Organizing committee
NANDITA DANI
NANDITA DANI
NANDITA DANI
President
Nandita Dani is a junior at Bergen County Academies studying business and finance. She loves traveling, dancing, and listening to music - her favorite artist right now is Daniel Caesar! She has been apart of Konnekt since 2020, and she is excited to continue give back to the community through it.
RIYA SHAH
NANDITA DANI
NANDITA DANI
Vice President and Treasurer
Riya Shah is a junior 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
RAJAN GROVER
NANDITA DANI
ANUSHKA SINGH
Human Resources Coordinator
Rajan Grover is a sophmore at Hoboken High School. He enjoys playing sports, especially soccer, along with reading, traveling, DJing, and cooking. He has been a member of the Konnekt Volunteer team for four years and now serves as the HR Coordinator. He is excited to continue making an impact through the core team.
ANUSHKA SINGH
ANUSHKA SINGH
ANUSHKA SINGH
Marketing Coordinator
Anushka Singh is a sophomore 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
ANUSHKA SINGH
ROHAN GROVER
Fundraising Coordinator
Rohan Grover is a sophomore 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 as Fundraising Coordinator!
Core Team
Khayal SONI
Parth Agarwal
Parth Agarwal
Human Resources Member
Khayal Soni is a sophomore at Montclair High School. He enjoys playing soccer, baking, and building computers. He is excited to be involved and contribute to Konnekt Global.
Parth Agarwal
Parth Agarwal
Parth Agarwal
Human Resources Member
Parth is a freshman at Ridgewood High School. He enjoys traveling, trying new things, playing sports, and creating things. He volunteers to create positive change and support the people around him through consistent effort and engagement.
Swara Jhaveri
Parth Agarwal
Swara Jhaveri
Human Resources Member
Swara Jhaveri is a sophomore at Riverdell High School. She loves traveling, volleyball, skiing and taking care of pets. She is excited to join the core team and help others.
pari AVashia
sankirtha kapoor
Swara Jhaveri
Marketing Member
Pari Avashia is a junior 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.
PIA seghal
sankirtha kapoor
sankirtha kapoor
Marketing Member
Pia Seghal is a sophomore 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.
sankirtha kapoor
sankirtha kapoor
sankirtha kapoor
Marketing Member
Sankirtha Kapoor is a freshman at Montclair Kimberly Academy. Outside of volunteering, she loves dance, music and playing tennis. She has been a Konnekt Volunteer since middle school and is excited to join the core team and give back to her community!
Avinash Jadhav
Avinash Jadhav
Avinash Jadhav
Fundraising Member
Avinash Jadhav is a sophomore at West Essex High School. He likes to play tennis 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.
Kaira Lalwani
Avinash Jadhav
Avinash Jadhav
Fundraising Member
Kaira is a freshman at Montclair Kimberley Academy and is very interested in going into the medical field. She loves to dance and play volleyball. Through Konnekt, she hopes to give back to the community by volunteering and gain more knowledge about how Konnekt helps many families and groups of people
Vrindha Vijay
Avinash Jadhav
Vrindha Vijay
Fundraising Member
Vrindha Vijay is a freshman at Bergen County Academies. She likes drawing, listening to music, and spending time with her family and friends. She is excited to join the core team this year and give back to her 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
Archana athalye
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.
Mona shah
Shiwani Singh
Mona shah
Mona Shah is an independent healthcare consultant who has specialized in pharmaceutical marketing for the past 20 years. Raised by Indian physicians in NJ, she has always believed that a life of service can also lead to personal fulfillment as well as bettering the health & welfare of others. In the past two decades, she has also dedicate
Mona Shah is an independent healthcare consultant who has specialized in pharmaceutical marketing for the past 20 years. Raised by Indian physicians in NJ, she has always believed that a life of service can also lead to personal fulfillment as well as bettering the health & welfare of others. In the past two decades, she has also dedicated herself to taking on leadership positions in her community, at her children’s schools, and with other AAPI-focused initiatives.
Mona received a BA in Economics with a concentration in Communications from Tufts University. She also holds an MBA and MPH from Boston University with a concentration in Health Care.