Dr. Mahesh Bhatt is a surgeon, writer, public health consultant, and researcher practicing medicine for the last 25 years in Dehradun (Uttarakhand), India. With an experience of more than two decades in Public Health and Hospital and Healthcare Systems Management in Government, Non-Government, Corporate, and Academic organizations, he is associated with various academic, scientific, and social organizations and institutions involved in research, education, and social development. His research interest is health literacy, spirituality, and the spiritual dimension of health and their role in public health and healthcare systems. His work on thought processes and their ecosystem in the human brain and the function of spiritual thought processes and spirituality in various thoughts of religion, culture, philosophy, and science created a paradigm shift in understanding and defining spirituality in the context of evolutionary biology and neurobiology for broader implications on health, happiness, and wellbeing. He is the author of the ‘Spiritual Health,’ ‘Spirituality: Neurobiology at Our Best,’ ‘The Inquisitive,’ and ‘Nithalla Chintan,’ a poetry collection in Hindi. His book on the COVID19 Pandemic titled “The Year 2020 – Corona and Chaos” translated in French and Spanish.Dr. Mahesh Bhatt has published and presented research papers at various international conferences on spirituality and spiritual health in the context of public health and medicine. His work on spiritual health as the fourth dimension of health and its role as a tool in preventing physical, mental, and social aspects of health is vital in public health, healthcare delivery, and management. Dr. Bhatt was elected as the president of Vigyan Bharti (Uttarakhand Chapter) in 2017 and held this prestigious post till 2021. He is an elected member of the Practice Standard Committee of the International Health Literacy Association (IHLA) for 2022-2024. He is the Chair of the Policy and Advocacy Group of IHLA. Dr. Bhatt is a member of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), The Association of Surgeons of India (ASI), Indian Public Health Association (IPHA), World Medical Association (WMA), International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE), Society for Theory and Research on Salutogenesis (STARS), etc. He has worked in different capacities with various national and global academic, research, and professional organizations. Currently, he is CEO of MMBSHS Trust, a charitable trust working on health education, health literacy, community health, and public health research.