JAINA Convention 2015 07 Atlanta GA

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

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JAINA Presidential Awards - 2015
JAINA Presidential Awards - 2015
Individual Awards "Outstanding leadership award for promoting Join way of life"
Dr. Dipak Jain SASIN: The leading business School in the Asian region
Dr. Dipak lain has played a pivotal role in the Long Ranging Planning for IAINA and the Jain Community as well as keynote speakers in many VIA and AINA conventions. He has been a driving force on developing AINA leaders for tomorrow
Partner Organizations "Outstanding Services and Education Award"
Ahimsa Center
The Ahimsa Center was established in 2004 at California State Polytechnic ANIMA CERTE University, Pomona by Dr. Tara Sethia, a professor in the History
Department. The basic purpose of the Center is to mainstream the understanding of ahimsa both as a core value of good life, and a powerful
force to bring about peaceful social change. The work of the Center follows a three-pronged approach: (1) educating college students, for which an interdisciplinary Minor in Nonviolence Studies is offered on our campus; (2) training K-12 teachers to take lessons about ahimsa into dassrooms throughout America, for which the Center offers every other year two-week long intensive summer institutes drawing teachers from all corners of the country; and (3) engaging the community in an ongoing exploration of ahimsa as a way of life, for which the Center has been hosting a major conference biannually and a variety of other events such as public lectures, dialogues, seminars and workshops.
He has been a leading aght in the Jain Education and Research Foundation of Miami and had been instrumental in the establishment of the Bhagwan Mahavir Professor of Jain
Studies in the Florida International University The professorship has now advanced to a full-fledged in studies program with graduate fellowships, summer research program, annual Mahavir lectures, student activities and international conferences. As recognition of his contribution in the field of public service, the Florida International University awarded him an Honorary Doctorate in a special commencement ceremony on April 30, 2012. As the former Dean Emeritus of Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University) from September 2009 to May 2011, and Dean of INSEAD from May 2011 to March 2013 Dipak lain, former dean of insead and the Kellor school at Northwestern University, has been appointed dean of the Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration, part of Chulalongkorn University, in the Thai capital of Bangkok
To learn more about the Ahimsa Center and its programs, please visit: www.cpp.edu/ahimsacenter
"Outstanding leadership award for promoting Jain way of life"
Dr. Jagdish Sheth EMORY: Goizueta Business School Dr. Sheth is an American Psychological Association Fellow and past President of the Association for Consumer Research (ACR). Over the last three decades, Dr. Sheth has amassed over 30 awards as a thought leader in marketing consumer behavior and emerging markets. Notably, Dr. Sheth is the recipient of all top three academic awards bestowed by the American Marketing Association (AMA). Dr. Sheth is a highly sought after keynote speaker at many industry, academic and public forums
"Outstanding Services and Education Award" Jain Vishva Bharati (JVB) & JVB Institute
With inspiration from Ganadhipati Gurudev Shri Tulsithe ninth spiritual
supreme head of Jain Shwetamber Terapanth Sangh) and Acharya Shri JAIN VISHVA BHARATI
Mahapragya (the tenth supreme head), Jain Vishva Bharati (VB) was established in the year 1970 at Ladnun in the Nagaur District of Rajasthan, India. In addition to being a center of excellence in the field of Jain Studies and the Prakrit Language, this institute has also become an international center of learning on Ahimsa (Non Violencel. Jeevan Vigyan (Science of Living) and Preksha Dhyan (Preksha Meditation. Our main aim is the upliftment of socio-spiritual values
"Jain Vishva Bharati Institute is committed to provide highest quality of educational services to the utmost satisfaction of the students and give them an opportunity to cultivate an integrated personality backed by spirituality and moral values. The practice of pragmatic principles such as anekant, non-violence, tolerance and peaceful co-existence are the noble ideals of this institute
He has been advisor to many industries, governments and companies all over the world. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the top four awards from The American Marketing Association According to Professor Sheth, both his personal and professional de has been guided by his Jain upbringing and the three principles of Jainism (nonviolence, multiple perspectives, and nonattachment. Dr. Sheth was one of the Keynote speakers at LA MAINA conference, where ecology was the theme of the conference. He eloquently presented the case of how the corelain values can play an important role in the market dynamics of the future. What struck many in the audience was not just the intellectual depth, but the professor's cordial style that brought out that humble agishara la community member
We continuously strive hard to achieve excellence training extension and experimentation in various branches of learning compatible to the mission of the Institute."
To learn more about the Jain Vishva Bharat Institute, please visit: www.jvbi.acin
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