Ved is the Founder of Buddha Fellowship Program, a unique platform offering a complete eco-system for young emerging leaders from India's premier educational institutions such as IITs and IIMs, an opportunity to build development enterprises. He is also the Founder and Former CEO of SRIJAN (Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action), which features among the top non-profit organisations in India in the sustainable Rural Livelihood Management space and empowerment of rural women. Ved Arya is also the Founder and Managing Director of Srijan Infratech & Development Services (SIDS), which offers HR solutions and strategies to implement rural development programs of the Government of India. He is an aeronautics engineer from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, and an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.Ved Arya was also a UNEP Fellow at Tufts University.
