SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM IN JAINISM FOR AMERICAN STUDENTS IN INDIA - With a view to start the process of creating faculty and students in Universities of USA and UK, who are keen in South Asian religions, learn Jain philosophy and Jain way of life and then spread Jaina studies in their universities and other academic institutions, a group of eight University Professors and students from USA and UK have come to India for two months (from  1st June - 31st July 2005)  intensive crash course in Jainism. This program is fully integrated within the American university system, in which students will earn credits (up to nine credits) towards their degrees. This program is integrated with academic institutions in India, aimed at helping students understand Jainism within traditional Jain environments. The objective of this program is to impart advanced grounding/skills in the Jain religion (for an understanding of the many facets of Jainism including its history, culture, politics, philosophy, ethics and practice). Multiple modes of imparting knowledge will include.

i. Interactive class room lectures using modern teaching aides by eminent Jain scholars.
ii. Live interaction and visits to Jain homes and family ceremonies, temple worship, rituals, festivals, pilgrimage etc.
iii. Interactions with Jain monks and eminent personalities and access to Jain literature.

The program is open to all full-time graduate students (enrolled in an American or European universities) and to all full-time professors employed in an American university, regardless of religion, race, or citizenship. The most important qualification for the professor is to be intellectually, personally, and professionally committed to the promotion of Jain studies in his or her university, through recruiting students, and seeing to it that Jainism is made a part of the department’s curriculum.

The facilitators for this program are:
Dr. Sulekh C. Jain	Chairman USA
Dr. Mahendra Pandya	USA
Dr. Tansukh J.Salgia	USA
Dr. Surendra Sethi	USA

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