YJA Convention 2010 07 New Brunswick NJ Ninth

Author(s): Young Jains of America (YJA)
Publisher: Young Jains of America YJA USA

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Jain Networking Forum (INF) Sessions
LEAD from Your Strengths: A Jain Way to Address Daily Challenges & Opportunities
This one-hour program is for leaders at all levels who want to rediscover and reconnect with their strengths and help their family and team members do the same. You will leave with an energizing planning tool and a process for using your strengths and engaging the best of others everyday!
Hema Pokharna - Please refer to "Jainism for Global Good" on page 55 for a full biography.
Love Actually
Get relationship and marriage advice from the experts themselves! We bring to you a diverse set of couples: two 'YJA' couples, and one 'mixed marriage between a Jain and a non-Jain. The couples will briefly discuss the joys and difficulties of their particular partnerships, and we will then have an open discussion where you can ask anything! Whether you have a significant other or are looking for one, this session is bound to leave you with great relationship advice that you can use today and in the future.
Achira Shah and Adam Pierce - Please refer to "Career Networking Panel - Engineering Your Career" on page 50 for full biographies.
Purvi Ranka and Mitun Ranka Mitun and Purvi Ranka are a newly married couple who just celebrated their one-year anniversary on June 27, 2010. They met on July 4th at the 2002 YJA Convention at the Sheraton in Mahwah, New Jersey, the venue at which they married seven years later. They were introduced by a mutual friend and struck up a conversation because Mitun was a freshman at MIT and Purvi was about to attend Boston University. They developed a strong friendship throughout college and became inseparable by the time they both moved to New York City. Mitun started graduate school at Columbia for biomechanical engineering and Purvi started her first job at a boutique PR agency.
Mitun currently works for Frankel Group as a healthcare consultant and Purvi is an executive assistant at Warner Brothers. They enjoy spending their time cooking, watching TV, traveling, hanging with friends, and playing football and rollerblading together.
Seema Jain and Sunit Jain Seema Jain is an Account Executive for Marriott International. She manages over 30 corporate accounts in the Chicago and Milwaukee areas. She co-founded SEED (Supporting Excellence in Education) with Sunit and other friends in 1998. This non-profit organization (seedfoundation. org) provides scholarships to American born Indian students pursuing undergraduate studies. Seema also co-chaired the first YJA Convention in Chicago in 1994. Seema has her B.S. in Finance from Miami University of Ohio and her M.B.A. in Marketing from DePaul University. In her free time, she enjoys exercising, cooking, yoga and relaxing with her family.
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