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Jain Digest Winter 2007
JAIN DIGEST A publication of the
Federation of Jain Associations in North America (JAINA)
Shayna Parekh
Vinit Doshi
GUEST EDITORIAL TEAM JAINA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Sudhir M. Shah
Bindi Mehta
Email: sudhir@ahimsainc.com Phone: 203-915-5728
The Guest Editorial team is fully responsible for the contents of this issue, including the Cover Page Design, unless an author's name is specifically mentioned in the article.
EDITOR IN CHIEF
Lata Champsee
Phone: 416/441-2200
email: latachampsee@usa.net
OTHER EDITORS AND DESIGN
ERS OF THE JAIN DIGEST Ramesh Jain
email: rcjain99@hotmail.com Manubhai Doshi
email: mansukhdoshi@yahoo.com Dineshbhai Chheda
email: dchheda@pica.army.mil
Pravin K. Shah
education@jaina.org Jadavji Kenia
email: jkenia@netzero.com Chandrakant Parekh email:cparckh@yahoo.com ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Amit Jain
email: amit.jain@yja.org Meghi Mehta
email: Meghi.Mehta@yja.org
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MATRIMONIALS
Mukesh Doshi
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MANAGING BOARD Lata Champsee, Managing Director Mahendra Shah, Marketing Director Keerti Shah, Circulation Director
The Guest Editorial Team working with the Managing Board will endeavor to publish all material submitted, free of sensorship. The material submitted may be edited and/or reformated for clarity, space restrictions and relevence to the topic The views expressed in the articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Managing Editorial Board of JAIN DIGEST.
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President
Dilip V. Shah
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Lata Champsee
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Pravin Mehta
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Regional Vice Presidents
Lalit Vora, Canada
Phone: 514-631-1,393
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Dilip B. Punatar. Midwest US
Phone: 937-848-3228 punatar@hotmail.com Nitin Talsania, Northeast, US
Phone: 908-306-14016 ngre telcordia.com
Deepika Dalal, Southeast US
Phone: 954-431-5957
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Nitin Shah, West US Phone: 562-902-0277sheelanitine gmail.com
Udai Jain, Southwest US Phone: 281-980-0741 Immediate Past President Kirit C. Daftary Phone: 254/776-42019 SPECIAL OFFICE BEARER Executive Director of JAINA
Kamalesh Amin Ph: 716-6,36-5342
udaijn@yahoo.com
netrat@att.net
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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JAINA COMMITTEES Academic Liaison Committee Sulekh C. Jain 281-494-7656 Adhyatmic Committee Hasmukh Shah 727-934-6141 Calendar Committee
Rajeev Pandya 718-816-0083. Campus Outreach Program Ashok Domadia 510-979-9312 Constitution Review Committee Manibhai Mehta 714-898-3156
Fund Raising Committee Keerti Shah 630-837-8716
Govt.&intl Organizations Relations Tansukh J. Salgia 740-965-2627
Interfaith Activies Arvind Vora 631-269-1167 Naresh Jain 201-933 8963 Anop Vora 585-473-9290
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Jaina Charitable Trust
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Jaina Convention Board 1416) 441 2200
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Jaina Education Pravin K. Shah 919-859-4994 Jaina Exhibition
Sudhir Shah 203-397-5086 Jaina Library
Ramesh Doshi 714-995-8914 laina Public Affairs Committee Manoj Dharansi 703-620-9857
Jivdaval Pramodaben Chitrabhanu 212-534-6090
MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS Jain Ctr of Central Ohio, Columbus Jain Ctr of Cincinnat Dayton Jain Soc of Grtr Cleveland Jain Ctr of Toledo
Tulsa Jain Sangh Jain Assoc of Ottawa - Carton Jain Soc of Toronto ⚫Jain Soc of Oregon Jain Ctr of Allentown
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Jam Ctr of South Central Pa
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Jain Soc of Middle Tennessee
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Legal Advisory
Prakash Parekh 914-478-1075 Neel Shah 908-769-7000 Long Term Manning Yogendra Jain 781-856-0769
Media Production
Mamata Shaha 516-487-1852
Media and Public Relations Committee: Mr. Nitin Talasania 908-306-1406 Membership
Kamlesh Shah 301-838-9778
N. American Jain Families Assist Program Ila G. Mehta 419-865-2717 North American Jains History Jaswant Mehta 780-435-9070 Patron Program Udai Jain 281-980-0741 Pilgrimage Committee Vastupal Shah 586-323-2015
Planned Giving Committee Yogesh Kamdar 203-288-2350 Scholar Visitation Nirmal Dosi 732-390-01296 Senior's Housing
Gunvan Shah 732-246-4030 Jain Milan Committee Gunvant Shah 732-246-4030 Technology Committee Girish P Shah 408-378-8765 Tirthodhdhar Committe Usha Maru 2013-775-1906 Media Production Commitive Dr. Mamta Shaha 516-487-1852 V. R. Gandhi Scholarship Fund Pravin C. Shalt 516-248 8265 Website Committee Dilip V. Shah 215-561-0581 World Community Service Dhiraj Shah 716-773-1314 YJA and YJ Coordinator Girish 1 Shah 408-378-8765 Young Jains of America (YJA) Amit Jain 310-901-0709 Meghi Mehta 978-376-7536 Young Jain Professionals (YJP) Seal Lakhani 217-273-2160 Sucking Gala 703-305-5505
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