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Other significant developments during the summer 2013 CLU (Claremont Lincoln University) support: The program would not have been so successful without the whole hearted support of Prof Philip Clayton (policy issues), Ms. Lidiya Potapenko for admission processing and Mrs. Stephanie Vernon Hughes for promotion of Teachers for Peace program and excellent coordination of all programs in India. Others: Ms. Laura Hirshfield from AB School System Boston Mass and Prof. Julie Ashworth from South Dakota were instrumental in guiding the courseware preparation as well as motivating their colleagues to join the program.
Award to ISJS: JAINA of USA bestowed the award of Outstanding Jain education services globally to ISJS in their 17th Biennial convention in Novi Michigan USA. The award was received by Dr. Shugan Jain, Chairman ISJS ISJS alumni going places: 1. Dr. Ana Bajzelz, outstanding ISSJS Alumni (2010) from University of Ljubljana Slovenia received her PhD on Concept of Change in Jainism as enunciated in the works of Kundkund and Umaswati. She is now coming to Centre of Advanced Studies, University of Rajasthan, (an affiliate of ISJS) for one year scholarship by Indian Council of Cultural Relations for Post doctoral research in Jain ontology through commentary literature. She has in the mean time acquired good knowledge of Prakrit, the language of Jain scriptures at ISJS affiliate in Jaipur.She will start her work in September 2013 and also spend significant time at Parshwanath Vidyapeeth, Varanasi. 2. Prof. Tim Kragh and Mrs. Kragh (PhD scholar at Leiden University Holland), ISSJS Alumni (2010) are coming to ISJS the third time for learning Prakrit, Apbhramsh and now Hindi to enable them study Jain scriptures. They both are now students for PhD in Jainism (Prof. Kragh earlier earned a PhD in Buddhism from Harvard University and Mrs. Kragh MA from the same university). After attending their lives to Jain studies teaching and research. They will spend significant time in internationalizing the academic work of Parshwanath Vidyapeeth.
ISJS partner institutions promise to give greater support to ISJS: Sh. Shantilal Muttha of Bharatiya Jain Sangathana Pune, Dr. Bhavarlal Jain of Gandhi Research Foundation, Jalgaon, Mr. Sugalchand of Chennai, Mr. N.K. Jain, Secretary General Atam Vallabh Smarak Shiksa Nidhi, Delhi and Hira Lal Jain SS School, Delhi (as a laboratory of peace program) have promised significantly greater organizational and financial support to ISJS to globalize its programs, particularly the Teachers for Peace program.
Dr. Shugan C. Jain
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