Prof. Phoolchandra Jain, ‘Premi’ Alumni of Parshwanath Vidyapeeth got conferred Presidential Award for PRAKRIT LANGUAGE for the year 2017.
On 15th August, 2018, the Ministry of Human Resource & Development, Govt. of India announced the name of the recipient of Presidential Awards for PRAKRIT LANGUAGE for the year 2017. This year Prof. Phoolchandra Jain ‘Premi,’ Former Director B. L. Institute of Indology, New Delhi, Former Professor, Jaina Darshan, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University and Alumni of Parshwanath Vidyapeeth has been awarded Presidential Award 2017 for his significant contribution to Prakrit Language and Literature.
Prof. Phoolchand Jain ‘Premi’ who did his Ph.D. from Parshwanath Vidyapeeth on ‘Mulachara Ka Samikshatmak Adhyayan’, is a great scholar of Sanskrit, Prakrit and Jainism. He was head of the Department of Jaina Darshan, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University. He has been former President of Akhil Bharatavarshiya Digambar Vidvat Parishad.
Presently he is Dean of Syadvad Mahavidyalaya, Varanasi and President of Jina Foundation, New Delhi. He has been Professor Emeritus at Jaina Vishwa Bharati, Ladnun. He has edited many original Jaina manuscripts and authored hundreds of Research papers. In 2018 he was awarded ‘Vishista Pescara of Uttarpradesh Sanskrit Sansthanam by Honorable Governor of U.P. Sh. Ram Naik and Yogi Aditya Nath, Chief Minister U. P. His wife Dr. Munni Pushpa Jain is a guest lecture, in Jaina Darshan Vibhag, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University. His elder son Dr. Anekant Kumar Jain is Professor at Lal Bahadur Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, New Delhi. ‘Shraman Sanskriti aura Vaidika Vratya’ is a recently published work of Prof. Jain from Bharatiya Jnanapith, New Delhi which is well received by the Jaina Scholars. He has been awarded Mahavira Puraskar, Ahimsa International Puraskar, Shrut Samvardhan Puraskar, Acharya Gyansagar Puraskar and Gommatesh Puraskar.
Prof. Phoolchandra Jain as born on 12th July, 1948 at Dalapatpur, District Sagar (MP). His father Singhai Nemichand Jain and mother Udyeti Bai were religious person. After his primary education he did Jaina Dharma Visharada from Katni. Then he came to Syadvad Mahavidyalaya, Varanasi and passed his Siddhanta-shastri and Achary Examination. He did his M A from Dept. of Sanskrit, BHU with Jaina Philosophy. He passed his Prakritacharya from Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi. In 1977 he was enrolled at Parshwanath Vidyapeeth for Ph. D. and completed his Ph. D. on ‘Mulachara ka Samikshatmaka Adhyayan’ in 1977. He taught Prakrit at Jaina Vishwa Bharati from 1976-1979. He joined as a lecturer and head to Sampurnanand Sanskrit University in 1979. He got retired in 2013 from Sampurnanand Sanskrit University. After, he was Director of B L Institute of Indology for two years. Prof. Jain has got many awards based on his academic works.
Parshwanath Vidyapeeth congratulates Prof. Jain for this great achievement. We really feel proud as he has been Ph. D. student of the Institute.