A distinguished Indian educationist, entrepreneur, angel investor and philanthropist with over 40 years of experience...
Founder Chairman, JAIN Group & Chancellor, JAIN (Deemed-To-Be University)
Dr. Chenraj Roychand, a distinguished Indian educationist, entrepreneur, angel investor and philanthropist with over 40 years of experience, is the Founder Chairman of the JAIN Group and the Chancellor of JAIN (Deemed-to-be University). He established Jain College in 1990 with the aim of providing quality education to the students. This marked the beginning of his journey with education which led to starting many more colleges and schools. Today the group successfully operates 77 educational institutions with more than 72,000 students from 43 countries and 10,000 employees engaged at the K-12, undergraduate, postgraduate and research levels spread across 64 campuses pan India. His vision to generate a culture of educational excellence has led to the development of numerous successful educational institutions like JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Jain Colleges, Jain International Residential School, Jain Heritage Schools, Jain Public Schools and Jain Toddlers.
Along with creating educational opportunities, Dr.Chenraj also initiated angel-investing firms, which provide the platform for youngsters to become entrepreneurs. He has been instrumental in incubating and mentoring students. He adopts both traditional and modern approaches to inculcate entrepreneurial zeal and transform their business ideas into successful enterprises. The 50 incubation units that consist of 25 SMEs and 25 self-operated companies each at JAIN Group have helped to create employment for 2,000 people. Dr. Chenraj Roychand has also conceived a unique and high-value 2 years program that combines academic and applied aspects of entrepreneurship, ranging from enterprise development, capital formation, policy creation, product analysis, to strategy building. He is also instrumental in setting up JUx, an online learning platform. Dr. Chenraj has a vision of nurturing 8,800 entrepreneurs in the coming years to fulfill his entrepreneurial ideology.
"I hope to see JAIN Group come to be regarded as being the best in India - best in the manner in which we operate; best in the human resource we build and best in our value system and ethics moving towards building a magnificent legacy carrying the same sense of trust that we hold today." — Franklin D. Roosevelt