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Presidents' Wall of Fame
Ila Narendra Shah 1996-1998 What is most memorable from your time as President? We hosted the largest mehfil and collected over £6K for sponsoring children's education in India.
What legacy do you feel you and your committee have left YJ? Introduction of children's party, bhakti, yoga and meditation classes. We set up trustees and re-wrote the YJ constitution and introduced standards and procedures in Y), including the logo. We worked with Veerayatan to set up and launch Shri Chandana Vidayapeeth School and saw the launch of the Jain Spirit magazine.
Ushma Shah 1998-1999 What is most memorable from your time as President? Two memories come to mind. 1) Shibir/team building with the committee at Oxford...it was educational, a valuable experience and extremely good fun as well. 2) The convention that was held in the summer of 1998 - again an event which I will remember forever.
What legacy do you feel you and your committee have left YJ? The legacy me and my committee left was the strengthened foundation laid by my predecessors for the benefit of the future Young Jains generation.
Shaileen Lalji Shah 1999-2001 What is most memorable from your time as President? Joining as President at AGM and having no idea who else was going to join the team.
What legacy do you feel you and your committee have left YJ? Giving Sweet Harmony its name and being on the teams that developed lintroduced the Yj Paryushan evenings and Navaratri Garbas.
Priti Kishore Shah 2001-2002 and 2006-2007. What is most memorable from your time as President? My strongest memory is of being President and having an idea shared with me of having English pop songs, dancing involving all participants and delivering an interactive convention, not just with guest speakers, but also with speakers from Young Jains. I had the pleasure of working with really committed people who shared their talents and developed skills in themselves and in others, in seeking to understand and share Jain dharma. Working and learning with people like this has been and continues to be the real pleasure.
What legacy do you feel you and your committee have left YJ? In my first instance as President, and with that team, it was continuing to build upon things, looking at growing the organisation geographically outwards. We had a strong focus ensuring that Young Jains activities met the mission statement and were guided to always think about the Jain spiritual as the base foundation of anything that was planned. I think that is enduring and core to Young Jains.
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