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Member Board of Advisors
Ahimsa
Foundation
( www.jainsamaj.org )
BAL PATIL
Born 19th November, 1932 at Sangli. Graduated with Honours in
English literature and German as Second language. Writer,Researcher,
Social Activist & Journalist since 1960. Reviewer & contributor to
The Indian Express, The Times of India, The Economic Times.
Interviewed by The Times of India for its Sesquicentennial (150th
Anniversary) Special Issue on his Letters to the Editor, published
in The Times of India from 1954 to 1988.
Was Secretary in charge of Publications Committee constituted under
the Chief Editorship of Dr.A.N. Upadhye, internationally eminent
Prakrit Jain scholar and a former President of the All-India
Oriental Conference on the occasion of the Bhagwan Mahavira 2500th
Nirvana Anniversary in 1974 in the Government of India National
Committee with the then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi as the
President. The Editorial Board consisted of eminent Jain scholars,
Dr.Mohanlal Mehta, Dr.Nathmal Tatia, Pt.Dalsukh Malvania,
Dr.Nemichandra Shastri and Pt.Kailashchandra Shastri. The collection
of articles by Indologists, Jainologists of intenational and
national eminence was published as Mahavira and His Teachings.
His translation from Hindi into English Dr.Hiralal Jain's (a former
General Editor of Bharatiya Jnanapitha with Dr.A.N. Upadhye)Yugon
Yugon men Jain Dharma as Jainism Through the Age is due for
publication. JAINISM (published by Macmillan in 1974) which he has
co-authored with Dr.Colette Caillat, Member of Institut de France,
Paris and Dr.A.N. Upadhye, a former President of the All-India
Oriental Conference consists mainly of his translation from French
of Dr.Caillat's monograph on Jainism is due for reprint by M/s.
Munshiram Manoharlal, Delhi.
Bal Patil was invited to attend the 12th Biennial JAINA (Jain
Associations of North America) Convention on Art of Living held at
cincinnati, Ohio, USA from 3-6th July, 2003 to speak on Jain
Minority Status in India
Participant and speaker in the 7th Jaina Studies Workshop at SOAS on
17-18.3.2005 on Jaina Law and Jaina Community, Faculty of Arts and
Humanities, Department of the Study of Religions, Centre for Jaina
Studies, SOAS, University of London, & Department of Indic Religion,
Centre for theology and Religious studies, University of Lund.
Participated and presented a paper on the Evolution of the 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, 24-30 March,
2005.
His English translations of Dr.Ludwig Alsdorf's German Beitraege zur
Geschichte von Vegetarismus und Rinderverehrung in Indien and French
Les Etudes Jaina, Etat Present et Taches Futures are presently being
edited for publication by Dr.Willem B. Bollee, Indologist.
His book Jaya Gommatesha! was published recently by Shri Manish Modi
of Hindi Grantha Karyalaya Mumbai. The Foreword is by Prof.Colette
Caillat, Membre de l,Institut de France. The book gives a general
view of the beginnings of the Shramanic Jainism, essential tenets
its doctrine, in particular, of ahimsa, the Jain Tirthas and the
Tirthankars, of old canonical texts. Jaya gommatesh manily focusses
on Shravana Belagola, on the history of Gommateshvara and the
colossal statue of Gommateshvara (Bahubali) the first
Mahamastakabhisheka in the 21st century is being celebrated in
February 2006. The book has been published withe the blessings of
Sri Jagadguru Krmayogi Swastishree Charukirity Bhattaraka Swamiji of
Shravana Belagola who released it formally on 13th February, 2006.
His booklet Supreme Court's volte face On Constitutional Amendment
was published by the Government of Maharashtra in 1980. My
researches on abolition of capital punishment are noted by the
150-year old Howards League for Penal Reform, London, and the
Amnesty International, as also by eminent British jurists Lord
Justice Scarman and Dr.Sir Leon Radzinowicz, an eminent
criminologist and a former Director of the Institute of Criminology,
Cambridge, and the mss remains unpublished.
Was the first non-medical President of the National Society for the
Prevention of Heart Disease & Rehabilitation, Mumbai.Was the Jt.Hony.
Secretary and Founder-Member of the Committee for the Advancement
for Legal Literacy formed under the auspices of the High Court at
Bombay under the Presidentship of Justice P.B. Sawant, retired
Supreme Court Judge and ex-Chairman of the Press Council of India.
This Committee published a series of five booklets on Women and Law
in English, Marathi and Gujrathi aided by the Government of India
Legal Aid Scheme.
Was a Member of the Legal Cell to Supervise Important Litigation
constituted by the Government of Maharashtra 1981-82.Was a Member of
the Media Expert Committee on Health & Family Welfare of the
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare , Govt. of India during 1994-96.
Honoured with the prestigious Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil Award in 1995
for social service by the premier social and religious Jain
organisation Dakshin Bharat Jain Sabha. He is now the Chairman of
the Jain Minority Status Committee, Dakshin Bharat Jain Sabha.
He is pursuing Jain Minority Status Petition in the Supreme Court of
India for the recognition of Jain religious minority status on par
with Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Zoroastrian (Parsi) as
per the Government of India Notification under the National Minority
Commission Act 1992 as recommended twice by the National Minorities
Commission, Government of India. Presently a Member of the
Maharashtra State Minorities Commission, Government of Maharashtra
representing Jain community in Maharashtra State.Thanks to his
sustained efforts as a Member of the Commission The Govt. of
Maharashtra declared Minority status for the Jain community in
Maharashtra State
Address : 54, Patil Estate, 278, Javji Dadaji Marg,
Mumbai-400007. INDIA
Tel:Res.91 022 23861068, (o) 91 022 23893030, Mobile 91 022 98692
55533
E-Mail:
balpatil@globaljains.com
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