Krishna A. Gosavi

Krishna A. Gosavi (6 November 1936 – 18 November  2013) was an Indian author, Philosopher, and a Civil engineer by profession. Gosavi was the author of Jainism: A Theistic Philosophy He did his Bachelor of engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India in 1959, and further completed his Master of Science in Civil (Structural )Engineering from University of Kansas  in 1962.He was Professor and Principal of M.G.M Engineering college (Mumbai University).He was also a member of American Society of Civil Engineers, U.S.A.

Early life
Gosavi was born into a Jain family in Aurangabad on 6 November 1936 to Mr. Abarao Gosavi and his wife Mrs. Kasturi Gosavi. Mr. Abarao Gosavi a Tailor (specialized for Indian army clothes) by profession made sure his son’s dream of becoming an engineer if fulfilled. Dr. Gosavi was the first from his town to migrate to America and worked on number of prestigious infrastructure projects.

Education
B.E. (CIVIL), Osmania University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, 1959.

M.S. (Civil in Structural), University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A., 1962.

Career
Mahatma Gandhi Mission (Charitable Trust), Nanded, Maharashtra State, India; from July 1986 to present.

Principal and professor, College of Engineering and Technology, Airoli sector – 3, New Bombay, Maharashtra State; (Affiliated to the University of Bombay and approved by Government of Maharashtra) from Sept. 1, 1986 to present.

Professor and Head of the Department of the Construction Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra State; (Affiliated to the Marathwada University and approved by Government of Maharashtra) from July 1986 to December 1986.

Professional Societies Membership
Former member of:


 * American Society of Civil Engineers
 * National Society of Professional Engineers
 * Kansas Engineering Society
 * Wichita Professional Engineering Society

Spirituality
Dr. Krishna Gosavi’s doctoral thesis on Jainism published by Parshvanath Vidyapith, Varanasi, is a refutation of its Classification in Indian Philosophy as an atheism, because it is a theistic Philosophy, a realism.

In this book the author has tried to establish Jainism as a Theistic Philosophy contrary to Pre-established theories about God, particularly in Vedic Philosophy. Generally, Jainism is considered as an atheistic philosophy because, like Brahmanical theology, it does not believe in trinity of God as creator, sustainer,and destroyer. But it believes in the existence of the Paramatma, the supreme soul which has been considered as synonyms of God in other Indian Philosophical Systems. Jainism considers Paramatma as God. The author maintains that Jainism is not an atheistic philosophy but is a theistic one. It holds that classification of Jainism in Indian philosophy as a Nastika or its English translation, quite often, made as an atheistic or heterodox is quite unjustified and misleading because Jainism is a very much theistic philosophy and religion, if compared with all religions of the world.

This scholarly research work presents a balanced scholarship, offering perspectives and raising issues from both the Western and Indian academia.