Anjhula Mya Singh Bais

Anjhula Mya Singh is a famous Indian model, MTV VJ, an International Psychologist, Buddhist practitioner, blogger and speaker for various esteemed organizations and publications. She has her Ph.D. in Buddhist studies.

In her Twitter profile, she describes herself as an "international psychologist, named top model by vogue, spiritualist and humanitarian, erstwhile Rajput, chair of Amnesty Malaysia". She was born as the youngest of the three children to Thakur Birendra Asha Singh Bais and Thakurani Asha Singh Bais on 13th march, 1983. She was much younger than her brother and sister.

When she was born, her father was working as an agricultural scientist and consultant in America. Her aristocratic family ties her to the Royal lineage of the erstwhile princely state of Banswara, Rajasthan. Anjhula is a hybrid of the American name ' Angel Click to look into! >> Read More... ' and the Indian name ' Anjali Indian top model and Telugu and Tamil star Anjali >> Read More... '.

Even though the hybrid name cannot give a meaning for itself, Anjhula believes it is not the meaning of the name that matters, but the deeds of a person. Anjhula strongly believes the Rajput blood that flows through her veins, brought her all the valor, fearlessness and strong desire to protect the weak.

As a child, she has to live both in India and America. She grew up in the Northern city of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in India and did her schooling in Nebraska, USA. This dislocated childhood made it difficult for her to place herself.

She was an Indian at heart and an American by nature. She became familiar with the word racism and bigotry, at a younger age itself through her experiences of growing up in America. Her mother, a strict follower of Indian ways, trained her to be what she is today. Unlike many children of her high school days, she was always interested in books and arts particularly violin, rather than worrying about prom nights.

Anjhula and her family always gave importance to her education. At the age of 14, she was spotted by a modeling talent scout, but her sister intervened and made it sure that she focuses on her studies, as she is too young to be a model.

Later, the same sister became her manager during her early modeling days. At the age of 18, she bagged the prestigious Banana Republic Campaign in New York Click to look into! >> Read More... City. At that tender age, she became a supermodel and walked many ramps both locally and internationally.

She was one among the few Indians whose presence was felt consecutively in different seasons of many coveted fashion weeks held in New York, Malaysia, Singapore, Hongkong, India, Italy, Greece, France, Australia, and Korea.

She was a person who gave a lot of importance to her academics. Her role model is Aung San Suu Kyi and Anjhula says Suu Kyi is responsible for how she lives her life with strong determination. For her university education, she got admissions into St.Stephens to read Philosophy.

She joined Lady Shri Ram College in New Delhi (Delhi University). Getting an admission there was difficult as thousands of students compete for a seat there. She couldn’t control her happiness, as Aung San Suu Kyi also got her degree from the same college.

During her college days, she was crowned the first, Miss Teen India for the international pageants. She was asked to participate in Miss India Miss India was a TV serial that was aired on Doord >> Read More... competition as she was in top 20 finalists. But her College Principal who was very concerned about her, the student’s attendance and academics, told her that she should be focused on her academics rather than modeling and this changed her life.

She got her degree in Psychology with Honours in 2005. After completing her university education in India, she bagged a role opposite Rahul Dev Rahul Dev is an Indian model turned film and telev >> Read More... after getting selected in a screen test for an advertisement. Even though modeling was a passion for her, she gave prime importance to her education.

After her studies in India, she went for her Masters in Psychoanalysis from University College London in 2007. During this time, she did her role simultaneously as a refugee Psychotherapist and supermodel walking London fashion weeks.

She also did graduation in Psychology from New York City’s Columbia University. She even made her stands clear for brand endorsements. She did her Ph.D. in International psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. As a model, she was distinctly identified as being dusky. She refused fairness cream advertisement offers as she doesn't want to promote fair skin.

Anjhula got married to Satish Selvanathan in October, 2010 at Rajasthan's Deogarh, an Indian resort city.He is a Malaysia based SriLankan entrepreneur who is also a private equity specialist in agriculture and frontier market.

Their wedding caused some rumors and buzzing, not only because of its celebrity title and grandness but also because of the terrifying event of them being kept as hostages for 16 hrs for money, that too on the 4th day of their wedding celebrations. Even though they were safely released, the impact of the incident was haunting. As a result, they focused on anti-corruption moves and looked deep into the Psychology of criminals. Together they founded the Bias-Selvanathan foundation. 

The foundation aims at supporting anti-corruption activities and is into pro-humanity endeavours. She can truly be called an inspiration. She follows her passion while securing good academic history plus she is a lot of humanitarian activities.

She has worked in African countries and gave support to people with experience of trauma. Her deep interest in Buddhism is known by all, through her words and actions.Her mantra is Nam Myoho Renge Kyo which means I devote myself to the mystic law of cause and effect by sound.

Her humanitarian activities, especially in Africa, Malaysia, and many South Asian countries are widely acknowledged. She is associated with prestigious NGOs like Concern Worldwide. She works for enlightening people by giving them moral, social and emotional support by understanding their psyche.

She does a lot of Psychology based talk shows for helping and educating people. She is a speaker at many bright international conferences, talks, TV shows and Vlogs aimed at promoting knowledge and awareness among people.