Jain Academic Bowl (JAB) 2022

The Jain Society of North Texas (JSNT), 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 5th 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

Aaryan Shah
COACH

Samkit Doshi
LIASON

Rut Mehta
Participant

Jainik Shroff
Participant

Aarav Shah
Participant

Shrushti Doshi
Participant

Rutvi Shah
Participant

TEAM 2

Vaarin Shroff
COACH

Rihi Jain
LIASON

Jainam Shah
Participant

Aditya Singhvi
Participant

Lay Shah
Participant

Harshvi Shah
Participant

Dev Shah
Participant

TEAM 3

Meera Baid
COACH

Khushi Doshi
LIASON

Akshay Baid
Participant

Dhruv Kothari
Participant

Jahnavi Shah
Participant

Sanika Kothari
Participant

Sohum Shah
Participant

TEAM 4

Paras Shah
COACH

Parth Mehta
LIASON

Saahil Sheth
Participant

Aagam Kothari
Participant

Aarush Shah
Participant

Arham Shah
Participant

Aneri Sheth
Participant

Format & Guidelines

YJA Jain Academic Bowl (JAB) features 4 competing teams of 5 players from across the country. Two semifinal matches will be held on Saturday, July 2nd during sessions and the JAB Finals will be held on Sunday, July 3rd. Attendees can sign up to watch JAB through session registration.

Game formats change every year. This year, we have three 10-12 minute rounds that make up a full JAB match.

  1. CodeJains - An adaptation of “CodeNames,” a boardgame where participants have to guess Jain words given various clues.
  2. Deal or No Deal - An adaptation of the classic gameshow in which participants answer questions to collect “cases” with varying amounts of points.
  3. Jain Jeopardy - An adaptation of the classic gameshow in which participants can choose the category and difficulty for every question.

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. We will later let teams know which chapters in the manual the competition questions will be drawn from.

Timeline

For updates on competition format and more information about participating, stay connected to the YJA social media channels!