YJA Convention 2014 07 Washington DC

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

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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Ronak Shah
Ronak is from Sugar Land, TX. She attended The University of Texas in Austin where she majored in finance. In her free time, she enjoys playing and coaching volleyball, traveling (or daydreaming about it), and microfinance work. Ronak currently works at JPMorgan in the Investment Bank's Oil and Gas Credit group.
Ruchita Parikh
Ruchita is from Houston, TX, and is currently pursuing her medical degree at The University of North Texas. During her free time, she likes to play ultimate frisbee, attempt to master the art of photography, sing along to Bollywood songs, plan her wedding, and bother her younger sister.
Rushabh Kapashi
Rushabh is an associate partner with McKinsey & Company. Before McKinsey, Rushabh worked in investment banking at Goldman Sachs. He was also a William J. Clinton Fellow with the American India Foundation in rural India. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MPhil from The University of Cambridge, a BSc in Economics from the Wharton School and a BAS from The University of Pennsylvania, and has passed all three levels of the CFA exams. Rushabh has lived in over 15 cities across the world.
McKinsey & JA
Salonee Shah
Salonee was born in Ahmedabad but was raised in Texas (the best state). Salonee attended The University of Texas at Austin (the best city), where she earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing but then rebelled and went into education. Her favorite things are traveling, music, video editing, and crafting. She first joined the YJA Executive Board in 2009 and has been hooked every since. Her favorite thing about being on Board is meeting incredible people all over the country and running around at Conventions!
Samani Parimal Pragya
Samani Parimal Pragya is a disciple of Acharya Mahashraman. She has a Masters of Art in Peace and Non-Violence from Jain Vishwa Bharati University and National Education Training. She was initiated on November 18, 1992 and has since travelled and lectured in many countries. Her expertise in delivering lectures in any topic in English as well as Hindi is renowned. She is a proponent of Preksha Dhyan.
Learner Tomorrow
Samani Vikas Pragya Samani Vikas Pragya is a disciple of Acharya Mahashraman. She has an Masters of Art in Jain Philosophy and Comparative Religion from Jain Vishwa Bharati University. She was initiated on November 5, 1997. She has travelled many countries and lectured in a diverse array of topics and is especially strong in teaching meditation.
Sanjay Jain
Sanjay is a compassionate leader for animal welfare. Sanjay, his wife Prachi, and their two daughters embraced a vegan lifestyle about six years ago. Since then, he has been promoting an Ahimsak lifestyle. He is also a Jain Pathshala teacher at the Jain Center of Greater Boston for high school students. Sanjay holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from IIT Kanpur and has over twenty years of software development experience. He is an entrepreneur and recently sold his first startup, Copium, to Good
Technology.
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