PRESIDENT'S   AWARD FOR DR. BHAGCHANDRA JAIN

           Professor Bhagchandra Jain , former Head of the Department of Pali and Prakrit has been conferred  the prestigious Award of the
Certificate of Honour in Prakrit and Pali by the President of India, the announcement of which was made on the occasion of Independence Day , 2004.   

Dr. Jain is   a reputed scholar of international fame in Jainism and Buddhism (Prakrit  and  Pali ). He was  the Professor and Director of
Jain Studies in Rajasthan University , Jaipur and  Parswanath Vidyapeeth, B.H.U.,Varanasi. At present  he is working as   a Joint Director,
National, Institute  of Prakrit  Studies and Research, Shravanabelagola, Mysore University, Karnataka. He has also delivered lectures and
participated in the International seminars on Buddhist and Jain Studies in the Harward, Bologana and  other Universities.

Professor Jain  got published about forty research volumes  on the subject to his credit. He did his Ph.D. under Commonwealth
Fellowship from Ceylon on Jainism in Buddhist Literature and D.Litt. in three subjects, Sanskrit, Pali -Prakrit and Hindi. History of Buddhist Culture, Buddhist Psychology, Jainism and Ecology, Jain Logic, Jainism and Mahavira, Encyclopaedia of Jainism in three volumes, Catuhshatakam, Dhammaparikkha, Candappahacariu, Yashodharacaritam , History of Jain Philosophy and Culture, Contribution of Buddhism  to Indian Culture are his outstanding books on which he got literary awards from different institutions.