Ajit B Shah

He is an entrepreneur with knowledge and 20+ years of experience in diverse business sectors. He is the Director and CEO of Lotus Holdings – a family business that is active in real estate, hand made rugs, healthcare, and information technology employing over a thousand people. Ajit has has taken his company to the next level, focusing the investments and services on IT and outsourcing. His companies currently outsource across small to multi-billion dollar Fortune 50 companies around the world and are also involved in various technology projects with the Government of Nepal. Ajit was also the pioneer in the digitization of Immigration and Border Control at the Ministry of Home in Nepal. In his latest venture, Ajit has established an IT platform where he plans to scale Nepal up to become the back office of the world. He envisions that by 2030 Nepal will have an alternative source of foreign currency earnings at par to the current inflow of remittances while creating 1.5 million jobs. Ajit has a Bachelors Degree in Chemistry, Mathematics & Computer Science from the University of Minnesota, USA, and is currently undergoing Executive Education at the Harvard Business School.