Santosh Choubey

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Santosh Choubey
Born22 September 1955 (age 69–70)
Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Alma mater Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (NIT, Bhopal)
Occupation(s) social entrepreneur, Founder and Chairman, AISECT group, Chancellor AISECT group of universities
Known forSocial Enterprise, AISECT, NGO, Literature
SpouseVineeta Choubey
ChildrenOne son (Siddhartha Chaturvedi) and one daughter (Aditi Chaturvedi)
Awards Senior Ashoka Fellow
Website santoshchoubey.com

Santosh Choubey is an Indian social entrepreneur and educationalist. He founded the All India Society for Electronics and Computer Technology (AISECT) in 1985. He is chairman of AISECT and chancellor of the Rabindranath Tagore University.

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Early life and education

Born in 1955 in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, Santosh Choubey did his schooling from Government School Khandwa and completed his education with a bachelor's degree in electronics and telecommunication Engineering from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (NIT, Bhopal). Consequently, he also got selected into the Indian Engineering Services (1976) and the Indian Civil Services (1981). He made the decision of forgoing the civil services and pursuing his interest in the areas of Science and Technology and joined Bharat Electronics Limited (New Delhi). Later on, he worked with IDBI as a consultant in Bhopal. [1] [2] [3]

Career

He founded All India Society for Electronics and Computer Technology (AISECT) in 1985. [4] The organisation became a registered society in 1997. [2] [5]

Awards

For his work in Literature & Skilling he has received multiple awards like :

References

  1. ↑ Sonali Acharjee (29 August 2014). "Technology is at the heart of empowered India, says Santosh Choubey". India Today.
  2. 1 2 Godbole, Pravda (12 April 2011). "Q&A: Santosh Choubey, Founder, AISECT" – via Business Standard.
  3. ↑ https://vbs.ves.ac.in/images/Social_Business_Day-_2022_2_Speakers.pdf Archived 29 June 2023 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Case study" (PDF). www.undp.org. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  5. ↑ Sharma, Jeet. "Winning Stroke: Interview With Santosh Kumar Choubey, Founder AISECT". BW Businessworld.
  6. ↑ "Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award, India - 2010". Jubilant Bhartia Foundation.
  7. ↑ "Ashoka Fellowship".
  8. ↑ "Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award 2023". Bhaskar.
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