Organizing committee
Ameya Athalye
Ameya Athalye
Ameya Athalye
President
Ameya Athalye is a junior at High Tech High School. He has a passion for 3D design and animation. He loves traveling and exploring new ideas. He hopes to give back to the community and help make the world a better place.
Nandita Dani
Ameya Athalye
Ameya Athalye
Vice President and Treasurer
Nandita Dani is a sophmore at Bergen County Academies, and is currently studying business and finance. She loves music and dance, and through Konnekt, she hopes to give back to the community.
Riya Shah
Ameya Athalye
Shlok patel
Human Resources Coordinator
Riya Shah is a sophmore at High Tech High School. She loves to sing, dance, and play softball. She is passionate to contribute to the community and make a step to encourage volunteering and giving back
Shlok patel
Shlok patel
Shlok patel
Marketing/Social Media Coordinator
Shlok Patel is a junior at Bergen Country Academies in New Jersey. He is a dedicated and driven student who has a passion for the Sciences. He loves to cook, play sports, specifically football and skiing, and elevate his community in his free time. He aspires to always to be a better version of himself through helping others.
saanvi zota
Shlok patel
saanvi zota
Fundraising Coordinator
Saanvi Zota is a sophmore at Bergen Tech. She is really creative and loves to draw in her free time. As a member of Konnekt she wants to contribute to helping the community and make an impact on our society.
Core Team
Rajan Grover
Swara Jhaveri
Swara Jhaveri
Human Resources Member
Rajan Grover is a freshman at Hoboken High School. He has a passion for playing sports, especially soccer, reading, traveling, DJing and cooking. He has been part of the Konnekt Volunteer team for 3 years and is excited to join and make an impact through the core team.
Swara Jhaveri
Swara Jhaveri
Swara Jhaveri
Human Resources Member
Swara Jhaveri is a freshman at Riverdell High School. She loves travelling, volleyball, skiing and taking care of pets. She is excited to join the core team and help others.
pari AVashia
Swara Jhaveri
Anushka Singh
Marketing/Social Media Member
Pari Avashia is a sophomore at County Prep High School. She loves to ski, watch movies and spend time with family and friends. She is excited to join the core team and give back to her community.
Anushka Singh
Avinash Jadhav
Anushka Singh
Marketing/Social Media Member
Anushka Singh is a freshman at Montclair Kimberly Academy. Outside of volunteering, she loves dance, art and tennis. She has been a Konnekt Volunteer since middle school and is excited to join the core team and help out her community!
Rohan Grover
Avinash Jadhav
Avinash Jadhav
Fundraising Member
Rohan Grover is a freshman at Hoboken High School. His hobbies include playing sports, reading, cooking, and traveling. A dream vacation spot of his is Greece. Rohan has been a part of the volunteer team for a couple years and is excited to give back through the core team!
Avinash Jadhav
Avinash Jadhav
Avinash Jadhav
Fundraising Member
Avinash Jadhav is a freshman at West Essex High School. He likes to bike and spend time outdoors with his friends and family. He has traveled to 18 countries and did a road trip through 22 states. He is excited to contribute to the Konnekt team and help others.
Pia Seghal
Pia Seghal
Pia Seghal
Fundraising Member
Pia Seghal is a freshman at Leonia High School. She likes to ski, spend time with her dog and travel around the world. As a member of Konnekt she wants to contribute to helping the community.
board of trustees
Archana athalye
Archana athalye
Archana athalye
Director, Kulture Kool South Asian Cultural Center
Board of Directors: The Diversity Center
Archana has a Masters in Communication and extensive experience in event management, artist and repertoire management & studio management. She worked in the music industry in India for 8 years and was a part of the team that launched EMI-Virgin in I
Director, Kulture Kool South Asian Cultural Center
Board of Directors: The Diversity Center
Archana has a Masters in Communication and extensive experience in event management, artist and repertoire management & studio management. She worked in the music industry in India for 8 years and was a part of the team that launched EMI-Virgin in India. She also worked as a production manager on several international films that were shot in India before moving to the USA.
In the US, Archana worked for a few years in advertising and media buying before starting Kulture Kool in 2009.
Kulture Kool (www.kulturekool.com) is a South Asian cultural center in New Jersey, teaching dance, music, drama, languages & culture to adults and children. Kulture Kool has 4 locations in North Jersey with over 500 students.
Archana also does national tour management for world music groups. She is very active in promoting diversity & cultural understanding through educational workshops and assemblies, schools, local museums, libraries and events in the NY/NJ Metropolitan area.
She is the Founder and Director of The Diversity Center, a proposed center which will bring together the ethnicities and cultures in our community under one roof, to provide affordable performing arts and language education for all ages, with a focus on inclusion and respect.(www.thediversitycenter.org)
Ruchika Grover
Archana athalye
Archana athalye
Kulture Kool & Plan2Groove Events
Ruchika is a seasoned project and operations manager, having previously worked at professional and financial services firms, including KPMG and Bank of America. Ruchika loves to use her tremendous organizational skills to bring people together to celebrate special moments. She has been managing events for
Kulture Kool & Plan2Groove Events
Ruchika is a seasoned project and operations manager, having previously worked at professional and financial services firms, including KPMG and Bank of America. Ruchika loves to use her tremendous organizational skills to bring people together to celebrate special moments. She has been managing events for Kulture Kool and has recently started @Plan2Groove, an events planning enterprise.
Ruchika has worked on various projects over the years that include fundraising drives and working with elementary schools on service and cultural awareness events. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Marketing, along with a Master’s in Business Management from New York University.
Anuja singh
Shiwani Singh
Shiwani Singh
Anuja leads Global Customer Success for IonQ, a cutting-edge Quantum Computing company. Along with her team, she focuses on delivering exceptional client experience. Anuja has over 25 years of experience from having worked in start-ups as well as Fortune 100 companies such as Cisco and Amazon Web Services.
Anuja is passionate about Inclu
Anuja leads Global Customer Success for IonQ, a cutting-edge Quantum Computing company. Along with her team, she focuses on delivering exceptional client experience. Anuja has over 25 years of experience from having worked in start-ups as well as Fortune 100 companies such as Cisco and Amazon Web Services.
Anuja is passionate about Inclusion and mentoring students and Early in Career Talent. Anuja has presented at several Industry conferences on technical and leadership topics. She holds a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering and Colorado State University respectively.
Anuja is a breast cancer survivor and has shared her journey through her blog (http://theanujaksingh.wordpress.com/ (http://theanujaksingh.wordpress.com/)) to help others as they face their own varied struggles.
Shiwani Singh
Shiwani Singh
Shiwani Singh
Shiwani is the founder of Durian Furniture, providing logistical solutions to several international firms including State Bank of India and Bank of India and their employees.
Shiwani completed her Bachelors from Rutgers University in IT, Economics, & Psychology.