Jain Spirit 2005 09 No23

Author(s): Jain Spirit UK
Publisher: UK Young Jains

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NEWS
VAN MAHAVEE THE MAHAVIR AWARD
TH MAHAVEER AV PRESENT ON FU 14th ARY
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n Chennai, India, the Bhagwan Mahavir Foundation organised the Ninth Mahavir
Award on
14 February 2005. The awards were presented by the Governor of Tamil Nadu, His Excellency Sri Surjit Singh Barnala. The Foundation instituted three awards for excellence in human endeavour in three fields: non-violence and vegetarianism; education and medicine, and community and social service.
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Presenting the awards, the Governor stressed the importance of reviving Mahavir's teachings and applying them to daily life. He said that South India owed a considerable debt to Jainism because of its teachings on ahimsa and right living, and its artistic legacy. This year the award in the sphere of non-violence and vegetarianism went to Sri Siddharaj Dhadda of Jaipur, Rajasthan. Born in 1909, he abandoned his legal career to join Gandhi's freedom struggle, serving two and a half years in prison for his part in the nonviolent Quit India campaign. He has authored several books on non-violence and in 1951 established a Sarvodaya Ashram in Kemal, Rajasthan, based on the teachings of Gandhi and the cooperative principles of Acharya Vinoba Bhave.
xposure, a communications agency founded by Raoul Shah, is listed as one of the Best Small Companies to Work For, 2005.
Previously voted as one of Britain's Best Dressed Offices by The Times Magazine, exposure is now officially one of the Top 100 Best Small Companies to Work For, 2005, as compiled by The Sunday Times. The survey is the largest ever study of small company workplaces in the UK, and the list was published in The Sunday Times on 6 March 2005.
To receive such an accolade, in the light of extremely fierce competition and thousands of entries, is a fantastic achievement for eleven-year-old exposure, a company that prides itself on looking after its staff. exposure is a privately owned multi-disciplinary communications agency that creates integrated campaigns for fashion, lifestyle and blue-chip brands, balancing brand equity and fame with commercial success.
It was founded in 1993 by Raoul Shah, who is also on the Jain Spirit marketing advisory board. exposure now employs over 100 individuals across its UK and USA offices and has a well-established network that reaches from London to Los Angeles, Paris to Tokyo. Raoul built the company on the power of network and relationships, and the business still works on this very foundation today.
To cap the award, on 22 April (Mahavir Jayanti day), Raoul also became the proud father of baby Maya!
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In the area of education, the award went to Uttarakahand Seva Nidhi Paryavaran Shiksha Sansthan, for promotion of education and women's empowerment in local communities. The Sansthan was praised especially for designing a holistic curriculum with a strong emphasis on ecology. The Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement of Mysore won the community and social service award for their extensive work in grassroots health education, including a Mobile Education Programme for the Jenukuruba tribes, and a range of programmes on reproductive and child health and AIDS prevention.⚫
For more details of the Mahavir Award and the winners visit www.jainsindia.org
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