Igniting young minds to change lives

Soil, water, sunlight and shadows—just as these bring together their strengths to nurture a plant, JIS Group Educational Initiatives' Founder-Chairman Sardar Jodh Singh's entrepreneurial drive has left behind a legacy, ably nurtured by Sardar Taranjit Singh his son, now the Group's Managing Director.

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Having pitted his skills and mindset exploring diverse fields such as dairy, transport, infrastructure, iron & steel, cargo and logistics, information technology, agro, and film production, Sardar Jodh Singh found his metier in the field of education.

It was a visit to his son's school, which caught his imagination for a new venture. He perceived that the best way to advance society was by fostering education. This was the moment that gave birth to the dream and vision of JIS Group Educational Initiatives. When this vision of duty, aspiration and faith became a reality, it was truly a proud moment for him.

EDUCATION WITH A PRACTICAL VISION

Those fledgling engagements by Jodh Singh as an education provider in Eastern India led to the founding of Asansol Engineering College in 1999. It became the trigger that set the JIS Group Educational Initiatives on a trailblazing trajectory. To this day it continues to leave its indelible footprint across West Bengal and the wider region of Eastern India.

As Founder Chairman of the Group, Sardar Jodh Singh did not lose a single lesson of value or skill from his earlier ventures. The pithy advice he offered his son from all his learnings was: if you ignite young minds, lives will change. Jodh Singh's own life was a living testimony to this outlook, and his son readily embraced it for his own foray in the field of Education. His father's dictum, of achieving unparalleled excellence that will bring development to society and mankind by optimizing the potential of students, has guided Sardar Taranjit Singh's own trajectory over the years.

Jodh Singh's entrepreneurial ventures in transformed education into a precious jewel, polished and honed to a fine finish under the capable hands of Taranjit Singh.

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