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About the Author
Dr. Sulekh C. Jain
r. Jain has been active in many religious and social activities within the Jain and non-Jain communities in
the U.S.A. and Canada. He is Founder /Co-Founder of several organization and institution in North America such as; Jain Center of Greater Boston (1973), Jain Society of Houston (1981), JAIN DIGEST Magazine (1985), Jinamanjari magazine (1985), JAINA Library (1988), Young Jains of America (1989), Jain Center of Central Ohio at Columbus (1991), Jain Academic Foundation of North America (1994), Mahavir Vision Inc. (1994), JAIN SPIRIT International Magazine (1999), World Council of Jain Academies (1999), JVB Preksha Meditation Center in Houston (1999) and International School for Jain Studies-ISJS (2004). Dr. Jain is the past Secretary and President of Federation of Jain Associations in North America (JAINA) which he served for 8 years and past President of Jain Society of Houston, Jain Center of Cincinnati/Dayton and several other organizations. Currently he is the Chairman of Governing Council of International School for Jain Studies, a senior advisor to Center for Jain Studies at Claremont Lincoln University and a trustee of Mahatma Gandhi Library in Houston, Texas, USA. He has traveled extensively in India, U.K, Europe, Australia and Asia, met many Jain Leaders world over and participated in many seminars. In 1990, he participated in the International Jain Delegation to Buckingham Palace in London for a meeting and to present Jain Declaration on Ecology and Environment to H.R.H. Duke of Edinburgh. In 1993, he participated in the Parliament of World's Religions Conference in Chicago and also presented a paper there. In November 1997, he
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