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________________ T JAINA VCU .. 19th Biennial JAINA Convention Jainism and Science Edison, NJ | June 30 - July 4, 2017 convention.jaina.org JAINA Youth Recognition Awards JAINA C AND CONV SINIC 46 JUNE 30 NTION 2017 JULY A Aanya Gandhi Aanya has been an active young leader with the Jain community for many years. She was a Pathshala assistant teacher as well as an active participant in Mahavir Janm Kalyanak programs. In 2014, Aanya prepared the winning bid to host 2014 YJA Convention in metropolitan Washington D.C., a monumental task that involved amongst many other things researching venues, and vendors, and securing community wide donations. She was able to do this successfully due to her friendly "can-do" attitude and exemplary work ethics. She is a role model to those around her, and is involved in other community services including establishing a 5K Color Run for Charity and being President of Key Club. Anish Doshi Anish is a computer science graduate from UC Berkeley and has volunteered actively at Jain Society of Metropolitan Chicago, contributing to the organization of the temple library and helping in all Youth activities. He has competed twice in the Jain Academic Bowl, moderated several JAB games including finals. He also volunteered as an organizer for the Jains in Action competition and gave a session about Jain ethics at YJA 2016. As a vegan, Anish cares deeply about maintaining Jain values and spreading them. Chintav Shah Chintav has been involved in Pathshala and youth activities from very young age at Jain Center of New Jersey. He built a Jain Youth community while in college at the University of Pennsylvania. He is YJA's current Director of Project Development and has held other roles in the past. He was instrumental in organizing JAB at YJA 2014 & 2016, as well as Jains in action, a social impact competition in 2016. As the creator of YJA forums, an online Jain discussion platform, Chintav is deeply committed to fostering conversation and reflection on Jain philosophy by youth.
SR No.527540
Book TitleJAINA Convention 2017 07 Edison NJ
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorFederation of JAINA
PublisherUSA Federation of JAINA
Publication Year2017
Total Pages176
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationMagazine, USA_Convention JAINA, & USA
File Size51 MB
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