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Regional YA Team
Meet our Region 7 YA Team! We have a few additional internal roles in our region such as the devotion and social media coordinators to provide more leadership opportunities to interested YAs and to serve our amazing YA group.
Ahimsa Govender
Female YA coordinator
Ahimsa grew up attending the Sri Sathya Sai Center of Detroit Metro in Region 5. She was an active member of the Bethesda Sai Center in Maryland for several years during and after graduate school. She then moved to the Bay Area two years ago and is delighted to be part of the Sai world at the Fremont and Central San Jose Sai Centers.
Sunil
Kasturi
Male YA advisor
Sunil grew up in Chennai where he has been active in the Sai organization since his teens—mainly with bhajans, then service, Sunil has served in various roles in the SSSIO USA Region 6 and has led devotional offerings in Prashanthi Nilayam. His favorite quote is, "You cannot always oblige, but you can always speak obligingly."
Divya Ramachandran
YA social media coordinator
Born into a Sai family, Divya doesn't know a world without Swami. Remote work during the pandemic has helped her spend more time in the joy of Swami's activities, one of them being the social media team. She strongly believes and tries to remind herself if things seem shaky- "Only Swami knows the full picture. Things happen (or don't) for the best!".
Ritesh Reddy
Male YA coordinator
Ritesh’s personal journey with Swami began during the World Youth Festival at Prashnthi Nilayam in 2016. Inspired by the connection the young adults have with Swami and the service activities they are engaged in, Ritesh is discovering his own connection with Swami. He moved to the Bay Area in 2017 and attends the Fremont Sai Center.
Prasanthi Parupudi
YA social media coordinator
Prasanthi was born into a Sai family as well and had the opportunity to do her Bachelors at SSSIHL, Anantapur, India. She is very thankful to Swami for his everlasting grace throughout her life and is looking forward to serve in her own little way as a designer in the team.