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Amit Shah Orland Park, IL Amit Shah was born and raised in Chicago, IL. He's currently a rising senior at Columbia College Chicago, studying Fashion Merchandising with a concentration in Visual Merchandising and Styling. Amit is truly Indian at heart, but always tries to blend the best of both worlds in all his work. He's one of the many who advocates for mental health problems within the South Asian community. After many years of being an active member of YJA, he is now officially a YJA alumni. Anand Shah | North Hollywood, CA Anand Shah is currently a Manager at The Walt Disney Company with a primary focus on the Media segment overseeing the risk management strategy for Disney, ABC, ESPN, Pixar, Marvel, and LucasFilm. Anand has been at Disney for four years; prior to joining Disney, he worked at Deloitte as a Financial Risk Assurance Associate and double majored in Accounting and Information Systems. Anand enjoys working out, cooking, reading, and spending time with his family and friends in his free time. Anish Doshi San Francisco, CA Anish Doshi is currently a Software Engineer at an analytics startup, Trifacta. Originally from Illinois, he moved to the Bay Area to go to UC Berkeley, and after graduation moved to SF. He's been involved with Jainism since a young age through JSMC events and JAB, and is particularly interested in applying its philosophy to problems in current events. Outside of engineering and Jainism, Anish enjoys hiking, playing chess, and eating vegan baked goods (which he encourages you to send to him). Anjali Doshi | New York, NY Anjali is a Biomedical Engineering PhD student in the Danino Lab at Columbia University; her research focuses on the field of synthetic biology. As the YJA Director of Education from 2016-2017, she worked with board members to create YJA Pathshala, an online, multimedia Jain course with participants ranging from ages 14-75. She has also been a Pathshala teacher at JSMC and a JAB player, moderator, and administrator. Contact her with questions and ideas at anjali.doshi@yja.org. Anthony Ruda | New York, NY The Jain Noble Truths Association aims to spread Jainness to people around the globe-especially young Jains. JNTA seeks to understand the roots of Jainism through the Four Noble Truths. These truths offer a roadmap to understanding Jain values in a modern context, with emphasis on Jainness rather than Jainism. Anthony Ruda is a writer and editor from NYC who received his formal education in math and physics. He was deeply intrigued by the foundations of Jainism and serves as VP of JNTA. Ashwani Jain Potomac, MD Ashwani is a 15-year cancer survivor, a first generation Indian-American, a native of Montgomery County, MD, the son of small business owners, a proud product of MCPS, and has been working for President Obama in various capacities for the last 10 years. He is now running for County Council to make a bigger impact in the county he was born and raised in. If elected, Ashwani would be the youngest and first ever Asian-American, Indian, Jain to ever serve on the Council.
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