About Sujay Jairaj

Sujay Jairaj completed his graduation from Narsee Monjee College of commerce and economics. He went on to pursue a Masters Degree in International Management at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland. Here he stood out as the youngest President of the University's Management consulting Club & the Sports convenor for the hall of residences. Fitness & Sports being his passion, Sujay has won several accolades in various sports.

After returning to India in 2004, he involved himself in the family business – Golden Chemcials Private Limited. Being passionate about the philanthropic activities of the family, he involved himself in the upgrading of infrastructure and technology at Narsee Monjee Educational Trust’s – Jamnabai Narsee School & Jamnabai Narsee International School. This was followed by acquiring the decision-making authority from the Board of Trustees in all major areas & expansion of the Educational Institutes.

Mr. Narendra Modi handed the Memorandum of Understanding to Sujay in January 2013 for Jamnabai Narsee School, GIFT City. This school became the first school with Green Building GOLD Certification in the State of Gujarat.

Chatrabhuj Narsee School – based on a sprawling 3 acre campus with state of the art facilities, was started by Sujay in association with Methibai Devraj Gundecha Foundation in 2016 and currently is one of the largest international schools in the country, with more campuses coming up in other cities. Chatrabhuj Narsee School, Amanora Park Town, Pune on a massive 6.5 acre campus will commence admissions in september 2021 for the academic year 2022-23, changing the landscape of education in the city of Pune.

Sujay is the Managing Director at MAX Edusol Private Limited which provides 360 degree support and services in planning, setting up and operating new K-12 institutions.

Sujay was recognised as a Times Education Icons for being the best in the Education Industry 4 times in a row - 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 for JNS, JNIS and CNS.

Sujay has successfully completed Leading Schools: Certificate in School Management and Leadership programme, a combined initiative by Harvard Business School and Harvard Graduate School of Education in July 2020. A course based on selection (by application) only, with excellent insights in School Management & Visionary Leadership for the future.

Conceptualising institutional & sports infrastructure, construction and design aspect has always been a subject he loves and enjoys. In this regard Sujay has been fortunate to be able to keep learning more and upgrading his skills with practical experience with Indian & Global architects and teams in executing world class projects. Furthering his passion in the field of school planning & design concepts, Sujay has successfully completed The Architectural Imagination, offered by HarvardX – An initiative of Harvard University.

It takes a heart of gold and a strong persona for someone so young to be responsible for the education, future and security of more than 30,000 students each year, at this young age. It was always his dream to build parallel campuses of K-12 Schools & Higher Educational Institutes in Mumbai and other cities of India.

Sujay’s vision is to provide top quality education with state of the art infrastructure and curriculum with world class sporting facilities – leading to the provision of the best opportunities to the youth of India and contributing to the development of the nation and the world.

A sports enthusiast - an ardent / advanced skier, a former national level badminton player & currently an aspiring national level pistol shooter, he is also the founder of Mumbai Cycling Enthusiasts, which currently has over 21000 members, and is the largest cycling group in the world focused on fitness, fun and adventure. Through his passion for sport, Sujay has ventured into producing motivational sport films - with the Saina Nehwal Biopic being the first project and other inspiring stories of champions in the pipeline. Saina is streaming on Amazon Prime Video Worldwide - inspiring the nation and the world.