# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/malvika-iyer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:50:48.808Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/malvika-iyer"
name: "Malvika Iyer"
slug: "malvika-iyer"
description: "Malvika Iyer is a social worker and disability rights activist having lost both her hands as a child when she picked up a grenade. She is also a model for accessible fashion. Iyer obtained her doctorate in social work from Madras School of Social Work in 2017. Her doctoral thesis is on the stigmatization of people with disabilities."
tagline: "Indian motivational speaker, social activist and disability rights activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Malvika_Iyer_at_the_United_Nations.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1989-02-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.478260869565217
  historical:           6.21224
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "MalvikaIyer"
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    title: "مالفيكا ايير"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump