1. Bhavarlal Hiralal Jain was an Indian entrepreneur, hounered by the Padma Award, Government of India, and the founder chairman of Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd.
12 Facts About Bhavarlal Jain
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Bhavarlal Jain was born in 1937 into a farming Marwari Oswal Jain family, originally in the village of Wakod located in Jalgaon district, Maharashtra,.
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In 1963, selling kerosene from a pushcart, Jain started the family business.
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Bhavarlal Jain converted this land into cultivable land, now recognised as the Jain Hills and Jain Valley, or Jain Agri Park and Jain Food Park.
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Bhavarlal Jain received many awards and accolades for outstanding work in agriculture including the prestigious Crawford Reid Memorial Award instituted by the 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.
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Bhavarlal Jain was the first Indian and the second Asian to receive this honour.
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Bhavarlal Jain was greatly influenced by the Jain teachings of Ahimsa and Anekantavada.
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Bhavarlal Jain died at Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai on 25 February 2016 from multi-organ failure, septicaemia, and listeriosis.
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Bhavarlal Jain did a considerable amount of work particularly regarding water management systems.
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Bhavarlal Jain strove hard to earn a place of pride for Indian agriculture by augmenting yields and adding value using technology.
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Bhavarlal Jain was the managing trustee of Bhavarlal Jain Charities, an organisation dedicated to social causes like education and rural development.
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Bhavarlal Jain was conferred the UNESCO-West-Net Water Conserver of India award in November 2007 by the Union Minister of Water Resources, Professor Saif-Ud-Din Soz at a function held in New Delhi.