Nikhil Autar

Nikhil Autar is a 25-year-old social entrepreneur, writer, speaker, medical student, and survivor of childhood cancer. Growing up Nikhil's dad made him watch every episode of M.A.S.H, where the character Hawkeye inspired him to become a doctor due to his humour and caring for fundamental human rights. However, in the first term of year 12 Nikhil's health was declining, where it was later discovered he had leukemia. Nikhil went through 21 cycles of chemotherapy, two bone marrow transplants, and the highest dose of radiation allowed before a bone marrow transplant. Remarkable, Nikhil is now in remission, and nothing is slowing him down due to the healthy mindset he instilled in himself during treatment. He has won the Student Start-Up on the year in 2018 and is on the NSW brand of the Sydney Youth Cancer Service advisory committee. This is all while he completes his childhood dream of becoming a doctor. Nikhil joins Joey on Out of the Box to discuss living with an uncle with cancer, his own journey and where he is at now. Producers: Bre Jones and Nicole De PaloSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.