Jain Academic Bowl (JAB) 2024

The Jain Society of Greater-Atlanta (JSGA), the Federation of Jain Associations in North America (JAINA) Education Committee, and Young Jains of America (YJA) Daytime Programming Committee invite you to participate in the 6th Biennial YJA Jain Academic Bowl (JAB).

What is the Jain Academic Bowl?

The Jain Academic Bowl (JAB) is a team-based competition for young Jains. Topics range from Jain scriptures, prayers, and philosophy to Jain geography, history, and Jainism in the modern world. Encouraging teamwork and collaboration, JAB is fun, exciting, and informative for everyone involved!

JAB Semi-Finalists

Meet our Jain Academic Bowl Semi-Finalists and Coaches for this year!

TEAM 1

Forum Shah
Coach

Jainik Shroff
Coach

Haley Mody
Participant

Aarush Shah
Participant

Harshil K. Shah
Participant

Aayush Shah
Participant

Saanavi Shah
Participant

TEAM 2

Vaarin Shroff
Coach

Rushil Shah
Coach

Pranay Baid
Participant

Samkit Doshi
Participant

Tej Shah
Participant

Ruby Shah
Participant

Shanaya Pokharna
Participant

TEAM 3

Jainam Shah
Coach

Pari Jain
Coach

Khushi Doshi
Participant

Harshvi Shah
Participant

Rishin Shah
Participant

Akshay Baid
Participant

Maneet Mehta
Participant

TEAM 4

Sohum Shah
Coach

Meera Baid
Coach

Aryan Shah
Participant

Harshil C. Shah
Participant

Kushal Shah
Participant

Sania Shah
Participant

Dev Shah
Participant

Format & Guidelines

YJA Jain Academic Bowl (JAB) features 4 competing teams of 5 players each from across the country. Two semifinal matches and the JAB Finals will be held during Convention and attendees will have the option to watch JAB competitions. More details will come through session registration!

  1. Connections - An adaptation of “Connections” a New York Times game where participants have to find common threads between words.
  2. Kaun Banega Tirthankar - An adaptation of the classic Indian television quiz show in which contestants answer increasingly difficult questions.
  3. Taboo - An adaptation of the classic game in which participants take turns giving clues to get their team to guess a target word without using the listed taboo words.

Preparation

If you are interested in learning some of the content for JAB, a good resource to look at is the JAB Manual, which can be found online at jainelibrary.org, and YJA Pathshala modules. We will later let teams know which chapters in the manual the competition questions will be drawn from.