________________ NOTE ON THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK "THE WAVE OF BLISS" Dr. Narendra P. Jain, the author of this book is a multifaceted personality. As a career diplomat he has been India's Ambassador to United Nations, European Economic Community (EEC), Mexico, Nepal and Belgium, and Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. He is a noted economist, a well-known poet, a prolific writer and a distinguished Jain scholar. He was awarded Doctorate and status of Permanent Academician by the renowned Mexican Institute of International Affairs. He has delivered keynote addresses on Jain religion at the World Jain Conference (1988) at Leicester (UK), Asian Jain Conference at Singapore (1989), Biennial JAINA Convention at Stanford University (1991), Global Forum of Parliamentarian and Spiritual Leaders at the UN Earth Summit at Rio de Janiero, Brazil in 1992. He met Gurudev Chitrabhanu for the first time in New York (USA) in 1971 and has been in constant touch with him for over two decades.
