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{{Infobox person
|name = Ramesh Sumant Mehta
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|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1906|12|27}}
|birth_place = [[Ahmedabad]], British India
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1998|||1906|12|27}}
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|spouse = {{marriage |Pushpa Bhatt |1940||end=}}
|children =
|occupation =Environmental–sanitary engineer and educator
|father = [[Sumant Mehta]]
|mother = [[Sharda Mehta]]
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|education = Bachelor in Civil Engineering<br>Masters in Sanitary Engineering
|alma_mater = [[University of Bombay]]<br>[[Cornell University]]

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'''Ramesh Sumant Mehta''' (27 December 1906 – 1998) was an Indian educator and [[Environmental engineering|environmental]] and [[Sanitary engineering|sanitary engineer]]. Born to social worker parents, he was educated in civil and sanitary engineering. He did pioneering work in the field of [[water supply]], [[drainage]], [[waste management]] and [[Pollution|pollution control]] in India. Along with his advisory roles, he served with several educational institutes in various capacities.

==Early life==
Ramesh Mehta was born on 27 December 1906 at [[Ahmedabad]] to social worker parents: [[Sumant Mehta|Sumant]] and [[Sharda Mehta]].<ref name=":GVK" /> He completed his school education in Ahmedabad, [[Vadodara|Baroda]] (now Vadodara) and [[Karachi]]. He graduated in [[Civil Engineering]] from the [[University of Bombay]] in 1931 and received a Masters in Sanitary Engineering from [[Cornell University]], US in 1933.<ref name=":GVK">{{Cite book|title=ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ|last=Parikh|first=Dinesh|publisher=Gujarat Vishvakosh Trust|editor-last=Thaker|editor-first=Dhirubhai|editor-link=Dhirubhai Thaker|edition=1st|volume=XV|location=[[Ahmedabad]]|publication-date=January 2002|pages=527–528|language=gu|trans-title=Gujarati Encyclopedia|oclc=248968453}}</ref>

He married Pushpa Bhatt in 1940.<ref name=":GVK" />

== Career ==
Mehta returned to India in 1933 and joined a company, Duncan Stretton, as a sanitary engineer. In 1936, he was appointed as waterworks engineer by [[Bhavnagar State]] where he implemented a water collection and purification project. In 1945, he was appointed Chief Sanitary Engineer in [[Nagpur]] by the Improvement Trust where he implemented a water supply and drainage system.<ref name=":GVK" />

After the [[Independence of India|independence of India in 1947]], he joined the Water Sewage Board, New Delhi as engineer, secretary and adviser on the invitation of [[Vallabhbhai Patel|Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]], Home Minister of India. He also served as the government appointed adviser of the various public health engineer projects. In 1958, he joined the [[Municipal Corporation of Delhi]] as the Chief Engineer and implemented the largest municipal drainage system in India.<ref name=":GVK" /> He was a member of the expert committee on pollution control and water management appointed by the Government of India and [[World Health Organization|World Health Organisation]] (WHO).<ref name=":GVK" />

In 1961, he was appointed the first director of the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] (CSIR)'s [[National Environmental Engineering Research Institute]] (NEERI). After retirement from government service, under assignment by the WHO, he served as professor of environmental engineering in [[Nairobi]], Kenya.<ref name=":GVK" /> Later he served as the Vice Chancellor of [[Sardar Patel University]] in Gujarat from 1970 to 1974.<ref name=":GVK" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spuvvn.edu/about/past_vcs/|title=Honorable Vice Chancellors of the Sardar Patel University|website=www.spuvvn.edu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617133324/http://www.spuvvn.edu/about/past_vcs/|archive-date=2018-06-17|access-date=2019-02-23}}</ref> He was also associated with the environment engineering department of [[Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalaya]], [[Vallabh Vidyanagar]]. He also served as an environmental adviser to [[Bangladesh]].<ref name=":GVK" />

In 1975, he was appointed the first Chairman of the [[Gujarat Pollution Control Board]].<ref name=":GVK" /> He established a research laboratory in Vadodara, [[Bharuch]], [[Rajkot]] and [[Vapi]] during his tenure, invented techniques in solid waste management and recycling and wrote several research papers. He was appointed President of the Indian Water Works Association.<ref name=":GVK" />

He was also associated with the Safai Vidyalaya of [[Sabarmati Ashram]] which is active in the field of sanitation education. He also served as chairman of the trust which operates the [[Sheth Chimanlal Nagindas Vidyalaya|Sheth C. N. Vidyalaya]] and other educational institutes in Ahmedabad.<ref name=":GVK" />

He died in 1998.<ref name=":GVK" />

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