Jaipur Team


From left to right: Amit Parekh (15), Tushar Bhargava (16), Hanumant Pandey (13), Shashank Bharadwaj (15),
and Ashwin Dayal (16).

Amit Parekh is 15 years old and in grade 10 in the Singapore American School. He enjoys playing tennis, following sports and reading. When that is not enough, he bails out of airplanes in tandem parachute dives with his instructor. Back on earth and in the future, he would like to go to a leading college in engineering and finance. He retains a passion for continuing the work on preserving the heritage of Jaipur. On the Albums of Heritage team, Amit was finance manager aand photographer.

Ashwin Vir Dayal is a 16 years old, 11th grade student at the Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, near Chicago. His interests include traveling to interesting parts of the world, reading non-fiction, history and politics, rollerblading at breakneck speeds around the neighborhood, and teaching his nine-year old younger brother obscure facts. He has broad academic interests, but knows that in whatever he elects to do in the future, history, people, and doing more of the right stuff will matter. On the Albums of Heritage team, Ashwin was the project coordinator, researcher and PR manager. He also led the production of the printed volume of the Albums of Heritage.

Hanumant Pandey, just 13 years old, is the youngest team member and an 8th standard, scholarship student at the St. Xaviers School in Jaipur. His interest include watching and playing cricket, programming babaji’s computer, running errands and helping anybody and everybody. When he grows up, Hanumant wants to be a computer engineer. On the team, Hanumant was chief assistant to anyone that needed help and a passionate and eloquent advocate of the cause in interviews with the media.

Shashank Bharadwaj is 15 years old and in grade 10 of Westminster Schools in Atlanta. He enjoys playing tennis and chess and likes to travel. He is also a sharp “techy” and took the lead in managing the “freewebs” website for the project. He was the scribe of the teams daily journal and managed the guest book. Never shy from engaging in political debates and always ready with a thoughtful word, Shashank has a passion for social causes. At the moment, he is undecided on what career he will pursue.

Tushar Bhargava, is 16 years old, 10th standard student of the St. Xaviers School in Jaipur. He is an avid football (soccer) player and wants to serve in the Indian Armed Forces when he grows up. On the Albums of Heritage team, Tushar was the local culture liaison and helped the team navigate its way in the city as well conduct field research.