Amit Vaishampayan

President, Music Director - Tenor 1
Amit just graduated with a double major in Finance and Accounting, and is now doing his Masters in Accounting. He is from Crystal Lake, IL and has been in Chai Town for the last three years. He contributes his knowledge and interest for Hindustani Classical Music in the group, and would like to thank his mother for training him.  Aside from Chai Town, Amit loves to create and listen to all different kinds of music.  His instrumental interests include harmonium, tabla, and guitar.  He invites you to zone-out with him in the near future.

Neesh Shah

External Vice-President - Baritone
Neesh is a sophomore studying Computer Engineering. He is from Bloomington, Il. Neesh's hobbies include listening to music, making beats, watching movies (Primarily American but also "Good" Indian movies) and tv (Entourage!!!), the NBA, reading comics, stand up comedy, and hanging with friends His musical tastes include hip-hop and rap (he listens to the new stuff but prefers old school stuff like Gangstarr, A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, DMX, Wu Tang), some rock, and trance (Tiesto, Andain). Ari Gold is his inspiration.

Eeshaan Roy

Internal Vice-President - Tenor 1
Eeshaan is a sophomore majoring in Computer Science. He hails from Dubai, UAE and this is his second year in Chai-Town. He has been learning Hindustani Classical Music for the last 3 years. His hobbies include Football(The real football), Squash, Guitar, Trying to play the piano with Gautam, FIFA, Utilizing all his time to watch TV shows, Eating and Sleeping. He listens to all kinds of music, but his favorites are John Mayer, Eminem, Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Maroon 5, Aerosmith, Shankar Mahadevan, Hariharan, AR Rahman. He especially enjoys tagging along with everyone when they threaten Vinay's physical safety.

Jaison Alexander

Treasurer - Tenor 2
Jaison is a junior in the College of Business double majoring in accounting and finance. He is from Northbrook, Illinois and is in his second year with Chai-Town. Along with Chai-Town, Jaison is also a member of UIUC's I-Bhangra Dance Team and Vice President of Finance for Sigma Beta Rho Fraternity, Inc. His hobbies and interests include playing basketball and volleyball, hanging with friends, listening to music, and watching re-runs of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air". His favorite music artists include Usher, Craig David, John Mayer, Marques Houston, and Yesudas. In his spare time, Jaison threatens Vinay's safety and challenges Samarth and Aman to dance-offs.

Vinay Srinivasan

Baritone
Vinay is a junior majoring in Fine and Applied Arts.  He is classically trained in Carnatic music and Bharathanatyam (13 years). Vinay is part of the Natya Dance Theater, through which he has performed at numerous prestigious venues. Artists such as MS. Subbalakshmi, Maharajapuram Santhanam, and Hariharan serve to be his inspiration. He enjoys chewing gum during practice and revolving his hips and fingers during solos. Despite countless threats towards his physical safety, Vinay has courageously chosen to remain a member of Chai-Town.

Bijoy Varghese

Secretary - Bass
Bijoy is a sophomore double majoring in Chemistry and Psychology with Pre-med of course. He is from Woodstock, IL, and is in his second year of Chai Town, which you wouldn't guess after you notice the lip on this boy. Since Chai Town is so demanding in all aspects, he only belongs to one other group; ICF. He loves to arrange music and plays the keyboard, guitar, bass, and the accordian. He plays basketball, and lives up to his trash talk in the game. He prefers rock music, but listens to anything except bad rap. An interesting yet boring thing: he speaks English, Spanish, Malayalam, Hindi, and Arabic.

Shazad Ahmed

Bass
Shazad is a senior majoring in Community Health and specializing in Healthcare Adminisitration. He is from Bartlett, IL. This is his second semester on Chai-Town and sings bass. Besides Chai-Town, some of his hobbies include traveling, watching movies, exercising, and hanging out with friends. He is also the rush chair of Sigma Beta Rho. Like the majority of the group, he loves making fun of Vinay's lack of manhood.

Tejaswy Mallela

Tenor 1
Tejaswy is a sophomore majoring in Aerospace engineering. He is from Hyderabad, India and is in his second semester with Chai Town. He likes any and every kind of music save rap, while having a penchant for Carnatic music in which he’s been trained for the past 10 years. Be it Miles Davis, Paco de Lucia, Jascha Heifetz or U Srinivas, he takes inspiration from all. His hobbies and interests, apart from singing, include playing the violin, football (its NOT Saahkur), CSI Miami, listening to podcasts. He’s working on his outrageous indulgence in copyright infringement.

Kevin Thomas

Tenor 2
Kevin is a sophomore whose major is undeclared, but he is pre-med. He is from Libertyville, IL, and this is his first year on Chai-Town. He is also a member of the service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega. His other hobbies and interests include playing basketball, weightlifting, videogames (especially N64), the Chicago Bulls, making recorded songs, and watching TV shows. Some of his favorite artists are TQ, The Dream, Lloyd, John Legend, 112, N.E.R.D., Nas. Kevin realizes from everyone else's bio that in order to be a part of this group, he must hurt Vinay, and he gracefully accepts this task.

Sunil Thomas

Bass
Sunil is a freshman majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology with a pre-med focus. He comes from the great town of Libertyville (a.k.a. L-Ville). Sunil, other than singing, also play's piano, guitar, trumpet, and baritone. Sunil likes all types of music...except for country. He loves to just jam out and make music with others. He also likes to play soccer, volleyball, basketball, flag football (pretty much any sport), run, and weightlifting. He loves to dance like no other, and just chill and hangout with friends. Sunil likes to listen to The Fray, John Mayer, and good Hip-Hop, but he practically listens to everything...except country. Obviously like everyone else in the group, Sunil enjoys making fun of Vinay.

Bharat Kusuma

Baritone
Bharat is double majoring in mathematics and finance. He is Junior who hails from the little known town of Forest Park (it's at the end of the Blue Line!) When he's not singing, he's being executive in his position as President of his fraternity Alpha Iota Omicron. Bharat also loves to hang out with his friends and take SafeRides to Taco Bell (which put him through hell). He loves all kinds of music (anything...) and singing. He's excited to have gotten in, especially since he has no background unlike the musical ballers on Chai Town and looks forward to an awesome time in CT. As a new member this semester though, Bharat has his work cut out for him; he has to learn to get loud, open his mouth three fingers wide, and never get off of his pitch...