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Prem Jain honored with BITS Ratna Award
OUR BUREAU various interfaith organizations to
organize numerous conferences fo-
New York, NY
cused on non-violence (Ahimsa),
t is the highest honor for a BITS forgiveness, and compassion in the
Pilani alumnus to recognize their Bay Area and on Capitol Hill over
Ioutstanding contribution and the past 25 years. Additionally, he is
services to the institute and its stake- a founding member of the Jain Inter-
holders and the society at large. national Trade Organization.
The Birla Institute of Technol- Prem Jain contributed to the
ogy and Science, Pilani honored University of California and was
JCNC Life Benefactor Prem Jain awarded the CAAA Distinguished
with the 2025 BITS Ratna Award. Achievement Award and Distin-
The award was presented at the in- guished Engineering Alumni Award
stitution’s Hyderabad campus during in 2021. He also established the
its convention. “Prem Chand Jain Family Presiden-
tial Chair for Innovation and En-
BITS Ratna Award is the highest trepreneurship” at the University of
award for a BITS Pilani alumnus California. Additionally, he serves as
Prem Jain is a serial entrepre-
Jain is the founding president
to recognize outstanding contribu- neur and a well-known philanthro- of the Jain Center of Northern Cal- a Board advisor to the University of
California Davis Chancellor’s office.
tion and services to the institute pist. ifornia and a former president of Prem Jain is a frequent speak-
and its stakeholders and the so- Giving back to his alma mater, the Federation of Jain Associations er and contributor at many North
ciety at large, resulting in visible Prem Jain established “Rajkumari in North America, which represents American and global conferences,
impact of the maximum order. Jain chair for Innovation and Entre- over 200,000 Jains across North representing Jainism to the world
preneurship” at BITS Pilani. America. He has collaborated with at large.
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