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Heggade, the illustrious Head of Shri Manjunatha Swami Templ. Dharmasthala (Karnataka). The Co-Chairman of the Session was Shri Bharat B. Shah, business management expert and a plastic industrialist of Ahmedabad. Shri Heggade expressed that the Conference was a milestone in the establishment of world peace. Various eminent scholars including Shri Bhart B. Shah and Swami Akhilesh, President, Shakti Samvardhan Kendra, Arrah, red their papers and expressed their views on non-violence and world peace.
The Second Technical Session was held under the Chairmanship of Dr. S, K. Dharrwal, the London based medical expert who was Chief Executive of the Second International Jain Conference held at London. Shri Ummed C. Golechha of London, U. K. was the Co-Chairman.
Mahasati Chandnaji addressing the Conference said that religion has to give new light and answer to problems of life, She suggested that constructive programmes should be taken up in hand to properly utilise the vigour of youth and other concerned. She emphasised the importance of non-violence in the present day context. Sadhwi Sadhnaji expressed her views on non-vioience and vegetarianism and the need for living an ethical life. Several distinguished scholars, doctors and social workers from various countries and India inciuding Dr. D. C. Jain, Head. Neurology Department of Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi; Shri S. C. Jain, New Deihi; Shri C. L. Lalwani, Jaipur; Shri Nitin Mehta, President, Young Indian Vegetariens, U. K., Dr. S. S. Jhaveri, General Secretary, Shree Akhil Bharatiya Hinsa Nivaran Sangh. Ahmedabad, Dr. K. B. Lokhande, Solapur, Shri Prem Chand Jain New Delhi; Shri Rameshwar Ashant Saxena, New York, Dr. Robert Redinger, U. S. A, Dr. S. C. Jain, Assistant DirectorGeneral, ICAR, New Delhi, Shri Nirmai Kumar Sethi, President, Dig. Jain Mahasabha; Shri Kewal Chand Jain, President. Nav Jeev Daya Mandal, Delhi; Shri Ganesh Lalwani, Editor, Jain Journal, Culcutta and Shri Ummed C. Godlechha addressed the session. Shri Nitin Mehta informed that as a result ot the efforts made by their society to promote non-violence and vegetarianism, Prince Charles had given up bunting. He posed a question as to what more can be done to prevent animal killing ? Dr. D. C. Jain gave useful information as to how the non-vegetarin food was harmful to the human body and vegetarian food was more conducive to human physique. Dr. S. C. Jain also gave useful information on dietary habits and proteins which are available from various vegetables and plants. Chairman Dr. S. K. Dhariwal summed up the procedings of the session in a lucid manner.
In the evening of 8th February, 1985, there was a group discussion at 2, Heerabagh, Mehrauli Road, New Delhi which was attended by about 250 participants including 100 scholars from various parts of India and other countries under the Chairmanship of Sahu Shriyans Prasad Jain. It was conducted by Shri Satish Kumar Jain, Secretary-General. The need for propagating Jain
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