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Student Guidance

MAIN OBJECTIVE

Approximately 1,000 Jain students come to USA and Canada. JAINA has created a JAINA Students Guidance Committee to assist these students, especially in the beginning of their journey…MAIN HOON NA

jsgc.jaina.org

BENEFICIARIES

Guidance is provided to ALL Jain Indian students coming to North America and/or students within North America. Connecting these students to our community and to preserve JAIN values and traditions. JAINA also benefits with increased membership.

IMPACT

  • This will allow JAINA to…
  • WHAT DOES YOUR COMMITTEE ENABLE JAINA TO DO? Support Jain Community, Increased membership
  • ARE THERE ANY MEASURABLE RESULTS? Yes, hundreds of registration
  • LARGER COMMUNITY LEVEL IMPACT: Increased community outreach by registration
2021-2022-2023 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
  • ACCOMPLISHMENT 1: Registered 549 Students
  • ACCOMPLISHMENT 2: Registered 25 Regional Directors (incl. 3 Committee Members) across North America
  • ACCOMPLISHMENT 3: Registered 138 Guiding Families across North America
2024-25 GOALS
  • GOAL 1: Improve website
  • GOAL 2: Increase more Regional Directors
  • GOAL 3: Increase more Guiding Family
WHAT SUPPORT DO YOU NEED FROM JAINA?
  • Website Support, 2-3 tech savvy volunteers to manage registrations from Students, Regional Directors (RD) and Guiding Family (GF). Verify data collected, Approve registration and connect/add them to relevant region. E.g. a student coming to Boston, MA is connected to that state RD and GF listing. Some follow up communication as needed. Majority traffic during Fall semester and some in Winter semester.
  • RESOURCES? JAINA outreach to local Jain Centers to encourage past students & families to sign up as GF and RD
  • BUDGET? $250 to maintain the website and IT support?

Name

Title - Region

Email

Phone

Pallavi Dedhia,

Chairwoman, JSGC - Boston, MA (New England)

dedhiapal@comcast.net

781-608-8205

Dr. Bipin Doshi

Chairman, JIF - Mumbai, India

drbipindoshi@yahoo.com

+91 98210 52413

Kaushal Shah 

JAINA EC Liaison

SouthEast-RVP@jaina.org

813-863-1016

Bakul Matalia

JSGC Committee Member - Tampa, FL

bakul.matalia@yahoo.com

631-830-1718

Vasant Shah

JSGC Committee Member & President, IAAMJV - Ford, NJ

vasantgshah@hotmail.com

732-599-0304