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Biography
Dr. Ajay Data from Jaipur, India is creator of World's First Emailsolution for IDN ( Internationalized Domain Names ) Domains. He has been recently creditedwith Graham Bell Award for this innovation. ICANN-UASG case study explains and talk about it in detail.
Early life and education
Ajay Data was born on 22 March 1973 in Khairthal,Alwar District Rajasthan. After completing his school education from Indra Happy School and Government Higher Secondary School, Khairthal, he moved to Jaipur for college studies.
After completion of his studies in 1999, Data founded Data Infosys Ltd in Rajasthan.
Associations
Data has been part of RITEG (Rajasthan IT Entrepreuners Group),Founder & President TiE Rajasthan, Founder President YEO Jaipur (now known as EO), Nasscom, Data Security Council of India, Jaipur Citizen Forum, Advisory board of AIESEC, Board Member of Faculty of Management Studies (Poddar College) - Rajasthan University, Mentor in Rajasthan Venture Capital Fund, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry - Rajasthan, Chamber of Commerce & Industry, FICCI - Rajasthan. Member - Rajasthan Angel Investors Network (RAIN). He is co-chair for Neo-Brahmi Generation Panel.
He was part of a business delegation led by the Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh.
Awards and honours
- The "Man to Watch in 2004" by Times of India
- Lufthansa "Pioneering Spirit" - ET NOW - 2011
- "Rajasthan Gaurav" - Sanskriti - Jaipur, Rajasthan - 2013
- Ministers of Change- CNBC 18 TV
- IT Innovator of the Year - Peter Hass, US Indo American Society. 2013
- Rajasthan Ke SuperStar" by ETV Rajasthan. 2013
- IT innovator of the Year - Business Rankers Magazine 2015
- Shaan-E-Rajasthan - Felicitated by Governor of Rajasthan
- On the cover of CIO Review - May 2016
- Tech face of Rajasthan
- Graham Bell Award for best innovation in Enterprise Solution Category 2017