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James Feng
Groomsman
James has been a close friend of Yash's since they were both in Middle School. He and Yash first were golfing buddies and then later became teammates on Harker's golf team. They both share interests in basketball, golf and football. Though their friendship runs deeper than sports; Yash enjoys learning about finance and laughing at his jokes. James is one of Yash's closest friends and confidants to this day. James lives in New York with his fiancé Doris and is a Principal at Blackstone.
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Stefan Eckhardt
Groomsman
Stefan and Yash have been close friends since early in High School when they played basketball and football together during lunch breaks. Stefan makes up another member of Yash's core high school friends, and they always make time every year to go on a golf trip or skiing or both! Yash enjoys deriving motivation from Stefan's infinite talents (such as skiing, golfing, negotiating, and physics). Stefan currently lives in Boston where he completed an MBA at Harvard Business School and now is a management consultant at Bain.
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Arjun Mody
Groomsman
Arjun was one of Yash's first friends. Starting in elementary school, they used to play chess together and have frequent sleep overs. Arjun has remained very close and serves as a confidant and role model to Yash. To this day they still speak on the phone regularly, play golf, and enjoy wine nights. Arjun currently resides in Brooklyn where he is an attorney at a well-respected law firm. Yash strongly feels that Arjun will one day be a Supreme Court Justice.
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Sanjeev Datta
Groomsman
Sanjeev and Yash have been close friends since the 4th grade. They used to trade basketball cards, compete in Math (Sanjeev would always win), and spend summers together. They stayed close during college when Sanjeev went to UCLA and spent weekends partying together in Santa Monica. Sanjeev remains one of Yash's most loyal friends. He and his Wife, Pratusha, are frequent double date partners when Yash and Chandni want to explore local Palo Alto cuisine or go on a spontaneous ski trip. Sanjeev is a software engineer at QuantumScape in the Bay Area.
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Vishnu Manoranjan
Groomsman
Vishnu was Yash's first friend in med school. Both of them, with Vishnu's future fiancé Michelle, would do everything together from studying to tasting whiskey to going to Disneyland during rare free weekends. Yash often says that he would not have made it through medical school without Vishnu's support, humor, and infinite knowledge. Whenever Yash has any non-urology medical questions, Vishnu is the first person he calls. One day, Yash plans to start a medical practice with Vishnu and Michelle. Vishnu lives with Michelle and their dog, Dante, in Portland and is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at OHSU.
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Eric Feinstein
Groomsman
Eric and Yash met during their sophomore year in college when they began living together at the Sixth College apartments at UCSD. Eric used to heckle Yash over his allegiance to the underachieving Lakers, a hobby Eric enjoys to this day. Yash was always impressed with Eric's affability and positive outlook on life. Eric continues to challenge Yash to be more adventurous and to visit more National Parks, a hobby which Eric is second to none at. Eric is now a History teacher at Mountain House High School.
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Saurabh Rane
Groomsman
Yash and Saurabh became friends after Saurabh reluctantly agreed to let Yash live with him and his roommates Sophomore year of college. They actually first met coincidentally the summer before college at a pick-up basketball game in Cupertino though at the time Yash thought Saurabh was too cool to be friends with him. Saurabh is one of the most down-to-earth people he has ever met and helped Yash adapt to life in college away from home. He quickly became one of his indispensable friends. They traveled to the South of France together in 2018 (with their mutual friend Sita who designed your invitations) and continue to meet up in the Bay Area and New York. Saurabh is a Data Science and Visualization stud at Slalom in NYC. You can find him on twitter @saurabhontap covering the NBA as a data wizard in his free time.
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Sean Berquist
Groomsman
Sean is one of Yash's Urology co-residents at Stanford. He, Jessie, and Yash have become very close over the past four years bonding over General Surgery intern year, long nights in the hospital, inside jokes about other specialties, and bougie foods found at overpriced restaurants in the Bay Area. Sean actually went to medical school with Yash at UCSD though they were different years and didn't get a chance to know each other well until after they matched at Stanford. Yash loves that Sean is always smiling and has a joke ready despite how tired or stressed he might actually be. Yash looks forward to spending time operating with and learning from Sean for many years to come. Sean and his partner reside in Palo Alto, CA with their three dogs and hamster.
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Sachin Mitra
Groomsman
Sachin is another close friend from Yash's childhood with the added benefit that they were also family friends. They grew up in Fremont together with frequent get togethers at each other's houses. Sachin and Yash bonded over family friend trips to Hawaii, Yosemite, and Cancun among many other spots. After high school, they both traveled to Europe (UK and Italy) together with a few other friends-- a trip that produced memories to last a lifetime. Yash admires Sachin's investing acumen and enjoys frequent stock tips. Sachin is one of the most down to earth and affable people Yash has ever met. Sachin recently moved back to New York but frequently travels to Santa Barbara where his investment group is located.
