Short Biography

Vijay Mehta is an author and global activist for peace, development, human rights and the environment. Some of his notable books are The Fortune Forum Summit: For a Sustainable Future, Arms No More, and The United Nations and Its Future in the 21st Century. He is president of VM Centre for Peace (www.vmpeace.org),co-founder of Fortune Forum Charity,  Chair of Action for UN Renewal, and co-Chair of World Disarmament Campaign.

 He along with his daughter Renu Mehta founder of Fortune Forum (www.fortuneforum.org) held two summits in London in 2006 and 2007. The summits attracted a worldwide audience of 1.3 billion people (one fifth of humanity) including print and media coverage. The keynote speakers for the first and second summit were Bill Clinton, former US President and Al Gore, former US vice-President, and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 2007.

Vijay Mehta has appeared in various TV programmes including BBC World , Ajtak-24 hour Indian news channel, Iranian national TV, and Think Peace documentary, Canada, among others. The Independent, Observer and Guardian newspapers, among other journals have written about him. His life is devoted to the service of peace, humanity and our planet.

He is at present writing a book on climate change jointly with, Renu Mehta.

Vijay Mehta Biography Comments
Vijay Mehta is a long standing activist for peace, human rights and the environment, who has set a precedent for striving to change the world
The Sunday Times (London, 1 February 2009)
“Vijay Mehta lends intellectual credibility to the project and wrote ‘The Fortune Forum Code for a Sustainable Future’, a sort of manifesto that will underpin the group’s future activities.”

The Independent (London), 26 September 2006
Thank you for all you do Vijay -  both the Organization and yourself are inspiration and give us all hope that both  yourself and Action for UN Renewal can bring a world without war. indeed  it is possible, even in our own time.