1. Gunvant Shah was born on 1937 and is an essayist, educationist, columnist and philosophy writer and critic from Gujarat, India.
17 Facts About Gunvant Shah
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Gunvant Shah taught at various universities and participated in various education oriented events and organisations.
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Gunvant Shah received Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1997 and Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, in 2015.
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Gunvant Shah was born on 12 March 1937 in Rander, Surat, Gujarat to Premiben and Bhukhanlal Shah.
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Gunvant Shah completed his primary education from Rander and secondary education from Jain high school, Surat.
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Gunvant Shah had founded Panchasheel, a youth movement in Gujarat.
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Gunvant Shah was the Chancellor of Gujarat state unit of International Association of Educators for World Peace.
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Gunvant Shah was the President of Indian Association for Education Technology.
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Gunvant Shah was the vice-president of the Study Group on Economics of Media Technology sponsored by UNESCO to visit Paris in 1974.
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Gunvant Shah represented India at the UNESCO Seminar in Leipzig, East Germany in 1979.
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Gunvant Shah was a member of the Delegation to East Germany sent by the University Grants Commission in 1979.
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Gunvant Shah served as a Resource Person in the Twelfth World Conference of International Council of Correspondence Education Vancouver, Canada in 1982.
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Gunvant Shah has published five books in English and six in Hindi.
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Gunvant Shah has won several prizes of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad and Gujarati Sahitya Akademi.
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Gunvant Shah was awarded Pravinkant Reshamwala Smriti Award in 1992.
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Gunvant Shah is the recipient of Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1997, the highest literary award in Gujarati literature.
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Gunvant Shah was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, in 2015.