Building a sustainable giving model.
Our Advisors.
Our advisors are seasoned professionals with impressive credentials who are authentic in their character, strategic in their advice, caring in shaping our organization that perpetuates and stays focused on its core mission. The advisors are void of ego, void of glory, void of politics.
A growing cadre of world-class advisors - some of whom are leading venture capitalists, fantastic innovators, and CEOs of public companies in the U.S. supports MSU Vision 2020 and is charter.
Executive Advisors and Donors.
Jay Chaudhry
Executive Donor
MSU Vision 2020
CEO, ZScaler, Inc.
Reno, Nevada
Jay Chaudhry is CEO of Zscaler, a cybersecurity firm he founded in 2008. It went public in March 2018. Before Zscaler, Chaudhry founded four other tech companies that were all acquired: SecureIT, CoreHarbor, CipherTrust, and AirDefense. In 1996, Chaudhry and his wife, Jyoti, both quit their jobs and used their life savings to start cybersecurity firm SecureIT, his first startup. His hometown, a village in the Himalayas in India, did not have electricity or running water until he was in the 8th and 10th grade, respectively. Chaudhry moved to the U.S. in 1980 to attend graduate school and now lives in Nevada, after relocating from the Bay Area. Jay has been generous to MSU Vision 2020 with his contributed $25,000 in 2021 and active support of our initiaves.
Jayesh Parekh
Executive Advisor
MSU Vision 2020
Venture Capitalist
Singapore
Jayesh Parekh is a venture capitalist, philanthropist, visionary author and leader. Jayesh was the co-founder of Sony Entertainment Television, a major television network of Sony Pictures.
He is on the Investment Committee of Aavishkaar social impact funds.
He is a Senior Advisor at Jungle Ventures, a Venture Capital fund based in Singapore. He spent over 12 years at IBM in Houston and Singapore, and was part of the team that brought IBM back to India. He is a Co-Producer of Jhalki, a film inspired by Nobel Peace Laureate, Kailash Satyarthi. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a Charter Member of TiE, Indian Angel Network and AngelList.
Ajay Bhatt
Executive Advisor
MSU Vision 2020
Senior Fellow, Intel
Portland, Oregon
Ajay Bhatt is a former Intel Fellow and recognized technologist and thought leader in platform and silicon level architectures. In his 38 years in the computer industry, Ajay has co-invented and spearheaded a number of notable technologies including USB, Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP), PCI Express, Thunderbolt as well as the USB Type-C connector. Ajay has secured over 132 U.S. and international patents and has been honored for his technical contributions, including receiving the Light of India Award in 2012, The Asian Award in 2013, and the EU Inventor Award in 2013. Ajay Bhatt has been a founding member of MSU Vision 2020 and was invited as the chief guest at The Maharaja Sayajirao University 69th Annual Convocation in 2021.