________________ Dr. Kalpana K. Sheth got her PhD from Ahmedabad Gujarat University under the supervision of the late H.C. Bhayani, a top scholar of Prakrit and Gujarati. She has published several books and articles. Few books as co-editor with late D.Lit. H.C. Bhayani. She has translated Jain canons and narrative literature in Gujarati, Hindi and English. She has worked on cataloguing various manuscript collections in India and abroad (United Kingdom, Italy). She is currently engaged in the project Vardhaman Jinaratnakosha, sponsored by the Jain Vishva Bharati University, Ladnun, and has organized several workshops there. Prof. Dr. Nalini Balbir teaches Sanskrit, Prakrit and Jainism at the University of Paris-3 Sorbonne-Nouvelle (France). She has published several books and articles, dealing especially with Jain narrative literature and early commentaries (such as the Avasyaka-niryukti and curni), see www.iran-inde.cnrs.fr. Among other projects, she is currently engaged in cataloguing various Jain manuscript collections. Part of her studies took place at the L.D. Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad, where Dr. Kanubhai V. Sheth was the head of the manuscript department. Nalini Balbir, Kanubhai V. Sheth and Kalpana K. Sheth have published together the Catalogue of the Jaina Manuscripts of the British Library (Institute of Jainology & British Library, 2006, 3 volumes). Serving Jin Shasan gyanmandirikobatirth.org
