Yaswhant K. Malaiya
Professor of Computer听
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Institutional Affiliation
Colorado State University听
Computer Science Department
Education
Ph.D., Utah State University
Regional and Thematic Interests
India, South Asia
Jain, Buddhist, and Hindu societies
Profile
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He became interested听in the history of Jain and Hindu communities in India in the early 1970s as constructed using archaeological inscriptions, texts and oral traditions. He finished his PhD in Electrical Engineering in 1978 and joined SUNY Binghamton as an assistant professor of Computer Science. He is now a Professor of Computer Science at Colorado State University. He created the world's first website听on Hindi language in 1996. He has published widely in testing, reliability and security for听computer听systems.
His research interests include history and demography of Jain and selected Hindu and Buddhist communities, interaction among diverse Indian traditions, survival of minority communities, applicability of Jain principles within the modern society, and Jain diaspora.
Selected Publications
Y. K. Malaiya, 鈥淔reedom of thought and Human Rights in Jain Tradition,鈥� in Chapter 8 in Human Rights, Spirituality and Religious Freedom: Perspectives from the Dharmic and Indigenous Cultures, Ed. Y.V. Pathak, A Adityanjee, Kovidnam Vani, 2023, pp. 123-133.
Y.K. Malaiya, "Probabilistic Evaluation of Possible Dates of the Nirv膩峁嘺 of Lord Mah膩v墨ra, " Int. Symposium on Dating of Mahavira Nirvana, Navalveerayatan, Pune, July 9-10, 2022.
S. C. Jain and Y. K. Malaiya, 鈥淛ain Population Predicament: Need to Learn from the Parsi and Jewish Situations,鈥� in Studies in Jain Demography, 1881-2011, Ed. P. C. Jain, Rawat Publications 2019, p.听165-172.
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Y. K. Maliaiya, 鈥淚nteractions among the Dharmic Traditions,鈥� in Compassion in the 4 Dharmic Traditions, Editor: Ved P. Nanda, Prabhat Prakashan, Delhi, 2016, pp 70-88.
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Y.K. Malaiya, 鈥淜undalpur鈥檚 Past Three Centuries,鈥� Arhat Vacan, Vol. 13, no. 3-4, 2001 pp. 5-13.
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Y.K. Malaiya, 鈥淥n the Golapurva Caste鈥� in Vyakaranacharya Banshidhar Felicitation Volume, 1990 (in听 Hindi), pp. 103-130.听
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Y.K. Malaiya, 鈥淎n Examination of the Sixteenth Chapter of Vardhamana Purana,鈥� Anekanta, Vol. 27, No. 2, August 1974, pp. 58-64 (in Hindi).
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Y.K. Malaiya, 鈥淥n the Golapurvas ,鈥� Anekanta, Vol. 25, No. 2, May 1972, pp. 68-72 (in Hindi). 听