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Veerendra Raj Mehta Padma Shri Awarded In 2015

 
Veerendra Raj Mehta

Veerendra Raj Mehta

Award Name : Padma Shri

Year of Award : 2015

Award for : Social Work

Location : Delhi, NCT, India

 

Veerendra Raj Mehta is an Indian social worker, a former Joint Secretary to the Government of India, a trustee of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and a former consultant of the Asian Development Bank in Manila, Philippines. He was born in Delhi, India. Shri Veerendra Raj Mehta has been awarded the Padma Shri award for social work for 2015. He is a volunteer Executive Director Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), Jaipur, associated with it since its 1975 inception. Mehta is credited with taking Jaipur Foot beyond the Indian boundaries, founded the Mahaveer Philippines Foundation Inc. (MPFI) and has established three centres of the prosthetic makers in Philippines and one in Pakistan. He has been honoured by the Philippines House of Representatives and has been presented with the key to the city of Manila. 

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