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About the author
Dr. Narendra P. Jain is a multifaceted personality. As a professional diplomat, he has distinguished himself as India's Ambassador to United Nations, European Union, Nepal, Mexico and Belgium, and as Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India. He is a noted economist, ardent environmentalist, a well-known poet, prolific writer, eloquent orator and above all a renowned Jain scholar.
He was honored with a Doctorate Honoris Causa and Status of Permanent Academician by the famous Mexican Academy of International Affairs in 1984, and the title of Distinguished Professor by the Frei University, Belgium in 1988. Since 1993, he has been a Member of the World Spiritual Assembly of the Parliament of World's religions.
Dr. Jain has delivered key note speeches on nonviolence and Jain philosophy at the World Jain conference (1988) Leicester (UK), Asian Jain conference in Singapore (1989), Biennial JAINA Conventions at Stanford University, USA (1991) Chicago (2001) and Cincinnati (2003), UN Earth Summit and Sacred Earth Gathering in Brazil (1992), Parliament of World's Religions at Chicago (1993) and
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