Information on Jain Minority

The seed of passion nurtured by Shri. Shantilal Muttha, from his early childhood and watered by devoted volunteers, has now grown into a full-fledged fruit-bearing tree -- the Bharatiya Jain Sanghtana (BJS).
A non-profit, non-political, Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) working towards Social Enlightenment, BJS has been in the forefront of doing exemplary work in the field of Social Service, Disaster Management and Education.
Founded as Akhil Maharashtra Jain Sanghatana by Shri. Shantilal Muttha in 1985, it got its present name Bharatiya Jain Sanghatana (BJS) in 1993 in the wake of the Latur earthquake and was registered as BJS on 18th October 1993.
After the Latur earthquake BJS got involved in Disaster Management for the first time. During this tragedy, Shri. Muttha realized that the orphans if left to themselves would become vagabonds and subsequently a liability to society. He therefore decided to move 1,200 orphan boys to Pune and take the entire responsibility of educating them. This is how the organization entered into the field of Disaster Management and Education.
BJS is professionally managed and has established a well-knit nationwide network of volunteers from the Jain community willing to devote their time for the welfare of society. BJS s extensively developed in the States of Maharashtra & Chattisgarh and has state-level organizations in the states of Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. All projects are taken up only after a thorough research and are conceptualized and designed by professionals.