BalPatil

As a longtime Gandhian student I endeavour to be a global activist for peace, human rights. media freedom and abolition of capital punishment as a Jain which pioneered the principle of non-violence in human history according to Dr.Albert Schweitzer Secretary-General, All India Jain Minority Forum, New Delhi, Ex-Member, Media Expert Committee, Govt. of India, Ex- Member, Maharashtra State Minority Commission, Govt.of Maharashtra, Mumbai. Ex-President, National Society for Prevention of Heart Disease & Rehabilitation, Co-Author: JAINISM (Macmillan Co 1974). with Colette Caillat, (Member Institut de France, Paris,) & A.N.Upadhye, (ex-President, All-India Oriental Conference,) Author: SUPREME COURT'S VOLTE FACE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (Published by Govt. of Maharashtra, 1980) Author:Jaya Gommatesa! Foreword by C.Caillat (Publisher :Hindi Granth Karyalay, 2006, Mumbai) My translation of Dr.L. Alsdorf’s German Beitraege zur Geschichte von Vegetarismus und Rinderverehrung in Indien is presently being edited for publication by Dr. Bollee, Indologist. My translation of Dr.Asdorf's French Les Etudes Jaina, Etat Present et Taches Futures is published by Hindi granth Karyalay, (2005) Mumbai. as The Jaina Studies Present State and Future Tasks edited by Dr.Willem Bollee. Participant and speaker in the 7th Jaina Studies Workshop on Jaina Law and Jaina Community, Centre for Jaina Studies, SOAS, University of London, & Dept of Indic Religion, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, University of Lund. Participated and presented a paper on the Evolution of Sramanic Jain Tradition and Its Impact on Indic Civilisation & Religious Fundamentalism in the XIXth World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religion, Tokyo, Japan, 2005. Patil Estate, 278, Tardeo Road, Mumbai-400007, Tel:91 22 2386 1068, Fax: 91 22 23893030, Cell: 98692 55533 Website: http://jaina.in Email: balpatil@globaljains.com