Chenraj Roychand

Chenraj Roychand
Born	(1961-07-07) 7 July 1961 (age 64)
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Educationist Entrepreneur Philanthropist
Title	Chancellor of Jain University

Chenraj Roychand (born 7 July 1961) is an Indian educator, entrepreneur, angel investor and philanthropist. He founded the Jain Group and has been chancellor of Jain University since 1990. ^{[1] [2]}

Career

In 1990, Roychand founded the Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College in Bangalore at VV Puram, later establishing additional schools and colleges. ^[3] Jain University was declared a Deemed University under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.

Roychand established the Chenraj Roychand Center for Entrepreneurship in 2001. ^[4] The Center aims to support social entrepreneurship, and has incubated companies. ^{[5] [6]}

Awards and accolades

Roychand has been associated with several recognitions mentioned in publications of the JAIN Group, including the Rotary Award for Vocational Service, Dr. B. C. Roy Award, Seva Ratna Award, and Kempegowda Award; however, independent secondary sources confirming these honours are not currently available.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "About the Chancellor". JAIN (Deemed-to-be University). Retrieved 5 April 2025.
2. University), JAIN (Deemed-to-be. "Dr. Chenraj Roychand | Chancellor JAIN (Deemed-to-be University)". Site Name, i.e. JAIN (Deemed-to-be University). Retrieved 13 June 2025.
3. "From a salesman to leading educationist-investor, Chenraj Roychand's story is inspirational". From a salesman to leading educationist-investor, Chenraj Roychand's story is inspirational. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
4. "Chenraj Roychand Center for Entrepreneurship established year 2001". www.universitydunia.com/. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
5. "A university's primary focus must be developing students' outlook". financialexpress.com. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
6. Joshi, Bharath (16 September 2013). "Moulding entrepreneurs". New Indian Express. Retrieved 30 May 2018.