Vegetarianism Scientific And Spiritual Basis

Author(s): Jashwant B Mehta
Publisher: Jashwant B Mehta

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
.. An Architect and Consulting Engineer by profession obtained Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering from India in 1962 and Master's Degree in Structural Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic in USA in 1964.
Involved with design and construction of several residential, commercial and industrial projects.
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Active in Real Estate and Hotel Industry.
• Contributed several papers and articles on Housing, Urbanisation and related topics in professional journals and other publications. Authored a book on Highrise Buildings' the first book on the subject in India (published in 1978). Presented papers on Tall Buildings in the 2nd, 4th & 5th World Congress & World Conference in Mumbai 2010 on High-Rise Buildings held at Paris, Chicago and Amsterdam in 1979, 1985 and 1995 respectively. Representative of Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat from 1983-1996.
Former Executive Committee Member (1986-2000) of Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI) and Practising Engineers Architects and Town Planners Association (India) (PEATA) (1983-93).
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Recipient of the Gold Medal awarded by the Institution of Valuers.
Actively associated in the field of prevention and cure of blindness including eye donation and eye banking. Ex-President of Eye Bank Association of India (19982001) and is Chairman of Advisory Board and Managing Trustee of Eye Bank Coordination and Research Centre, Mumbai. Honoured by the International Federation of Eye Banks, U.S.A. in June, 1994 for “his selfless devotion to improving the future of the corneally blind of India" and also in May 2002 for “his dedication to Sight Restoration through Eye Banking," Authored a book on ‘Eye Donation & Eye Banking in India'.
. Among the other areas of interest is abiding passion for evolving a better democratic alternative than the current political set-up prevailing in our country. With this in view, authored a book "Quest For A Better Democratic Alternative", which has been widely acclaimed as making a substantive contribution to the debate on the issue. Also authored books on Electoral Reforms' and “Presidential System - A Better Alternative?” Convener of Forum For Presidential Democracy which aims to promote better governance for India (website : www.presidentialdemocracy.org). Several of his articles on this topic have been published in leading newspapers & magazines from time to time.