Bawa Jain

Bawa Jain (born Preminder Nath Jain February 16, 1957) is the Secretary-General for the World Council of Religious Leaders.[1][2] He first presided as such at the 2000 Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders.[3][4][5][2]

Jain co-founded the Religious Initiative of the World Economic Forum,[6] and is the founder of The Gandhi King Award for Non-Violence.[7] He launched the World Council of Religious Leaders (WCORL) Religion One on One Initiative.[8]

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  2. Biography, Bawa Jain, retrieved 2015-03-25
  3. Niebuhr, Gustav (August 26, 2000). "Join In, He Asked Religious Leaders, and 2,000 Will". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  4. "World Council of Religious Leaders". Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs at Georgetown University. Archived from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  5. The World Council of Religious Leaders, Millennium Peace Summit, retrieved 2015-03-25
  6. "The World Council of Religious Leaders". www.millenniumpeacesummit.org. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
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