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So far, two ISSJS have been successfully conducted in India in 2005 and 2006.
A total of 21 scholars (Professors and Graduate students from USA, Canada and Thailand) have attended the two months long Summer schools. After their return, several of them have started offering courses in Jainism at their Universities while others are pursuing their research and advanced studies (towards a Ph.D degree) with Jainism as a major area of their focus.
Every year, after the ISSJS is over in India, the organizers meet to review the feedback and to plan for the next ISSJS. Last year, this meeting was held at University of Hawaii in Honolulu and this year it will be held at Sedona, Arizona, September 23-27, 2006.
Twenty one organizers from different parts of USA, U.K (Dr. and Mrs. Natubhai Shah of London) and from India (Dr. and Mrs. Shugan Chand Jain of Delhi) along with Prof. Cromwell Crawford (Chairman of the Academic Council and the chief inspirer and mentor of ISSJS program, Mrs. Crawford Dr. Matild Szabo and 2006 alumni of ISSJS; Prof. Andrea Jain will take part in this meeting.