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Aditya Jha
| Aditya Jha | |
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| Residence | Toronto, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | Honorary LL.D., Ryerson University; M.Sc. Mathematical Statistics, Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science, Research Scholar at School of Computer & Systems Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) |
| Alma mater | Central School, Bihar, Hans Raj College, University of Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Kurukshetra University, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada |
| Employer | Karma Candy Inc. |
| Known for | Business & philanthropic philosophy, active giving, business success and political involvement |
| Title | President & CEO |
| Website | |
| aditya.ca | |
Aditya Jha was born in village situated on border of India and Nepal. He was brought-up in a landed upper middle class family of three brothers and two sisters. His father was lawyer by profession and practiced law in district court (Sitamarhi, India). Upon completion of his secondary education in a village near Nepal India border, Aditya went on to pursue post-secondary education in Delhi, India. After receiving a bachelors degree in sciences from Hans Raj College Delhi University, he went on to do M.Sc. Mathematical Statistics at Kurukshetra University and PG Diploma in Computer Science fromKurukshetra University. He further invested four and a half years from 1979 to 1984 as a Research Scholar at the School of Computer and Systems Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University before visiting Paris, France for Mainframe computer training with CIT Alcatel for six months. He was recipient of University Grants Commission's Junior and Senior scholarship and Research Associateship from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. He was very active in student politics and student union activities and worked underground with those who were working against when Emergency measures suspending democratic rights in India were promulgated. He played leadership role with the largest student organization in India as General Secretary for Delhi and Haryana state and was on the National Executive of the national student organization when he was just 22 years old.[4] His Mother tongue is Maithili and he belongs to Mithilanchal, India. Since Fall of 2008, Aditya has been involved with the One Laptop Per Child project. He has since then distributed more than 100 laptops to rural village schools in Nepal, including Nuns' Welfare Foundations Arya Tara School [26].[27] This project is an addition to the hundreds of computers and printers he donated to dozens of schools in Kathmandu valley in Nepal[28] In 2001, Aditya proposed to develop and fund a world class Institute of Information Technology Nepal (IIT-N) modelled after India's IIT. The institute was to be established within a government sponsored IT Park in the Greater Kathmandu area (Banepa IT Park).[29]. Just before the parliament of Nepal was set to approve the proposal, the government fell and proposal was delayed, and later withdrawn by Aditya.[30][31]. Jha chairs the India AIDS Campaign within UNICEF Canada's Unite For Children, Unite Against Aids campaign. "As part of the larger Canadian Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS campaign, a special India HIV and AIDS Campaign has been established to support AIDS prevention, awareness and treatment projects for children and youth in India."[32]. Working with Canadian organization 'Aim for Seva', Aditya has donated a 50 student residence for kids from landless families in Bihar,India.[33]Early life
Philanthropic work in Nepal
[edit]Philanthropic work in India
