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Suraj Dinesh Shah - August 2008

Born by the name Suraj Dinesh Shah, Suraj means “the Sun” in the Gujarati community. Gujarat is a state in North West India where my ancestors are from.

The way I move forward in life is by keeping a check on three key areas: Vitality, Family & Work. I don’t always get the balance right, but hope that overall I serve these areas with the care and attention that they each deserve.

Vitality

Vitality is central to who I am. It is about intending to attend to each moment with vigilence, being aware of whether what I focus my energy on brings me a permanent form of happiness, or whether it is just temporary.

The ancient Jain tradition has a wealth of wisdom which I am exploring regularly with the company of a few close friends. Often I immerse myself in it alone at home or during the commute into central London when travelling to the office.

Everywhere I look there are some very appropriate messages about the Jain path which I share through daily quotes by email and at daily.LivingJain.com

Young Jains UK

Sometimes I am asked to present some of what I have learnt to a wider group of people. Occasionally I present at Young Jains, either during internal training workshops or public-facing events. Visit the meet Suraj section of this website to see which events I’ll be attending and which events I’ll be presenting at.

Family

My family have offered me strength, support and patience over the years to help me to act from a place of authenticity and congruency.

Sure there are many times that I have messed up, and they are the priceless guiding forces in my life to steer me back to base.

My living immediate family consists of:

Work

My work focuses on having authentic conversations with authentic people, at times over a decent coffee or fresh juice.

In my role as Account Manager at Chameleon Net, I have the privilege of focusing the core of my working time engaging in authentic conversation with those who hold senior marketing, communications, student recruitment and alumni relations positions at universities across the UK.  

In conversation, I learn about their current online priorities for the next 6 to 12 months, and then together we work on their digital marketing strategies and explore how it can be achieved through the web solution resources available at Chameleon Net such as web design, web development, site hosting, consultancy and online marketing.

Chameleon Net are the official digital marketing partner of the University of Southampton, the agency who designed the award-winning website for Bucks New University, and manage the online reputation of Anglia Ruskin Univeristy.  For more details, see www.chameleonnet.co.uk/HEIs

Beyond the Higher Education sector, Chameleon Net work closely with the organisations such as children’s charities UNICEF and Barnardo’s, humanitarian medical aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), as well as publishers Random House and Hay House.