May 26, 2021
The Institute mourns the passing of our revered colleague, teacher and friend, Prof. Padmanabh Srivarma Jaini. Scholar of Buddhist and Jain Studies, Prof. Jaini passed away peacefully in his home in the Berkeley Hills on Tuesday May 25, 2021, just five months shy of what would have been his 98th birthday. Our heartfelt condolences go out to his son Arvind and his grandson Ashvin.
Prof. Jaini at a UC Berkeley symposium organized in 2013 to celebrate and honor his scholarship and academic contributions. Please read a tribute to him by Prof. Alexander von Rospatt. Read Ramachandra Guha's review of Prof. Jaini's 2019 memoirs titled, Yogāyoga or Coincidences on pages 8-9, of our annual newsletter, Khabar.