18 Facts About Sunitha Krishnan

Sunitha Krishnan was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award the Padma Shri in 2016.

Sunitha Krishnan saw most of the country early on while traveling from one place to another with her father, who worked with the Department of Survey which makes maps for the entire country.

Sunitha Krishnan studied in Central Government Schools in Bangalore and Bhutan.

Sunitha Krishnan decided to move to Hyderabad, to join PIN as the Coordinator for the program for young women.

Sunitha Krishnan soon became involved with the housing problems of slum dwellers.

Sunitha Krishnan is married to Mr Rajesh Touchriver, an Indian filmmaker, art director and scriptwriter, who has made several films in collaboration with Prajwala.

Sunitha Krishnan has met auditoriums full of students in order to raise awareness, warn them against getting involved in the industry and inspire new activism.

Sunitha Krishnan therefore goes about her task forging partnerships with various police departments, especially Women Protection Cell, the Anti Human Trafficking Unit.

Sunitha Krishnan has persuaded the Andhra Pradesh government to work with her in cracking down on this organized crime and helped secure the conviction of more than 150 traffickers.

Sunitha Krishnan has conducted sensitization workshops for thousands of senior police officers, judges, prosecutors and Child Welfare Committee members to equip them with the requisite understanding and skills to effectively handle cases of human trafficking and advocate for child-friendly courts.

Sunitha Krishnan crowdfunded over $225000 on crowdfunding platform called goCrowdera.

In 2009, Sunitha Krishnan gave a speech during an official TED India conference about the cause of human trafficking at Infosys Campus, Mysore, which has since inspired over 2.5 million viewers globally.

Sunitha Krishnan appeared on test open at Open Heart with RK which reached out to millions of Telugu viewers across the world.

Early in her career, Sunitha Krishnan forayed into film making as a tool for advocacy.

Sunitha Krishnan has been physically assaulted 14 times and she receives regular death threats.

Sunitha Krishnan says that a Sumo van once deliberately rammed her auto rickshaw, but she escaped serious injury.

Sunitha Krishnan was again fortunate to escape injury when acid was once flung at her.

Sunitha Krishnan says that these assaults have only steeled her resolve to carry on her crusade against human trafficking.