How road accident inspired ex-SEBI chief ( also IAS officer ) to bring artificial limbs to millions :- Mehta, 76, is the man behind Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) - an NGO which is today the world's largest organisation for disabled people. It has so far benefited more than 1.35 million people, free of cost.
He has held several important positions in the Rajasthan government and Centre. He even served as the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India after taking charge as the SEBI chairman.
Mehta, the founder and patron of BMVSS, also got credit for making the Jaipur Foot - the artificial limb - a household name across the world.
All this began way back in 1969 when Mehta was the district collector of Jaisalmer.
"I broke my right femur (thigh bone) in a road accident. I lived under constant fear of getting my leg amputated during my treatment but luckily I didn't have to. It was during this period that I realised the agony of those who lose their legs. This gave birth to the idea of BMVSS," Mehta told Mail Today.
Ravi He has held several important positions in the Rajasthan government and Centre. He even served as the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India after taking charge as the SEBI chairman.
Mehta, the founder and patron of BMVSS, also got credit for making the Jaipur Foot - the artificial limb - a household name across the world.
All this began way back in 1969 when Mehta was the district collector of Jaisalmer.
"I broke my right femur (thigh bone) in a road accident. I lived under constant fear of getting my leg amputated during my treatment but luckily I didn't have to. It was during this period that I realised the agony of those who lose their legs. This gave birth to the idea of BMVSS," Mehta told Mail Today.
BMVSS, with its headquarters in Jaipur, became a reality in 1975 - seven years after the Jaipur Foot, a rubber-based prosthetic leg, was conceived and developed at Jaipur's Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital in 1968.
BMVSS has travelled a long way since its inception. It has so far benefited more than 1.35 million people, free of cost, by organising camps and imparting training in over two dozen countries.
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