His journey in the Americas began in Fargo ND, in 1967 where he got his MS in Construction Engineering.   Later he worked with Port Authority of N Y City. While working, he enrolled in a  Ph.D  program at  NJIT in the evening. In 1970  he was awarded fellowship at NJIT for full time study. Later he went to on to become was Professor of Structural Engineering at U M D.

He worked on (as one of some 20 Engineers) on design of World Trade Center (N Y )and Newark International Airport. He has worked on several high- rise buildings.  

Gujarati Is his mother tongue. So how did he get so fluent in other languages?   

“I was impressed and influenced by R S S as a high school student.

My patriot  father (a Gujarati)  who knew almost 7 languages, had a very favorable opinion about Sanskrit. Marathi in his opinion was better in Sanskrit pronunciation than Gujarati. Therefore he enrolled me in Marathi medium School in Mumbai. This was in early 50s. I was fortunate to have excellent Sanskrit teachers. At the school age I enrolled in RSS. I did two  years of OTC training and heard  chaste Hindi with rich Sanskrit mixed into the vocabulary. It used to lift my spirit to soar high in the higher realm of dedication to our culture.  Thus I became quite fluent in many languages” says Jhaveri.

 

“Indian languages are rooted in Sanskrit.  It is my some knowledge of Sanskrit vocabulary which helps me as a writer or speaker in Hindi”, says Jhaveri. 

He has a wide-ranging list of publications. “I went to a Marathi Medium School, I was born a Gujarati and studied Hindi on my own.  I have published a coffee table quality, glossy paper colorful Gujarati Poetry book  I have written in Gujarati, Hindi and Marathi too. Two articles have appeared in  Sambhashan Patrika in Sanskrit. I have also written in English and spoken at various seminars and conferences” says Jhaveri. 

“In 2011-12  I was encouraged  by Ashok ji Singhal  (founder of V. H. P.) to write in Hindi. I met when I had gone to Solan in Himachal Pradesh.  Dr. Mahesh Mehta also provided encouragement.  Recently I was key note speaker at a Conference of International Hindi Association held in Washington D C (Oct 2-3-4, of 2015) area. They recognized my work in promoting Hindi world wide with the "Hindi Ratna" title “

He has written nearly 156 articles. His topics are focused on culture, language and the family.  He rarely watches TV and is interested in Hindu Philosophy and Patanjali Yog Darshan. “In my opinion western psychology is limited by 5 senses observation. Patanjali takes you out of your body and you become an observer in an objective sense.

Thats why they can not understand Ekam Sat Vipra Bahudha Vadanti  ---even in 21 century" says Jhaveri. Many of his publications may be found at Pravakta.com. 

We congratulate Jhaveri on his Hindi Ratna award and wish all the best for the future.