He is the recipient of the 2004 "Presidential Award" for his contribution to Pali-Prakrit languages and Buddhism & Jainism religions.
He was Head of Department of Pali and Prakrit at Nagpur University[2] from 1965 to 1996, and he served as the director of Parshvanath Vidyapith at Varanasi from 1999 to 2001.
Mr. Bhagchandra Jain’s scholarly contributions include more than 60 books and 300 research papers, and he has been a visiting Professor at universities in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
Mr. Bhagchandra Jain served as an editor of several periodicals including Jain Milan, Ratnatraya, Suddharma, Shramana, Nagpur University Journal, and Prachin Tirth Jirnoddhar; and has represented Jainism, Buddhism and Indology at World Religious Conferences (including Harvard University) and chaired the sessions in the U.S., U.K., Canada and European countries.
He is married to Dr. Pushpalata Jain, former head of the Department of Hindi at St. Francis de Sales College, Nagpur.