Donor Spotlight: Kushagra Nayan Bajaj
Bajaj’s New Gift Expands Opportunities for South Asian Scholars The Mittal Institute is delighted to announce a new gift from Kushagra Nayan Bajaj, which significantly expands opportunities for inquiry and exchange on questions critical to South Asia.
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ith this gift, the Mittal Institute has launched the Jamnalal Kaniram Bajaj Trust Visiting Research Fellowship. Leading scholars from South Asia will have the opportunity to spend a semester on the Harvard campus, engaging with faculty, researchers and students and availing of the university’s vast resources. Bajaj, a member of the Mittal Institute’s Advisory Council, is Chairman of India’s Bajaj Group, Chairman and Managing Director of Bajaj Hindusthan Limited and Chairman of Bajaj Corp Limited. He has studied at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University and received his master’s degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. In 2007, he received the Young Achiever award from the jury of the 10th Rajiv Gandhi Awards.
In 2011, he was nominated for the Indian government’s prestigious Padma Shri award. The Mittal Institute spoke with Mr. Bajaj to learn more about his background, his motivations for this gift, and what he hopes it will bring to South Asia. Mittal Institute: Mr. Bajaj, what inspired you to support the creation of this fellowship at MI? Kushagra Nayan Bajaj: I’ve grown up in an environment that placed supreme emphasis on learning, education and knowledge. Right since childhood, it was ingrained in us that true education can transform not only your own life, but also that of millions around you. I’m a beneficiary of such education myself, so I’m aware of what it can do. The fellowships have been set up with an objective
The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University
