Two Indians and an Indian-American are among the 17 people selected for the inaugural class of United Nations Young Leaders for Sustainable Development Goals. They are, Trisha Shetty, Ankit Kawatra and Indian-American Karan Jerath.<br/><br/>UN has chosen them for their leadership and contribution to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change by 2030. 25-year old Trisha Shetty is the founder and CEO of 'SheSays', a platform she launched last year to educate, rehabilitate and empower women to take direct action against sexual assault in India.<br/><br/>Ankit Kawatra, aged 24, founded 'Feeding India' in 2014 to address the issues of hunger and food waste, particularly by distributing excess food from weddings and parties to the needy. 19-year old Indian-American Karan Jerath invented a ground-breaking, subsea wellhead capping device that contains oil spills at the source as a solution in the aftermath of the BP deepwater horizon oil spill – the largest marine oilspill in US history, near his home in Texas.<br/>UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, the 17 young change-makers are a testament to the ingenuity of youth. He congratulated them for their exceptional leadership and demonstrated commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals.