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He is married to Madhu and has two children a son, Rajesh and a daughter Sonia. President Clinton invited him to Washington during the NFTA treaty negotiations with Mexico and Canada. He was a Rotarian for 15 years and served as the Director of North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce for five years.
Jayantilal Zaverchand Galaiya is a trustee of Sidhachalam, a Jain religious place (tirth) in the Pocono Mountains, New Jersey. He and Chandulal Lalji conduct Jain classes for children.
Niru and Manu Gosar Rajpar have been very active in the Jain Society of Metropolitan Washington as Secretary and newsletter editor.
Biren Amritlal Karamshi Nagda came to the U.S.A to study medicine but instead did a doctoral degree in both social work and psychology. He is an assistant professor at the University of Washington School Of Social Work and received the Outstanding Distinguished Teaching Award in 2001 A.D.
Rahul Motichand Hansraj Dodhia got a doctoral degree in Cognitive Psychology from University of Columbia, New York in 2001. He works for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in its Ames Research Center, Silicon Valley, California.
Misty daughter of Punita and Arun Shah of Vestal New York is an accomplished singer of devotional songs. She has already recorded CD of Jain devotional songs (bhajans) at age ten. She donates all the proceedings from the sell of CD to Veerayatan, a Jain Ashram located in Bihar India.
After the U.S. Immigration Act of 1964 was passed, quotas for permanent settlement visas were allocated to Asian and African countries. This provided opportunities for Asians and Africans to settle in the USA.
