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
Priyanka Vora Priyanka is a doctor, having graduated from medical school in Ahmedabad, India. She then attended Columbia University for her Masters of Public Health. She now lives in Cincinnati and works in the Healthcare IT field. She is passionate about individual and community health. In her spare time, she watches Friends, Game of Thrones, and re-reads Harry Potter!
Puja Savla Puja Savla is currently a second year Biology teacher at Animo Inglewood Charter High School, and she is also a Pathshala teacher at the Jain Center of Southern California. She is an avid LA sports fan, rooting for her USC Trojans, LA Lakers, LA Kings and newly arrived LA Rams. In her free time she spends time with family and friends and enjoys playing board games and taking bike rides down the Pacific coast. She has been a part of YJA over the last few years as a Local Representative, West Regional Coordinator and now as Co-Chair.
Pujen Solanki Pujen is a Computer Scientist who loves to cook from California. He is an entrepreneur with a successful Design and Development company as well as a co-founder of a Los Angeles based event production company. He diligently capitalizes on all opportunities that will lead to an increasingly positive venture for himself and others. He's excited to be a part of the 2016 Convention Committee as a Registration Co-Lead.
Purvi Shah Purvi is an IT Project Manager at Cigna in Connecticut, and is also pursuing her MBA degree in Business Analytics. She is also a Bollywood dancer and teacher. She is very active in her local Jain and Indian community, and has been serving on the board of the India Association of Central Connecticut for the past 3 years. This is her 4th YJA convention and she is truly excited to be a speaker this year!
Raj Kankaria 1LT Raj Kankaria, a native of Houston, TX, graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in May, 2013. 1LT Kankaria has been stationed in FT Hood, TX and Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea. He currently serves as a Bridge Platoon Leader of 48 soldiers in the 74th Multi-Role Bridge Company, Task Force Ready Battalion, Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea,
Ramey ko Ramey ko is a partner with the law firm of Jung Ko, PLLC. He also teaches Business Law and Ethics in the MBA program at Texas Health & Science University. In 2010, Ramey was appointed an Associate Municipal Judge, the first Asian American judge in Travis County, and served through 2013. From 2010 to 2014, Ramey served on President Obama's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Ramey graduated from Yale University in 2002 with a degree in history and with honors from the University of Chicago Law School in 2006. He is diagnosed Bipolar II with Anxiety.
Rapir Dedhia Rapir Dedhia is from Southern California and has a Secondary English Teaching Credential. He is currently completing his Masters in Education at the University of California, Irvine.
Ravi Doshi He is your basketball-loving, sock collecting, music junkie: Ravi Doshi. Attending Emory University, he is studying Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology along with Mathematics and Economics. He would never turn down long drives, meeting new people, and giving old things new purpose. He's always thinking, so if you see him be sure to ask him what's going on up there.
2016 YJA CONVENTION LOS ANGELES, CA