Ajay Chaturvedi
About
Ajay Chaturvedi is an author, entrepreneur, philosopher, coach, and the Founder & Chairman of HarVa, the first all-women rural BPO.(harnessing value of rural India)
HarVa is a rural startup focused on skill development, BPO (XPO), renewable energy, community-based farming & microfinance.
An engineer from BITS Pilani, Ajay holds a Global Leadership & Public Policy diploma from The Harvard Kennedy School of Government and started working at Citibank.
While taking a break from his corporate career he found his entrepreneurial streak and he began setting up farms in his hometown of Dehradun & Sohna which gave him insights into the challenges and opportunities that lie in rural India and HarVa was born.
HarVa is also a case study in London Business School, The Wharton School, and Princeton University.
Ajay is the author of the bestselling book Lost Wisdom of The Swastika.
Ajay is also an ambassador of the Power of Youth initiative in Scotland and a brand ambassador at FARO Global.
He is an advisor to the innovation cell at SGGSCC, Delhi University.
Awards and accomplishments
Awards and accomplishments
- Ajay was awarded ‘CNN IBN Youth Icon / Young Indian Leader’ of the year 2011.
- CNBC awarded him the ‘Young Turk’ award.
- Ajay was nominated as one of the ‘Amazing Global Indian’ by Times Now News 2012-13 and ‘Yahoo Unsung Heroes’ 2012-13.
- He has also been honored as an ‘Iconic Youth’ in 2014 by Rotary International,
- Ajay was selected as 50 most creative leaders across the world to attend THNK in Amsterdam.
- HarVa has won numerous awards and accolades including the ‘Manthan Chairman Excellence Award’, ‘SKOCH Financial Inclusion’ and ‘TiE Entrepreneurial Excellence’ all in 2011.
- Ajay was bestowed with ‘Making the World Happening Award’ in 2017 by Allevents.
- He also holds a unique distinction of being identified as one of the four most innovative game changers by the office of advisor to the Prime Minister on skill development and employability.
- He was felicitated by the BITS Pilani in the golden jubilee celebrations as the ‘50 most inspiring alumni in 50 years’.
- HarVa XPO entered the ‘Limca Book of Records’ for being the first all women rural BPO in the world and was also identified as the ‘3rd Most Innovative Company’ in India by the Fast Company Magazine of New York.
- ‘Entrepreneurship, Sustainability & Empowered Woman Award’ by the Rockefeller Foundation / United Nations in 2012.
Why Ajay Chaturvedi?
Known for his unconventional thinking, innovative ideas & capacity to look beyond the obvious, Ajay Chaturvedi’s leadership skills & ability to drive change have paved the path to his success. Despite the numerous challenges of rural India, he saw the opportunities and inclusive growth and built a facilitative system. A spiritualist who left his comfortable corporate life to explore higher truths, Ajay’s powerful talks push one to look beyond the usual while providing incisive observations on the dynamics of business in the country, particularly at the grassroots level.
