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YOUNG JAINS OF AMERICA (YJA) CONVENTION COMMITTEE
Aakash Shah | Convention Committee Co-Chair
Aakash is the proud Canadian serving on this year's YJA Convention Committee. Being born and raised in Toronto, ON has led Aakash to be a passionate Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto Raptors fan! Aakash is a dentist in private practice who enjoys watching sports, staying active, and eating pizza. This will be Aakash's final year on the YJA board after serving as Director of Public Relations (2010-2011) and Director of Project Development (2011-2012), and he hopes everyone has a legen - wait for it-dary time at the Convention!
Pathik Shah | Convention Committee Co-Chair Pathik was born in Virginia, and raised in Maryland. Pathik studied aerospace engineering at The University of Maryland, College Park (Go Terrapins!). He is currently completing his Masters there (part-time) in Systems Engineering. He works in Air Traffic Surveillance and enjoys his job very much. Outside of work and school, YJA has been a big part of his life growing up, and he enjoys the friendships he has attained through it. Other hobbies of his include international and domestic travel, computers, discovering new vegetarian foods, reading, and exercise.
Kayuri Shah | Adult Volunteer Coordinator Committee Co-Lead
Kayuri was born in Johnson City, TN, but has lived most of her life in Virginia. She will be entering her sophomore year at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she is majoring in biomedical engineering, and working at a hospital. It is hard to catch her sitting still because she loves to dance and has a serious sweet tooth. Kayuri is also captain of VCU's fusion dance team, Nach Ve. She can't wait to make 2014 YJA Convention amazing!
Kunal Dagli | Adult Volunteer Coordinator Committee Co-Lead Kunal has been a Jersey boy his whole life. After studying mathematics, economics, and computer science, he found his way into the world of start-ups. Outside of work, he enjoys promoting veganism and environmentalism, working out, reading comic books (DC!), rooting for the 49ers and Mets, and immersing himself in technology and design. By night he roams the streets pretending to be Batman and showing #yjalove to evildoers. Can you tell he's a nerd at heart? Kunal Dagli stands for truth, justice, and the Jain way!
Vaishali Shah | Adult Volunteer Coordinator Committee Co-Lead
Vaishali was born and raised in sunny Orlando, FL. She just graduated from pharmacy school at The University of Florida (Go Gators!) and is a licensed pharmacist. She enjoyed working with Adult Volunteers during the 2012 YJA Convention, so she decided to do it again (in hopes that they will not try to many her off this time). When she is not busy studying about new medicine, you can find her cooking different recipes, catching up on TV shows, and obnoxiously singing Bollywood songs. She hopes everyone h as an amazing time during this Convention!
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Harsha Nahata | Daytime Programming Committee Co-Lead Harsha is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan. She majored in public policy with a concentration in international security and development policy. At Michigan, Harsha wrote opinion columns for the student newspaper, The Michigan Daily, and was part of putting together a two-day social justice conference on behalf of the South Asian Awareness Network. In her free time, Harsha likes to write, try new food, and watch Scandal.
Anshul Mehta | Fundraising Committee Co-Lead
Anshul is a senior at The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor studying industrial and operations engineering. He has been a dedicated youth member of the Jain Society of Greater Detroit, and is excited to be serving as a YJA Convention Committee member for the first time. In his free time, Anshul enjoys watching Detroit and Michigan sports, playing golf, learning about technology, and listening to Bollywood music.
YOUNG JAINS: TODAY'S LEARNERS, TOMORROW'S LEADERS
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