Usha Lodaya has accomplished a 2-year Masters and a 3-year Doctorate course in Jainism.
Ahmedabad:
While for a lot of, age is a reminder to take issues sluggish, for 67-year-old Usha Lodaya, it pushed her to pursue her teenage dream of turning into a physician.
Usha Lodaya, who had dropped out of school at 20, has accomplished her doctorate course in Jainism after resuming her schooling in her sixties.
The gritty Vadodara resident enrolled right into a Jainism course at Maharashtra-based Shatrunjay Academy, an establishment set as much as unfold the information of Jainism among the many neighborhood members.
On Sunday, the sexagenarian handed her viva voce on 12 contemplations in Jain custom, to earn her doctorate diploma.
“It has been my dream to become a doctor ever since I enrolled for a Bachelor of Science degree decades ago. However, I was forced to drop out of college when I was 20 years old because of an early marriage,” Usha advised PTI.
Inspired by her guru Jaydarshitashriji Maharaj, a scholar on Jainism, Lodaya renewed her ambition and labored to understand it by enrolling for an internet course in Jainism on the trust-run institute in Jalgaon, Maharashtra.
“My decades-old dream came to be realised as I was inspired by my guruji to join a three-year graduation course in Jainism started at Shatrunjay Academy,” she stated.
Usha Lodaya accomplished a three-year diploma course in Jainism, adopted by a two-year Masters and a three-year Doctorate course.
“As I belong to the Jain community, I plan to continue exploring the religion further and teach students from the community, who come to me regularly,” stated a decided Usha.
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