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It would be a great service if the affluent Jain Community would think of building of suitable resources for bringing out suitable literature and place already published literature in the Universities, libraries and research centres of various countries.
There is also need that some Jain scholars of repute are sent every year to various parts of the world to acquaint and educate the Jains living there our principles, rituals, customs and traditions.
A Souvenir "Perpectives in Jaina Philosophy And Culture", containing about 60 scholarly articles by eminent scholars of India and other countries, was brought out at the Conference. Dr. K.C. Sogani, Head, Department of Philosophy, Sukhadia University, Udaipur (Rajasthan), who was the Executive Editor, made dedicated efforts to make it a worth preserving volume. The Souvenir has been much in demand not only in India, but in various other countries for its quality of articles and decent photograshs of famous Jain temples of the country. Shri Gyan Chandra Khinduka, a respectable social figure of Jaipur, and Dr. G. C. Patni of Jaipur made significant contribution in bringing out the Souvenir. I, as Chief Editor, had the pleasure of editing the articles whenever required and collect substantial advirtisement, for the Souvenir. Shri Chander M. Jain, Shri Kamal K. Jain, Canada and Dr. S.K. Dhariwal, Lodon (UK) provided appreciable assistance in collecting advertisements from their respective countries. The advertisements from Shri U.C. Golechha and Shri Jawahar Golechha, London, UK deserved special thanks.
Dr. S. S. Jhaveri, a highly dedicated and sincere social figure of Ahmedabad, who is a crusador for the cause of prevention of cruelty to animals, vegetarinism and non-violence, gave his unstinted support for the success of the Conference. He made extensive tours in Bombay and towns of Gujarat to propagate the objectives of the Conference and to collect substantial funds. Equally appreciable was the support received from Shri Bharat B. Shah and his wife Smt. Varshaben B. Shah, industrialists of Ahmedabad. They made their best efforts for success of meetings organised at Ahmedabad for collection of funds and larger participation of delegates from Gujarat.
The team workers of the Third International Jain Conference was a homogenous body with Shri M. R. Jain, the President of Ahimsa International which had organised the Conference, Shri K. C. Jain as Chairman Finance Committee, Shri Kailash Chand Jain, as Chairman Transport Committee and Shri Vijay Kumar Jain, as Chairman, Hospitality Committee. No less was the enthusiasm of Secretary Finance, Shri Deven Yashwant and other member including
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