About Us
The mission of the Nikhil Badlani Foundation is to promote safer roads through traffic safety education, advocacy, and community engagement while empowering underserved youth through music education and academic scholarships.
The Foundation is committed to creating safer roadways through education, advocacy, and community engagement. We empower individuals to make safer choices while advancing our message: “Drive Smart. Save a Life.”
The Foundation helps children pursue their passion for music by providing music lessons to talented and need based students in Essex County. These lessons foster creativity, self-esteem and confidence in children.
The Foundation awards need-based scholarships to graduating seniors who demonstrate academic achievement, strong character, artistic talent, and community involvement, including many first-generation college students.
Nikhil was a talented, fun-loving, caring and compassionate 11-year-old boy who loved life and lived it to the fullest. He was eager to learn and always excelled in school. He was creative and expressed himself in music and theater. Most of all, his curiosity led him to constantly explore the world around him, always with a smile on his face.
His friends and family remember Nikhil not just as a straight-A student and a gifted musician, but a loyal and loving young man, and one who was always ready and willing to help others. His smile was infectious, and his sweetness was remarkable. During the short time he was with us, Nikhil truly touched the hearts of everyone he met.
Sangeeta Badlani
Formerly Portfolio Manager, Deutsche Bank
Stephen Dunn AKA BikingFireman
Firefighter/EMT, Elizabeth Fire Department, NJ
Anay Badlani
Student at Georgia Tech
Sunil Badlani
Formerly Engagement Manager, IT Consulting Firm
Dr. Oscar Petty, Jr.
Director of Bands and Orchestra. Cicely Tyson High School of Performing and fine Arts.
Corey Hannigan
Policy & Government Relations Director for Safe Streets at Transportation Alternatives
Michael Dannemiller
First and Last Mile for NJ Transit
Anil Chhugani
President, A/C Accounting & Consulting Services
Sana Mamtaney
Senior Associate, Communications, Precision Strategies
