BIODATA
Name:
Devchand Shamji Gala
-Special Executive Officer (Govt.Of Maharashtra)
-Municipal Councilor (1985-92)
-Special Executive Magistrate (1977-1995)
-Journalist.
Address :
501, Kumkum Co-Op.Hsg.Society, Plot No.12, Sector- 2,
Near Mahavir Darshan Housing Complex, Charkop,
Kandivali (West). Mumbai - 400 067.
Phone :
(R) 8689155.
Education Qualification :
Inter Arts.
Present Position :
Editor of Bulletin of Shri Mumbai Jain Patrakar Sangh,
Vice President Of Shri Mumbai Jain Patrakar Sangh, Mumbai.
Present Member :
Shree Mumbai Gujarati Patrakar Sangh,
Member Of Kutchi Patrakar Sangh,
Committee Member Of Shree Mumbai Jain Yuvak Sangh,
Advisor Of Shri Jeevan Sandhya Mangalya Sansthan
Running Vriddhashram At Khadavali Maharashtra Rajya.
Represented In Various Committee Of Mumbai Municipal Corporation:
Party Post :
Whip And General Secretary - Cong (I)
Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation

Trustee :
On The Board Of The Prince Of Wales Museum Of
Western India.
Council Member :
Children's Aid Society.
Advisor :
Nirlon Olympic Municipal Pool - Goregaon
Suburban Railway Users Consultative Committee ( W.R.)
Member :
Works Committee ( Suburbs )
Education Committee.
Rationing Vigilance Committee.(Govt. Of Maharashtra )
Represented Following Social, Religious & Political Organisation
Editor :
"Vitrag Sandesh" - Monthly Magazine Of Akhil Bharat
Aachal Gachh Jain Sangh-Mumbai
Editor :
"Pagdandi" - Monthly Magazine Of "Kutchi Visa Oswal
Sewa Samaj - Mumbai"
Co-Editor :
"Virat Jage" & "Kalpadrum" - Monthly Magazine.
"Arunodaya Weekly"
Founder &Committee Member :
Kutchi Patrakar Sangh - Mumbai.
The Passenger & Traffic Relief Association - Mumbai
Committee Member :
The Internal Trade & Consumer Affairs Committee Of
Indian Merchant's Chambers- Mumbai
Jansewa Samiti - Conducting S.N.D.T. Mahila College
Malad- Mumbai - 400 064
Joint Treasure :
Special Executive Magistrates' Club - Mumbai.
Member :
Gujarati Patrakar Sangh - Mumbai
Jain Patrakar Sangh - Mumbai
The Fellowship Of The Physically Handicapped, Haji Ali -
Mumbai.
Mayor's Council - Bmc Head Office - Mumbai
The Retail Grain Dealers Welfare Society - Mumbai
The National Association For The Blind - Mumbai - 01
Shrimad Rajchandra Sansthan Jain Swadhyay Mandir - Malad
Mumbai.
Bharat Jain Mahamandal - Mumbai - 400 003
Akhil Bharat Jain Conference - Mumbai - 400 009
Advisor :
Shri Kutchi Visa Oswal Mahila Mandal - Mumbai - 400 009.
Life Member :
Malad Kutchi Jain Yuvak Samaj - Mumbai - 400 064
Gujarat Sahitya Parishad - Mumbai & Ahemadabad
Kutchi Visa Oswal Seva Samaj - Mumbai - 400 009
Ritumbera Vishva Vidyapeeth - Mumbai
Malad Jain Yuvak Mandal - Mumbai
Kutch Bidada Mumbai Mahajan - Mumbai
Jain Yuvak Sangh - Mumabi
Mumbai Gujarati Samaj - Mumbai - 400 002
Freelance Journalist :
Writing Articles In Gujarati Daily News Papers And In
Magazines.
Occasionally Delivers Talk On Radio & Television.
Social Activities :
Doing Social Work For The Upliftment Of The Poor And
Downtrodden For Last 30 Years.
Language Known :
Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, English.
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