Once trapped in the fragility of her own mind — even attempting suicide — Neelambari has today become a saviour for thousands living with mental health challenges.
Her journey blends art and science: music, trekking, painting, storytelling, and psychology. Always seeking the roots of human misery, she turned to writing. What began with volunteering to translate books soon grew into a prolific career as an award-winning author.
Her body of work is vast: books, articles, social posts, and interviews. She has explored chaos in many forms — Maadhyam Kallol (media chaos), Corporate Kallol (work-life balance challenges), Mana Kallol (mental turmoil). Her writings span reflections on Khalil Gibran, Zen stories, cinema biographies, and even her latest on Artificial Intelligence.
To spread awareness, Neelambari and her team screened 300+ world cinema classics in six years and founded MindGym, an organisation devoted to grief and depression awareness.
Though an IT graduate, she speaks with ease on mental disorders ranging from phobias and cyclothymia to autism, psychosis, bulimia, and even pyromania.
And yet, she balances all this with her role as a Project Manager, giving her best at work.
When asked if her organisation supports her, she smiled: “When you are burning the midnight oil for a cause, the whole world comes forward to help.”
👉 Dear HR Leaders: Look around your organisation. Do you see such Neelambaris — employees with extraordinary energy to serve beyond their roles? With your nudge, they can become changemakers, even celebrities. Why not start a MindGym in your company?
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