Arun Jain

Arun Jain is a seed investor in Chennai focused on Analytics and Venture Capital. Arun Jain is the Chairman and Managing Director of Intellect Design Arena Limited. Intellect is a specialist in applying true Digital Technologies, the world's first full spectrum Banking and Insurance technology products company, across Global Consumer Banking (iGCB), Central Banking, Global Transaction Banking (iGTB), Risk, Treasury andMarkets (iRTM) and Insurance (Intellect SEEC). With revenues of USD 124 Mn and employee base of around 4000, Intellect powers over 200 leading Banks and Financial Institutions around the globe with its suite of Products.Arun commenced his entrepreneurial journey by setting up Nucleus Software Workshop in 1986. In 1993, he founded Polaris Software Lab, which recorded a CAGR of nearly 200% during the seven year period 1993-2000. This path of deep domain expertise, vision and planning began in 1993, with just $250 and a dream. His journey was guided by two strong beliefs - (1) ordinary people coming together to achieve extraordinary results, if the dreams are Big (2) the power of the organizational subconscious in realizing the vision. Intellect is his third venture, in pursuit of his vision to make India the IP Capital towards the next growth wave for the IT Industry. Arun's passion in creating a technology product power house from India made Intellect a reality.Arun is passionate about Design Thinking as a science to create biggest impact on Individual and organizational performance. He visualizes it as a platform for learning and applying, with a child like curiosity to ask questions, forming the foundation of the practice of Design Thinking. An avid practitioner, Arun also evangelizes Design Thinking through public workshops. FinTech 8012, the World's first Design Center dedicated to Financial Technology is a testimony of his commitment to Design Thinking. He architected the creation of this Center from Concept to Execution.Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award to Arun at the India's premier ICT Event, Connect 2016. He has received multiple awards including 'INDO ASEAN Business Initiative Award', 'ICICI Venture - CII Connect Entrepreneur Award', 'Visionary of India 2014-15', amongst others in recognition of his contribution to the Industry and the Society. His contribution was recognized by the Times Group, with an award and a feature in a book titled 'Pathfinders' that lauds the achievements of extraordinary personalities in the IT & ITES industry.He holds / has held positions in CII, MMA, STPI, National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) and the Indo American Chamber of Commerce. He has been the Chairman of CII BANKing TECH Summit from 2014-2016, for three consecutive years.A social engineer by nature, Arun has been working towards creating a better community. Ullas Trust, founded in 1997, with the purpose of igniting young minds and guiding them to realizing their dreams, has since reached out to over 2,00,000 children from the economically challenged sections of Government, Municipal and Aided Schools.This brainchild of Arun provides vital professional skills to adolescent children across the country nurturing the "Can do" spirit among the young minds.Continuing his Social Connect initiatives, Arun has recently launched 'Project Samriddhi'. Samriddhi is dedicated to holistic human development in India, through the design and development of projects that are sustainable and capable of scale to positively impact the larger population. Through START-UP Nukkad, another unique initiative for Start-up Entrepreneurs, Arun conducts special workshops for them to understand their purpose and nurture and mentor their innovative thinking.Arun holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering.