Patna 26th Feb 09:
Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen visiting Bihar currently for a meeting of the mentor group of the proposed Nalanda International University in Nalanda. He heads that mentor group. The renowned economist took time to visit Pawapuri, where Bhagwan Mahavira attained enlightenment and where his last rites were performed. He had previously visited Pawapuri as a member of the delegation led by the Past President of India, A P J Abdul Kalam.Pawapuri suffers from economic depravation and having seen no changes there since his last visit, he urged the Jain industrialists to invest there and bring about an economic revival that existed there centuries ago. He suggested building three star hotels, an engineering college and develop other infrastructure projects for the area’s development.
From Economic Times 26th Feb 2009 Courtesy Mahavir Chavan