A.N. Upadhye

By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy

Dr. Adinatha Neminatha Upadhye was born at Sadalaga village in Belgaum district in 1906. He had his early education in Belgaum, Kolhapur, Sangli and Puna. He studied at Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Puna and obtained Masters degree in Prakrit. Subsequently, he joined Rajaram College, Kolhapur, as Professor of Prakrit in which most of the Jaina works have been written.
 
His mother wanted her son to become a lawyer and earn lot of money. Young Upadhye told his mother "If I become a lawyer, I will be arguing the cases involving murderers, cheaters, thieves and other bad elements. But now I can write about Jina, Thirthankaras, Jaina saints whom you respect most. Hence you should be more happy that I am choosing this career which is nearer to God, than money." His mother was extremely happy at this reply and blessed him.
 
He dedicated himself to Jaina studies and contributed many books of great rese-arch value. His works include Pravachanasara, Panchasuttam, Varangacharita, Kamsavaho, Lilavati, Kuvalayamala, and numerous others. His contributions were admired by great scholars like Schubring (Germany), Winternitz (Pargue), Keith (Edinburgh), Chatterji (Kolkata), R. Shamashastry (Kautilya fame). Honours came to him from far and wide. He visited Paris, Canberra, Belgium, etc. He was the President of 46th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana held in 1967.
 
At the age of 65, he joined the Mysore University as the first Professor of the Department of Jainalogy and Prakrits at the invitation of the then Vice-Chancellor, Prof. D. Javaregowda. The VC had a tough time in convincing the authorities for the appointment of Dr. Upadhye as he was 65. My-sore University came to limelight among many foreign universities due to the presence of Dr. Upadhye as the faculty.
 
There are many anecdotes revolving around Dr. Upadhye. In a function at Mysore, another great scholar D.L. Narasimhachar, while welcoming Upadhye said, "His full name is Ane Upadhye, meaning an elephant and he is like an elephant in Jainology," and the audience applauded this statement. But while replying Dr. Upadhye said, "If you write my name in English (Roman) it will be AN Upadhye and its short for ANU meaning, just an atom." The audience admired his humility and gave him a sta-nding ovation for this observation.
 
Dr. Upadhye being a great scholar at international level, was writing letters to scholars all over the world and similarly was receiving letters from them. He used to go to the post box to post these letters. Once when he was in Kolhapur, he felt the post box was too far from his house and caused great inconvenience. He wrote to the postal authorities requesting them to shift the post box near his house. The postal authorities were perplexed at this strange request. As they had heard of his greatness, they reacted positively to his request. They watched for a month, the number of letters that were being posted by Dr. Upadhye and also the letters he received from others. They noticed that 90% of the letters in that post box were posted by Upadhye. Immediately they accepted his request and shifted the post box nearer to his house.
 
Once Dr. H.M. Nayak, appreciating Upadhye's publications, told the youngsters to emulate the example of Dr. Upadhye, otherwise they will perish. Dr . Upadhye in his replay said, "Be careful in publishing. Many people have published and perished. Don't rush towards publication unless you are very sure of what you publish." This advice applies to present times in a more emphatic way.
 
I had the good fortune of knowing Dr. Upadhye intimately when he was in Mysore University. When we published a Prakrit inscription mentioning cha a patharo and showed it to him, he hugged me and demanded sweets. When I reminded him that he is a diabetic, he laughed and said "Please don't remind me of my diabetes. I will eat sweets and take one more extra tablet." He repeated the same sentence whenever he came to my house for dinner.
 
Though Upadhye was provided with a typist by the University, he typed personal letters himself without depending upon the official typist. After retirement from the University in 1975, he went back to Kolhapur and died on Oct. 9, 1975, in his house Dhavala on the 8th road (athavi galli). The Municipal Corporation, after his death, named the road as A.N. Upadhye Marg.
 
The name of Dr. Upadhye will be immortal as long as Jain studies remain in any part of the world. By accepting to be at Mysore University at the age of 65, he made Mysore University proud.
(Inputs from Dr. Preeti Shubhachandra).

Dr. G. B. Jain

By Dr. B. M. Hegde

"The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease."- Sir William Osler.

It was four in the afternoon on a pleasant Delhi spring evening, decades ago, when I had to deliver a lecture on some aspect of hypertension - I do not remember the exact title now - where I met a diminutive, fatherly, kind hearted, elderly gentleman with a very broad natural smile, chairing my talk. His very presence and smile made me feel so tranquil that I immediately felt at ease although I was to lecture to the "great" Delhi doctors! Our chemistries gelled so well that we became the greatest of friends till the day Dr. Guninder Bahadur Jain met his maker in Heaven, recently at the age of 80 at his own home, Barnala House, in the comfort of his loving children and their spouses. Thanks to his physician son, Dinesh, death was made dignified for him without the usual tubes stuck in all orifices in the so called ICU which, most of the time, is the most expensive but, useless route to heaven.

I think my lecture went down well with all sections of the audience and the President, in his concluding remarks, used such superlatives about me that I was dumbfounded! I left Delhi and when I reached home I had such a sweet handwritten letter waiting for me, the like of which I never had in my life, which told me what I was. We kept meeting every time I went to Delhi and Late Dr. G.B. Jain sahib came down to my University - Manipal - in December 2000, as Chief Guest for delivering the Convocation address when I was the Vice-Chancellor. He is the other name for true philanthropy. He donated a substantial sum for scholarships in our University on that very occasion. I would like him to have a title, a longish one at that, of a true infracaninophile!

As a physician he was peerless, as a doctor he was the friend, philosopher, and guide to his ailing patients, as a father he was the best that God ever created, as a friend he was genuinely sincere, as a husband, I was told, he was an icon, as a scientist he was curious, as a teacher he was a role model, and as a citizen he was the most committed to his fellow human beings – altruistic to the core. The best part of him was as a literary man. In the year 2001 he penned his memoirs Spring Through Autumn - An Indian Physician's Reminiscences and Reflections published by the College of Physicians & Surgeons, Delhi. After this came his English poetry translation of the Bhagavad-Gita - A Timeless Melody, which stands out like the Geetanjali of Tagore. It was published by the publishing giant Rupa in 2005, and received much acclaim.

He treated me like his own son, and I addressed him as "daddyji". In 2003, he published a collection of my articles, written over the years; spending more than two hundred thousand Indian Rupees from his own pocket and donated them to all medical institutions. I don't remember a parallel to that act of kindness to date. He also wrote a beautiful foreword for that book - Ancient Wisdom, Science and Health.

He literally built a few good hospitals in Delhi nurturing them in every respect. He was the much adored Medical Trustee of the Tirath Ram Shah Charitable Hospital - one of the premier hospitals of Delhi. He walked like a medical colossus over the Delhi medical stage for more than six decades. People of all hues liked and respected him. He had no enemies as he hated none but loved all. Medical students, practitioners, teachers sought his valuable and unparalleled advice, opinion, and guidance on difficult issues and challenges. He excelled in making balanced and practical decisions quickly. His infective sense of humour was as well known as his clinical acumen and skills, and there was never a sad moment in his presence.

After graduating from the Government Medical College, Amritsar, Punjab, he had the best of medical training in Liverpool and Edinburgh in the 1950s under some of the great brains of that time and took his MRCP (Edinburgh) examinations with credit at the young age of 26! But just before that he qualified the DTM & H with the coveted Milne Medal from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. His teachers included Sir Stanley Davidson, Sir John Crofton, Professor K.L. Wig - the first Dean of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College in 1973 and was one of the most respected Fellows even by the local Fellows of the College. He kept in touch with his Scottish and English colleagues to his last days. Luckily his son, Dinesh, also became a Fellow of three Royal Colleges, which gave the old man supreme happiness. Dinesh is the true chip of the old block following on his father's footsteps like his shadow.

Dr. Jain was a homely family man enjoying the company of his children, grandchildren, and in-laws. His only sorrow was his wife's precocious death which he used to repent to his last day. While Dinesh is a physician like his father, Naresh the next son, is a medical administrator, and his only daughter Sunita, a paediatrician of repute in Jaipur. Her husband Kamal is a well-known physician there. Of his six grandchildren, four are already doctors and two are in the medical pipeline! His family garden is full of flowers that blossomed well to serve the society like the gardener himself. May Dr. G.B. Jain's soul rest in eternal peace? May he guide us, all doctors, as to how an authentic doctor could live well even in these days of medical commercialization?

The best memorial for Late Dr. Jain would be for all doctors to live like him. Rudyard Kipling would have written about him thus: "This earth belonged to him - and, More - he was a MAN."

"A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!" -- Oliver Wendell Holmes.

MP Veerendra Kumar

MP Veerendra Kumar (born on 22nd July, 1936), a political leader, writer and former Union Minister has shown his command in almost all areas of life. An orator, thinker, author, parliamentarian, he has been steering the social, political, economic, cultural and literary scenario of Kerala for a long time.

Born to MK Padmaprabha Gowder and Marudevi Amma, Veerendra Kumar inherited the tradition of Socialist Party from his father, who was a famous planter and Socialist Party leader. Veerendra Kumar overjumped the rudimentary political spectacle of Socialist Party and rose as a leader of Socialist Front. Contacts with Ram Manohar Lohia and other leftist leaders enabled him to develop his intellectual and philosophical capacity.

Family:

He is married to Usha and has four children-Asha, Nisha, Jayalakshmi and Shreyams Kumar.

MP Veerendra Kumar endearingly called Veeran is the Chairman and Managing Director of "Mathrubhoomi" for the last eighteen years. He made it one of the most popular dailies in Kerala.

Proficient in English, Malayalam and Kannada languages, Veeran has authored several works. He is considered as a good writer in Malayalam literature.

Interested in reading and book collection, Veerendra Kumar owns a large collection of books ranging from philosophy, literature, religion, economics and politics. His deep knowledge in these subjects is evident through his different articles and works.

Education

Born at Kalpatta in Wayanad district, Veerendra Kumar had his basic education at Karnataka and later joined Subba Krishna Memorial Jain High School, Kalpatta. After schooling, he had his intermediate studies at Kozhikode Samoothiri College (now, Guruvayoorappan College). He took his MA in philosophy from Madras Vivekananda College. He acquired MBA from US.

AwardsSeveral awards were given to Veerendra Kumar for his contributions in the field of instructive literature.

C Achutha Menon Award

Odakkuzhal Award
First Bharat Soorya Award
Kerala Sahitya Academy Award
Koduppunna Award
Dubai Kairali Kalakendram Award for Religious Integration

Sahitya Academy Award 2010 for his Malayalam Travelogue

Positions Held

a) First Vice-Chairman of PTI and later, Chairman. b) Trustee, Press Institute of India- Research Institute for News Paper Development. c) Deputy President, Indian News Paper Society. d) Chairman, Indian News Paper Society. e) Chairman, Sree Ramashramam Award Committee. f) Member of Indian and Eastern News Paper Society. g) Chairman and Managing Director, Mathrubhoomi Printing and Publishing Company.

In politics also, he adorned several positions.

1. Vice-President of Janata Party, Kerala Unit.
2. Elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly by record majority from Kalpatta.
3. Minister of Forest and Environment for one day.
4. Elected to Lok Sabha from Kozhikode.
5. Minister of State for Finance in the Dev Gowda Ministry, Minister of State for Employment in the IK Gujral Ministry.
6. National Executive member of Samyukta Socialist Party.
7. National Secretary of Socialist Party.
8. State President of Janata Dal.

As managing director of Mathrubhoomi Mathrubhoomi made several progresses while Veeran was serving as the Managing Director of Mathrubhoomi. They started Kannur and Kottayam editions at his initiative alone. Uphelding the culture and heritage, he never let any bias fall on the editorial content of the newspaper. With co-operation of the employees he made it a successful institution. For the welfare of the Mathrubhoomi employees he,

• Ensured industrial peace by providing long-term draft in bonus issue.
• Allowed interim wages for newspaper employees even before the government decision.
• Instituted Wage Board recommendations with further more concessions.
• Group Gratuity Institute.
• Medical Insurance.
• Revised Pension scheme.

Contact Details:

MP Veerendra Kumar Managing Director Mathrubhoomi Printing and Publishing Company Limited Kozhikode-673001.

Bhavarlal Jain

Born: December 12 1937

Bhavarlal Hiralal Jain- B.H. Jain (often known as Bade Bhau - Big Brother or Bhumiputra - son of the earth) is the Founder of Jain Irrigation Systems and Chairman of the Issuer. He began his business in 1962 by trading in agricultural inputs and equipments. In 1978, he acquired a sick unit which he used to manufacture Papain. In 1980, he commenced PVC Pipe manufacturing operations. During 1987 and 1988, he pioneered the concept of micro irrigation in India. He has received many awards and accolades for outstanding work in agriculture including the prestigious Crawford Reid Memorial Award instituted by Irrigation Association, U.S.A. for "Significant Contribution to the Irrigation Industry outside the United States" in 1997. He was the first Indian and the second Asian to receive this honor for his significant achievements in promoting proper irrigation techniques and in fostering major advancements in the industry.

Jain was born in to a farming family of tiny village Vakod of Maharashtra, India in 1937. In 1963, selling kerosene from a pushcart, the young law graduate Bhavarlal Jain, founded the family business in trading. The family formed a partnership with a meager Rs. 7,000, the accumulated savings of three generations, as capital. Soon, agencies for two wheelers, auto vehicles, and automobile accessories were established.

After inspired by a quote, "Agriculture: a profession with future" young Bhavarlal Jain added a dealership of tractors, sprinkler systems, PVC pipes, and other farm equipment. In order to broad-base the business he also added, agencies for farm inputs such as fertilizers, seeds, and pesticides. His business grew from Rs. 1 million in 1963 to Rs. 110 million till 1978. He has done considerable amount of work particularly regarding the water management systems.

At its modern 1000 acre R&D Farm, research and demonstration is taking place for providing cost effective measures of wasteland development, soil and water conservation, greenhouse, fertigation, adoption of bio-pesticides and bio-fertilizers, effective farm management and improving productivity for horticultural crops. 'Grand Nain'- a tissue cultured banana variety introduced by him has emerged as the leading variety with banana farmers in Maharashtra

He has been striving hard to earn a place of pride for Indian agriculture by augmenting yields and adding value, through scientific inputs of technology. Mr. B.H. Jain has been the recipient of large number of national award and honors.

He founded the Anubhuti School, an experiential residential International Academy, which is operational from July 2007. The school is based on experiential learning approach and has started with Classes 5, 6 & 7. Mr. Jain is Managing Trustee of Jain Charities an organization working in social activities.

Recognitions
He has received 19 International and National Awards. He has also teceived 2008 - Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award by the Government of India. Also awarded with the degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) from Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology in 2006 for "tremendous service to the nation by putting up Research Projects and Drip Irrigation Projects which is a unique boon to the agriculturists all over.

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Ravindra Jain

Ravindra Jain is an Indian music composer, who won the Filmfare Best Music Director Award in 1985. He was born completely blind. He was born in Aligarh on 28th February in 1944. He is married to a poetess Divya Jain.



He is considered the most notable of the Hindi music directors in the 1970s and early 1980s, for hit films such as Chor Machaye Shor (1974). His song genre is light, classical music. He is famous for melodious music and noted for their soothing qualities. His talent is not restricted to music direction alone, but he has composed beautiful lyrics too for many of his songs.



Jain's greatest discovery is claimed by some to be the noted playback singer, Dr. K. J. Yesudas, who has sung in many of his pictures. Together they gave the Hindi film industry some memorable songs like 'Oo goriya re' (Naiyya), 'Beethi hui raat ki' (Sunayna), and 'Gori tera gaon' (Chitchor). It is said that Jain was so fascinated by the way Yesudas sang his songs that Yesudas' face was the first he wanted to see if he ever received his vision. Jain has worked on songs after his liaison with Yesudas, but he has failed to attain the pinnacle of glory he achieved with the master singer during the 1970s.In Addition Ravindra Jain also rendered beautiful music to many of the Rajeshree films. He was also given a big Break by Raj Kapoor and gave some superhit tunes for his film Ram Teri Ganga Maili He recently made a comeback in Ramanand Sagar's Sai Baba, his comeback has made him immensely popular and especially the youth consider his music to be the most soothing.One of his most famous songs is 'Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se' (Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se). He also provided music for epic Ramayana by Ramanand Sagar. He recently gave music for vivah by sooraj barjataya which was very pure and indian.



Ravindra Jain has been honoured by President, Vice-President, Prime Minister, Cabinet Ministers, State Governors and Chief Ministers of various states and many prominent political leaders. He has been also honoured by Swami Haridas, Raseshwar, Sur Singar, Filmfare, Youth National, Uptron, Aashirwad, Aadharshila, Priyadarshini, Indigo'90, Jaycees, Lions, Rotary, Bengal Film Journalist Association, U.P. Film Patrakar Sangh and many other awards from Film Institutions, Social Groups, etc.He has been honoured with the title of "Sangeet Gyaneshwar", "Almast Fakeer", "Sangeet Samrat", etc. throughout his life.



Awards and nominations
Filmfare Nomination for Best Music-Chitchor (1976)
Filmfare Nomination for Best Music-Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se (1978)
Filmfare Nomination for Best Lyricist- for the song "Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se" in Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se(1978)
Filmfare Best Music Director Award-Ram Teri Ganga Maili(1985)
Filmfare Nomination for Best Lyricist-for the song "Main Hoon Khushrang" in Henna (film) (1991)[2]



His Works:



Lyrisist
Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi (2008) (To Go On Floor)
Vivah (November 10, 2006)

Bhaggmati - The Queen Of Fortunes (August 26, 2005)

Kalyug Ka Avtar (October 6, 1995)

Paramveer Chakra (1995)

Beta Ho To Aisa (1994)

Jaan Pe Khelkar (1993)

Meri Aan (1993)

Henna (June 28, 1991)

Mera Dil Tere Liye (1991)

Meet Mere Man Ke (1991)

Karnama (1990) (Released)
Jungbaaz (June 16, 1989)

Paap Ko Jala Kar Raakh Kar Doonga (September 1988)

Marte Dam Tak (July 17, 1987)

Pratighat (April 10, 1987)

Ram Teri Ganga Maili (August 16, 1985)

Nadiya Ke Paar (1982)

Maan Abhimam (1980)

Pratishod (1980)

Naiyya (1980)

Yeh Kaisa Insaaf (1980)

Radha Aur Sita (August 10, 1979)

Gopal Krishna (July 6, 1979)

Dada (January 19, 1979)

Sunayana (1979)

Naiya (1979)

Mera Rakshak (August 18, 1978)

Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se (1978)

Paheli (1977)

Dulhan Wohi Jo Piya Man Bhaye (1977)

Kotwal Saheb (1977)

Ram Bharose (1977)
Fakira (September 6, 1976)

Kalicharan (February 7, 1976)

Chitchor (1976)

Salakhen (1976)

Geet Gata Chal (1975)

Do Jasoos (1975)

Chor Machaye Shor (March 22, 1974)

Saudagar (October 26, 1973)



Music Director
Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi (2008)

Vivah (November 2006)

Bhaggmati - The Queen Of Fortunes (August 2005)

Satyaghath: Crime Never Pays (2003)

Kalyug Ka Avtar (October 6, 1995)

Paramveer Chakra (1995)

Beta Ho To Aisa (1994)

Jaan Pe Khelkar (1993)

Meri Aan (1993)

Henna (June 28, 1991)

Yeh Aag Kab Bujhegi (April 19, 1991)

Karnama (1990)

Jungbaaz (June 16, 1989)

Paap Ko Jala Kar Raakh Kar Doonga (September 1988)

Marte Dam Tak (July 1987)

Pratighat (April 10, 1987)

Ram Teri Ganga Maili (August 1985)

Ayaash (1982)

Nadiya Ke Paar (1982)

Insaaf Ka Tarazu (November 1980)
Pratishod (1980)

Naiyya (1980)

Yeh Kaisa Insaaf (1980)

Maan Abhimam (1980)

Hum Tere Ashiq Hain (November 1979)

Radha Aur Sita (August 1979)

Gopal Krishna (July 1979)

Aatish (February 1979)

Sunayana (1979)

Saanch Ko Aanch Nahin (1979)

Naiya (1979)

Mera Rakshak (August 1978)

Sarkari Mehman (1978)

Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se (1978)

Maha Badmash (1977)

Kotwal Saheb (1977)

Dulhan Wohi Jo Piya Man Bhaye (1977)

Paheli (1977)

Ram Bharose (1977)

Safed Haathi (1977)

Fakira (September 6, 1976)

Salakhen (1976)

Chitchor (1976)

Tapasya (1976)

Do Jasoos (1975)

Geet Gata Chal (1975)

Chor Machaye Shor (March 22, 1974)
Shatranj Ke Mohre (1974)

Saudagar (October 26, 1973)



Playback Singer
Vivah (November 10, 2006)

Bhaggmati - The Queen Of Fortunes (August 2005)

Maan Abhimam (1980)

Radha Aur Sita (August 10, 1979)

Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se (1978)

Dulhan Wohi Jo Piya Man Bhaye (1977)

Geet Gata Chal (1975)



Contact Details:

2, MANVENDRA APARTMENTS

16th ROAD, BANDRA(W)

MUMBAI - 400 050. (INDIA)

Tel. No: 91- 22- 2600 4192

Telefax: 91- 22- 2600 5390

Email: drproduction@yahoo.com

Viju Shah

Viju Shah, also known as Vijay Shah is a famous Music Composer in Hindi Film Industries. He is also a Playback Singer. He won Filmfare Award for Best Background Score for the Hindi film Gupt in 1998.

Viju Shah is son of veteran Music Director Kalyanji.

Here is the list of the films he composed music for:

Zamaanat (2008) (post-production)
Victoria No. 203: Diamonds Are Forever (2007)
Yun Hota To Kya Hota (2006)
Shikhar (2005)
Anjaan (2005)
Asambhav (2004)
Calcutta Mail (2003)
Kaise Kahoon Ke... Pyaar Hai (2003) (as Viju Sha)
Dhund: The Fog (2003) (as Viju Sha)
Dil Ka Rishta (2003)
Tujhe Meri Kasam (2003)
Chhal (2002) (as Viju Sha)
Kasam (2001)
Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat (2001)
Jeetenge Hum (2001)
Hadh: Life on the Edge of Death (2001)
Husn Ke Lootere (2001)
Master (2001)
Beti No. 1 (2000)
Bulandi (2000)
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998)
Humse Badhkar Kaun: The Entertainer (1998)
Vinashak - Destroyer (1998)
Prithvi (1997)
Aar Ya Paar (1997)
Bhoot Bhungla (1997)
Gupt: The Hidden Truth (1997)
Shivam (1997)
Tere Mere Sapne (1996)
Ravan Raaj: A True Story (1995)
Mohra (1994)
Andaz Apna Apna (1994)
Lootere (1993)
Yalgaar (1992)
Junoon (1992)
Vishwatma (1992)
Muqaddar Ka Badshaah (1990)

As a playback singer, he song in:
Kasam (2001) (playback singer)
Jeetenge Hum (2001) (playback singer)

Kiran Shah (Little Kiran)

Kiran Shah :: born in Nairobi, Kenya in 1956.

He lived in Kenya until he was twelve years old when his family decided to move to India. It was in India that Kiran decided to get involved with films, but due to his fathers poor health they decided to leave India and move to England, London where his brother was already settled. Kiran continued his studies in London, but was still interested to get into show business. In 1973 while reading Time Out magazine he spotted an advert auditioning for the Red Buddha Theatre Co., encouraged by his brother he decided to audition. He successfully got the part of the main clown and mime artist, and went on tour with the company in Italy, in the play 'Man From The East'. For the next four years he appeared in various experimental theatre productions.

In 1976 Kiran had his big break into films, his first film was 'Candleshoe' standing-in for a girl called Sara Tamakuni. On location stunt coordinator Bob Anderson, asked Kiran to do stunts for Sara. From then on Kiran's stunt career started and he hasn't looked back since.

On the same film while being at Pinewood Studios Kiran was spotted by a producer John Dark who asked him to audition for a film 'The People That Time Forgot' for a small part. Since appearing in this film playing Bolum, Kiran has appeared in various films, television productions, commercials and videos. These include 'Legend' in which he was co-starring with Tom Cruise, and 'Titanic' where he did stunts for several children. He was also involved on 'The Lord Of The Rings' trilogy with director Peter Jackson. He was scale double and stunt double for all the Hobbits mainly Frodo and trained little people on movement and mask work.

In 2004 Kiran was back in New Zealand filming 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' playing a character called 'Ginarrbrik'.

Kiran also writes poetry, his work has been published in Britain and America. His poems are based on his thoughts and feelings about the places he has been and the experiences he has had. He has written film scripts and currently is working with his nephew on a script. He hopes one day these scripts will be produced.

In 2004 with his nephew Kit formed a company called 'Little Kiran Productions' and in the same year with kit, he co-directed a short film called 'Still living' and in 2005 they have directed their first feature film 'Weekend Lovers'.

Kiran is a 'Guinness World Record' holder as the 'shortest professional stuntman currently working in film' since October 2003.

Contact: 00 44 (0) 7956 612 338
(Personal Manager John Peters)
Email: johnpetersmanagement@yahoo.co.uk

Source: http://www.littlekiran.com/

Claudia Pastorino

Born in Genoa, where she lives, Claudia Pastorino is an italian singer-composer.

As of today, she has published five CDs:

"I GATTI DI BAUDELAIRE", 1995;
"INVENTARE L'ALLEGRIA", 1997;
"TRENTANNI", 1999;
"UN SOGNO DI MARE", 2005 (in this CD she sings as an interpreter, accompanied by the Quartet of Celloists 'Cello Fans');
"LIVE AND LET LIVE", 2006.

Claudia Pastorino is also a writer; her first book, "The centering of Tao", was published in 2000.

Claudia dedicated herself to the learning of the Jainism Doctrine and she translated "SAMAN SUTTAM, the Basis of Jainism, the most ancient Doctrine of Non-violence" (published in Italy in 2001 by Mondadori, within the collection "Men and Religions").

In 2002 Claudia published "Jainism, the most ancient Doctrine of Nonviolence, Compassion and Ecology" by Edizioni Cosmopolis; this work contained the italian translation of "The Book of Compassion".

In 2003 Claudia published her latest book on Jainism, "Essence of Jainism: History, Philosophy, Tales" by Editori Riuniti.

Since 1983, Claudia volunteers as an activist for Animals Rights and Welfare, and she spreads Vegetarianism.

You can write to her:
claudiapastorino@libero.it

Source: http://www.claudiapastorino.it/

Dr. Veerendra Heggade

Born on November 25, 1948, Dr. Veerendra Heggade is the son of Shri Ratnavarma Heggade, former Dharmadhikari, was a boy of great dignity and devotion. Nurtured by the piety of his father's administrative skills and dedication to Dharma, Mr. Heggade showed great maturity at an early age, a maturity that proved itself when the mantle of Heggadeship (Dharmadhikari) fell on his young shoulders at the tender age of 20, on 24th October 1968, while he was preparing for his graduation from Bangalore University.

In less than four decades, since he assumed responsibilities in 1968, he has carried his heritage to greater heights. Not only by continuing to protect the essence of the Kshetra, but also by achieving remarkable progress in his service to mankind.

What distinguishes Shri Veerendra Heggade is that while being the head of a revered religious institution, he is, today, far more than that. His years of practicing 'active' Dharma have given him a vision that combines social issues such as education and environment with religion. This has resulted in him being requested to grace a variety of functions and his opinions treated with immense respect. His advice is sought by the high and mighty on every topic under the sun, bar politics, which he eschews. Amazingly though, Shri Heggade's common touch sees the ordinary supplicant as comfortable in seeking him out as a friend, philosopher and guide. Several religious Mutts have conferred honorific titles such as 'Dharma Rathna', 'Dharma Bhushana', 'Paropakara Dhurandara', 'Abhinava Chamundaraya'

Mr. Heggade's contributions to the religion are immense. He convened a "Dharma Jagrithi Sammelan" at Bangalore in the year 1977, a conference to focus the attention of the people on need to change traditional practices to suit present day social condition. More than 15 Matadhipathis participated for the first time on a common platform. Installed 39 feet high monolithic statue of Bhagwan Bahubali Swamy at Dharmasthala and conducted Maha Masthakabhisheka ceremony in 1982 and 1995. S.D.M. Dharmothana Trust ® was established to renovate archeological and historic important temples of Karnataka. 55 Temples have been renovated till 2004. He also contributes for Communal Harmony through his regular Lectures. Publishes and distributes more than 60,000 copies of moral education High School students. Competitions are held for the students on topics selected on them and prizes awarded to the best students in each school. Mr. Heggade attended WCRP Conference held at Nairobi and Osaka.

Mr. Heggade contributions to the culture are:

• He continued the tradition of the Kshetra to hold annual 'Sarva Dharma and Sahitya Sammelana' at Dharmasthala. The 72nd Session of the Sammelana was held in 2004.
• He is a patron of Art and Literature, a voracious reader, publishes a publication series and a monthly journal "Manjuvani".
• To propagate Naturopathy, Yoga and Moral Education, 400 Teachers of High Schools and Primary Schools train more than 30,000 students every year in Yoga, Moral and Spiritual Education.
• He has contributed to the revival of "Yakshagana" by maintaining pure traditional approach to Yakshagana.
• "MANJUSHA" a Museum was established displaying rare collections of antiques and contemporary rare and valuable collections. A 'Vintage Car Museum' attached to this Museum has interesting cars from many Nations.
• 4000 Palm-leaf manuscripts are preserved and research is conducted by Scholars for "Sri Manjunatheshwara Samskrithi Samshodhana Prathistana"

As the President of S.D.M. Educational Society and S.D.M. Educational Trust ®, Ujire, he has established and managed the following Institutions:

• Introduced Post Graduation course at Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College, Ujire
• "RATHNAMANASA" - A model Hostel with training imparted in Agriculture, Horticulture, Dairying and a concept of future farmers and citizens was established for High School boys at Ujire.
• "SRI SIDDAVANA GURUKULA" - A model Hostel for College students at Ujire, inspires students in agriculture, moral education and training in leadership programmes.

Contributions to Social Welfare:

• Started Free Mass Marriage every year in Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala since 1972. 10,000 couples wedded under this scheme by April 2004.
• Constructed Marriage Halls at Bangalore, Kallahalli, Bhadravathi, Mysore, Shravanabelagola and Bantwal for the benefit of middle and low-income people to conduct marriages.
• Introduced a Rural Development Project, in Coastal District of Karnataka, comprising of 600 Villages and 6 urban towns. The project is facilitating empowerment of 1,35,000 families in agriculture, transfer of technology, women empowerment, housing, alternative sources of energy, income generating activity, micro finance, education and health.
• Recently has been propagating the importance of tapping solar energy and provided such facilities to several villages.
• Established the Rural Development and Self-Employment Training Institute (RUDSETI) in collaboration with Syndicate Bank, Syndicate Agricultural Foundation and Canara Bank to train the rural un-employed youth for Self-Employment and Volunteers for Rural Development in 1982. Since then 20 branches of the RUDSETI were started all over India. Upto June 2004, 1,50,000 youths have been trained and settlement rate is 65%.
• Hosted several National Seminars including the one on "Rural India Real India" to mark the diamond jubilee celebrations of Syndicate Bank.

Mr. Heggade is the President of - Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Educational Trust (Regd.) and S.D.M., Educational Society (Regd.), Ujire; Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Medical Trust (Regd.), Dharmasthala; Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Dharmothana Trust (R.) Dharmasthala; and Shanthivana Trust (Regd.), Dharmasthala.

Education Institutions:
Primary School: S.D.M Higher Primary schools at Dharmasthala, Ujire, Puduvettu, Mayyadi.
High Schools:

• S.D.M High Schools at Dharmasthala, Ujire, Belal, Perinje.
• Mangala Jyothi School for Disabled Vamanjoor, Mangalore
• S.D.M. English Medium School, Ujire.

Colleges:

• S.D.M College, Ujire.
• S.D.M College of Naturopathy & Yogic Sciences, Ujire.
• S.D.M Law College, Mangalore.
• S.D.M Ayurveda Pharmacy. Udupi.
• S.D.M. College of Ayurveda and Hospital Udupi, Hassan.
• S.D.M. Ayurveda Hospital Mangalore, Chickmagalore.
• M.M.K & S.D.M College for Women, Mysore.
• S.D.M College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad.
• J.S.S Banashankari Arts & Shanthikumar Gubbi Science College Dharwad.
• JSS K.H Kabbur Institute of Engineering, Dharwad.
• S.D.M College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad.
• S.D.M. Medical College & Hospital, Dharwad
• J.S.S Sakri Law College, Hubli.
• S.D.M. Cranio Facial Hospital, Dharwad.
• S.D.M. College of Physiotherapy Dharwad.
• S.D.M. B.B.M. College, Mangalore.
• S.D.M. Naturecure Hospital, Dharmasthala.

Other Institutions:

• Yakshagana Training Centre, Dharmasthala.
• Middle level training Centre for Anganawadi Supervisors (sponsored by National Institute of Public Co-operation and Child Development, New Delhi).
• Manjushree Press, Ujire.
• Nethravathi Fine Arts Training Centre, Ujire.
• S.D.M Industrial Training Centre, Venoor.
• S.D.M Industrial Training Centre, Samse, S.D.M Technical Institute, Mangalore.
• S.D.M Institute for Management Development, Mysore
• J.S.S Economic Research Institute, Dharwad.
• J.S.S School of Arts & Crafts, Dharwad.

Mr. Heggade has received numerous awards for his various contributions to the community. They are:

• "PADMABHUSHAN" Award by the Government of India on 30-03-2000 for social work and Communal Harmony.
• "RAJARSHI" title from president of India, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma in 1993.
• "DHARMABHUSHAN" Award during the Mahamasthakabhisheka of Bhagwan Bahubali held at Venur in February 2000.The Government of Karnataka honoured him with "Rajyothsava award" for social work in November 1985.
• Has been awarded Honorary "Doctorate" by Mangalore University for Social work in January 1994.
• Honoured with "Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award" by All India Unity Conference at New Delhi on November 18, 1994.
• Honoured with "Man of the Year" award by Public Relations Society of India at Bangalore in June 1994.
• Sri P.V. Narasimha Rao, the then Prime Minister of India presented "FICCI AWARD" for Rural Development activities in Belthangady Taluk by S.K.D.R.D.P. on May 12, 1995.
• Sri Atal Bihari Vajapayee, former Prime Minister of India presented "FICCI AWARD" for Rural Development & Self Employment activities by RUDSET Institute on November 20, 1999.
• "FIE" award by FIE foundation, Kollhapur at Maharashtra in March 1997.
• "DHARMA RATHNAKARA" on the occasion of Udupi Paryaya Mahotsav during January 1998.
• "Indian Merchants Chambers Award–1998" for Rural Development by I.M.C. Diamond Jubilee Endowment Trust at Mumbai in April 1999.
• "Living legend of the Century" award by Lions Millennium Celebrations Committee, Mangalore.
• Rotary International conferred "SAPPHIRE " recognition.
• Karnataka Govt. awarded the "Rajyothsava Prashasthi" for contributions to social work and religious harmony.
• Mangalore University conferred Doctor of Philosophy of social work on Communal Harmony.
• "Vatika Varshada Kannadiga – 2004" by E.T.V. Kannada at Hassan on November 20, 2004.
• "Gourava Fellowship Award" by Karnataka Tulu Sahithya Academy at Mangalore on February 3, 2004.
• "FRCPS (Fellowship of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons)" by The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons at Glasgow, United Kingdom on June, 6, 2005.
• "Giants International Award" by Giants International at Mumbai on September 17, 2005.

Mr. Heggade is the Director of Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI), Mumbai and an Honorary Rotarian of Belthangady P.H.F. He is also a member of - National Foundation for Communal Harmony, Delhi; Shree Amarnathji Shrine Board, Jammu and Kashmir; Advisory Board of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development; and Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams Development Advisory Council.

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Yashwant K. Malaiya

Yashwant K. Malaiya is a Professor in Computer Science Department at Colorado State University. He has published widely in the areas of security vulnerabilities, fault modeling, software and hardware reliability, testing and testable design.

He received B.Sc. from Govt. Degree College, Damoh, M.Sc. from University of Saugor and M.Sc. Tech. from BITS, Pilani in India. In 1978 he received PhD in Electrical Engineering from Utah State University. He was with State University of New York at Binghamton during 1978-82.

Professional activities:

• General Chair , IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE), Denver, 2003.
• General Co-Chair, IEEE Asian Test Symposium (ATS), Shanghai, 1999
• General Chair, The Fourth International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE), Denver, Nov. 1993.
• General Chair, Sixth International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSI Design ?93), Bombay, India, 1993.
• Program Chair, Fifth International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSI Design ?92) , Bangalore, India, 1992.
• General Chair, 24th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Microarchitecture (Micro-24), Albuquerque, 1991.
• General Chair, IEEE International Workshop on IDDQ Testing (IDDQ-95), Washington D.C., October 1995, 2000.
• Chair Steering Committee, IEEE International Workshop on IDDQ Testing, 1996, 1997.
• Program Co-Chair, The Eighth International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE), Albuquerque, Nov. 1997.
• IEEE laision for International Conference on VLSI Design 1994-1998

He has co-edited the IEEECS Tech. Series books ``Software Reliability Models, Theoretical Developments, Evaluation and Applications'' and ``Bridging Faults and IDDQ Testing''. He was a guest editor of special issue of IEEE Software and IEEE Design & Test.

He has been the chair of TC on Microprogramming and Microarchitecture, chair of software test subcommittee of TTTC and a vice-chair of the TCSE subcommittee on software reliability engineering. He has served as a member of the IEEECS TAB Executive Committee, and a vice-chair of the IEEE CS Awards Committee. He is a commissioner of the ABET Computing Accreditation Commission.

Recognitions:

• IEEE CS Certificate of Appreciation, 2003, ?for exceptional effort as General Chair in organizing and running a successful ISSRE 2003?.
• IEEE CS Meritorious Service Award, 2002 ?For providing skilled management and guidance to the IEEE International Workshop on Defect Based Testing for over five years?.
• IEEE Third Millennium Medal, 2000.
• Best Paper Award, ISSRE 1997.
• IEEE CS Golden Core Award, June 1996.
• IEEE CS Certificate of Appreciation Award, Oct. 20, 1996 "For significant leadership contribution to the International IDDQ Test Workshop as Chairman, 1995"
• IEEE CS Meritorious Service Award, Feb. 1993. For Tecgnical and administrative leadership while serving as Chair of the Technical Committee on Microprogramming and Microarchitecture
• Invited lectures at China Academy of Sciences, Beijing, and Shanghai University of Science and Technology (3 weeks), 1989.
• Rotary Club Award: Top B.Sc. student, GD College, Damoh, 1969.
• Sanskrit Scholarship, GMHS School, Damoh, 1963-66.

Publications and technical reports:

• Partial List (from 1989): Testing, Reliability & Security Current Research
• Our work on specific topics:
• Vulnerabilities:articles
• Software Reliability and Testing: articles
• Coverage: articles
• Reliability and fault-tolerance: articles
• Antirandom testing:articles
• Detectability profile: articles
• Timing: articles
• Fault modeling in CMOS VLSI articles
• Intermittent faults: articles

Address:
Voice: (970) 491-7031, Fax: (970) 491-2466
Email: malaiya@ cs.colostate.edu

Computer Science Department
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1873
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Bhuvnesh Jain

Research Interests

My research area is cosmology and gravitational lensing. I am interested in understanding how small fluctuations in the early universe grew to form the large-scale structure observed today. This process is tied to nonlinear gravitational clustering and the nature of dark matter and dark energy. Gravitational lensing, the shearing and magnification of light we receive from distant galaxies, is a powerful probe of these cosmological puzzles.

Lensing can produce multiple images in the strong lensing regime, amplify the light curves of stars due to microlensing, but more typically it leads to small distortions at the level of a few percent in the shapes of distant galaxies. This regime is known as weak lensing: it is used to map the mass distribution of galaxy clusters and the large-scale structure of the universe.

The properties of galaxies and their connection to the ambient dark matter is probed by imaging surveys of galaxies.  These massive surveys are transforming our understanding of the extra-galactic universe. I have worked on theoretical aspects of lensing, on measurements from current surveys and forecasts for surveys planned for the coming decade. The Dark Energy Survey, LSST and SNAP are projects I am involved in.
 

Lensing and Cosmology at Penn

The people at Penn who work with me are: graduate students Hans Stabenau, Alex Borisov, Michelle Caler and Tsz-Yan Lam (jointly with Ravi Sheth); postdoc Jacek Guzik and research scientist Mike Jarvis. Masahiro Takada who was at Penn until 2005, is now faculty at Tohoku University, Japan, but is still a regular collaborator and visitor here. I also work with my colleagues Gary Bernstein, Ravi Sheth and with the other splendid members of the astronomy group at Penn.

 

Teaching

Spring 2007:  Physics 533: Topics in Cosmology (Graduate)

Fall 2007:  Physics 503/Astro 525: Introduction to General Relativity and Cosmology (Graduate)

Spring 2008:  Astro 12: Introduction to Astronomy II: Stars, Galaxies and Cosmology (Undergraduate)

With Harrison Prentice-Mott, a junior at Penn, and my colleague Mark Devlin, I have built a table-top experiment that uses custom-built optical lenses to explore gravitational lensing. Now in the lobby of the Physics Department and a must-see on your next visit to Philadelphia.

 

Publications

Papers on astro-ph archive
Refereed articles on ADS

 

Address:

A.B. Princeton University (1989)
Ph.D. MIT (1994)
At University of Pennsylvania, January, 2001-

Office: 4N10 David Rittenhouse Laboratory
Phone: 215-573-5330
Email: bjain at physics.upenn.edu
 
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Dr. Ramesh Jain

 

 

Ramseh has been an active researcher in multimedia information systems, image databases, machine vision, and intelligent systems. While professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and the University of California, San Diego, he founded and directed artificial intelligence and visual computing labs. He was also the founding Editor-in-Chief of IEEE MultiMedia magazine and Machine Vision and Applications journal and serves on the editorial boards of several magazines in multimedia, business and image and vision processing. He has co-authored more than 250 research papers in well-respected journals and conference proceedings. Among his co-authored and co-edited books include Machine Vision, a textbook used at several universities. Ramesh has been elected Fellow of ACM, IEEE, IAPR, AAAI, and SPIE.

 

He enjoys working with companies, is involved in research, and enjoys writing. His current research is in experiential systems and their applications.

 

Phone: (949) 824-0133   Fax: (949) 824-4056   Office: 3222 Donald Bren Hall
E-Mail: jain@ics.uci.edu   Office Hours: By appointment:

 

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Anil K. Jain

 

Anil Jain is a University Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering and Statistics & Probability at Michigan State University. He served as the Department Chair during 1995-99. He received his B.Tech. degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1969 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Ohio State University in 1970 and 1973, respectively. His research interests include statistical pattern recognition, data clustering, texture analysis, document image understanding and biometric authentication .
 
He received awards for best papers in 1987 and 1991, and for outstanding contributions in 1976, 1979, 1992, 1997 and 1998 from the Pattern Recognition Society. He also received the 1996 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks Outstanding Paper Award. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (1991-1994). He is a fellow of the AAAS, ACM, IEEE, International Association of Pattern Recognition (IAPR) and SPIE. He has received a  Fulbright Research Award, a Guggenheim fellowship and the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award. He delivered the 2002 Pierre Devijver lecture sponsored by IAPR and received the 2003 IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award.
 
Holder of six patents in the area of fingerprint matching, he is the author of a number of books: Handbook of Biometrics, Springer 2007, Handbook of Multibiometrics, Springer 2006, Biometric Systems, Technology, Design and Performance Evaluation, Springer 2005, Handbook of Face Recognition, Springer 2005, Handbook of Fingerprint Recognition, Springer 2003 (received the PSP award from the Association of American Publishers), BIOMETRICS: Personal Identification in Networked Society, Kluwer 1999, 3D Object Recognition Systems, Elsevier 1993, Markov Random Fields: Theory and Applications, Academic Press 1993, Neural Networks and Statistical Pattern Recognition, North-Holland 1991, Analysis and Interpretation of Range Images, Springer-Verlag 1990, Algorithms For Clustering Data, Prentice-Hall 1988, and Real-Time Object Measurement and Classification, Springer-Verlag 1988.

ISI has designated him as a highly cited researcher. According to Citeseer, the book Algorithms for Clustering Data by Jain and Dubes (Prentice-Hall, 1988) is ranked # 93 in Most Cited Articles in Computer Science (over all times). The survey paper "Data Clustering: A Review" by Jain, Murty and Flynn (ACM Computing Surveys, Vol. 31, No. 3, 1999, 264-323) is ranked # 28 in Most Cited Articles in Computer Science published in 1999.
 
He is an Associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security and ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery in Data. He is a member of the Biometrics Defense Support Team and The National Academies committees on Whither Biometrics and Improvised Explosive Devices.



Address:
3115 Engineering Building, Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1226
Tel: (517) 355-9282, Fax: (517) 432-1061
Email: jain@cse.msu.edu

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