--- title: "Dr. M. M. Bhamgara - IVU - International Vegetarian Union" description: "Dr. M. M. Bhamgara: Joint Regional Secretary for India and the East 1977-86 19th World Vegetarian Congress 1967 - Delhi/Bombay/Madras, India Medical Sessions, which were organised by Dr. Bhamgara, Chairman of the Committee and a well known Bombay naturopath." url: "https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/4293-members-council-dr-bhamgara.html" date: "2026-11-06T00:16:41+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- # Dr. M. M. Bhamgara **Dr. M. M. Bhamgara** Joint Regional Secretary for India and the East 1977-86 **19th World Vegetarian Congress 1967 - Delhi/Bombay/Madras, India** Medical Sessions, which were organised by Dr. M. M. Bhamgara, Chairman of the Committee and a well known Bombay naturopath. **24th World Vegetarian Congress 1977 - Delhi/Bombay/Calcutta/Madras, India - Agenda of the General Meeting** Hon.Reg.Sec. for India & The East:- S.M.Mehta & Dr Bhamgara (India) **25th World Vegetarian Congress 1979 - Loughborough, England** Hon.Reg.Sec. for India & The East:- Mr. S. M. Mehta, Dr. M. M. Bhamgara (jointly) Dr. M. M. Bhamgara spoke on "Relaxation and Meditation". **Minutes of a meeting of the International Council of I.V.U, held at 18b, Munzelerstrasse, Hannover, West Germany, on Saturday, 31st May and Sunday, 1st June,1980** Apologies for Absence . . . Mr Bhamgara, **Minutes of a meeting of the International Council of I.V.U. held at the Movenpick Hotel, Edwin-Scharff-Haus, Silcherstrasse 40, Neu-Ulm, West Germany, on Saturday 11th and Sunday, 12th July, 1981.** Apologies had been received from: . . . Dr M.M.Bhamgara **Minutes of the continued meeting of the International Council (23/7/82) held on Saturday, 27th July, 1982. During the World Vegetarian Congress in Germany.** Present: Dr M. M. Bhamgara It was agreed that . . . Dr Bhamgara should receive financial support with the Congress expenses. It was decided that . . . $500 (U.S.) should be paid towards Dr Bhamgara's expenses out of the Manker Foundation Funds held in India. It was decided that a small group of three persons should consider who should receive the Manker Trophy at the Congress. Dr Latto, Dr Bhamghara and Mr. Gunn-King were nominated and agreed to present a recommendation to the next meeting of the International Council. **Minutes of the General Meeting of representatives of member societies held at various times during the 26th World Congress in the Edwin Scharff-Haus, Neu-Elm, West Germany, 22nd July to 1st August, 1982.** Honorary Regional Secretaries: . . . Jointly for India and the East - Mr Surendra Mehta and Dr M.M.Bhamgara; **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** Apologies for Absence . . Mr Bhamgara, **Minutes of a meeting of the International Council of I.V.U. held at the University of Maryland, Catonsville, U.S.A. on the 31st July, 1984.** Present: . . . Dr. M. M. Bhamgara, The Manker Trophy - It was agreed that the President, Mr. John le Grice, and Dr. Bhamgara should recommend who should receive the Manker Trophy. After their deliberation, they recommended that Mrs. Arundale should receive the Trophy in recognition of her work for vegetarianism and animal welfare and this was unanimously approved. **Minutes of the General Meeting of representatives of member societies held at various times during the 27th World Congress at the University of Maryland, Catonsville, U.S.A., 30th July to 9th August, 1984.** Hon.Regional Secretaries: . . . Jointly for India and the East - Mr Surendra Mehta and Dr. M. M. Bhamgara; **Minutes of a meeting of the International Council of the International Vegetarian Union held at the Hotel Antony, Cervia, Italy on 30th August, 1985.** Apologies for Absence . . . Mr M. M. Bhamgara, **MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF I.V.U. HELD AT THE INDIAN CULTURAL CENTRE, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM ON 15th FEBRUARY, 1986.** APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE . . . Dr. M. M. Bhamgara, **MINUTES OF MEETINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF I.V.U. HELD AT VARIOUS TIMES DURING THE WORLD CONGRESS OF I.V.U. AT THE CROATIA HOTEL, CAVTAT, YUGOSLAVIA FROM 25th MARCH TO 3rd APRIL, 1986** Apologies for Absence . . ., Dr. M. M. Bhamgara **Minutes of the General Meeting of representatives of member societies held at various times during the 28th World Vegetarian Congress at the Croatia Hotel, Cavtat, Yugoslavia, 25th march to 3rd April, 1986.** Regional Secretaries' Reports - India and the East: Mr Surendra Mehta . . . reported a growth in publishing activity and that Dr.Bhamgara was publishing his various works. The following elections were made:- Hon Regional Secretaries: Jointly for India and the East - Mr Jashu Shah and Dr. M. M. Bhamgara, **Minutes of a meeting of the International Council of the International Vegetarian Union held at the Cultural Centre, Ostwald, Strasbourg, France on 14th August,1989.** APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE . . . Dr. M. M. Bhamgara, **![](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/news/1-96/bhamgara.jpg)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.** Apologies for Absence . . . Dr M. M. Bhamgara. - [**An Interview with Dr. Bhamgara**](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5433-news-1-96-india1.html) *- part of the Report from India, IVU News 1996 - see photo right of Dr. Bhamgara age 67.* **Vegetarian Conference in Mahabaleshwar** *\[from a report in IVU News\]* Dr. Bhamgara, who led the morning meditation and exercise sessions with the assistance of Shri Jayantibhai Parmar, referred to the link between alternative medicine and spirituality. *\[from a report in EVU News\]* Dr. M.M. Bhamgara a leading naturopath, also the Vice Chairman of the Vegetarian Society ‘Reverence for Life’ addressed the gathering. **![](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/2006/pics2001/jay-3t.jpg)Report on the 1st Asian Vegetarian Union Congress, 2001 - from IVU News 2002** . . . Later the "Vegetarian of the year - National" Award was given to Dr. Bhamgara, . . . *right: Dr. Bhamgara (left) with Jayant Patel of the UK* Dr. M. M. Bhamgara, Outstanding Naturopath and crusader of vegetarianism talked about vegetarianism in detail and presented valuable information. \---------- A message to ivu-life on September 11, 2008: "Sadly, Dr. Bhamgara has passed away about 2 -3 weeks ago. He was not well for some time. He is survived by two sons." \---------- Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. A note on this archive. The history section of this website is drawn from a body of legacy content originally compiled by John Davis, former manager of the International Vegetarian Union. It represents his curation of historical material, and in places includes passages written by him directly. Over the years, the IVU website has migrated between several different hosting servers. In the course of these migrations, a number of PDF files were unfortunately lost, and **some links to PDF documents may no longer function**. Where this is the case, we have chosen to leave the original link text in place, as it may itself carry information of historical value. - Hits: 1009 ## Schema ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4293:members-council-dr-bhamgara&catid=208","url":"https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4293:members-council-dr-bhamgara&catid=208","name":"Dr M. M. 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