Our community
Led by South Asian attorneys across Greater Boston
A volunteer board of practicing lawyers, an advisory board of senior leaders, and a fellowship that funds the next generation.
Executive Committee
The five-person Executive Committee leads SABA GB year-round — co-presidents, vice president, clerk, and treasurer.
Tara Singh
Co-President
Hinckley Allen & Snyder
Sapna Jain
Co-President
Beth Israel Lahey Health
Jay Mohanka
Vice President
Office of the State Auditor
Rajinder Saini
Clerk
Goulston & Storrs
Rohan Vakil
Treasurer
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
Board Members
The wider board brings depth across practice areas — corporate, litigation, IP, employment, immigration, real estate, tax, and more.
Puneet Dhaliwal
Littler Mendelson, P.C.
Emaan Omar
Ryan Law
Radhika Bhagat
Lynch Fink Harrington & Gray LLP
Bhumika Choudhary
Cetrulo LLP
Anant Saraswat
Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
Vaishali Goyal
Goulston & Storrs PC
Jyoti Tibrewala
Foley Hoag LLP
Stuti Venkat
Tymann, Davis & Duffy, LLP
Disha Patel
WilmerHale
Aditya Perakath
Legal Scale LLP
Amisha Patel
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Prasad Gosavi
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
Sonia Sujanani
WilmerHale
Archita Dwarakanath
Duane Morris
Advisory Board
Senior practitioners, judges, and academics who advise the Executive Committee on long-running questions.
| Name | Organization |
|---|---|
| The Honorable Maynard Kirpalani | Massachusetts Superior Court |
| Rajeev Balakrishna | LSC Communications, Inc. |
| The Honorable Neil K. Sherring | Massachusetts Housing Court |
| Sunila Thomas George | Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination |
| Natasha Varyani | Roger Williams University School of Law / Sullivan & Worcester |
| Rachna Balakrishna | Mason & Murphy Inc. |
| Aloke Chakravarty | Snell & Wilmer |
| Mark C. Fleming | WilmerHale |
| Ameek Ponda | Sullivan & Worcester LLP |
| Manisha Bhatt | Probate and Family Court |
| Samia Kirmani | Jackson Lewis |
| Mehreen Butt | Centers for Health Policy & Law |
| George Varghese | WilmerHale |
Fellowship Recipients
Each year, SABA GB awards a $5,000 Public Interest Fellowship to a law student spending the summer in unpaid public-interest legal work. Since 2009, 19 fellows have funded their summers through this program.
| Year | Name | Law School | Placement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Zainab Dossaji | University of Michigan Law School | Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School |
| 2023 | Alysha Agarwal | Boston University School of Law | Committee for Public Counsel Services, Children and Family Law Appellate Division |
| 2022 | Hirah Ahmed | Northeastern University School of Law | Prisoner Legal Services |
| 2022 | Dhairya Bhatia | Boston College Law School | Greater Boston Legal Services |
| 2021 | Yash Desai | New England Law | Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services |
| 2021 | Edison Wong | Boston University School of Law | Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles |
| 2019 | Shannon Mathew | Northeastern University School of Law | Mental Health Litigation Division of Committee for Public Counsel Services |
| 2018 | Erica Rasquinha | Northeastern University School of Law | Office of U.S. Attorney, Civil Division |
| 2017 | Fariha Kabir | Boston College Law School | Office of U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division |
| 2016 | Vaishali Goyal | Boston College Law School | Massachusetts Attorney General's Office |
| 2015 | Sonja Marrett | Boston College Law School | Conservation Law Foundation |
| 2014 | Adi Sudarshan | Boston College Law School | Middlesex County District Attorney's Office |
| 2013 | Renu Sagreiya | Boston College Law School | Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society |
| 2012 | Pavan Nagavelli | Suffolk University Law School | SISHA Anti-Human Trafficking and Exploitation |
| 2011 | Saraa Basaria | Northeastern University School of Law | Committee for Public Counsel Services |
| 2011 | Meera Kamath | Boston University School of Law | WilmerHale Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School |
| 2010 | Sapna Patel | Boston University School of Law | Neighborhood of Affordable Housing |
| 2009 | Heeral Patel | Boston College Law School | Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts |
| 2009 | Saroj Tharisayi | Cornell Law School | Greater Boston Legal Services |
Zainab Dossaji
2024University of Michigan Law School
Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School
Alysha Agarwal
2023Boston University School of Law
Committee for Public Counsel Services, Children and Family Law Appellate Division
Hirah Ahmed
2022Northeastern University School of Law
Prisoner Legal Services
Dhairya Bhatia
2022Boston College Law School
Greater Boston Legal Services
Yash Desai
2021New England Law
Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Edison Wong
2021Boston University School of Law
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
Shannon Mathew
2019Northeastern University School of Law
Mental Health Litigation Division of Committee for Public Counsel Services
Erica Rasquinha
2018Northeastern University School of Law
Office of U.S. Attorney, Civil Division
Fariha Kabir
2017Boston College Law School
Office of U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division
Vaishali Goyal
2016Boston College Law School
Massachusetts Attorney General's Office
Sonja Marrett
2015Boston College Law School
Conservation Law Foundation
Adi Sudarshan
2014Boston College Law School
Middlesex County District Attorney's Office
Renu Sagreiya
2013Boston College Law School
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
Pavan Nagavelli
2012Suffolk University Law School
SISHA Anti-Human Trafficking and Exploitation
Saraa Basaria
2011Northeastern University School of Law
Committee for Public Counsel Services
Meera Kamath
2011Boston University School of Law
WilmerHale Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School
Sapna Patel
2010Boston University School of Law
Neighborhood of Affordable Housing
Heeral Patel
2009Boston College Law School
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts
Saroj Tharisayi
2009Cornell Law School
Greater Boston Legal Services