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Dr Sulekh Jain

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  • Las Vegas-based Dr Jain is the past President of the Federation of Jain Associations in North America (JAINA). The International School for Jain Studies that he co-founded in 2005 has been instrumental in changing the face of Jain academic studies in America and Europe. His first book ‘An Ahimsa Crisis; You Decide!’ is downloadable free at www.isjs.in

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  • Dr. Neelima Seth

    Dr. Neelima Seth is an ophthalmologist and anterior segment surgeon with 30+ years’ experience and thousands of cataract surgeries, including charitable care for underprivileged patients.

    Raised Jain, Dr. Seth was a lifelong vegetarian until five years ago, when learning about dairy practices, including calf separation, led her to give up dairy as an expression of Ahimsa.

    She is a prominent voice for dairy-free living in Jain and vegetarian communities in India, urging greater awareness of food’s impact on all life and using her platform to advocate for animals.

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  • Dr. Faraz Harsini

    Born in Iran, Dr. Faraz Harsini escaped execution and rebuilt his life in the United States—an experience that continues to shape his human rights and animal advocacy. A biomedical and food systems scientist, he is the founder and CEO of Allied Scholars for Animal Protection (ASAP).

    He received the Winsome Constance Kindness Gold Medal from Philip Wollen, previously awarded to Peter Singer, Jane Goodall, and Sir David Attenborough, and donated the prize money to ASAP.

    Dr. Harsini lectures at Harvard, Yale, and UChicago law schools on law, ethics, food systems, human and animal rights, environmental protection, and sustainability and is an honorary keynote speaker at major Jain conventions, including YJA, YJP, and JAINA.

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