platform that captures the riveting lives of the people of Bombay and helps its audience to get to know the stranger on the street a little bit better. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics from the University of Nottingham. She has been profiled in leading newspapers and websites like Times of India, NDTV, and Forbes India just to name a few. Through Humans of Bombay, she has raised over 5 crores for various non-profits like Make Love Not Scars, Kranti, and Happy Feet. Through HoB, she has been able to raise awareness for multiple social issues and demolish social stigmas surrounding supposedly taboo topics. She is a part of the UN Young Changemakers Conclave and recently aired on Leaders of Tomorrow on Times Now. Ms.Karishma Mehta is the founder of Humans of Bombay, a social media platform that captures the riveting lives of the people of Bombay and helps its audience to get to know the stranger on the street a little bit better.
She has a Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics from the University of Nottingham. She has been profiled in leading newspapers and websites like Times of India, NDTV, and Forbes India just to name a few.
Through Humans of Bombay, she has raised over 5 crores for various non-profits like Make Love Not Scars, Kranti, and Happy Feet. Through HoB, she has been able to raise awareness for multiple social issues and demolish social stigmas surrounding supposedly taboo topics.
She is a part of the UN Young Changemakers Conclave and recently aired on Leaders of Tomorrow on Times Now. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx