Rudransh Palawat, Avyaan Dhoka, Bharart Raj Rana

Rudransh Palawat (13), Avyaan Dhoka (14), and Bharart Raj Rana (13) are three young football enthusiasts from India who saw talented children playing barefoot on rocky and dusty fields. Some were even getting injured because they lacked proper equipment. The three wanted to make sure talent did not depend on having the right shoes.

They organized a charity football match at Vidhyadhar Nagar Stadium in Jaipur with four teams and donated football studs to more than 400 underprivileged children from across Rajasthan.

They then created the Shoe Library, allowing young players to borrow quality football studs for training and matches and return them afterwards. The library is based at the stadium in Jaipur and is supported by the Rajasthan Football Association, which also helped identify talented grassroots players.

The three are developing an app to help blind children train without a coach. They have also supported young players through Project Mahadeva and organized a city-wide RoboSoccer competition with 50 teams. Their charity match brought nearly 500 students, families, coaches, mentors and sponsors together.