Jain Dharma is the least known/understood Religion. Even among academia, it was mostly mentioned as a footnote. As a Shravak, it’s our duty to help spread our Tirthankers` message where our Sadhu/Sadhvis cannot reach.
Jain Academic Education Committee (an integral part of JCSC) was established to promote Jain Dharma in academia. Jain Dharma Principles are pillars of modern democracy and Jain Way of life is most climate friendly and most nonviolent, preached by our Tirthankers for millennia.
Investing with Academic Institutions with emphasis on Jain Dharma will help ,Jain Religion to be recognized as a compassionate religion with worlds` other religions`. JAEC’s journey began with the first Chair, Shri Bhagwan Mahavira Chair for Jain Study at FIU, Miami Florida in 2010. Since then, our march has been unstoppable and now Jain Programs are at more than 30 Universities worldwide and these are helping us impart Shruta Jnana (Knowledge obtained through signs, symbols, words hearing from wise and reading scriptures).
JAEC also holds several conferences, and sponsors lectures in addition to publishing papers, and writing books.
| Academic Institution | Jain Program |
| International School of Jain Studies (ISJS) | Summer and Winter education sessions for academicians from all over the world |
| FIU, Miami, Florida | Shri Bhagwan Mahavira Chair for Jain Study |
| Cal Poly Pomona | Shri Bhagwan Shantinath Endowed Ahimsa Center |
| UCI | Shri Bhagwan Parshvanath Presidential Chair in Jain study |
| UCR | Shrimad Rajchandra Jain Study Chair. |
| University of Wisconsin, Madison | Shri Bhagwan Anantnath Endowed Chair in Jain Study. |
| Ghent University, Belgium | Acharya Mahapragya Jain Study Program |
| UCSB | Shri Bhagwan Vimalnath Jain Chair |
| CSULB | Shri Bhagwan Suvidhinath Endowed Chair |
| UC Davis | Mohini Jain Presidential Chair |
| Fresno State | Jain/Hindu Chair |
| UCONN | Shri Bhagwan Neminath Jain Study Program |
| CSUN | Shri Bhagwan Ajitnath Endowed Professorship |
| University of Colorado, Denver | Shri Bhagwan Suparshvanath Endowed Professorship |
| University of South Florida | Shri Bhagwan Padmaprabh Endowed Professorship |
| LMU | Shri Bhagwan Mallinath Endowed Professorship |
| University of N. Texas, Denton | Shri Bhagwan Adinath Professorship |
| Cerritos Community College | Shri Bhagwan Kunthunath Endowed Thought Leadership |
| University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign | Shri Bhagwan Munisuvrat Swami Endowed Professorship |
| University of Pittsburgh | Shri Bhagwan Vasupujya Swami Endowed Post-Doctoral Fellowship |
| Rutgers University | Alka Dalal Endowed Post-Doctoral Fellowship |
| Emory University | Shri Bhagwan Aranath Endowed Post-Doctoral Fellowship. |
| University of Toronto | Shri Bhagwan Shitalnath Post-Doctoral Fellowship. |
| Claremont School Of Theology (CST), Willamette University | Shri Bhagwan Chandraprabhu Post-Doctoral Fellowship for 3 years. |
| University of Birmingham, UK | Shri Bhagwan Dharmanath Endowed Jain Study Program |
| UCLA | Shri Bhagwan Abhinandan Jain Lectureship for 3 years |
| CSUF | Shri Bhagwan Shantinath Lectureship for 5 years. |
| UCSB | Shri Bhagwan Vimalnath Lectureship for 5 years. |
| University of Chicago | Active Jain Study program at various levels--PhD students, lectureship etc. |
| Emory University | Active Jain Study program |
| Banaras Hindu University | Shri Bhagwan Sheyasnath Jain Study Program for 3 years. |
| Universitat Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany | Jain Study Program. |
| ASU, SOAS, USF & UCONN | Shri Kanjiswami Jain Study Program |
| Various Centers, India | Prakrit Study program in India |
| Switzerland-Das Museum Reitberg, Zurich | Jain Exhibition under Directorship of Dr. Johannes Beltz. from November 22 thru April 23. |
Chair Jasvant Modi: 213-999-7011, jnmodi@hotmail.com
Vice Chair--Rajesh Shah: 213-820-5400, rbshah9@gmail.com