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An experienced practising psychologist and activist, Anjhula is the only international psychologist specialising in trauma in Malaysia. She was named as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, was formerly the youngest chair of Amnesty International Malaysia and is now a director on the International Board of Amnesty International. She鈥檚 also a former supermodel with over 100 magazine covers and campaigns to her name. And that鈥檚 not to mention her People鈥檚 Choice award from Savvy magazine and the 2020 American Psychological Association Global Citizen Psychologist Citation听she鈥檚 received听(one of their highest citations).

Along with her many incredible achievements, Anjhula is also turning her hand to giving back. She believes solid mentorship can unlock so much potential in the next generation. 鈥淟eadership is about paying it forward,鈥� says Anjhula. 鈥淏ut in turn, I still have so much to learn from other people. That鈥檚 what's so inspirational about mentoring.鈥澨�

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Anjhula was raised between Lucknow, India and the US. At a young age, the signs were there that she was destined for a career where people were her focus. Anjhula says: 鈥淧eople came naturally to me. My friends would talk to me about their relationships and their parents. I was voted by my peers to be a peer mediator at school, which is where mediation and conflict naturally overlap with mental health.听

鈥淚 was unafraid of people, and that鈥檚 a requisite of being a psychologist.鈥澨�

After completing her early education, she followed her gut and took an undergraduate degree in psychology with philosophy at Lady Shri Ram College, India. It was also during this time that Anjhula had her first modelling gig, four years after she was spotted in New York as a teenager.

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