Ajai Chowdhry
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Ajai Chowdhry
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| Born |
29 August 1950 Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Jabalpur Engineering College |
| Occupation | Founder, HCL, Chairman: IIT Patna |
| Spouse(s) | Kunkun Chowdhry |
| Children | Kunal Chowdhry, Akshay Chowdhry |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan |
Ajai Chowdhary is one of the six founder members of HCL. A highly decorated Indian Industry icon, today he is an inspiration for young Indians. He is currently the Chairman-Board of Governors at IIT Patna.
Ajai’s parents migrated to India, from Pakistan, during the Partition of India, along with six children. They came to a refugee camp in Delhi. Later, Ajai’s father picked up a job in Mount Abu, to get the accession of the princely states. Ajai was born in Mount Abu, on 29 August 1950. Ajai is the youngest of the seven siblings. In 1955, his father joined Indian Administrative Service.
Ajai Chowdhry did his schooling from Christ Church School, Jabalpur. He passed out of school in 1966. Thereafter, he graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics and Telecom) degree, from Jabalpur Engineering College, in 1971. He has also completed an Executive Program from the University of Michigan, in 1994. Recently he has been appointed as Chairman, Board of Governors of IIT Patna.
Beginning his career in 1972, Ajai Chowdhry worked with DCM Data Products. In 1975, he quit his job to start Microcomp.
Ajai Chowdhry works closely with the Government of India, for various endeavours and initiatives. Ajai Chowdhry has been part of several Government of India committees. These endeavours aim at increasing IT proliferation in India, and also towards facilitating the growth of the IT and Electronics industry in India. In August 2009, the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & IT and the Government of India constituted the IT Task Force, under the leadership of Ajai Chowdhry.
Ajai Chowdhry is a member of National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC), which is an apex body providing advisory inputs for shaping government policy.
Ajai Chowdhry is the Chairman of CII National Committee on Technology.
Ajai Chowdhry is a panellist on the USC Forum on Globalization and Innovation.
In 2010, Ajai Chowdhry co-chaired the ‘World Economic Forum on Africa' in Tanzania.
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