Pankaj Jain
Pankaj Jain | |
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| Born | 1970 |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Karnatak University (B.E. 1992) Columbia University (M.A. 2003) University of Iowa (Ph.D. 2008) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Religious Studies, Film Studies, Jain Studies, Sustainability, Diaspora Studies |
| Institutions | FLAME University, University of North Texas, North Carolina State University, Rutgers University |
Pankaj Jain (born 1970 in
Education and career
Jain graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from
In 2007, he taught Sanskrit, Hindi, and Hinduism at Rutgers University for a year.[2] From 2008 to 2010, he taught Indian languages at North Carolina State University.[3] In 2010 he joined the Department of Philosophy and Religion and Department of Anthropology at the University of North Texas. He has been a research affiliate at the Pluralism Project by Harvard University,[4] the first Hindu-Jain scholar-in-residence at Greenfaith,[5] an American interfaith environmental coalition, and the India representative for the International Society for Environmental Ethics.[6]
He is currently the Head of the Department of Humanities and Languages and also the Chair of The India Centre at FLAME University. He convened the first Indic Studies conference in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Advanced Study in May 2021.[7]
Works
Monographs:
- Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities: Sustenance and Sustainability
- Science and Socio-Religious Revolution in India: Moving the Mountains
- Dharma in America: A Short History of Hindu-Jain Diaspora
- Modern Jainism: A Historical Approach[20][21]
Edited volumes:
- Encyclopedia of Indian Religions- Hinduism and Tribal Religions[22]
- Indian and Western Philosophical Concepts in Religion[23]
Articles:
- Essays in the Journal of Visual Anthropology
Awards and Recognitions
Jain's first book was selected for the DANAM Book Prize[24] and Uberoi Foundation Award. He is a recipient of the Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship for Environmental Leadership,[25] IIAS Fellowship,[26] and Wenner-Gren Grant.[27] In addition, he was nominated for the Sustainability Leadership Award from Memnosyne Institute.[28]
References
- ^ "Pankaj Jain's PhD from the University of Iowa". 2019.
- ^ "American university to offer six courses on Hinduism". Hindustan Times. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ ark. "South Asia Language Resource Center Blog · New Online Course in Sanskrit from North Carolina State University". Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "Pankaj Jain". hwpi.harvard.edu. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "On Gandhi's Birthday, GreenFaith Announces Hindu and Jain Scholar in Residence". fore.yale.edu. Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "India". ISEE - International Society for Environmental Ethics. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "New Directions in Indic Studies – Indian Institute of Advanced Study". Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- JSTOR 43809469.
- S2CID 145412554.
- S2CID 147664561.
- ISSN 1748-0922.
- ISSN 2164-6279.
- S2CID 169296720.
- S2CID 149860160.
- ISSN 1749-4915.
- S2CID 238772666.
- S2CID 229406115.
- ISSN 2414-8636.
- S2CID 233606866.
- S2CID 259584680.
- ^ "Reviewed in the New Books Network Podcast".
- ISBN 978-94-024-1187-4.
- ISBN 978-981-99-2484-4.
- ^ "DANAM Book Award". www.jainology.org.
- ^ "Fulbright Fellowship". cies.org.
- ^ IIAS, Fellows (3 July 2023). "IIAS Fellows".
- ^ "Wenner Gren Grant". www.wennergren.org/.
- ^ "Sustainability Leadership Award from Memnosyne Institute". greensourcedfw.org. September 2016.
External links
- Pankaj Jain publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Profile at FLAME University