Bhavarlal Jain
| Bhavarlal Hiralal Jain | |
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| Native name | Bhau (Big Brother), Bhumiputra (Son of the soil), |
| Born |
12 December 1937 Wakod, Tal.Jamner, Dist.Jalgaon, India |
| Died | 25 February 2016 (aged 78) |
| Monuments | Bhaunchi Watika |
| Residence | Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | B.Com, LL.B |
| Title |
Founder Chairman, Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. |
| Spouse(s) | Kantabai Bhavarlal Jain (1938–2005) |
| Children | Ashok Jain Anil Jain Ajit Jain Atul Jain |
| Parent(s) | Hiralal Sagarmal Jain Gauri Hiralal Jain |
| Awards | Padma Shri (2008) |
| Website | www.bhavarlaljain.com |
Founder Chairman,
Bhavarlal Hiralal Jain (12 December 1937 – 25 February 2016) was an Indian entrepreneur, the founder chairman of Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. (JISL), now the second largest micro-irrigation company in the world. He was a staunch Gandhian and philanthropist. He was the founder of Gandhi Research Foundation. He was a Philosopher, Writer, Advocate, Industrialist, Social Activist, Philanthropist, Businessman, Farmer, Entrepreneur, Visionary, Scientist, Teacher, Researcher.
Bhavarlal Jain was born into a Marwari Jain farming family of a village named Wakod located in Jalgaon district, Maharashtra, India in 1937, having ancestral origin in Rajasthan. A law graduate, he spurned the offer for a civil service job to pursue agriculture as a profession at the age of twenty-three. In 1963, selling kerosene from a pushcart, Jain started the family business with trading. The family formed a partnership with a meagre ₹ 7,000, the accumulated savings of three generations, as capital. In 1972-74, Jain decided to revert to his ancestral farms from trading and business. In 1980, he commenced PVC pipe manufacturing operations. In 1987-88, he set up a Public Corporation – the first of its kind in the private sector in the Khandesh region – for production, promotion and propagation of drip irrigation in the country. He purchased a piece of land that was lying between the hill and the Jalgaon – Pachora road. The revenue classification of the land was less than that of degraded land. He converted this land into cultivable land, now recognised as the Jain Hills and Jain Valley, or Jain Agri Park and Jain Food Park respectively. Then, he went on to pioneer the concept of micro irrigation in India. He received many awards and accolades for outstanding work in agriculture including the prestigious Crawford Reid Memorial Award instituted by Irrigation Association, USA for "Significant achievements in promoting proper irrigation techniques and in fostering major advancements in the Industry outside the United States of America" in 1997. He was the first Indian and the second Asian to receive this honor. He was greatly influenced by the Jain teachings of Ahimsa (non-violence) and Anekāntavāda (multiplicity of view points). Shri. Jain died at Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai on 25 February 2016 due to Multi Organ Failure, Septicaemia, & Listeriosis. He is The father of the second green revolution in India.
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