Mumbai: Former Reliance VP and IIT graduate Prakash Shah has accepted the Jainism initiation and became a monk at the Gitanjali Jain Temple in Borivali in Mumbai. He was working as the Vice President of the Reliance plant in Jamnagar in Gujarat. He has chosen to be a monk instead of keeping his high-paying job. Prakash Shah's wife has also chosen to be a Jain monk.
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Bina Paresh Doshi, the Corporator has said that Prakash Shah's son had become a monk even before his parents. The Shah family resides in the Parvana building, Gitanjali Nagari of Borivali. The father and son duo are IIT alumni.
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Prakash Shah completed his BTech and Mtech degrees from IIT Mumbai. His son also got a BTech degree in Chemical Engineering from IIT Mumbai and won a silver medal in his academic tenure. Prakash Shah's son opted for Jain initiation at the age of 24.
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