Occupation internet entrepreneur Name Raj Anand | Role Entrepreneur Education University of Sussex | |
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Born March 6, 1982 (age 42) ( 1982-03-06 ) Kuwait | ||
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Raj Anand (born 1982) is a Brighton-based web entrepreneur. Raj Anand is one of eighteen Young Entrepreneurs in Europe profiled by BusinessWeek in 2007. He is also the ambassador for Enterprise UK campaign. Raj was the founder and operations director at social network service provider Kwiqq and author of Social Media's Impact on Recruitment and HR. He also writes personal blogs Raj Anand
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Personal life
Raj 'Rajeshwar Singh Anand' was born in Kuwait and grew up mainly in Kuwait, India and UK.
Early life and now
He has a bachelor's degree in computer system engineering and Master of Research in Computer science and Artificial intelligence from University of Sussex. Raj was one of six entrepreneurs chosen by the panel and won Government funding to take a short Master of Business Administration course at Cranfield University. Things snowballed quickly when Raj found a Brighton-based business angel, David Hill, prepared to invest into setting up a business. Raj built Kwiqq at the age of 23, building majority of the software himself. Anand is a major supporter of entrepreneurship/young entrepreneur speaking at British Library, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, MakeYourMark campaigns etc. Raj now works as a consultant developing creative use of Social network/media and is involved in developing strategies to innovate new social tools at Kwiqq.
Raj is also the creator of SUE, Sussex University Entrepreneurs, through which he is trying to support and promote entrepreneurship.