'Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Puraskar' And 'Jaipur Foot':
* It is awarded for outstanding contribution towards promotion of communal harmony, national integration and peace.
* Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Puraskar-2012 has been awarded to D.R. Mehta for popularising 'Jaipur Foot'.
* Dr. Mehta has been instrumental in promoting the unbelievably economic and equally effective and handy artificial limb among the people of poor nations.
* Dr. Mehta’s organisation has so far helped 1.3 million people in India and abroad.
* It provides artificial limbs and callipers and other walking aids and appliances to the poor free of cost.
* A major advantage of 'Jaipur Foot' is its affordability; at Rs.2,200, it is the cheapest artificial limb in the world.
* Jaipur Foot is also known for its lightness and mobility.Those who are equipped with it can run, climb a tree and pedal a bicycle.
* A similar prosthetic built in the West would cost anything between $10,000 and$12,000.
* It is awarded for outstanding contribution towards promotion of communal harmony, national integration and peace.
* Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Puraskar-2012 has been awarded to D.R. Mehta for popularising 'Jaipur Foot'.
* Dr. Mehta has been instrumental in promoting the unbelievably economic and equally effective and handy artificial limb among the people of poor nations.
* Dr. Mehta’s organisation has so far helped 1.3 million people in India and abroad.
* It provides artificial limbs and callipers and other walking aids and appliances to the poor free of cost.
* A major advantage of 'Jaipur Foot' is its affordability; at Rs.2,200, it is the cheapest artificial limb in the world.
* Jaipur Foot is also known for its lightness and mobility.Those who are equipped with it can run, climb a tree and pedal a bicycle.
* A similar prosthetic built in the West would cost anything between $10,000 and$12,000.