JAINpedia Project Manager Job Description and Person Specification
The Institute of Jainology is looking to employ a full time Manager for supporting its £800K investment in the development of JAINpedia a unique on line resource for Jainism using contextualised Jain scriptures – see http://blog.jainpedia.org/?p=3#more-3 and http://www.jainology.org/2009/12/23/progress-on-jainpedia-project
The role includes supporting the management of relationships with leading organisations [...]
10Mar10
JAINpedia Project Manager
Yen Feng, a singapore Reporter lauds the interfaith exhibition, a meeting point for all religions.
TALK of securing a “common space” in Singapore’s multi-religious society has focused largely on maintaining a secular public sphere.
The ongoing interfaith exhibition at Suntec City is a timely reminder that pluralism plays a part in promoting religious harmony, too. On display [...]
22Nov09
Jain Art Exhibitions in New York
Many would recall the the Jain Exhibition of Art “Victorious Ones: Jain Images of Perfection” held in Los Angeles and London in 1995. Two exhibitions are now be held at Ruben Museum of Art on Jain Art and at Metropolitan Museum of Art on Jain Manuscripts. Following the announcement of the exhibitions to be held by the [...]
Gujarati Lexicon has a supplementary Lok Kosh now to assemble new words in current usage in Gujarati language.
The Institute of Jainology has been promoting the awareness of Jain philosophy worldwide launched the ‘Jainpaedia’ project in India at the Yogi Hall, Dadar, Mumbai on Sunday 25th October.
The project’s main objective is to create a contextualised database of the important Jain manuscripts currently in various collections in the UK. This database will be digitised [...]
Folowing requests from many community members Jaina Education Committee has made available two and a half hour traditional Savantsari pratikraman inMP3 format.
11Oct09
Cataloging of Jain Manuscripts
The richness of the Jain literature has been captured in thousands of manuscripts, some over a thousand years old, that are scattered in museums, libraries, temples and private collections throughout the world.
IoJ has been involved in a number of projects to catalogue Jain manuscripts in various libraries across Europe. Indira Gandhi National Center for Arts, [...]
15Oct08
Keynote Address By Lord Puttnam
Ahimsa Day Celebration October 15th 2008
Portcullis House
House of Commons, London
Keynote Address By Lord Puttnam
It’s a great privilege to have been allowed the opportunity to ‘set out my stall’ this evening.
Let me start by admitting that, in addition to the chequered career you’ve just heard referred to, I have for many years worn the clothes [...]
10Apr08
Pratishtha Mahotsav in Zanzibar
The first ever Jain temple to be built outside India was in Zanzibar, an island off the cost of Tanzania many decades ago. That temple known as the Shri Zanzibar Katcchi Jain Temple has now been renovated and Pratishtha Mahotsav will be held on the over the three day Easter Holidays, 10th, 11th and 12th [...]