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Jashu informed us that he was present at the first Indian Congress in 1957, and became more involved with the organising committees for the subsequent Indian congresses in 1967 and 1977. He also attended many other IVU Congresses during this time, including the 1975 Congress in the USA. 26th World Vegetarian Congress 1982, Neu-Ulm, West Germany Minutes of a meeting of the International Council of I.V.U. held at the University of Maryland, Catonsville, U.S.A. on the 9th and 10th July, 1983. Present: . . .Mr. Jashu Shah . . . 27th World Vegetarian Congress 1984, Baltimore, USA 28th World Vegetarian Congress 1986, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia Minutes of meetings of the International Council of the International Vegetarian Union held at the Hotel Fiesta Americana, Guadalajara, Mexico on 1st and 2nd August, 1987. PRESENT: . . . Jashu Shah. . . . Minutes of a Meeting of members of the International Council and represetatives
of the Israeli Vegetarian Society at the Kfar Maccabiah Hotel, Ramat
Gan, Israel on 1st April, 1989. PRESENT - . . , Mr J. Shah, Minutes of meetings of the International Council of I.V.U. held during
the World Vegetarian Congress at the Kfar Maccabiah Centre, Ramat Gan,
Tel Aviv, Israel from 17th - 24th April,1990. Present : . . Jashu Shah,
. . . [Jashu appears to have become the sole Regional Secretary by
this time] Minutes of meetings of the International Council of I.V.U. held during
the European Vegetarian Congress at Chester College, England on 28th
& 29th July, 1991. Present : . . J. Shah, . . 30th World Vegetarian
Congress 1993, Madras, India 31st World Vegetarian Congress 1994, The Hague, Holland Reports from Regional Secretaries Minutes of a meeting of the International Council of I.V.U. held on 25th July, 1995, at the Congress of the European Vegetarian Union held in Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Present: . . . Mr Jashu Shah, . . . from IVU Newsletter, October 1995
right: photo from the cybercafe from the program, Minutes of a meeting of the International Council of 1.V.U. held at various times during the world vegetarian congress held at the University of Pittsburgh, Pitt-Johnstown Campus, Pennsylvania, USA. : Present: Mr Jashu Shah, Minutes of the IVU General Meeting ![]()
33rd World Vegetarian Congress, Chiang Mai, Thailand, January 4 - 10, 1999 A meeting of the International Council was held on Sunday, 3rd January,
1999 at 2 p.m. at the Lotus Pang Suan Kaew Hotel Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Those present were : . . . Mr. Jashu Shah, Regional Secretary The Asian Vegetarian Union came into existence when the 33rd World Vegetarian Congress was held in Chiang Mai in January 1999. At that time the European Vegetarian Union (EVU) and the Vegetarian Union of North America (VUNA) had already been established, however, there was no apex body for the Societies of Asia. The First President elected was Mr. Jashu Shah of India. 34th World Vegetarian Congress, Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 10-16, 2000 Monday, July 10th : 1:00 - 1:50 p.m. Jashu Shah, International Vegetarian
Union councilor for India: The Position of Vegetarianism in India
IVU INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES , JULY 13, 2000 - THURSDAY
35th World Vegetarian Congress, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 8-14, 2002 below: Jashu at the IVU General Meeting in Edinburgh, 2nd photo wth Marly Winckler (all photos below here by John Davis) |
36th World Vegetarian Congress, Florianópolis - Brazil
below: Jashu with Mr D. M. Popat, Chair of the
organising Committee for the next Congress in Goa IVU General meeting, Brazil, 10 November 2004
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At the 2006 Congress Jashu retired from the IVU International
Council after 24 years, and from his 20 years as Regional Secretary
for India & the East (which became Regional Co-ordinator for Asia
in 1999). |