Elsa Marie D' Silva is a former aviation professional and social entrepreneur, with about 20 years of experience in the aviation industry. She made a career switch in 2013, and was aimed at bringing about social change to improve the lives of women, youth and senior citizens through awareness, interaction and education, which led her to found Safecity.in.
Under her leadership and vision, Safecity has become the largest crowd map on the issue in India, Kenya, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Nepal.
She is a 2020 Gratitude Network Fellow & 2019 International Women's Forum Fellow, 2019 Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow, 2018 Yale World Fellow, 2017 Stanford Draper Hills Summer School Fellow, 2017 Chevening Gurukul Fellow at Oxford University, 2016 Rotary Peace Fellow, 2015 Aspen New Voices Fellow, 2014 Vital Voices Lead Fellow, an alumna of the Swedish Institute (2012) and the US Department of State's Fortune Programme (2016), and a participant of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016.