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I was raised in a family with a long-standing history of serving the public. As a young boy, watching my parents devote hours to social projects had a strong impact on me to develop interest in carrying the torch and take their contribution a step further. In the last two decades, I have initiated, volunteered, developed, and supported several projects on three continents. These projects not only have helped others, but also have helped me learn something new and make me a better person. I have shared some of the organisations I have been associated with and continue to support in various capacities and I hope you will consider doing the same, with something that inspires you. If there are ways for us to work together or I can be of help, please drop me a note.

	Ontario Pharmacy Council Board Member The Pharmacy Council provides advice and recommendations to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care and the Executive Officer on building and sustaining a strong positive working relationship between the Government of Ontario and the pharmacy profession.
	RBC desiFEST Director of Sponsorship As a General Manager from its founding year, I have helped guide the festival to become Canada's only national South Asian music festival. desiFEST vision is to create mainstream opportunities for South Asian artists and South Asian inspired music. desiFEST helps to strengthen local communities, inspire youth and support the arts community in Canada.
	South Asian Professional Network for Health Awareness (SAPNA) Advisory Board Member As a Pharmacist and one of the founding members of SAPNA, I strongly believe in the mandate of SAPNA. It is a premier professional organization in Canada that strives to improve the awareness of health-related issues within the South Asian community in Canada as well as personal growth of its members. SAPNA members constitute of leading health care providers, community workers and professionals.
	United Tamil Council of Canada (UTCC) Vice President Media and spokesperson There was a profound need for a platform for progressive ideas in Tamil community. I joined hands with few other moderate Tamil Canadians to start UTCC. Our vison is to be a non profit, non partisan organization that strives to unite and be inclusive of Canadian Tamils of all background and represent them in the broader community. To work towards the socio, economic and political empowerment of Canadian Tamils and represent their aspirations from a Canadian perspective on domestic and global issues.
	Rural Empowerment Project, Asha for Education, Canada Founding co-chair I have volunteered with children's projects for over 15 years. It inspired me to develop a new project. Asha Canada is the Canadian arm of Asha for Education, a global organization,whose stated mission is to catalyze socio-economic change in India through education of underprivileged children. Rural Empowerment Program (REP) was initiated as a pilot to bring together various organizations that work in the area of education to come and work in one village that will help create a model to provide universal quality education in remote and rural centres.
	UMA Foundation Advisor UMA Foundation is an initiative to empower youth through music. We work with local not-for-profit organizations in Canada focused on educating and inspiring youth globally. We provide a variety of services to help these organizations and individual projects successfully deliver programs.