Jain Digest 1990 07 Vol 17 No 03

SR No.: 527039
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Federation of JAINA
Publisher: USA Federation of JAINA
Publication Year: 1990
Total Pages: 24
Language: English
Classification: Magazine, USA_Jain Digest, & USA
File Size: 6 MB

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4. Acharya Chandnashriji, Sadhvi Shubhamji & Miss Mangalam Kothari
Dates: July 15 to September 30, 1990.
Places: New York, New Jersey, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Houston, Dallas, New Orleans. *5. Dr. Bhagachandra Jain (from Nagpur)
Dates: August 28 to end of September, 1990. Places: Open.
*6. Mr. S.L. Gandhi (from Jaipur)
Dates: August 16 to end of September, 1990. Places: Open.
*7. Dr. Nand Lal Jain (from Rewa)
Dates: August 1 to end of September, 1990. Places: Open.
will participate in ALL WORLD RELIGION (AWR) conference in San Francisco, August 16-18, 1990
In addition, during August 1990, six Jain scholars are also expected to attened International Conference of Asian and North African Studies held in Toronto, Canada.
JAIN CHAITALYA INAUGURATED IN ILLINOIS
A Jain Chaitalya was on 15, 1990
at 1086, 7th St., Rochelle, IL. Idols of the Trithankaras Adinath, Parashnath and Mahavira have been installed in the temple. For more information, contact Kranti K. Jain at (815) 562-6960.0
Dr. Sirish Shah Wins Award
Shah, a Jain scholar of the Jain
Hindu Cultural Centre, Alberta, Canada, is the youngest recipient of the Albrite & Wilson Americas Award for his distinguished contribution in chemical engineering at the University of Alberta, the second largest university in Canada.
Dr. Shah was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and he received his BSc in control engineering from Leeds University in 1971, an MSc in automatic control from the University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology in 1972 and a Ph.D. in process control (chemical engineering) form the University of Alberta in 1976. After graduation, he joined Esso Chemicals in Sarnia as a computer applications engineer. Since 1978, he has been with the University of Alberta, where he is currently professor of chemical engineering. During the 1985-86 academic year, he held a visiting SERC fellowship at the Department of Engineering Science, Oxford University and he was appointed a visiting fellowship of Balliol College, Oxford.
Dr. Shah has published extensively and has organized symposia in his area of expertise. He was chosen by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to act as a consultant on computer applications in the chemical industries. He has organized several sessions on process control at national CSChE meetings. He is a highly-regarded teacher and in 1986 he received an "Engineering Undergraduate teaching Award" from the student-staff committee at the University of Alberta.
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DIGEST
Brief Report of the JAINA Executive Committee Meeting at Detroit
by S. Naik
Secretary JAINA Federation
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The
he JAINA executive committee meeting was held on Saturday, April 21, 1990 in Detroit. The following executive committee members were in attendance: Sulekh Jain, Manhar Sheth, Niranjan Shah, Prem Jain, T. J. Salgia, S. A. B. Kumar and Satish Nayak. In addition, there were over twenty members from Detroit and Cincinnati Jain Centers who took an active part in the discussion.
Items discussed include:
1. The minutes of the Cincinnati - August 1989 were read and approved.
2. Sulekh Jain gave his President's Report about JAINA'S involvement in many projects.
3. Treasure's report was read by Sulekh Jain on behalf of Mahendra Dosi who could not be at this meeting.
4. JAINA Library: Sulekh Jain read a report on behalf of Prem Gada about the library project.
5. Constitution Committee: Manhar Sheth distributed a copy of proposed changes to the Constitution. Dr. T. Salgia proposed that the Constitution Committee should work on the amendments to the articles and by-laws to incorporate the same. After much debate, Manhar Sheth agreed to discuss the matter with the committee.
6. JAIN DIGEST: It was moved that Dr. Surender K. Jain be approved as new editor of the Jain Digest. The approval was unanimous. The Executive Committee recognized and acknowledged the contribution made by the former editor-inchief, S. A. B. Kumar and his wife, for nurturing the digest in its infancy to a well read and respected Jain magazine in many parts of the world. It was noted that Jain Digest has a circulation of 5,200 and is sent free of cost to almost all Jainfamilies in the U.S.A. and Canada.
7. New member of the Federation: The Jain Center of Harrisburg York & Lancaster, PA applied for membership in the JAINA Federation. Their application was approved unanimously. Welcome to the JAINA family.
8. 1991-Biennial Convention: The Jain Center of Northern California's invitationto host the 1991 Biennial Convention was overwhelmingly accepted and conveyed to Prem Jain. The convention is scheduled for July 4-6, 1991. Several other items related to Jain Chair at Harvard and a visiting scholar program were also discussed.
Jain Society Appeals For Alumni
The Jain Society of Long Island is sending an appeal to
Mahavira Jain Vidhyalaya graduates to provide the following information to their president, Shri Naresh Shah, 15 Seventh Ave., Garden City Park, NY 11040: Your and Spouse's name, Address, Telephone No., Children's names with years of birth, City, and last year in MJV.