California State University, Long Beach
Bhagavan Suvidhinath Endowed Chair in Jain Studies
The JVCF joined hands with their friends in 2020 to fund the establishment of the Bhagavan Suvidhinath Endowed Chair in Jain Studies in the Department of Religious Studies in the College of Liberal Arts at the CSULB. The Chair has been named after the ninth Tirthankara of Jainism.
Early in the first half of 2024, the Department and the Institute of Ecological Civilization hosted an influential Jainism conference, “Samavsaran: The Assembly of Tirthankaras”, focusing on nonviolence and environmental sustainability. This three-day conference also found support from JCSC and the Uberoi Foundation as sponsors.