By Megan Wehring
Prakash Jadeja (Jad) died Thursday, Jan. 21, unexpectedly at his Dripping Springs home.
Jadeja, 66, was well known in the community as a career technical education (CTE) teacher at Dripping Springs High School (DSHS). He enjoyed mentoring students before they would step out into the real world of engineering and higher education. Jadeja did not steer away from researching. He developed a Fab Lab for DSHS students in 2017 and more recently, he spent summer 2020 printing face shields for the medical community.
He was also instrumental in helping his students craft and build prosthetic limbs for Central Texas residents.
In 2017, Jadeja took a team of robotics students to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Erirates (UAE) to compete in the Land Rover 4x4 in Schools World Finals.
Born in Kenya on Jan. 17, 1955, the son of late Jivansinhji Harisinhji Jadeja and late Jivtiba Jivansinhji Jadeja,
Jadeja moved to the United Kingdom at the age of 10 where he met his wife. Before settling down to be a teacher, Jadeja worked and travelled world-wide as he took two start-up companies public.
Jadeja taught computer science, robotics, engineering and programming at DSHS for over a decade. He also volunteered to teach engineering to younger students at the Dripping Springs Community Library for several years.
Jadeja is survived by wife Ruth Jadeja, children Devi and Mahesh Jadeja; and siblings Pankajsinh Jadeja, Chandraba Dadbha Jethwa and Vidulaba Dilipsinh Parmar.
He was loved by his family, students and community. Jadeja will be deeply missed by many.
