About Us
What is Nazar?
Nazar – A South Asian Perspective, is an award-winning online magazine that caters to the South Asian population at The University of Texas at Austin.
Like most good ideas, Nazar was born from the need to fill a gap. This gap was a lack of a publication that catered to the 5,000 South Asians on campus, a community that makes up 10% of the UT population. We wanted to create a magazine that would not only be a representative voice of this community, but would also inform South Asians in detail of the events happening back at home.
This doesn’t just mean a compilation of facts of the major events - anyone, South Asian or otherwise, can get those – but reviews and opinions of them, especially from the perspective of a South Asian living overseas. Just as important will be the coverage of issues and events in the US that affect South Asians living here, be it immigration and foreign policy, the cultural divide, or an imminent performance by a South Asian artist in Austin.
Nazar is the first of its kind, and promises to be an excellent platform for writers, designers, and just about anyone involved in a publication.
The People Behind Nazar
Executive Committee:
President: Girish Jayaraman
Vice President: Ishita Paul
Editor-In-Chief: Sumita Sami
Assistant Editor: Anand Jayanti
Fund-Raising Director: Mariah Sheikh
Secretary: Roshni Parikh
Treasurer: Shivani Patel
Senior Advisor: Vaibhav Jain
Publicity Chief: Ravi Sunkara
Design Chief: Anand Jayanti
Chief of Web Design: Ishan Mandhan
Junior Officers:
Prabhat Garg
Anish Malpani
Editorial Committee
Sumita Sami (Editor-in-Chief)
Anand Jayanti (Assistant Editor)
Niyantha Shekar
Vaibhav Jain
Suchismita Pahi
Nimisha Mittal
Pragya Bhagat
Girish Jayaraman
Aditya Mehta
Sara Haji
Shreya Krishnan
Simrat Sharma
Anand Jayanti
Muneezeh Kabir
Ravi Sunkara
Design Team
Anand Jayanti (Design Chief)
Sourav Biswas
Anish Malpani
Publicity Team
Ravi Sunkara (Publicity Chief)
Girish Jayaraman
Roshni Parikh
Prabhat Garg
Vaibhav Jain
Fund-Raising Team
Mariah Sheikh (Fund-Raising Director)
Photographers
Amirah Islam
Araceli Jaime




