YJA Convention 2016 07 Los Angeles CA

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

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JAIN ACADEMIC BOWL
TEAMS
Our mission at YJA Conventions has always been to educate Jain youth about their heritage and the rich values of the Jain tradition. #YJA16 will host the second ever Jain Academic Bowl (JAB) at YJA, a team-based competition for young Jains. Topics range from Jain scriptures, prayers, and philosophy to Jain geography, history, and Jainism in the modern world. This YJA Convention, we will be changing the format of the traditional JAB game by breaking up the game into three new rounds, each of which will encourage teamwork and collaboration. We hope that the new style will be fun, exciting, and informative for everyone involved! A special thanks to: Pravin Shah for his mentorship throughout the year and for providing buzzer systems; Anish Doshi, Anjali Doshi, Foram Shah, Salil Ojha, and Siddharth Shah for their hard work as the JAB Administrative Team
NOT YOUR AVERAGE NAVKAR
DARSHI SHAH KANVI SHAH MOHINI SHAH
VEERAJ SHAH ONCE UPON A KAL VARDHAMAN LIONS AYUSHI SANGOI
CHANDNI SHAH KARINA PATEL
DIVYA SHAH PALASH SHAH
DHRUVIL SHAH RUSHABH SHAH
SHREYANS MUNOT MICCHAMI DUKKADAM
ANISH SHAH KHYATI RAKA SANJANA SHAH SHREYAL GANDHI
JAINS IN ACTION (JIA)
Jains in Action (JIA) is taking YJA beyond just the convention. JIA provides a platform for today's Agents of Change to use Jain values, personal knowledge, and past experiences to solve some of today's most pressing issues. Similar to a social hackathon, JIA participants will present their issue and solution; this solution can take the form of a product, business, organization, or movement that inspires others to act. During convention, the teams will be able to collaborate with their teammates during the JIA sessions to create, organize, and finalize their actionable solution. The top three teams will then present to a panel of judges in front of the entire convention audience.
Finally, the winning team will be given a grant (upwards of $1000) to carry out the proposed solution in the real world, working with an investor to take their project to the next level! A special thanks to: The judges for their mentorship and advice to the JIA participants
Anish Doshi, Chintav Shah, Kayuri Shah, Neelam Savla, and Shrenik Vision for tomorrow
Shah for their hard work as the JIA Administrative Team.
JIA
Jains in Action
YJA16
Review case studies and then submit your own idea that solves a need, while making the world a better place.
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PARTICIPANTS JUDGES
Team up The group will form teams around their favorite ideas and then work together to Create viable solutions
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Share The top groups will present their idea in front of the convention along with a panel of notable judges
ABHISHEK JAIN AKSHAT JAIN
AMIT JAIN
ANITA JAIN CHARUL CHANDRA CHIRAG SHAH DIPAL SAVLA HARDIK SHAH
JACKIN JAIN JULIE MEHTA KETAN KAPASI KRUPA SHAH MONICA SHAH MOULIK SOLANKI
NEEL KOTHARI NEESHA DAULAT
NIKET JAIN PARITA SHAH PRACHI JAIN PRATIK SHAH RUSHABH SHAH RUSHALI KOTHARI
SEAN GAJAR SHAILEE SHAH
SID SHAH SIDHANT GANDHI VARDHAN SOLANKI
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BUILD One team will be selected by the udges to receive a grant to help turn their big idea into reality!
HITEN SHAH
TERRY CECIL
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AGENTS OF CHANGE
YANIV SNIR