Anjali Chandrashekar

Anjali Chandrashekar (born c. 1993) has been an artist since age 16. She works and raises funds for natural calamities, child abuse, and rehabilitation for underprivileged children through her artistic creations.

Work

In 2008, at an International Diabetes Charity, she raised around $5000 for providing insulin to poverty stricken diabetic children.

Chandrashekar won the third prize at the United Nations Poster for Peace Contest. She received the award at the U.N. Headquarters in New York on 3 May 2016. She said, "nuclear disarmament is usually spoken about on such a high level and I believe that art has the power to humanize some of the most pressing issues that the world faces today."

The artist was only 10 years old when she founded Picture It, a non-governmental organisation that uses imagery to raise awareness and funds for various health, humanitarian and environmental causes.

Personal life Chandrashekar is from Chennai, but she lives in New York City.