Background
Mehta, Hemchandra Kanji was born on August 27, 1931 in Jasdan, Gujarat, India. Son of Kanji Bhaishankar Mehta and Annapurna Pandya.
Mehta, Hemchandra Kanji was born on August 27, 1931 in Jasdan, Gujarat, India. Son of Kanji Bhaishankar Mehta and Annapurna Pandya.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Grant Medical College, Mumbai, 1958.
Senior house officer, resident ophthalmic house surgeon J J Hospital, Mumbai, 1958—1960. Resident ophthalmic surgeon Royal Eye Hospital, London, 1962—1964. Registrar ophthalmology Birmingham and Midland Eye Hospital, England, 1964—1965.
Senior registrar -ophthalmology Cardiff Royal Infirmary, Wales, 1966—1968. Consultant ophthalmic surgeon Gwynedd Health Authority, Bangor, Wales, 1969—1992.
Volunteer Rotary and Lions, Bangor, Wales. Fellow: Royal College of Surgeons, Royal College Ophthalmologists (pioneering member, International Intaocular Implant Club).
Married Mrinalini Thakkar, April 7, 1958. Children: Amisha Mehta-Essenhigh, Bella Sian Sturt, Anupa Suman Endacott.