JAINA Convention 2007 07 NJ Edison Program Guide

Author(s): Federation of JAINA
Publisher: USA Federation of JAINA

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He has served as a consultant to the World Bank and authored two books and numerous medical articles and chapters. Presently, Manoj is a clinical assistant professor at University of Tennessee, Memphis, a consultant in infectious diseases, and the Medical Director at Tennessee's Quality Improvement Organization. Manoj is a board member for the M.K.Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence and works closely with Arun Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.
DR. MUKESH SHAH Mukesh Shah M.D. FACC joined Cardiology Inc. in 1986. Dr. Shah is one of the most experienced interventional cardiologists in the Mount Carmel Health System. He has been serving as Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Mount Carmel Health for 15 years. His efforts in this capacity led to Mount Carmel Health being awarded the "Acclaim Award" from the American Medical Group Association in 2001 for treatment of heart attack patients. Dr. Shah has been practicing transcendental meditation and soulful compassion meditation for more than 15 years, Dr. Shah has a very active interest in improving the physical, mental and spiritual health of family, friends and patients.
DR. P JAYARAMAN Dr. Jayaraman is in the service of the Bhavan USA since its inception in 1981. He is a scholar and teacher of Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu and Tamil languages and their literature, Indian scriptures, such as Upanishad and Bhagavadgita and philosophy. Dr. Jayaraman who has numerous degrees/diploma including Ph.D., and D. Litt., has to his credit more than 16 published books on literature, philosophy and languages and has also received several awards including Sahitya Vachaspati (Honorary Doctorate (1994) from Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Allahabad and Sahitya Bhushan (1996) from Uttar Pradesh Hindi Academy, Lucknow.
DR. SAURABH DALAL Saurabh Dalal (from Maryland) enjoys being involved in outreach, education, and greater advocacy of sustainable plant-based diets and Ahinsa as compelling solutions to many global problems. In addition to having been active in the Jain community on the local and international levels, Saurabh serves as Deputy Chair of the International Vegetarian Union, President of the Vegetarian Union of North America, a Director of the Board of the Washington Center for Clinical Research, and works in various capacities with many other like-minded nonprofit groups. He holds graduate degrees in Physics and Engineering, takes part in several professional and technical societies, and explores ways of integrating sound science into his areas of interest.
DR. SUDHIR SHAH Fellowship on stroke, D.M. Neurology, Director of Neurosciences at Sterling Hospital, Honorary associate professor of Neurology and numerous professional participants, winner of many professional awards, and author of 3 books relating his profession. Lectures and discourses on - Stress relief by Jain religion, Scientific basis of austerity, and various Jain practices and research related to cure of diseases by Jainism.
DR. YASHWANT MALAIYA Yashwant K. Malaiya received a PhD in Electrical Engineering in 1978 and was with State University of New York at Binghamton during 1978-82. He is currently a Professor of Computer Science at Colorado State University. He has served as chair of several International conferences including IEEE Int. Symp. Software Reliability Engineering, Denver, 2003 and IEEE Int. Test Conference, Shanghai, 1999. He has been one of the pioneers of making Jainism available on the internet by creating "An Outline of Jain History" in 1996 and "The Jain Festivals" in 1997. He has explored several aspects of Jainism including history, demography and practice of Jainism in North America.
FAKIRCHAND DALAL Mr. Dalal got his education in India in Commerce and Law and received M.B.A. at the University of Maryland. He worked in India and then later in the US. He worked for Amtrak for 17 years and retired as a Travelling Contract Auditor. In India, he worked as a Gandhian Social Worker, among Harijans, and started Writing in Daily Newspaper. In U.S.A., he continues writing in Indian Community Journals. He remains a active community member in Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Area. He took Leading Role in Formation of Washington Gujarati Samaj, Federation Of Gujarati Associations in North America (FOGANA), Washington Chapter of Association of Indians in America (AIA), Federation of Indian Associations (FIA), Jain Society of Washington, and Federation of Jain Associations in North America
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