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industrialists and professionals. JITO has the blessings of the Swetamba Jain Muni Padam Sagarji Maharaj. Its major objective is to promote intra-community networking among the Jains and towards this end a global directory of 100,000 prominent Jain entrepreneurs has been prepared. In January 2007, and again in January 2008, JITO organized in Mumbai triple grand events consisting of an international multi-trade fair, a Jain cultural pavilion and an international conference of concerned Jains. On both these occasions the fairs were organized over a sprawling area of 270,000 sq. ft., which housed over 700 stalls. There was a presence across sectors such as gems, jewellery and precious stones, textiles, construction, metals and much more. Pavilions, rooms and conference facilities had been made available for participants from different sectors of industry, including large, small and medium enterprises. The fairs had attracted participation from business persons and speakers from around forty countries over the world. The objective here was to establish lasting networks for personal and professional interaction with a view to identifying various opportunities in trade, commerce and industry. Indore hosted the third JITO fair and convention in January 2009. The fourth fair and convention was held in January 2010 at Ahmadabad.
By encouraging the Jains to identify business opportunities in their own community, JITO is giving them the chance to understanding the large and vibrant community that they are part of. Going ahead, JITO plans to achieving several goals-educating and helping businessman, identifying job opportunities, encouraging ethical business practices, setting up charitable institutions, helping the youth enter and succeed in different aspects of public life, settling inter-community disputes amicably and working with the administration to promote good governance. JITO had also launched two new wings called Jain International Women's Organisation (JIWO) and Jain International Youth Organisation (JIYO) in 2007. The JIWO was aimed at providing Jain women a platform to unite and showcase their talent and empower them economically. Similarly, the JIYO's main objective is to provide a platform to young Jain entrepreneurs to interact and gain purposeful knowledge from the experienced and well established business leaders. At the same time JITO had taken initiative for arranging facilities in Delhi and Chennai for coaching
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