 |  |  Jai Jinendra!
JAINA Convention has numerous Interactive sessions and one of them is the Jain Education - a path to take Jain Religion from a footnote tradition to a Mainstream tradition. We have a strong panel of speakers who would be sharing their experiences on this topic. The evenings of Convention are going to be full of entertainment, knowledge and fellowship. Do not forget to register yourself and your family for this 5 year extravaganza. We promise you lot of sweet memories, new friends, and of course knowledge about our religion.
Kids Club, Youth Activity (YA), Jain Milan & YJP have also lined up number of programs. Register for those sessions if you do fall under their age group.
We highly encourage you to register and take part in Kids Club, Youth Activities (YA), Jain Milan or Young Jain Professional optional track. Registration and a special band is required to attend these sessions.
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Bus Transportation Notice
We will be providing transportation to/from Newark Airport (EWR) on Thursday, June 29th 2017 from 9 am to 6 pm, Friday, June 30th from 9 am to 6 pm, and from all convention hotels on July 4th from 8 am to 1 pm.
Transportation will be provided to/from all JAINA recommended hotels and halls from June 30 to July 4th, 2017
Sincerely,
GUNVANT SHAH
Convener, JAINA Convention 2017
| JAIN EDUCATION
A PATH TO TAKE JAIN RELIGION FROM A FOOTNOTE TRADITION TO A MAINSTREAM TRADITION | 1. DR. SULEKH C. JAIN
 Dr Jain will be moderating this session. Dr. Sulekh C. Jain is the Past Secretary and Past President of JAINA, Founder and Co-founder of Jain Centers at Boston and Houston, Past President of Jain Centers at Houston and Cincinnati-Dayton, Co-Founder of International School for Jain Studies, Jain Spirit Magazine, Ahimsa Times and author of book "An Ahimsa Crisis; You Decide" and many articles on ahimsa and Jainism. Professionally Dr. Jain is a Mechanical Engineer and retired from GE 19 years ago. Since then, he has been actively promoting Studies and Teaching of Jainism in Academia.
| 2. DR. NITIN SHAH
 Dr. Nitin Shah a Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at Loma Linda University is Chairman of the External Education Committee of Jain Center of Southern California (JCSC) and has been working on advancing Jain Academic Education in Southern California and other Universities in North America. He has organized 243 Medical and Surgical Missions in USA, India and other parts of the World for which the community has honored him several times with profound gratitude and appreciation. He will be addressing on Progress in Jain Academic Education.
| 3. PROFESSOR JAGDISH SHETH
 Professor Jagdish Sheth is the Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Business at the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. Professor Sheth has been on the faculty of Columbia University, MIT, University of Illinois and University of Southern California. An expert on consumer demographics, impact of technology on society and globalization of competition and has been advisor to numerous corporations. He will be expressing his views on 'Why we need Jain Education?'
| 4. DR.JEFFERY D.LONG
 Dr. Jeffery D. Long, a Professor of Religion and Asian Studies at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania and is the author of Jainism: An Introduction. His doctoral dissertation at the University of Chicago and much of his subsequent scholarship is focused on Anekaantvaad and its relevance to religious pluralism and interfaith issues. He presented the inaugural Virchand Gandhi Lecture at Claremont School of Theology. He would be thanking the Jain community for its accomplishments in supporting the academic study of Jainism.
| 5. ANJALI
 Anjali is the current YJA Director of Education and a Masters student at Columbia University studying Biomedical Engineering. A former Pathshala teacher from JSMC and Jain Academic Bowl (JAB) alumni, she started the completely online YJA Pathshala in January with the rest of the YJA team to bring Jain education to youth who cannot attend traditional Pathshala. Anjali loves to discuss Jain philosophy, practice, and daily life. She will be speaking on YJA Pathshala
| 6. PRAVIN K.SHAH
 Pravin K. Shah is a founding member of Jain Study Center of North Carolina (Raleigh). He is a chairperson of JAINA Education Committee, in-charge of Jain eLibrary project, advisor to JAINA YJA and YJP youth organizations. He is also a member of the Harvard University Pluralism Project Advisory Council and director of Triangle Interfaith Association since 2002 and Uberoi Foundation of Dharmic tradition since 2008. He is a Jain scholar, vegan and activist against animal cruelty. His topic will be JainPathshala; a game Changer.
| JAIN MILAN
Jain Milan is an opportunity for single Jain youths between the age of 21 to 42 to meet in person, to make friends, to engage in networking, and to possibly find a life partner. In the past Jain Milan sessions facilitated the interactions through Ice-breakers, interactive sessions, speed dating, Mixers, Meet & Greet Events, Relationship Workshops, and Garba-Raas.
If you register for Jain Milan program and you are 24 years or older then you will be eligible to attend some Young Jain Professionals (YJP) sessions at no extra cost. Jain Milan had over 280 participants at the 2015 JAINA Convention in Atlanta, GA.
Jain Milan Agenda*: Speed Dating, How to Introduce yourself in person & online, Table discussions, Fears, Compromises, Relationship building, Mela, Masquerade Ball, One-On-One meeting, and much more.
We have over 500+ profiles on , please register your profile today so you can search for other registered participants and members that are single and ready to mingle.
| EVENINGS AT JAINA CONVENTION
Come with your dancing shoes in the evening, we have the famous couple duo Sameer and Dipalee who would make you dance, laugh and party with their Bollywood numbers.
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