Friday, January 15, 2010

Conference on Jain History at Solapur

Conference on Jain History

The 6th Conference of Maharashtra Jain Itihas Parishad will be held at Solapur on 5th, 6th and 7th February 2010. Many scholars will attend it and present their research papers.

Dr. Vidyadhar Joharapurkar of Nagpur is the president of the conference, Dr. Bipinchandra Doshi, Chaiman of Jain Chair of Mumbai University is the Chief Guest. Padmshri Bhanvarlalji Jain of Jalgaon will inaugurate the conference.

Some of the scholars attending this conference are Padamshri Muzaffar Husaain (Mumbai), Dr. Nalini Joshi (Professor, Jain Chair, Pune University), Dr. Vijay Dharurkar of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Dr. Padmaja Patil of Shivaji University, Kolhapur.

The Chief Guest for the concluding ceremony is Dr. Bhushan Kumar Upadhyay, Police Commissioner, Solapur.

Venue:
Hirachand Nemchand Jain Dharmshala
Samrat Chowk
Solapur 413 002
Starts from 6 A.M. on Friday 5th January 2010

Contact Cell Numbers:
Mumbai:
Mr. Shrenik Annadate: 986 750 8814
Solapur:
Mr. Chandramohan Shaha 942 333 5300
Mr. Santosh Bhandari 982 326 9949

-Mahavir Sanglikar
0 962 372 5249
www.jainology.blogspot.com

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Great Marathi Jains

Karmveer Bhaurao Patil
V. Shantaram
Seth Walchand Hirachand
Navalmal Firodiya