Most of SAMFSN Advisors, board members and volunteers are DOD ( Department of Defense) employees ( Active Duty, Civilans and Veterans). All our volunteers help out in SAMFSN efforts on voluntary basis on a part time basis. We are thankful to each one of them for their commitment to our goals. We need financial and community support to meet expenses for our operating, program and event costs

Advisors

• Lt Col. Ravi Chaudhary, DOD ( Department of Defense), U.S Air Force - ( Retd ) ; Veteran; Married to Uma Chaudhary; Founding Advisor of  SAMFSN; Member of Presidents Advisory Commission on AAPI; Currently works at the Federal Aviation Administration; Based in VA;
  
  Dr. Russell S. Lowe, DOD, Currently assigned to the U.S Navy; Veteran; Dr. Lowe has completed 35 years of military service, has been deployed for 3 long tours to middle east since 2001. Dr. Lowe has completed a doctoral dissertation focused on the challenges faced by military veterans, returning from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, as they transition into civil society. To read more about his research use the following link: http://digitalcommons.nl.edu/diss/149/
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• Mr. Sant Gupta, Active Community Leader ; Founding Director of SAMFSN; Based in VA;
  
• Rev Dr Justin S Osterman; U.S Army Veteran and former paratrooper; Currently Senior Minister Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Raleigh, North Carolina; ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )
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• Mr. Balkrishna Dave, U.S Army Veteran, Federal Employee, Based in MD; ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )
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• SAMFSN Board Team
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• Mr. Raj R ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) - President - 2022
• DOD Civilian; Founding Director for SAMFSN; Based in MD; 
• Dr. Ram Bhat, - Secretary - 2022
• Active Community Leader; DOD Civilian; Founding member of SAMFSN; Based in MD; ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )
• Naveen Vatsavayi, Treasurer - 2022
• Technology Executive; Based in VA; (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
• Naveen is a senior executive with extensive technology and non profit industry expereince. He has supported multiple community activities and is an active CMWRC volunteer. Naveen is also a proud parent of a son who has made a decision to make a career in the U.S Military. Naveen will be supporting SAMFSN in financial managment, fund raising and other key activities
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• Mr. Ruchir Bakshi ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) - Board Member - 2022
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• Ruchir Bakshi is a U.S. Army Combat veteran who deployed on multiple occasions to Afghanistan, Iraq, and various other locations in the Middle-East and elsewhere. Ruchir is a Senior Consultant to the U.S. Government for Instructional Design projects. He has been in the Instructional Systems Design (ISD) field since 2004 and has varied work experience on both unclassified and classified projects in the Department of Defense (DoD). Ruchir has a Master of Arts in Management, with a specialization in Human Resources. He currently resides in the Washington DC metro area.

Jay Kalathil ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) - Board Member - 2022

 

 

• Jay Kalathil is an IT manager by profession. Jay is very enthusiastic about YOGA and spiritual practices in daily life. He has learnt the deeper aspects spiritual life and Yoga from many masters. Jay is the founder of Mukthi YOGA Group. For the last 15 years he has been  teaching YOGA, Yoga Nidra, Breathing techniques, Meditation, Relaxation Techniques and Pranayam at various centers in the NCR region. Jay conducts offsite YOGA retreats and spiritual camps in India and the USA. Jay is very active in interfaith community activities in the DMV area. In summer of 2019 Jay helped conduct the very first Hindu worship services for the midshipmen at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD

Support Organizations:

SAMFSN.ORG is taking support and help from various South Asian organizations, Individuals, Artists to achieve its mission goals. A partial list of several organizations with whom we plan to work with are listed below. Please contact us if your organization would like to get involved and work with us.

• Cedar Lane Unitarian Church, Bethesda , Maryland
• Chinmaya Mission West and D.C chapter http://www.chinmayadc.org
• HACSI – Hindu American Community Services Inc – HACSI (http://www.hacsiusa.org)
• Shiva Vishnu Temple (www.ssvt.org )

 We need more volunteers: View Volunteer Flyer: SAMFSN Volunteer Flyer-Oct 1