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Mahendra Shah was born in Kenya in 1945 and grew up in Nairobi with his four sisters. Each morning, their mother took them on walks to Nature Park to feed pigeons. She often stopped to gently help struggling beetles off their backs, teaching her children a lifelong lesson about respecting every creature. Mahendra carried these early lessons throughout his career. After completing his PhD in Control System Theory at the University of Cambridge in 1971, he began his professional journey teaching at the University of Nairobi. Alongside teaching, he advised Kenya’s Ministry of Economic Planning Read More...

Mahendra carried these early lessons throughout his career. After completing his PhD in Control System Theory at the University of Cambridge in 1971, he began his professional journey teaching at the University of Nairobi. Alongside teaching, he advised Kenya’s Ministry of Economic Planning and contributed significantly to sustainable development projects. Working closely with local communities, he was actively involved in addressing wildlife management. Among his strongest memories is saving a young elephant who desperately tried to wake its dead mother. His experience participating in Kenya’s Wildlife Big Five Survey Benchmark Project stands out as one of his proudest moments, greatly influencing wildlife conservation.

His international career began when Maurice Strong, the first Director of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), invited him to the first Global Human Environment Conference in Sweden in 1972. Mahendra soon realized how international politics often blocked meaningful environmental progress.

He went on to hold senior roles with prestigious international organizations, including the United Nations (UNOEA, UNHCR, UNOCA, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFAO, UNWFP, WHO), the World Bank, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. His areas of expertise cover sustainable development, climate change, agro-ecology, biofuels, food security, humanitarian relief aid, holistic health, Nature recreation and sustainable lifestyles.

In October 1984, during Ethiopia's devastating famine, Mahendra became Director of Information at the United Nations Office of Emergency Operations in Africa. Bradford Morse, then UN Undersecretary General, credited Mahendra’s innovative systems for saving hundreds of thousands of lives.

Mahendra contributed significantly to key global reports, including the FAO’s "Climate Change and Agricultural Vulnerability" presented at the 2002 Johannesburg World Summit, the World Bank’s "Food in the 21st Century," and the "Rising Interest in International Farmland Investments," and IIASA-OFID’s "Biofuels and Food Security." He also coordinated the Summary Report, “The Global Partnership for Environment and Development - A Guide to Agenda 21," presented at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992.

Throughout his extensive career, Mahendra experienced success as well as intense frustrations, frequently challenging the resistance of political elites, entrenched interests, and bureaucratic inertia. Deeply aware that progress requires a shift from broad promises to individual responsibility,

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The Awakening

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In this age of planetary awakening, we stand at a critical crossroads where history and destiny meet.
The Awakening — Securing the Living Earth — A Covenant for Beings in Harmony calls for a profound transformation in how we relate to the Earth—from exploitation to kinship, from separation to belonging within a sacred web of life.

Rooted in Indigenous wisdom, science, and spiritual insight, the book offers a living covenant: a collective promis

The Awakening

Books by Mahendra Shah

Rooted in Indigenous wisdom, science, and spiritual insight, the book offers a living covenant: a collective promis

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Mahendra Shah was born in Kenya in 1945 and grew up in Nairobi with his four sisters. Each morning, their mother took them on walks to Nature Park to feed pigeons. She often stopped to gently help struggling beetles off their backs, teaching her children a lifelong lesson about respecting every creature.
Mahendra carried these early lessons throughout his career. After completing his PhD in Control System Theory at the University of Cambridge in 1971, he began his professional journey teaching at the University of Nairobi. Alongside teaching, he advised Kenya’s Ministry of Economic Planning and contributed significantly to sustainable development projects. Working closely with local communities, he was actively involved in addressing wildlife management. Among his strongest memories is saving a young elephant who desperately tried to wake its dead mother. His experience participating in Kenya’s Wildlife Big Five Survey Benchmark Project stands out as one of his proudest moments, greatly influencing wildlife conservation.
His international career began when Maurice Strong, the first Director of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), invited him to the first Global Human Environment Conference in Sweden in 1972. Mahendra soon realized how international politics often blocked meaningful environmental progress.
He went on to hold senior roles with prestigious international organizations, including the United Nations (UNOEA, UNHCR, UNOCA, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFAO, UNWFP, WHO), the World Bank, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. His areas of expertise cover sustainable development, climate change, agro-ecology, biofuels, food security, humanitarian relief aid, holistic health, Nature recreation and sustainable lifestyles.
In October 1984, during Ethiopia's devastating famine, Mahendra became Director of Information at the United Nations Office of Emergency Operations in Africa. Bradford Morse, then UN Undersecretary General, credited Mahendra’s innovative systems for saving hundreds of thousands of lives.
Mahendra contributed significantly to key global reports, including the FAO’s "Climate Change and Agricultural Vulnerability" presented at the 2002 Johannesburg World Summit, the World Bank’s "Food in the 21st Century," and the "Rising Interest in International Farmland Investments," and IIASA-OFID’s "Biofuels and Food Security." He also coordinated the Summary Report, “The Global Partnership for Environment and Development - A Guide to Agenda 21," presented at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992.
Throughout his extensive career, Mahendra experienced success as well as intense frustrations, frequently challenging the resistance of political elites, entrenched interests, and bureaucratic inertia. Deeply aware that progress requires a shift from broad promises to individual responsibility,

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