Pankaj Jain

Pankaj Jain
Born1970
Pali, Rajasthan, India
OccupationProfessor
Academic background
Alma materKarnatak University (B.E. 1992) Columbia University (M.A. 2003) University of Iowa (Ph.D. 2008)
Academic work
DisciplineReligious Studies, Film Studies, Jain Studies, Sustainability, Diaspora Studies
InstitutionsFLAME University, University of North Texas, North Carolina State University, Rutgers University

Pankaj Jain (born 1970 in Pali, Rajasthan) is a professor of Philosophy, Religious Studies, Film Studies, Sustainability, and Diaspora Studies. He has authored five books and has co-edited the Hinduism Section of the Encyclopedia of Indian Religions and another volume on Philosophy of Religion. His articles have appeared in multiple academic journals and popular websites.

Education and career

Jain graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Karnataka University in 1992 and began teaching at the M.B.M. Engineering College, Jodhpur. He moved to the US in 1996. After working as an IT professional for a few years, he joined Columbia University in 2002 to pursue M.A. in Indian Religions. In 2008, he received a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in Indian Religions and Ecology.[1]

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 Director of The India Centre and the Head of the Department of Humanities and Languages 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]
  • Visual Anthropology of Indian Films: Religious Communities and Cultural Traditions in Bollywood and Beyond[22]

Edited volumes:

  • Encyclopedia of Indian Religions- Hinduism and Tribal Religions[23]
  • Indian and Western Philosophical Concepts in Religion[24]

Articles:

Awards and Recognitions

Jain's first book was selected for the DANAM Book Prize[25] and Uberoi Foundation Award. He is a recipient of the Fulbright-Nehru International Fellowship for Environmental Leadership,[26] IIAS Fellowship,[27] and Wenner-Gren Grant.[28] In addition, he was nominated for the Sustainability Leadership Award from Memnosyne Institute.[29]

References

  1. ^ "Pankaj Jain's PhD from the University of Iowa". 2019.
  2. ^ "American university to offer six courses on Hinduism". Hindustan Times. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  3. ^ ark. "South Asia Language Resource Center Blog · New Online Course in Sanskrit from North Carolina State University". Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Pankaj Jain". hwpi.harvard.edu. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "India". ISEE - International Society for Environmental Ethics. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  7. ^ "New Directions in Indic Studies – Indian Institute of Advanced Study". Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  8. ^ James, George A. (2012). "Review of Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities: Sustenance and Sustainability". Worldviews. 16 (2): 208–210. doi:10.1163/156853512X641896. ISSN 1363-5247. JSTOR 43809469.
  9. ^ Collins, Brian H. (2013). "Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities: Sustenance and Sustainability (review)". Philosophy East and West. 63 (1): 92–95. doi:10.1353/pew.2013.0009. ISSN 1529-1898. S2CID 145412554.
  10. ^ Woomer, Amanda (1 September 2014). "Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities: Sustenance and Sustainability: By Pankaj Jain". Food, Culture & Society. 17 (3): 523–526. doi:10.2752/175174414X13948130848304. ISSN 1552-8014. S2CID 147664561.
  11. ^ Sanford, A. Whitney (2012). "Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities: Sustenance and Sustainability – By Pankaj Jain". Religious Studies Review. 38 (2): 114–115. doi:10.1111/j.1748-0922.2012.01612_9.x. ISSN 1748-0922.
  12. ^ Kent, Eliza (19 November 2013). "Book Review: Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities: Sustenance and Sustainability". Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies. 26 (1). doi:10.7825/2164-6279.1563. ISSN 2164-6279.
  13. ^ Chowdhury, Rita Roy (1 June 2012). "Review of Pankaj Jain, Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities Sustenance and Sustainability". Sophia. 51 (2): 333–334. doi:10.1007/s11841-011-0286-9. ISSN 1873-930X. S2CID 169296720.
  14. ^ Kumar, Deepak (June 2018). "Pankaj Jain, Science and Socio-religious Revolution in India: Moving the Mountains. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 2017. Pp. xxii + 98. ISBN 978-1-138-02359-8. £48.99 (hardcover)". The British Journal for the History of Science. 51 (2): 305–307. doi:10.1017/S0007087418000316. ISSN 0007-0874. S2CID 149860160.
  15. ^ Allen, Michael S. (7 June 2018). "Pankaj Jain, Science and Socio-Religious Revolution in India: Moving the Mountains". Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture. 12 (1): 115–117. doi:10.1558/jsrnc.35978. ISSN 1749-4915.
  16. ^ Anand, Abhinav (13 July 2021). "Science and Socio-Religious Revolution in India: Moving the Mountains, by Pankaj Jain". Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology. 25 (2): 171–173. doi:10.1163/15685357-02502001. ISSN 1363-5247. S2CID 238772666.
  17. ^ Purushothaman, Uma (3 July 2021). "Dharma in America: a short history of Hindu-Jain diaspora". Diaspora Studies. 14 (2): 189–190. doi:10.1080/09739572.2020.1852366. ISSN 0973-9572. S2CID 229406115.
  18. ^ Narasingha P. Sil (28 October 2020). "Pankaj Jain. Dharma in America: A Short History of Hindu-Jain Diaspora. London and New York: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group), 2020. Pp. viii +149. ISBN 978-1-138-56545-6. Price: $ 38.98". International Journal for Indian Studies. 5 (1): 82–84. ISSN 2414-8636.
  19. ^ Balan, Divya (6 April 2021). "Dharma in America: a short history of Hindu-Jain diaspora". South Asian Diaspora. 13 (2): 221–223. doi:10.1080/19438192.2021.1909906. ISSN 1943-8192. S2CID 233606866.
  20. ^ Jain, Pankaj (2023). Modern Jainism: A Historical Approach. doi:10.1007/978-981-99-2485-1. ISBN 978-981-99-2484-4. S2CID 259584680.
  21. ^ "Featured in New Books Network".
  22. ^ Jain, Pankaj (2024). Visual Anthropology of Indian Films: Religious Communities and Cultural Traditions in Bollywood and Beyond. Routledge. ISBN 9781032778280.
  23. ^ Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer. 2022. doi:10.1007/978-94-024-1188-1. ISBN 978-94-024-1187-4.
  24. ^ Jain, Pankaj (2023). Indian and Western Philosophical Concepts in Religion (1 ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-7936-2316-4.
  25. ^ "DANAM Book Award". www.jainology.org.
  26. ^ "Fulbright Fellowship". cies.org.
  27. ^ IIAS, Fellows (3 July 2023). "IIAS Fellows".
  28. ^ "Wenner Gren Grant". www.wennergren.org/.
  29. ^ "Sustainability Leadership Award from Memnosyne Institute". greensourcedfw.org. September 2016.

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