Dr. Mahesh bhatt
Short Bio
A Surgeon, Author, and Public Health Consultant practicing medicine for the last Three Decades, Dr. Mahesh Bhatt is MD and CEO of MMBSHS Trust, a volunteer-driven charitable trust based in Dehradun, India, involved in Public Health, Research, and Community Development in Uttarakhand Himalayas. After voluntary retirement from the post of Joint Director in State Government Health Services in 2017, he was elected President of Vigyan Bharti (Uttarakhand Chapter), an organization dedicated to science and innovations until 2021. He has worked with Government, Nongovernment, Academic, and Corporate organizations as a clinician, researcher, educator, administrator, and health consultant.
His work focuses on the science of the spiritual dimension of health, climate change and health, medical ethics, and public health systems. Dr. Bhatt, a regular speaker on various national and international forums, seminars, and academic institutions, is associated with multiple professional and academic associations. He is a member of the Association of Surgeons of India, Indian Public Health Association, Indian Medical Association, Institutional Ethics Committee HNB Garhwal University (a Central University), World Medical Association, International Union of Health Promotion and Education, International Health Literacy Association (an elected member of Practice Standard Committee), Global Climate and Health Alliance, and Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education.
He has written two books, Spiritual Health and Spirituality: Neurobiology at Our Best, on the spiritual dimension of health, and his third book on the coronavirus pandemic, “The Year 2020: The Corona and Chaos,” published in 2022, translated into French, German, and Spanish. In the last five years, his work has been recognized as a Peace Ambassador by the Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP). This organization published annual prestigious reports like the Global Peace Index and Global Terrorism Index with headquarters in Sydney, Australia, and offices in New York, Brussels, Mexico City, Nairobi, and the Hague. He was also conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award in Science and Medicine in 2020 and the Author of the Year award for the nonfiction (Science) category for his book Spirituality: Neurobiology at Our Best by Ukiyoto Publishing in 2022.
Dr. Mahesh Bhatt lives in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.