We are pleased to inform you of the two new initiatives of ISJS, namely:

1. Quarterly, An electronic journal termed as ‘Working Papers on Jainism’
2. Providing research facilities and support to scholars globally to undertake research in any topic related to Jainism

We hope the budding and established scholars/faculty members in religion studies, South Asian Studies or Languages will take advantage of these initiatives. For any query, please contact Dr. Shugan C. Jain, Chairman, ISJS India and President, Parshwanath Vidyapeeth. Details follow:

1. Quarterly, An Electronic journal termed as ‘Working Papers on Jainism’

To encourage the budding scholars in Jain studies and their applications in modern day issues as well as to provide a platform to experienced scholars ISJS is publishing a quarterly electronic journal. This journal will be emailed to 60 to 75 Jain scholars and ISJS alumni as well as kept on ISJS and Parshwanath Vidyapeeth ‘PV’ websites for comments and readership. ISJS also proposes to give a fee of INR 500 to authors of those papers selected for publication in this journal. Based on the comments received from the readers and a select group of ISJS experts, some of the papers will be selected for publication in Shraman, journal of PV and sent to other journals also. Please send your papers in Word using Times Roman font size 12 and A4 paper to Mr. Sushil Jana issjs_pv@yahoo.co.in or Mrs. Ruchi Rai ruchirai@pv-edu.in . Read More..