Youth Chapter Leadership
Jaipur Foot USA
Nikhil Mehta
Nikhil Mehta is the Co-Chair and a rising senior at Smithtown High School East, Long Island, New York. Nikhil has been engaged with JaipurFoot USA through his high school and was motivated to join in the effort to help India ``breathe better.” Oxygen on Wheels is a free service to provide oxygen support inside a specially designed bus to needy patients in the rural villages of Jodhpur and patients. Nikhil was able to raise funds from his friends, family, and, most of all, the community. They now have added three vans. Nikhil was lucky enough to speak to the Honorable Chief Minister of Rajasthan, propose his ideas, and request assistance to further the cause.
With support from the government, the Oxygen on Wheels program has been escalated to the entire state of Rajasthan. He wants to make a difference. He is a Youth Ambassador for the Rajasthan Foundation. He also strongly feels that one needs to have a sense of identity and connect with their hometown and country.
Riya Tadinada
My interests span music, writing, bioengineering, and community-centered work. I focus on how people experience systems—not just how they function. I’m especially interested in what emerges at interdisciplinary intersections—and how those connections can shape meaningful outcomes. She has been associated with Jaipur Foot since 2019 on a periodic basis and now as the co-chair for the youth chapter. She has been instrumental in creating the Jaipur Foot usa website, expanding the youth chapter activities and participating in workshops. She is currently authoring a paper on the topic - Barriers and Opportunities for AI-Assisted Prosthetic Socket Fitting in Low-Resource Humanitarian Settings — A Narrative Review and Framework Informed by the Jaipur Foot Model
