# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shekhar-seshadri
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:52:33.036Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shekhar-seshadri"
name: "Shekhar Seshadri"
slug: "shekhar-seshadri"
description: "Shekhar P. Seshadri is an Indian psychiatrist. He is a professor of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in NIMHANS, Bangalore, India. He is widely quoted by the media and has for decades been associated with numerous mental health initiatives. He is the older brother of the actress, Meenakshi Seshadri. He has co-authored two books and has also written chapters as a guest author. He is known for his research work in life skills training, child sexual abuse, masculinities, women's mental health issues and sexual minorities."
tagline: "Indian psychiatrist"
gender: "male"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           49.17
  momentum:             15.35277389836764
  historical:           1.698501333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  19
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shekhar_Seshadri"
    title: "Shekhar Seshadri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17089772"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations