After watching his grandparents struggle for years with confusing advice about diet and the financial burden of medication, Nundhaa decided to develop Sakkar.ai.
Coming Soon
Nundhaa is a high school senior living in Southern California. He wants to explore the intersection of business and artificial intelligence so that he can contribute towards fulfilling humanitarian needs in the ever-changing digital world. This fall he intends to travel to India and launch his app with rural healthcare providers and patients. In his free time, he enjoys making historical and linguistic educational videos that have reached over 25,000,000 views.
Further reading
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- “Insulin Prices in ESI Nearly Doubled from 2012-2021, with Effects of Emerging Biosimilars Evident in Recent Years.” Health Cost Institute, www.healthcostinstitute.org.
- Barnard, Neal D., et al. “Vegetarian and Vegan Diets in Diabetes Management.” Nutrition & Diabetes, vol. 7, 2017, e286. National Center for Biotechnology Information, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5466941/.
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration. “Step 3: Is the Software Function Intended for Maintaining or Encouraging a Healthy Lifestyle?” FDA, www.fda.gov/medical-devices/digital-health-center-excellence/step-3-software-function-intended-maintaining-or-encouraging-healthy-lifestyle.
- Federal Trade Commission. “Mobile Health Apps Interactive Tool.” FTC, www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/mobile-health-apps-interactive-tool
