01 / Community
Community
A national network connecting younger South Asians across cities, industries, backgrounds, and generations.
About ASAN
The national platform for younger South Asians in the U.S.
ASAN connects people, opportunities, institutions, and resources across a South Asian American community that is large, accomplished, diverse, and still highly fragmented.
The reason we exist
Why ASAN Exists
South Asians are shaping companies, institutions, industries, culture, science, entrepreneurship, and communities across the United States. Yet access to people, opportunity, capital, visibility, and community remains fragmented.
ASAN exists to connect those pieces.
South Asian America spans countries, languages, religions, cultures, generations, migration histories, industries, and lived experiences. ASAN creates connections across those differences while recognizing them.
Talent Is Everywhere. Access Is Fragmented.
Access • Community • Connection • Opportunity • Visibility
A connected operating model
What ASAN Is Building
02 / Events
Events
Curated rooms where people meet investors, mentors, employers, founders, collaborators, experts, and one another.
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03 / Media
Media
South Asian Spotlight brings together Pulse, The INDUStry Show, research, and live media to increase visibility and document South Asians shaping America.
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04 / Programs
Programs
SANGAM, ASAN Scale and South Asian Vitality turn ASAN’s existing network into structured pathways around careers, entrepreneurship and health.
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05 / Partnerships
Partnerships
Relationships with companies, universities, institutions, nonprofits, investors, and community organizations that create additional access and opportunity.
Partner With ASAN →Already in motion
Proof of Execution
200+Events
1,000+Stories & Conversations
300+Partnerships
50K+People Reached Through Events
The people behind ASAN
Built Across Generations
ASAN was built with perspectives spanning students, professionals, entrepreneurs, immigrants, U.S.-born South Asians, parents, and multiple generations.
Lyra
Co-Founder
A high school student bringing the perspective of younger U.S.-born South Asians navigating education, identity, culture and what comes next.
Mohini
Co-Founder
A software developer bringing the perspective of immigrant professionals building careers, relationships and lives in the United States.
Nimisha
Co-Founder
An entrepreneur and parent bringing the perspective of business owners balancing company-building, family and community.
Reva
Co-Founder
A U.S.-born student and Indian classical singer bringing the perspective of younger South Asians navigating multiple cultures, interests and identities.
Nitin
Founder
An immigrant entrepreneur with 25+ years across large companies, startups, investing, acquisitions and entrepreneurship, along with doctoral research focused on South Asian immigrant entrepreneurs.
How we operate
Our Operating Principles
Give to Get
Contribute value before asking for it.
No Drama
Work directly, constructively and with respect for people’s time.
Show Up
Participate, contribute and build relationships over time.
People and outcomes
What This Looks Like in Practice
Aruna
Aruna attended an ASAN Fashion Tech event and connected with people she could relate to who spoke openly about the challenges of building. She left with two people she said she planned to work with to scale her business.
Ali
“After weeks and hundreds of applications online, I got my internship at an ASAN event within minutes.”
Ali · Recent Graduate
Aashumi
“I met an investor at an ASAN event who went on to invest in my company. That one connection turned an evening of networking into a tangible outcome for my business.”
Aashumi · Founder
Find Your Place in ASAN
Join the community, meet people at an event, or build a partnership that creates more opportunity for South Asians.