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D R Mehta, Founder & Chief Patron - Jaipur Foot
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D.R. Mehta is the Founder & Chief Patron of Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti, which makes the famous Jaipur Foot and is the largest limb fitting organization in the world.
D.R. Mehta has been a civil servant for almost four decades and has extensive and diverse experience of administration and management of public affairs. Having joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1961, he held numerous important positions initially in the Government of Rajasthan and later in the Government of India. His experience spans the areas like rural development, industrial growth, anti-poverty programs, maintenance of law and order, regulation and development of banking sector, capital market and trade policy.
In the past, D R Mehta has been Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. He also headed the High Powered Committee on Integrated Rural Development (IRDP) report of which was accepted by Government of India and Reserve Bank of
He is a graduate of Arts and Law from the Rajasthan University. He also studied at Royal Institute of Public Administration, London, U.K. and the Sloan School of Management, MIT, Boston, U.S.A.
