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Encyclopaedia of Jain Studies: a Mega
Project undertaken
by Parshwanath Vidyapeeth Encyclopedia of Jaina Studies is a very prestigious project undertaken by Parshwanath Vidyapeeth. This project was first time conceptualized in 1996 titled as Encyclopaedia of Jainism in collaboration with JAFNA (Jaina Academic Foundation of North America- 4410-50th Street, Lubbock TX) under the Project Directorship of Dr. Premchand Gada. Dr. Sulekh Jain was the Chief Cocoordinator on behalf of JAFNA, and Sh. B. N. Jain, the then Secretary was the Chief Coordinator on behalf of the Vidyapeeth. Prof. Sagarmal Jain was the Academic Coordinator who put together a detailed synopsis of the entire project and Shri Indrabhooti Barar was to be the Finance Coordinator. Modalities and mechanism were threshed out in details. However, as consensus on some important issues could not be reached, the project did not materialize.
Then in 1997 after the above project was shelved, Parshwanath Vidyapeeth itself decided to bring out an Encyclopaedia of Jaina Studies.
The plan was thoroughly discussed and ultimately the Managing Committee agreed to undertake this mega project on it's own. Thus, under the Chief Editorship of Prof. Sagarmal Jain, an expert team of volume editors was put together and after taking the consent of the concerned Editors the project started. The Team of Encyclopaedia of Jaina Studies Parshwanath Vidyapeeth has engaged many scholars of repute to this prestigious project which is first of its kind. Led by Prof. Sagarmal Jain, Chief Editor, Shri Indrabhooti Barar, Chief Coordinator the team consists of the following selected experts from all over India.
