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Prof. Pankaj Jain

Professor - Philosophy and Religious Studies
Email: pankaj.jain@flame.edu.in
PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Iowa; M.A. in Religious Studies from Columbia University; B.E. in Computer Science from Karnatak University.
BIO

Designations and Degrees


Prof. Pankaj Jain, PhD, is an internationally recognised scholar-leader whose research spans Sustainability, Indian Knowledge Systems, Jain Studies, Religion and Ecology, Film Studies, and Diaspora Studies. With over 30 years of experience across higher education in India and the United States, he serves as Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies and Director of The India Center at FLAME University, where he has built the Philosophy Minor, negotiated international academic partnerships, organized interdisciplinary conferences, and advised graduate scholars and junior faculty across disciplines.


Before joining FLAME, Prof. Jain spent a decade as Associate Professor and Co-Chair of the India Initiatives Group at the University of North Texas, a Tier 1 R1 American research university, where he raised over $600,000 in external funding, led delegations to twelve Indian universities, and coordinated international MoUs. He is the founding Director of the American Academy of Indic Studies, which grew to a worldwide membership of more than 300 scholars. He has held earlier positions at North Carolina State University, Rutgers, Kean, and New Jersey City Universities.


Prof. Jain's training reflects his interdisciplinary range - a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of Iowa, an M.A. from Columbia University, and a B.E. in Computer Science from Karnatak University. He represents India at the International Society for Environmental Ethics and was a Fulbright-Nehru Environmental Leadership Fellow.


Books


Prof. Jain has authored or edited nine books with leading academic publishers, including Oxford University Press, Routledge, Springer, Bloomsbury, and Manohar. His most recent edited volume, Reframing Indic Studies: Beyond the Imperialism of Categories (Manohar, 2026), brings together critical perspectives on the study of Indic traditions. His latest monograph, Jainism: From Bhagwan Mahavira to Mahatma Gandhi (Manohar Publishers and the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 2025), is his eighth book. His seventh, Visual Anthropology of Indian Films: Religious Communities and Cultural Traditions in Bollywood and Beyond (Routledge, 2024), brings together his work on Indian cinema. He has co-edited the Encyclopedia of Indian Religions (Springer, 2022) and Indian and Western Philosophical Concepts in Religion (Bloomsbury, 2023).


His earlier monographs include Modern Jainism: A Historical Approach (Springer, 2023; Manohar, 2025), Dharma in America: A Short History of Hindu-Jain Diaspora (Routledge, 2020), Science and Socio-Religious Revolution in India: Moving the Mountains (Routledge, 2018), and the award-winning Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities: Sustenance and Sustainability (Ashgate, 2011; Routledge, 2016), which received the DANAM Award and the Uberoi Foundation Award.


Articles and Media Presence


Prof. Jain's articles and commentary have appeared in The New York Times, BBC, The Washington Post, Forbes India, The Huffington Post, The History Channel, BBC Hindi, NBC News, ABC News, Dainik Bhaskar, Rajasthan Patrika, Free Press Journal, The Hindu, and The Times of India's Speaking Tree, among other leading international and Indian outlets. In July 2020, he was interviewed by The New York Times; in 2019, Morgan Freeman interviewed him for the National Geographic series The Story of God, which featured a segment on Jainism. He has contributed regular columns to The Times of India and The Indian Express on Indian Knowledge Systems, sustainability, and dharmic philosophy.


Awards and Honours


Prof. Jain's scholarship and service have been recognised through major fellowships and book prizes, including:



  • Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship for Environmental Leadership (2012)

  • DANAM Book Prize (2012)

  • Uberoi Foundation Book Award (2011)

  • Wenner-Gren Foundation Workshop Grant

  • IIAS Fellowship, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (2023)

  • FLAME University Research Grants (2021, 2026)

  • Multiple UNT Junior Faculty Research Fellowships and Scholarly and Creative Activity Awards

  • Honored at the White House Faith-Based Initiative Conference (2011)

  • Nominated for the Sustainability Leadership Award, Mnemosyne Institute


Editorial Roles, Affiliations, and Professional Service



  • India Representative, International Society for Environmental Ethics (ISEAS)

  • Editorial Board, Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture and Ecology (Brill)

  • Editorial Board, Religions (MDPI)

  • Advisor, Yale University's Forum on Religion and Ecology

  • Affiliate, Pluralism Project, Harvard University

  • Vice Chairperson, Indic Dharma Academy

  • Advisory Board, Bloomsbury's Explorations in Indic Traditions series

  • Member, American Academy of Religion and European Academy of Religion

  • UNT Trustee, American Institute of Indian Studies (2013–2020)

  • Reviewer for Oxford University Press, Springer, Routledge, Brill, Norton, and Sage


Teaching and Supervision


Prof. Jain has designed and delivered over 20 courses across undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels in India and the United States, including a fully online course on Udemy. At FLAME, he founded the Philosophy Minor, expanding the interdisciplinary curriculum across schools.
He has advised 19 theses to completion as committee chair or co-advisor, with additional doctoral scholars currently in progress.
Selected courses developed: Applied Ethics; Indian Philosophy; World Cultures; Bollywood: Films and Cultures of India; Religion and Ecology; Environmental Anthropology; Jainism and Cultures of Nonviolence; South Asian Philosophy and Religion; Methods and Theories of the Study of Religions; Sanskrit Religious Texts (graduate); Introduction to Asian Religions (online, Udemy).


Public Engagement and Podcast


Prof. Jain hosts #DiscoverIndia, a podcast available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Audible, Alexa, Gaana, and other major platforms. The podcast covers Indian culture, religion, music, philosophy, and sustainability, featuring conversations with scholars and practitioners and translating academic work for a broader audience. He is active on social platforms as @ProfPankajJain.


Other Interests


He avidly explores Indian music, films, literature, and heritage sites.



RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

Monographs



  • Jain, Pankaj. Jainism: From Bhagwan Mahavira to Mahatma Gandhi (2025). Manohar Publishers & Indian Institute of Advanced Study.

  • Jain, Pankaj. Modern Jainism: A Historical Approach. Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer, 2023. New Delhi, India: Manohar Publishers, 2025. [Reviewed/featured in New Books in Indian Religions Podcast]

  • Jain, Pankaj. Dharma in America: A Short History of Hindu-Jain Diaspora. London: Routledge, 2020. [Reviewed in Nidan, Brill Journal of Diaspora Studies, Routledge Journal of South Asian Diaspora, Rupkatha, Swarajya, Hindu American Foundation's Podcast, AAR's Reading Religion, and New Books in Indian Religions Podcast]

  • Jain, Pankaj. Science and Socio-Religious Revolution in India: Moving the Mountains. London: Routledge, 2018. [Reviewed in The International Journal of Hindu Studies, Worldviews, Swarajya, IndicToday, and The British Journal for the History of Science]

  • Jain, Pankaj. Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities: Sustenance and Sustainability. Farnham: Ashgate, 2011. London: Routledge, 2016. [Winner: 2012 DANAM Award; 2011 Uberoi Foundation Award. Reviewed in Journal of Asian Studies, International Journal of Dharma Studies, Environmental Values, Food Culture & Society, International Journal of Hindu Studies, Oxford Journal of Hindu Studies, Journal of Hindu Christian Studies, Localities, Philosophy East & West, Religious Studies Review, Sophia, and Worldviews. Cited in LA Times, Swarajya, and Indian Express.]


Edited Journals, Volumes, and Encyclopedias



  • Jain, Pankaj, and Sanchari Basu Chaudhuri (ed.). Reframing Indic Studies: Beyond the Imperialism of Categories. Manohar Publishers, 2026.

  • Jain, Pankaj (ed.). Visual Anthropology of Indian Films: Religious Communities and Cultural Traditions in Bollywood and Beyond. Routledge, 2024. [Reviewed/featured in New Books in Indian Religions Podcast]

  • Jain, Pankaj, and Jeffery D. Long (ed.). Indian and Western Philosophical Concepts in Religion. Bloomsbury, 2023. [Reviewed/featured in New Books in Indian Religions Podcast]

  • Long, Jeffery, Sherma, Rita D., and Jain, Pankaj (ed.). Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, 2022. [Reviewed/featured in New Books in Indian Religions Podcast]

  • Jain, Pankaj (ed.). "Hinduism and Materiality," Nidan: International Journal of Indian Studies, vol. 23, 2011.


Academic Articles / Essays



  • Sharma, Shikha, and Pankaj Jain. "The Matrix, Advaita Cosmology, and Ecological Consciousness," in Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology

  • Hegde, Chirag, and Pankaj Jain. "Kantara (2022) through the Lens of Indian Religious and Environmental Philosophy," in Worldviews, Vol. 29, Issue 3, pp. 271–273.

  • Sharma, Shikha, and Jain, Pankaj. "Trishagni (1988): A Review Based on the Jewel Net of Indra, the Buddhist Notion for Environmental Sustainability," in Worldviews, Vol. 29, Issue 3, pp. 263–270.

  • Tiwari, Gyanendra, and Pankaj Jain. "The Ecodharmic Significance and Liminal Experience of the Kumbh Melā," in Worldviews, Vol. 29, Issue 3, pp. 223–240.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Flora and Farming in Jainism," in Worldviews, 2025, Vol. 29, Issue 2, pp. 170–179.

  • Tiwari, Gyanendra and Pankaj Jain. "Maharaja Burger – Mad Cows, Holy Cows: Comparative Bovine Ecology from India and the UK," in Worldviews, 2025, Vol. 29, Issue 2, pp. 181–185.

  • Kapoor, Khushi, and Pankaj Jain. "Exploring the Religious and Environmental Allusions in Ram Teri Gaṅgā Maili," in Worldviews, 28.3, 2024, pp. 295–301.

  • Jain, Dhwaj, Yukti Khaitan, and Pankaj Jain. "Ship of Theseus: A Jain Monk's Nonviolent Struggle for Animal Rights," in Worldviews, 28.2, 2024, pp. 211–217.

  • Jain, Atharv, and Pankaj Jain. "The Railway Men: Revisiting the Government Response to an Environmental Disaster," in Worldviews, 28.1, 2024, pp. 71–80.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Jain Dharma" (in Hindi), in Himanjali, IIAS, Shimla, 2023, pp. 115–120.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Modern Jainism: Dharma of Sustainability and Sustainability of Dharma," in Summerhill, IIAS Review, Vol. 29, No. 1, 2024, pp. 53–58.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Interpreting and Responses to Pandemics in Indian Philosophical Traditions and Films," in Worldviews, 27.2, 2023, pp. 285–303.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "'Children of the Earth' to 'Dark Wind': Nature, Environment, and Climate in Indian Films," in Journal of Visual Anthropology, 36.1, 2023, pp. 69–79.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Ecocritical Analysis of Classics by Three Indian Film Maestros," in Worldviews, 26.3, 2022, pp. 267–280.

  • Jain, Pankaj, and Nandini Bhasin. "The Objectification of Women in V. Shantaram's Films," in Journal of Visual Anthropology, 35.2, 2022, pp. 201–206.

  • Bhasin, Nandini, and Pankaj Jain. "Anuradha and Anupama: Gender Issues through Nussbaum's Capabilities Approach" in Journal of Visual Anthropology, 34.3, May 2021, pp. 257–263.

  • Sharma, Shika and Pankaj Jain. "Encountering Asceticism: A Hindu nun in Jogan vis-a-vis a Buddhist monk in Trishagni," in Journal of Visual Anthropology, 33.5, 2020, pp. 466–473.

  • Tyagi, Jyoti, and Pankaj Jain. "Do Bigha Zamin: A Realistic Wonder of Indian Cinema," in Journal of Visual Anthropology, 33.5, 2020, pp. 459–465.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Climate Engineering from Hindu-Jain Perspectives," in Zygon, Volume 54, Issue 4, December 2019, pages 826–836. DOI:10.1111/zygo. 12568.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Sara Jahan Hamara: Indian Films and their Portrayal of Foreign Locations," in Journal of Visual Anthropology, 32:3–4, 2019, pp. 343–352.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Taking Philosophy Back: A Call from the Great Wall of China." Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 9 (2018): 60–64.

  • Mammen, Rena, and Pankaj Jain. "Vedanta and Ecology," in Prabuddha Bharata, 119(11), November 2014, pp. 607–611.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Practising Ahiṃsā: Nonviolence Toward Humans, Animals, and Earth," in American Academy of Religion's Spotlight on Theological Education, March 2013.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Reinterpreting Yajña as Vedic Sacrifice," in Brahmavidya: Adyar Library Bulletin, vol. 74–75, 2011, pp. 161–178.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "From Padosi to My Name is Khan: Portrayal of Hindu Muslim Relations in South Asian Films," in Journal of Visual Anthropology, 24.1, 2011, pp. 345–363.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Such a Long Journey: Portrayal of Parsi Community in Films," in Journal of Visual Anthropology, 24.1, 2011, pp. 384–390.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Jainism, Dharma, and Environmental Ethics," in Union Seminary Quarterly Review, 61.1, 2011, pp. 121–135.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Bishnoi: An Eco-Theological 'New Religious Movement' in the Indian Desert," in Journal of Vaishnava Studies, 18.2, 2010, pp. 109–122.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Virtue Ethics of Boot Polish and Dosti vis-a-vis Slumdog Millionaire," in Journal of Visual Anthropology, 23.1, 2010, pp. 44–50.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "From Kil-Arni to Anthony: Portrayal of Christians in Indian Films," in Journal of Visual Anthropology, 23.1, 2010, pp. 13–19.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Renunciation and Non-renunciation in Indian Films," in Religion Compass, 4(3), 2010, pp. 157–165.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Dharmic Ecology: Perspectives from the Svādhyāya Practitioners," in Worldviews, 13.3, 2009, pp. 305–320.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Indic Traditions and Environmental Ethics," in Religious Studies Review, 35.2, 2009, pp. 99–104.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Indology and Marxist Hermeneutics," in Journal of South and Southeast Asian Association for the Study of Culture and Religion, May 2009, vol. 3, pp. 127–136.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Jainism: An Evaluation with Hinduism and Buddhism," in Jinamanjari, 39.1, 2009, pp. 64–82.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "The Svādhyāya Phenomenon," in Purushartha, 79(10), pp. 103–107, 2004.


Chapters In Edited Books



  • Jain, Pankaj, and Suniti Vadalkar. "The Mahabharata for Ecodharmic Activism: Examples from the Bishnoi and Svādhyāya Communities," in Dialoguing with Timeless Text: Revisiting the Mahabharata, ed. Balaganapathi Devarakonda and Geetesh Nirban. New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2026.

  • Jain, Pankaj and Anindita Shome. "India's Diasporic Diplomacy: A Millennial Survey." In The Future of Indian Diplomacy, ed. Eerishika Pankaj and Divya Balan. New Delhi: KW Publishers, 2025, pp. 15–30.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Freudian Psychoanalysis and Indian Psychology," in Onto Perfection, ed. K. Gopinathan Pillai, Sebastian Velassery, and Balaganapathy Devarakonda. Originals Publishers, New Delhi, 2025, pp. 233–244.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "The Jain Islands in the Hindu Heartland: Delhi, Ayodhya, Hastinapur, and Varanasi," in Sacred Heritage and Pilgrimages in Cities, ed. Singh, Rana P. B., e Niglio, Olimpia. Cham: Springer, 2025, pp. 225–239.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Sustaining Dharma, Sustainable Ecology: Dharma as Rural Environmental Ethics," in Indian Ethics. New Delhi: Routledge, ed. Purushottama Bilimoria, pp. 223–232, 2024.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Climate Engineering from Hindu-Jain Perspectives," in Indian Knowledge Systems, ed. Dilip Charan. New Delhi: Book End Press, 2023, pp. 119–133.

  • Jain, Pankaj, and Ajay Raina. "Film as a majoritarian framework of Hindu nationalism: The case of Purab Aur Paschim," in Film and Place in an Intercultural Perspective: India-Europe Film Connections, ed. Krzysztof Stachowiak et al. London: Routledge, 2023, pp. 211–224.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Jain Dharma as Virtue Ethics for Sustainability," in The Virtues of Sustainability, ed. Jason Kawall. Oxford University Press, 2021, pp. 115–134.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Modern Hindu Dharma and Environmentalism," in The Oxford History of Hinduism: Modern Hinduism, ed. Torkel Brekke. Oxford University Press, 2019, pp. 261–274.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Bhumika," in Moksha Pahud, translated by Munishree Pranamya Sagar, 2019.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Foreword," in Religion: Thy Relevance, ed. Venus Jain. Jupiter Publications Consortium, 2017.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Dharma of Sustainability, Sustainability of Dharma: A Hindu Energy Ethics," in Light for a New Day: Interfaith Essays on Energy Ethics. November 2016.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Dharma for the Earth, Water, and Agriculture," in Religion and Sustainable Agriculture: World's Spiritual Traditions and Food Ethics, ed. Todd LeVasseur, Pramod Parajuli, and Norman Wirzba. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2016, pp. 139–152.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Bovine Dharma: Nonhuman Animals and the Svādhyāya Parivar," in Rethinking the Nonhuman: Asian Perspectives on Animal Ethics, ed. Neil Dalal and Chloe Taylor. London: Routledge, 2014, pp. 169–178.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Earth, Water, and Dharmic Ecology: Perspectives from the Svādhyāya Practitioners," in Classical and Contemporary Issues in Indian Studies, ed. Pratap Penumala and Jonathan Duquette. New Delhi: DK Printworld, 2013, pp. 343–359.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Cows and Dharmic Ecology: Perspectives from the Hindu 'Bovine Activists'," in Issues in Ethics and Animal Rights, ed. Manish A. Vyas. Delhi: Regency Publications, 2011, pp. 178–188.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Householders and Renouncers: The Holistic Combination in Indian Thought," in Studies in Vedanta, ed. P. George Victor and VVS. Saibaba. New Delhi: D. K. Printworld, 2006, pp. 165–180.


Encyclopedia And Bibliographic Articles



  • Jain, Pankaj, and Christopher Chapple. "Ecology in Hinduism," in Oxford Bibliographies, 2017.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Ecology (Jainism)," in Encyclopedia of Indian Religions: Buddhism and Jainism, ed. Jeffery D. Long. Springer, 2017.

  • Jain, Pankaj, and George James. "Environmental Ethics: Indian Perspectives," in Ethics, Science, Technology, and Engineering: A Global Resource, 2nd ed., vol. 2: 119–121. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA, 2015.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Svādhyāya Movement and Pandurang Shastri Athavale," in Encyclopedia of Hinduism, ed. Knut A. Jacobsen. Brill, 2013, pp. 659–663.


Public-Facing Publications



  • Raikar, Aarushi, Jaisila Menon, and Pankaj Jain. “Forest, Dharma, and the Ecological Imagination: Lessons from India’s epics,” The Times of India, Apr 7, 2026

  • Salunke, Ankit and Pankaj Jain. “India does not need new climate wisdom—It needs to remember Narmada Parikrama,” The Times of India, Mar 30, 2026.

  • Jain, Pankaj. “Aparihārya Yuddha Bhī Naitika Maryādāoṃ Meṃ Rahakar Laṛā Jāe,” Patrika, Mar 14, 2026.

  • Jain, Pankaj. “From Zoroaster to Dharma: Ancient Persian and Indian Ethics in an Age of War,” The Times of India, Mar 8, 2026.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "When Textbooks Change, Who Decides What Matters?" The Times of India, Jan 31, 2026.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Agriculture in the Jain culture," The Times of India, Nov 16, 2025.

  • Kumar, Anup, and Pankaj Jain. "Bhāratīyoṅ ke liye dhundhalātī Amarīkī sapnoṅ kī chamak," Patrika, Oct 29, 2025.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Beyond Silence: The Diaspora's Cultural Accountability," The Times of India, Oct 11, 2025.

  • Sharma, Shikha, and Pankaj Jain. "Dharma's Promise: Uniting Humanity Through Responsibility," The Times of India, Oct 3, 2025.

  • Kumar, Anup, and Pankaj Jain. "Is the American dream losing its sheen for Indians?" The Times of India, September 16, 2025.

  • Nair, Akshata, Shikha Sharma, and Jain, Pankaj. "From Sallekhana to Shanbaug: Rethinking Euthanasia in India," The Times of India, September 8, 2025.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "From Gaṇeśa to the Gītā: Ten Dharmas for Modern Leaders," The Times of India, August 26, 2025.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Janmāṣṭamī: A festival for Krishna and the Earth," The Times of India, Aug 14, 2025.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Janmāṣṭamī: Āsthā aura Prakṛti kā Saṅgama," Rajasthan Patrika, Aug 16, 2025.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "From Ahiṃsā to Sustainability: The Indian Way of Eating," The Times of India, July 28, 2025.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Shākāhāra Sirf Bhojan Vikalp Hī Nahī, Ek Jīvanshailī Hai," Rajasthan Patrika, July 28, 2025.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Navakāra Mantra in Jainism," Rajasthan Patrika, Apr 9, 2025.

  • Chaudhuri, Sanchari Basu, and Pankaj Jain. "Tracking Time: Dhyāna in Zen Gardens," The Times of India, Feb 13, 2025.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "The Five-Pronged Philosophy of Diwali," The Times of India, Nov 1, 2024.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Apne Hī Nahī, Dūsaro Ke Jīvan Me Kare Prakāśa," Rajasthan Patrika, Oct 31, 2024.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "From Present to Past: The Philosophy of Hindu Death Rituals, Pitṛ Pakṣa and Śrāddha," The Times of India, Oct 6, 2024.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Vinamrata Va Krtajnata Se Bhare Pitṛ Pakṣa Ka Darsana," Rajasthan Patrika, Oct 2, 2024.

  • Chaudhuri, Sanchari Basu, and Pankaj Jain. "Bollywood and Paternal Love in 2023: Lessons in Audience Taste," Times of India, May 7, 2024.

  • Jain, Pankaj, and Sanchari Basu Chaudhuri. "Dahaad: An Outdated Outcry," Business Upturn, Nov 24, 2023.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Bishnoi," in Database of Religious History, University of British Columbia, 2022.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "EcoHoli," in GreenFaith, 2022.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Indic Climate Ethics Can Address Energy Poverty," Times of India print edition, Mar 23, 2022.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Research and Teaching Innovation with Films," in Ignite, January 2022.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Jain Dharma," in Jain Avenue, December 2021.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Five Indic Theories that Can Influence Climate Engineering Measures," The CSR Journal, Nov 27, 2021.

  • Cutinha, Lance, and Jain, Pankaj. "Play the Game," The Economic Times, Nov 7, 2021.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Climate Engineering – The Indic Philosophy Way," The Times of India print edition, Oct 29, 2021.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Dharma and Adharma during the Pandemic," The Times of India, Apr 27, 2021.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Academic Study of World Religions Needed in India," The Times of India, Apr 22, 2021.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Academic Freedom and Academic Responsibility," The Times of India, Apr 5, 2021.

  • Jain, Pankaj, and George Yancy. "Jainism and Death," The New York Times, Jul 29, 2020.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Conservative Ideas for Conservation of Mother Earth," The Daily Caller, Oct 25, 2018.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Mahāvīr Kī Ahiṃsā Meṃ Hai Paryāvaraṇ Saṅkaṭ Kā Hal," Dainik Bhaskar, Mar 29, 2018.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Shāshvat Mānavīya Mūlya Apnānā Hī Ādhuniktā," Dainik Bhaskar, Mar 19, 2018.

  • Natarajan, Ananth, and Pankaj Jain. "India in Ancient Times did have its form of Democracy and Republics," MyIndMakers.com, Mar 7, 2018.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Dharmic Mulyon Ne Dee Hai Tikau Vikas Ki Avadharana," Dainik Bhaskar, Feb 6, 2018.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Controversies do not diminish the great role played by many spiritual gurus," The Hindu, Oct 12, 2017.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Relevance of Dharma," Huffington Post, Jun 2017.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Roots of the Sandstorms are in America!" Huffington Post, Aug 2016.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Masala Aesthetics of Indian Films and Culture," Huffington Post, Mar 2016.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Banning Violence against Cows and Humans," Huffington Post, Oct 2015.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "For the Love of Music," Times of India's Speaking Tree, Nov 24, 2013.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Turning Temples in North America Green," India Abroad, vol. 43, issue 18, Feb 1, 2013, p. A39.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Jain Dharma goes beyond 'Religion'," HuffingtonPost.com, Nov 28, 2011.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "A Survey of Texas-based places of worship for Hindus, Jains, and Sikhs," Pluralism.org, Aug 1, 2011.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Hinduism and Modernity," HuffingtonPost.com, Aug 1, 2011.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Dharmic Method to Save the Planet," HuffingtonPost.com, May 12, 2011.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "The Cosmic Questions behind the Cosmic Dance of Obama-Raja on Newsweek," Washington Post – On Faith, Nov 29, 2010.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Irony and the 'Yoga Wars'," Washington Post – On Faith, Dec 12, 2010.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Ten Hindu Teachings on the Environment," GreenFaith.com, Nov 10, 2010.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Bollywood and Beyond: Hinduism Changing the World," Patheos.com, Jun 28, 2010.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Svādhyāya's Dharmic Ecology," Forum on Religion and Ecology Newsletter, May 1, 2010.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "Better Banswara, Mediocre Mumbai: Musings from my India Trip," Saathee, issue 130, February 2009.

  • Jain, Pankaj. "From Emic/Etic to Ethic: Issue of Insider/Outsider in South Asian Studies," Newsletter of the Association for Asian Studies, May 1, 2005.

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