Naoka Gunawardena
Soprano I / Co-Business Manager
COLLEGE: Trumbull ’18
MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering
HOMETOWN: Pittsburgh, PA
ITEM ON BUCKET LIST: Fly a plane
FAVORITE PLACE AT YALE: Hillhouse in autumn
DREAM JOB AS A KID: Astronaut
FUN FACT: She was MVP of her 7th grade swim team despite being the slowest swimmer!
Jayshree Sarathy
Soprano I
COLLEGE: Ezra Stiles ’18
MAJOR: Computer Science
HOMETOWN: Palo Alto, CA
ITEM ON BUCKET LIST: Hang gliding
FAVORITE PLACE AT YALE: JE Courtyard
DREAM JOB AS A KID: Interior Designer
FUN FACT: She is Naoka Gunawardena’s #1 fan!
Alisha Dziarski
Soprano I / Musical Director
COLLEGE: Davenport ’19
MAJOR: Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
HOMETOWN: Chesterton, IN
ITEM ON BUCKET LIST: Learn how to surf
FAVORITE PLACE AT YALE: Pierson/Davenport Music Room
DREAM JOB AS A KID: Ninja
FUN FACT: She can make a mean smoothie!
Kartik Srivastava
Tenor
COLLEGE: Trumbull ’17
MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering and Economics
HOMETOWN: New Delhi, India
ITEM ON BUCKET LIST: Visit Pakistan
FAVORITE PLACE AT YALE: Trumbull Buttery
DREAM JOB AS A KID: Chef
FUN FACT: He has an extra bone in his right little toe!
Akhil Upneja
Tenor
COLLEGE: Morse ’17
MAJOR: Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
HOMETOWN: State College, PA
ITEM ON BUCKET LIST: Bring a textbook to Toads
FAVORITE PLACE AT YALE: Music Library in Sterling
DREAM JOB AS A KID: Backstreet Boy
FUN FACT: He asked Miss America to sign his lab notebook because he didn’t have any other paper on him!
Aditya Gudibanda
Tenor
COLLEGE: Branford ’17
MAJOR: Computer Science and Mathematics
HOMETOWN: Nashville, TN
ITEM ON BUCKET LIST: Go skydiving
FAVORITE PLACE AT YALE: Cross Campus
DREAM JOB AS A KID: Power Ranger
FUN FACT: He was born in Manchester, England!
Varsha Midha
Soprano II / Co-Business Manager
COLLEGE: Berkeley ’19
MAJOR: History
HOMETOWN: Huntington Beach, CA
ITEM ON BUCKET LIST: Do her reading before section
FAVORITE PLACE AT YALE: Her bed
DREAM JOB AS A KID: Supreme Court Justice
FUN FACT: She accidentally set her hair on fire in 2nd grade!
Shreyas Ravishankar
Bass
COLLEGE: Davenport ’17
MAJOR: Computer Science/Ethics, Politics, & Economics
HOMETOWN: Dubai, UAE
ITEM ON BUCKET LIST: Road trip across the face of India
FAVORITE PLACE AT YALE: Davenport Courtyard (Kumble Court)
DREAM JOB AS A KID: Civil Engineer
FUN FACT: He sleeps with his eyes open!
Vinay Basti
Bass
COLLEGE: Silliman ’18
MAJOR: Political Science
HOMETOWN: Chicago, IL
ITEM ON BUCKET LIST: Lunch with Bill Clinton
FAVORITE PLACE AT YALE: Yale Law Library
DREAM JOB AS A KID: Magician
FUN FACT: He was born in Charleston!
Rhea Kumar
Alto / Social Chair
COLLEGE: Branford ’18
MAJOR: Ethics, Politics, and Economics
HOMETOWN: New Delhi, India
ITEM ON BUCKET LIST: Training for and running in a marathon
FAVORITE PLACE AT YALE: Branford courtyard swing
DREAM JOB AS A KID: Costumed character at Disney
FUN FACT: She published 3 short stories and a book by the time she was 17, but no, she’s not an English major!