About the Survey
What is it?
A worldwide survey for Jains of all ages and backgrounds to share their beliefs, practices and views.
What does it ask?
Topics include Jain demographics, spiritual practices, attitude towards current trends, and your views on the future of our religion.
What it is for?
This survey will provide us with data to help our community leaders strengthen Jainism and the Jain Way of Life.

Goals

Religious Unification

Expanded Participation

Deeper Understanding

Practical Adaptations
Our Team
Present

Suraj Sait
Project Lead

Yogendra Jain
Executive Team

Chintan Shah
Executive Team

Bipin Shah
Executive Team

Mosum Shah
Data Analyst

Vineet Shah
Data Analyst
Past

Dr. Finale Doshi-Velez
Member

Ashna Jain
Member

Nishi Shah
Member

Adish Jain
Member

Karan Shah
Member

Arjav Akkole
Member

Kashish Jain
Member

Abhinav Jain
Member

Suraj Sait
Project Lead
Suraj Sait is a business analytics intern at Marstone, Inc., a financial technology company. He graduated high school in 2020, took a gap year, and will be attending the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business in the fall of 2021. He also attended the Jain Center of Greater Boston’s Pathshala, graduating in 2020. As Project Lead of the Worldwide Jain Survey Initiative, he helps coordinate all aspects of the survey, including survey development, marketing, strategy, and analysis. In his free time, Suraj likes to play ultimate frisbee, practice karate, read science fiction and fantasy novels, and watch the New England Patriots.

Yogendra Jain
Executive Team
Yogendra Jain is a technologist, serial entrepreneur, and a passionate practitioner of Jain Way of Life. He has done pioneering work in digital health, medical devices, telecommunications, and IA (Intelligent Assistant). Yogendra started his career at MIT Lincoln Labs in research before founding and operating several successful companies.
Yogendra is a well-known figure across the US Jain community as a community leader, author, keynote speaker, and teacher. Yogendra was a Director, VP, and Secretary of JAINA (Jain Association of North America), Chairman of Long Range Planning Committee, and teaches at the Jain Center of Greater Boston Pathshala. He has presented and led more than a dozen “out of the box” groundbreaking seminars and projects, including Tattvarth Sutra: Ancient Scriptures Come Alive, Comparative Religion, Essence of Jainism, Rebranding and Repackaging Jainism, Discovery of the Soul, Strengthening of Faith, Measuring JWOL Progress, New AM-PM Meditation, Mind-Body-Soul, and Journey to Happiness and Equanimity. The purpose of these projects is to expand the understanding of AAA (Ahimsa – Non-Violence; Anekantvad – Non-Absolutism; Aparigraha – Non-Possessiveness) in the modern way of life for Jains and Non-Jains.
He holds a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University, a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from Rice University, and an MBA from Babson College. Yogendra is an avid squash player, enjoys hiking and outdoors, and grew up and lived in Boston, USA.

Chintan Shah
Executive Team
Chintan is president of KNB Communications, a healthcare marketing and PR firm. He received his BA from the University of WI and his MBA from Babson College. Originally from Milwaukee, WI, Chintan grew up attending pathshala and was a founding youth member at the Jain Religion Center of WI. He led YJA as co-chair for two conventions-2002 in NJ and 2006 in CT. He is Chairperson of the JAINA Long Range Planning Committee. Chintan, his wife Shilpa and children Yash, Ria and Sheel live in New York and are active at the Jain Center of America. He is a huge fan of all teams from Wisconsin – Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Brewers and Bucks and the Wisconsin Badgers.

Bipin Shah
Executive Team
Bipin Shah worked in the pharmaceutical field for over 50 years. During that period he worked for three multinational firms. Following corporate jobs, he founded three successful entrepreneurial consulting companies. He has been a member of Jaina’s LRP team since 2014, and he joined the Jain Worldwide Survey Team in June 2020. He holds a Masters degree in Pharmaceutical Administration from Columbia University. He and his wife Kailas live in Libertyville, Illinois and they have 4 grandchildren.

Mosum Shah
Data Analyst
Mosum Shah received her MBA in Health Care Management from The Wharton School and her BA in Economics from the University of Chicago. She has been with the Boston Consulting Group’s Chicago office for the last five years, working primarily in their pharmaceutical and private investment and public equity (PIPE) group. She is a native of Houston, Texas.

Vineet Shah
Data Analyst
Mosum Shah received her MBA in Health Care Management from The Wharton School and her BA in Economics from the University of Chicago. She has been with the Boston Consulting Group’s Chicago office for the last five years, working primarily in their pharmaceutical and private investment and public equity (PIPE) group. She is a native of Houston, Texas.
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