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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SPEAKERS
Parul Kothari
Parul Kothari lives in San Diego, CA where she has been a Pathshala teacher since 1996, and coordinator since 2000. She has written and directed various plays at the derasar such as Chandanbala, Unity in Diversity and Munnabhai met Mahavir. She is a past president and Trustee of the Jain Society of San Diego, and is a JAINA representative. She has previously spoken at YJP and the Swami Vivekananda Dharma conventions.
Pinita Shah
Pinita is an attorney in California who works as a legal compliance consultant for several Fortune 500 companies. What makes Pinita interesting is not what she chooses to do for work, but what she chooses to do with her life. By the age of 32 Pinita has owned and sold her own event planning business, worked as a professional choreographer for shows like CW's 90210, traveled the world, and still finds time to be a Pathshala teacher at the Jain Center. She is excited to come to YJA as a speaker and volunteer and is hoping to bring her experience and insight to a new generation of Jain youth.
Poojan Mehta
Poojan is a proud native of Raleigh, North Carolina. Being raised as a Tar Heel, he is currently a Sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, pursuing a degree in Finance. Set to graduate in 2019, he hopes to enter the finance industry and one day own his own business. In his spare time, Poojan enjoys golfing, watching football, and spending time with his friends and family.
Prachi Shah
Prachi is a senior at the University of Connecticut studying Digital Marketing and Analytics. She is actively involved on campus as President of a Business Fraternity, an executive board member of the Pan-Asian Council, and member of various dance teams. Prachi has been working for Cigna, a health insurance company, for the past year now as their Social Listening Analyst. She is an avid user and enthusiast of LinkedIn and as a business professional, she would like to spread her knowledge of the social media world onto her fellow Jain peers.
Prakhar Bhandari
Prakhar is a fourth year student at the University of Pennsylvania pursuing a BSE and MSE in computer science. He's interested in entrepreneurship and software development and in his free time, he enjoys running, cooking, and photography.
Pravin Shah
Pravin K. Shah is a founding member of Jain Study Center of North Carolina (Raleigh). He is the JAINA Education Committee chairperson and advisor to the YJA and YJP youth organizations. He is also a member of the Harvard University Pluralism Project Advisory Council and director of Triangle Interfaith Association since 2002 and Uberoi Foundation of Dharmic tradition since 2008. He has published several articles and books that are in use by thousands of Jain youth across North America. He is a retired Electrical Engineer from IBM and lives in Raleigh North Carolina, USA.
Priya Gulecha
Priya is a resident of Bangalore, India. She was born in Bangalore but brought up in a residential school, where she became an independent thinker and decision maker. At a very young age she decided to walk the path of spirituality. She hopes to motivate the young generation to walk the path of yoga, pranayama & meditation. Priya has been healing and meditating for a long time and has initiated a value education program called 'ARCH', a choice to new direction which spreads the message of attitude, relationships, character building & habits.
Priyal Gandhi
Priyal was born in Mumbai but has lived in Kansas and Northern Virginia for most of her life, and she is a rising fourth year pre-med student at the University of Virginia majoring in Neuroscience and minoring in Women and Gender Studies. Priyal loves community service, art, music, dancing, and all things Disney. She has served as YJA Director of Education, Daytime Programming Co-Lead, and session speaker, and is so excited to come back as an attendee speaker! Come find her at convention to talk about the intersection of Jainism and real world problems.
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