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'''Navin Doshi''' (born 1936) is an author, scholar, philanthropist, and co-founder of Nalanda International, a [[non-profit organization]].<ref name=nalanda>{{cite web |title=Navin Doshi |url=https://nalandainternational.org/scholars/navin-doshi/ |publisher=Nalanda International}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Śāstrī |first1=Yajñeśvara Sadāśiva |last2=Malek |first2=Intaj |last3=Shastri |first3=Sunanda Y. |title=In Quest of Peace: Indian Culture Shows the Path |date=2006 |publisher=Bharatiya Kala Prakashan |isbn=978-81-8090-109-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4zcwAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Navin+Doshi%22 |accessdate=11 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Originally from [[Mumbai|Bombay]], India, Doshi completed his undergraduate studies at the [[College of Engineering, Pune]], and received his [[Bachelors of Engineering]] degree from the L.D. Engineering College of [[Gujarat University]], before moving to the U.S. in 1958. In the U.S., Doshi attended [[University of Michigan]], Ann Arbor, to complete his Master’s in [[electrical engineering]] and then [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] for his [[PhD]] program.<ref name=iitgn/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Shimkhada |first1=Deepak |title=South Asian Studies: Bridging Cultures - A Felicitation Volume to Celebrate the Life and Work of Navin Doshi |date=2020 |publisher=SASA Books |page=26}}</ref>

== Career ==
After his studies, Doshi started working as an [[aerospace engineer]] at [[TRW Inc.]] He started a bedspread business and made investments in real-estate and other financial instruments.<ref name=nalanda/><ref>{{cite news |title=Chairs of Indian studies or seats of right-wing agenda? |url=https://www.rediff.com/business/1999/feb/09chair1.htm |accessdate=12 June 2020 |work=Rediff}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Doshi |first1=Navin |title=Light with No Shadow: My Life Bridging Two Cultures |date=2016 |publisher=Balboa Press |isbn=978-1-5043-5473-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oS8mDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT17&lpg=PT17&dq=%22Navin+Doshi%22+hindu#q=%22Navin%20Doshi%22%20hindu |language=en}}</ref>

In 1999, Doshi with his wife, Pratima Doshi endowed the Doshi Chair of Indian History at UCLA and founded the Sardar Patel Award.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Prakash |first1=Sudha |title='Nine Jewels of Gujarat' Honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards |url=https://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/nine-jewels-of-gujarat-honored-with-lifetime-achievement-awards/article_0ee551e2-9120-11e8-a1c1-db8cbe95823e.html |agency=India West |date=27 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sheth |first1=Pravin N. |title=Indians in America: one stream, two waves, three generations |date=2001 |publisher=Rawat Publications |isbn=9788170336389 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xPQMAQAAMAAJ&q=%22navin+doshi%22&dq=%22navin+doshi%22 |language=en}}</ref> In 2006, Doshi endowed a professorship for Indic traditions at [[Loyola Marymount University]] (LMU)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Goldberg |first1=Philip |title=American Veda: From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation How Indian Spirituality Changed the West |date=2010 |publisher=Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale |isbn=978-0-307-71961-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3Mdr3IMgW0C&pg=PA342&dq=%22Navin+Doshi%22 |accessdate=11 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> which also gives a Bridgebuilder Award annually, jointly with Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts and the Department of Theological Studies.<ref>{{cite news |title=Doshi Family Bridgebuilder Award |url=https://bellarmine.lmu.edu/theologicalstudies/initiatives/doshi/ |agency=Loyola Marymount University |publisher=LMU}}</ref> He is also a member of the LMU Advisory Board since 2009,<ref name=nalanda/> the board of directors of South Asian Studies Association<ref>{{cite web |title=Board Members 2018 |url=http://sasaonline.net/board-members-2-2/ |website=SASA |publisher=South Asian Studies Association}}</ref> and on the board of directors of the Indic Foundation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Board of Directors |url=http://indic.org/about/ |website=Indic |publisher=Indic Foundation}}</ref>
In 2020, Doshi created an endowment to support academic works of SASA and this endowment is attached to the Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology at LMU.

[[File:Navin Doshi with Narendra Modi.jpg|thumb|Doshi with the Prime Minister of India, [[Narendra Modi]].]]
In 2012, Doshi established the Haridas Chaudhuri Chair in Indian Philosophies and Cultures and a Doshi professorship in Asian Art at [[California Institute of Integral Studies]] (CIIS).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Staff Reporter |title=Navin Doshi Establishes Endowment for New CIIS Center |url=https://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/navin-doshi-establishes-endowment-for-new-ciis-center/article_51e9818a-7447-5738-ad1d-638f87345011.html |website=India West}}</ref> In 2019, he established a chair on water and sanitation research, named after his parents, Kanchan and Harilal Doshi, at the [[Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar]].<ref name=iitgn>{{cite news |last1=News |first1=Institute |title=Kanchan & Harilal Doshi Chair established at IITGN {{!}} IITGN News |url=https://news.iitgn.ac.in/2019/01/15/kanchan-harilal-doshi-chair-established-at-iitgn/ |accessdate=11 June 2020 |work=news.iitgn.ac.in |agency=Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=IIT Gandhinagar To Collaborate With Overseas Indians To Advance India's Higher Education Stature Globally |url=http://bweducation.businessworld.in/article/IIT-Gandhinagar-To-Collaborate-With-Overseas-Indians-To-Advance-India-s-Higher-Education-Stature-Globally/25-02-2019-167535/ |accessdate=11 June 2020 |work=BW Education |language=en}}</ref>

In 2019, Doshi received the Doctorate of Peace award from the [[Maharishi University of Management]] in Iowa.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mirpuri |first1=Sonam |title=Navin Doshi Gets Doctorate of Peace Award |url=http://www.indiajournal.com/metro_1/navin-doshi-gets-doctorate-of-peace-award |website=Indian Journal |accessdate=7 May 2019}}</ref>

== Books ==
[[File:Navin Doshi with APJ Abdul Kalam.jpg|thumb|Doshi and his wife with former President of India, [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]].]]
*''Saving Us from Ourselves'', 2005 – {{ISBN|0977191702}}
*''Transcendence: Saving Us From Ourselves'', 2009 – {{ISBN|0981511635}}
*''Economics and Nature: Essays in Balance'', Complementarity and Harmony, 2012 – {{ISBN|9788124606223}}
*''Light With No Shadow: My Life Bridging Two Cultures'', 2016 – {{ISBN|1504354699}}
*''Gold Incarnate Sun Gold'', 2019 – {{ISBN|0983389950}}

==Bibliography==
*''South Asian Studies: Bridging Cultures, A Felicitation Volume to Celebrate the Life and Work of Navin Doshi, edited by Deepak Shimkhada'', 2020 – {{ISBN|9798647543998}}

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