Jasvant Modi

Jasvant Modi is an  eminent Gastroenterologist based in California, USA. In 2014, he moved to health care service as an entrepreneur running several hospitals in the USA. He has greatly contributed towards public service during the pandemic. 

He is very fortunate to have been blessed with both successfully creating wealth with knowledge he was gifted with and more importantly, using his wealth for the cause of Jain religion and community.

He is an unparalleled philanthropist of a very high order. He has donated more than 100 crore for education and spread of Jainism in the USA by introducing Jainism as a branch of studies in American Universities. 

He has coveted positions in many Jain institutions/temples in the USA. He is closely associated with JAINA, Jain Association of South California and other institutions helping Jain community in USA and propagating tenets of Jainism.

Narendra Maniar

Narendra Maniar has been an IT professional since 1971 for multi-national organizations. Currently, he holds a Real Estate Broker License in the state of California.

He has served on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of The Jain Center of Southern California (JCSC) and also served as President of Jain Society of Greater Atlanta (JSGA).

Narendra has been the team lead for Audio/Visual, and Information Technology Infrastructure teams at JCSC for the last 20+ years. Narendra has also served as Chair of Multi-media & Technology Committee for JAINA Conventions several times, including the first ever Virtual Convention in 2021. 

Shirish Desai

Shirish Desai, an architect by profession, has been involved with Jain Center of Southern California (JCSC) since its inception of current deraser and community building, including design of expansion of current facility. He has deep interest in acquiring Shrut Gyan from various Jain Shashtra as they are our Shabd Parmatma!

Pradip Shah

Pradip Shah

  • Student of Jainism, 
  • Active in hosting Lectures on Jain topics
  • B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay (now Mumbai), India
  • MS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
  • CPA Candidate, State of California
  • Partner,  U S Shop Tools, Anaheim, California, United States