ISSJS
ISSJS2011 (25.4.2011 to 21.7.2011)
75 participants in different programs under ISSSJ2011 from USA, Canada, UK, China, Japan, and Thailand and coming from more than 12 universities Admissions, shall be attending the ISSJS2011 programs starting in Thailand on April 25th at two prestigious universities in Bangkok (Chulalagaon and Mahidol) and in India on May 24th at Delhi, Mangalayatan University Aligarh, Parashwanath Vidhyapeeth Varanasi, Teerthanker Mahaveer University Moradabad and Jain Vidhya Sansthan Jaipur. This year's registration to ISSJS2011 has exceeded all previous years' registrations. Prof Jeffery Long of Elizabethtown College is the guest overseas faculty in ISSJS2011 programs while Prof. Gary Francione of Rutgers University and Mr. Paul Palmoroza of UK will deliver lectures to ISSJS participants via Skype.
This year ISJS has special group of 12 students and a professor from Virginia Commonwealth University 'VCU' USA attending the program. The students will earn 4 to 6 credit hours while participating in ISSJS2011 program and have them transferred in their study program at VCU. To make this happen, ISJS has joined hands with Mangalayatan University who have accredited the ISSJS2011.3W program and shall award grades and credit hours which can be transferred to students from any recognised university in the world. This arrangement is a milestone in ISJS history and should lead to year-round offering of ISSJS programs for different universities.
Another special feature of ISSJS2011 programs is the four days intensive residential meditation camp being organized in Delhi for all participants attending ISSJS2011 programs in India. This camp will be personally supervised by HH Acarya Dr Shivmuniji and is intended for Self-realization (Atmanubhuti). Besides there are three other one week each intensive programs for learning Prakrat, Sanskrit and visit Jain pilgrim centers.
Learning Prakrat
Three alumni members from the class of ISSJS2010 have/are attending intensive 3 to 6 weeks of Prakrat learning at ISSJS Jaipur. More alumni members are realizing the need to learn Prakrat for better appreciation of Jain canonical literature. ISJS provides economical lodging and teaching facilities for visiting scholars.
Learning Sanskrit: Fulbright-Nehru scholar
ISJS is happy to announce the arrival in September 2011 of a US student under Fulbright-Nehru scholarship for nine months to learn Sanskrit through study of Jain canonical literature. ISJS is arranging his study at Varanasi and Chennai.
New collaboration:
ISJS has signed a MOU with Mangalayatan University to set up a centre for excellence in Jain studies at their centre in Aligarh.
ISJS has also signed an MOU with Vanier College Canada to organize joint study programs in India and abroad along with other universities in India.
Parashwanath Vidhyapeeth Varanasi has become an affiliate of ISJS. Chairman ISJS Dr. Shugan C Jain had been nominated as the President of Parashwanath Vidhyapeeth. The academic faculty is being significantly augmented at PV along with enhanced facilities for boarding, lodging, study, seminars etc. Delhi centre of Parashwanath Vidhyapeeth is being opened on May 8th 2011.