About

• Jain and Indic scholar and leader.
• Member of Rajya Sabha (upper house, Parliament of India).
• Chair, Indian National Committee for Abolition of Death Penalty.
• Past President, Asian Human Rights Conference.
• Formerly High Commissioner (ambassador) of India to the United Kingdom.
• Ambassador of non-violence and inter-faith dialogue.
• Chancellor of JVBI (Jain Vishwa Bharati Institute, Deemed University, Ladnun, Rajasthan
• Member of the advisory board of Jain Spirit magazin.

He was born 09.11.1931 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.

Died: 06.10.2007 (aged 75) New Delhi, India.