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JAINA COMMITTEES Academic Liaison Committee Girish P. Shah 408-378-8765 Adhyatmic Committee Hasmukh Shah 727-934-6141 Calendar Committee Rajeev Pandya 718-816 0083 Constitution Review Committee Manibhai Mehta 714 898 3156 Govt.& Int'll Organizations Relations Fansukh ). Salgia 740-965-2627
JAIN DIGEST A publication of the Federation of Jain Association in North America (JAINA) GUEST EDITORIAL TEAM Chetan V Sanghvi Heena Nandu Harendra Shah Chandu Desai, Viren Shah Lina.Turakhia Anu Hungund Veeresh S. (India) Email: jaindigest.info@gmail.com Phone: 510-770-2277 The Guest Editorial team is fully responsible for the contents of this issue, including the Cover Page Design, unless an author's name is specifically mentioned in the article. EDITOR IN CHIEP Lata Champsee Phone: 416/441-2200 email: latachampseedusa.net OTHER EDITORS AND DESIGNERS OF THE JAIN DIGEST Dhrumil Purohit email: dhrumil@dharmaboost.com Dr. Mahendra Mehta email: mhmehta sympatico.ca Manubhai Doshi email: mansukhdoshi@yahoo.com Dineshbhai Chheda email: dchheda@pica.army.mil Pravin K. Shah education@jaina.org Jadavji Keni email: jkenia@netzero.com Chandrakant Parekh email:cparekh1@yahoo.com ASSOCIATE EDITORS Hanul Bhandari hanul.bhandari@yja.org Chirag K. Shah chirag.shah@yja.org
President Kirit C. Dallary Phone: 2547776-4209. Fax: 2547753-1411 First Vice President Dilip V. Shah Phone: 215-561-0581 Fax: 215-567-3146 Regional Vice Presidents Jashvant Mehta, Canada Phone: 780-435-9070 lla G. Shah, Midwest US Phone: 419.865-2727 Fax: 419.868-7476 Gunvant Shah. Northeast, US Phone: 732-246-40:30 Deepika Dalal, Southeast US Phone: 954-431-5957 Fax: 305-585-3798 Bipin Shah, West US Phone: 408-973-1004 Fax: 108-262.0180 Udai lain. Southwest US Phone: 281-980-6741. bax: 281/980-2924 Secretary Lata Champset Phone: 416/441-2200. Fax: 416/441-2211
Treasurer Pravin Mehta Phone: 931-648-9535, Fax:931-648-9539 immediate Past President Anop R Vera Phone: 585/473-4290, Fax: 585/473-1450)
Interfaith Activics/Workl Council of lains Arvind Vora 631-269.1167 Jain Center Resource Nitin Shah 562-902-0277
Long Term Planning Yogendra Jain 781-856-0769 Media Production Mamara Shaha 516-487-1852 Media and Public Relations Committee: Mr. Nitin Talasania 1908-306-1406 Membership Kamlesh Shah 301-838-9778 Marriage Information Service Hasmukh M. Shah 727.934-6141 N. American lain Families Assist Program Ta G. Mehta 419-865-2727 North American Jains History Jasvant Mehra 780-435-9070 Patron l'rogram Udai lain 281-980-0741 Pilgrimage Committee Dilip V. Shah 215-561-0581 Planned Giving Committee Yogesh Kamdar 203-288-2350 Scholar Visitation Nirmal Dosi 732-320-0206 Senior's Housing Gunvant Shah 732-2-16-10,30 Technology Committee Girish P. Shah 408-378-8765 Tirthodhdhar Committee Kint Datary 254.776-4209 V. R. Gandhi Scholarship lund Pravin C. Shah 516-248-8265 Website Committee Dilip V. Shah 215-561-058) World Community Service Bachubhai S. Ajmera 301-924-8070 YJA and YJP Coordinator Girish : Shah 408-578-8765 Young Jains of America (YJA) Dhrunail Purohit 302-832-036! Rajiv Jain 703-207-2323 Young Jain Professionals (YJI"} Mayur Shah 475-223-2468 Sachin Shah 650.9%-5560
Jain Digest Membership Keerti Shah 630-837-8716 Jain Network l'orum (UNE) Sunil Jain 630-705-1884 Jain Rituals Naresh Shah 516-741-9269 Jaina Book Stores Rohit H. Doshi 607.754-6010 Jaina Charitable Trust Mahendra K. Pandya 718-416-0083 Jaina Convention Board Dilip V. Shah 215-5610581 Jaina Education Pravin K. Shah 919-859-4994 Jaina Exhibition Sudhir Shah 20.3-397-5086 Jaina Library Ramesh Doshi 214-995-8914 Laina Public Affairs Committee Sushil Jain 301-670-0519 Jaina Publication Prem Gada 806-794-4777 Jivdaya Prandaben Chitrabhanu 212-534-6090 Legal Advisory Prakash Parekh 914-478-1075 Neel Shah 908-769-7000
SPECIAL OFFICE BEARER Executive Director of JAINA Kamalesh Amin Ph: 716-636-5342 http://www.jaina.org BOARD OF DIRECTORS Names of all Board of Directors are listed on http://www.jaina.org JAINA CHARITABLE TRUST Names of all Trustees are listed on http://www.jaina.org
MATRIMONIALS Hasmukh Shah 304 Tall Oak Trail Tarpon Springs, FL 34688-7711 Phone: 727-934-6141/3255 hasmukh33@yahoo.com
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