My Compelling Story

Prashant Gade is an Indian entrepreneur, writer, speaker, and philanthropist.When he was too young, his grandfather passed away. After his grandfathers last rites, Prashant asked his mother why his grandfathers clothes were removed? His mothers reply changed his perspective towards the society. His mothers reply was,.He started Curiosity Lab while he was in college and helped engineering students in making projects.When he was in third year of his engineering, he dropped out of the college and started doing a job of Rs. 5000 a month in Pune.While he was working, he got to know about Nicolas Huchet, a Bionico hand-maker who lost his hand in an accident and made himself a bionic arm. Prashant Gade with Nicolas Hutchet.Later, he met a seven-year-old girl Shreya who was born without limbs. Prashant contacted one of the prosthetic limbs labs and got to know that prosthetic limbs would cost Rs. 24 lakhs. He felt bad for the poor people who cannot afford it and decided to make prosthetic limbs at a very low price.In an interview, he shared that his parents were not happy with his decision of quitting engineering and did not support him on making prosthetic limbs, he said,.Later, he got funds from Technical Secretary of Jaipur Foot Foundation (which works to support disabled people) as they were impressed with his idea of making prosthetic hands. He has worked with many organisations like FAB Lab and Enable Foundation as a research fellow. Prashant Gade in his lab.In 2016, he started an organisation to make prosthetic limbs Innovating New Abilities, also known as INALI Foundation, on his girlfriends name Inali Wahane. In an interview, he talked about his girlfriend, he said,.He was contacted by a retired professor from the USA in 2016, who gave Prashant ten machines to make prosthetics.