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Jain Delegation for a General Audience with His Holiness the Pope

On 2nd November 2016, five members from different Jain organisations, travelled from London to Vatican City at the invitation of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue (PCID) to attend a general Audience with HH Pope Francis on the following day. The group was welcomed by Reverend Father Santiago who is in charge of also the[…]

Ahimsa Day 2016

Ahimsa Day 2016 celebrated on 18th October in the Atlee Suite, Portcullis House, House of Commons London differed from past Ahimsa Day celebrations in that it commenced with the formal launch of OneJAIN All Party Parliamentary Group (OneJAIN APPG). This event of the Institute was held under the auspices of the OneJAIN APPG and so[…]

Jain All-Party Parliamentary Group setup in British Parliament

 25th September 2016 The Institute of Jainology (IoJ), the international Jain organisation that is an umbrella body for UK Jain community organisations, is delighted to announce that on 22 September 2016, the Jain All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) was established in the House of Commons, London. The APPG is a grouping of parliamentarians from both houses[…]

Dr Kumarpal Desai Felicited with the Vishwa Gujaraj Samaj’s Gujarat Pratibha Award

  Shree Kanjibhai Desai Gujarat Pratibha Award (Pride of Gujarat) of 2015 will be felicitated to renowned laureate, Dr. Kumarpal Desai by Vishwa Gujaratri Samaj. With this award, he is to be bestowed with a Letter of Honour, Cash Award of One Lakh Rupees and a Memento. The former president of Sahitya Parishad, Kumarpal Desai[…]

Paryushan Activities by IoJ Education Team

IOJ Education Team Paryushan 2016 Activities Requests began to reach IOJ Education Team from early 2016 for lectures and workshops for Paryushan.  Preparation started in earnest for the various activities from Spring onwards and finally delivered during August-September 2016. The first of the activities was with Oshwal Association UK (OAUK South Area).  They requested the[…]

Publication of Papers Presented at an International Interfaith Dialogue

An International Interfaith Seminar was jointly organized by K. J. Somaiya Bharatiya Sanskriti Peetham (India) and GRISO from the University of Navarra (Spain) in January/February 2013. at Somaiya Vidyavihar, Mumbai. It was in continuation of a fruitful tradition started in 1998. The theme of the seminar was «The Cosmic Elements in Religion, Philosophy, Art and Literature).[…]

Dialogue on Origins of Faith & Scriptures

The UK Branch of Heavenly Culture, World Peace & Restoration of Light recently had held two meetings of various faith leaders for a dialogue on understanding the scriptures of different faiths. The main points for the discussion were: Origins of scriptures and how and when these were committed to writing Origin of the faith, cause[…]

First Project on Jain Art History and Religion enriches German Research Centre

Press Release June 2016 : 16 June 2016, by Kaete Hamburger Kolleg: Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe Bochum, Germany – Every year internationally renowned scholars from the broad range of fields within humanities are invited to conduct their research at one of the ten international Kaete Hamburger Centres in Germany. Funded[…]

Another Member of Jain Community Honoured

The Institute is pleased to announce that there is also another Jain who has been honoured in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Bharat Maganlal Mehta, formerly of Nairobi, Kenya has been awarded CBE for services to Finance in the  Charity and Voluntary sectors.  This follows the award of OBE 15 years ago.  Such double[…]

Dr Harshad N Sanghrajka Awarded MBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours List

The Board of Directors of the institute of Jainology are  delighted to announce that their Deputy Chairman, Dr Harshad N Sanghrajka, was awarded MBE by Her Majesty the Queen for services to the community and inter-faith work. Harshadbhai Sanghrajka retired from a successful career with IBM 20 years ago and has since devoted his life as an[…]