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| death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|2001|10|13}}<br />
| death_place = Pune, Maharashtra, India<br />
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| occupation = Medical surgeon<br>Philanthropist<br>Social worker<br />
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| known for = Reconstructive surgery<br>[[Leprosy]] eradication program<br />
| spouse = Mehru Jal Mehta<br />
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| children = One son<br />
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| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]<br />
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'''Jal Minocher Mehta''' (died 2001) was a [[Parsi]] Indian [[surgeon]], [[social work]]er and philanthropist, known for his services for the rehabilitation of people who have [[leprosy]].<ref name="Philanthropist Jal Mehta Dead">{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011015/nation.htm | title=Philanthropist Jal Mehta Dead | work=The Tribune | date=14 October 2001 | access-date=21 July 2016 | archive-date=18 May 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518023819/https://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011015/nation.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> He was the president of Pune District Leprosy Committee and was involved in organizing [[Support group|self help groups]] of the leprosy patients and in creating social awareness about the disease through documentaries.<ref name="Erfahrungen mit Selbsthilfegruppen von Menschen, die infolge von Lepra von Behinderungen betroffen sind (Mehta Cooperative Rehabilitation Model)">{{cite journal | url=http://www.zbdw.de/projekt01/media/pdf/2000_1.pdf | title=Erfahrungen mit Selbsthilfegruppen von Menschen, die infolge von Lepra von Behinderungen betroffen sind (Mehta Cooperative Rehabilitation Model) | author=Jal Minocher Mehta | journal=Zeitschrift Behinderung und Dritte Welt | date=January 2000 | access-date=22 July 2016 | archive-date=15 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415142652/http://www.zbdw.de/projekt01/media/pdf/2000_1.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Neuropathic foot in leprosy">{{cite AV media | url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/221532401 | title=Neuropathic foot in leprosy | publisher=Aveer Films [for the Poona District Leprosy Committee] | date=1999 | people=Dr. Jal Mehta, Vishram Revankar | OCLC=221532401}}</ref> He chaired the [[Serum Institute of India]] (SIIL) and sat in the Advisory Boards of Pharmabiz, Chronicle Pharmabiz and the Vienna Karl Landsteiner Institute.<ref name="Padma Bhushan Dr. Jal Mehta passes away">{{cite web | url=http://saffron.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=8190&sectionid=17 | title=Padma Bhushan Dr. Jal Mehta passes away | publisher=Pharma Biz | date=15 October 2001 | access-date=21 July 2016 | archive-date=27 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827151009/http://saffron.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=8190&sectionid=17 | url-status=dead }}</ref> His efforts towards the Leprosy eradication program included the management of a Leprosy Hospital and a Rehabilitation Centre in Pune.<ref name="A mission is orphaned">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/pune-times/A-mission-is-orphaned/articleshow/1727491953.cms | title=A mission is orphaned | publisher=Times of India | date=15 October 2001 | access-date=21 July 2016}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 1982, for his contributions to medical science.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |access-date=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref> He died on 13 October 2001, succumbing to a cerebral hemorrhage at Pune,<ref name="Padma Bhushan Dr. Jal Mehta passes away" /> survived by his wife, Mehru, a medical doctor and cancer surgeon;<ref name="Like Father, Like Daughter">{{cite web | url=http://health.virtualpune.com/mehta/mehta.shtml | title=Like Father, Like Daughter | publisher=Virtual Pune | date=2016 | access-date=21 July 2016 | archive-date=3 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703131848/http://health.virtualpune.com/mehta/mehta.shtml | url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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* {{cite AV media | url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/221532401 | title=Neuropathic foot in leprosy | publisher=Aveer Films [for the Poona District Leprosy Committee] | date=1999 | people=Dr. Jal Mehta, Vishram Revankar | OCLC=221532401}}<br />
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