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3. Three stand-alone sessions with 12 papers on Jainism will be presented at the prestigious American Academy of Religions Conference in San Diego in November 2007.
4. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, University of Bombay, Rajasthan University Manglayatan University (in Aligarh, UP) and Lal Bhadur Sanskrit Vidyapith in New Delhi are providing Academic support to ISSJS program. Harvard University of USA and University of Ottawa, in Canada have adopted our program and are offering it to their and other prestigious universities of USA and Canada respectively.
5. Prof. Cromwell Crawford, chairman, academic council USA of the school was conferred Hon. D. Litt. Jain Vishva Bharati, Ladnun on November 4h at their fifth convocation in Udaipur. Former president Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam addressed the convocation. Prof. Crawford also delivered lectures at Lal Bahadur Shastri Sanskrit Vidyapith, New Delhi and University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. While in India, he visited facilities of ISSJS in Delhi, Jaipur and other places.
6. In August 2007, some of the organizers, visited Harvard university in Cambridge, Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic CT, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada and India's High Commissioner to Canada in Ottawa. Every where, they were received by the top faculty, deans and presidents. Eastern Connecticut State University is offering a full cour on Jainism and non-violence beginning from 2008 semester.
7. Two alumni of ISSJS programs are already in process of putting together extensive proposals for deeper and extensive research in various philosophical aspects of Jainism such as prevalent practices of Ahimsā within the Jain community in India and other places. They are looking at securing sizeable funding from many Charitable Foundations in North America to conduct these research projects. Plan for 2008 and beyond
In 2008, we are expending the course offering in the ISSJS program. We plan to offer a two tier program. One will be a one month long program for undergraduate students (this is new).
