JAINA Convention 2013 07 Detroit MI

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

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Dr. Sulekh C. Jain is a past President of JAINA (two terms), and a founder and chair of the governing council of the International School for Jain Studies. Dr. Jain is highly educated having obtained his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, master's degree at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, doctorate from Birmingham University, and an MBA from Clark University and Worcester Polytechnic. While actively serving JAINA, he had a distinguished career as an engineer in various manufacturing corporations, retiring in 1998 from General Electric Aviation. He is a JAINA Ratna recipient, and served as president of Jain Center of Cincinnati and Dayton and the Jain Center of Houston, and as secretary of Mahavir Vision, Inc. USA. Since retiring, he devotes all his energy and creativity to the promotion of Jain academic education through ISJS.
Dr. Masum Momaya is the first Jain Indian American curator for the Smithsonian Musuem Indian American Heritage Project. She has a bachelor's degree in Public Policy and Feminist Studies from Stanford University, a master's degree in education from Harvard University, and a doctorate in Human Development, and pursued advance studies in the University of Oxford's Development Studies Program. Dr. Momaya brings a wealth of experience as a researcher, educator, curator, writer and advocate to this role, beginning more than 20 years ago, as a teenager organizing youth service projects in the Indian American community in Chicago. Prior to joining the Smithsonian, Dr. Momaya was a curator and outreach program organizer at the International Museum of Women.
Shri Shantilal Muttha founded Bharatiya Jain Sanghatana in Pune, India, in 1985, after pursuing a successful career in real estate development. He has a B.Com degree from University of Pune. BJS has scientifically researched, designed, developed and implemented practical, replicable modules to address social issues with substantial results following the Jain way of life. BJS has been recognized at the World Organization of NGO's (WANGO) in 2005 as the World's Best NGO in education, while 2011 brought in the QIMPRO award for excellence. With wide experience in fields as diverse as child and woman welfare, support for the handicapped, calamity and disaster management, he is constantly looking for opportunities to further widen the scope of activities of the BJS, which has collaborated with JAINA on social development projects.
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