Raj Anand

Raj Anand (born 1982) is a Brighton-based web entrepreneur. Raj was born in Kuwait and grew mainly in India [cite web | url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=d01daf31-858a-4476-a116-f923fd3e9e5d&MatchID1=4727&TeamID1=2&TeamID2=3&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1191&PrimaryID=4727&Headline=An+Indian+who+made+good&strParent=strParentID
title = Europe's Young Entrepreneurs 2007 | work = BusinessWeek |accessdate=2008-07-30 ] and Kuwait. Raj Anand is BusinessWeek's Europe's Young Entrepreneur 2007 [cite web | url = http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/06/0601_europe_entp/source/5.htm | title = An Indian who made good | work = Hindustan Times |accessdate=2008-07-30 ] . He is also the ambassador [cite web | url = http://www.makeyourmark.org.uk/inspiring_stories/raj_anand | title = Inspiring Stories |accessdate=2008-07-30 ] for [http://www.makeyourmark.org.uk MakeYourMark] campaign. Raj is also the founder and operations director [cite web | url = http://www.kwiqq.com/management | title = Social Website Builder Kwiqq |accessdate=2008-07-30 ] at social network service provider [http://www.Kwiqq.com, Kwiqq]

Early life and now

Raj Anand has a bachelors degree in computer system engineering and Master of Research in Computer science and Artificial intelligence from University of Sussex [cite web | url = http://www.studyuk.hobsons.com/microsite/university_of_sussex/casestudy/1014
title = Study UK | work = [http://www.studyuk.hobsons.com, Hobsons UK] |accessdate=2008-07-30 ] . Raj was one of six entrepreneurs chosen by the panel and won Government funding to take a short Master of Business Administration course at Cranfield University. Things snowballed quickly when Raj found a Brighton-based business angel, [http://e3grouponline.com/page/?page=David%20Hill%20-%20Group%20CEO David Hill] , prepared to invest [cite web | url = http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1468198.social_climbing_pays_in_the_virtual_world/
title = Social climbing pays in the virtual world | work = The_Argus_%28Brighton%29 |accessdate=2008-07-30 ] into setting up a business. Raj built [http://www.Kwiqq.com Kwiqq] at the age of 23 [cite web | url = http://www.kwiqq.com/management | title = Social Website Builder Kwiqq |accessdate=2008-07-30 ] , building majority of the software himself. Anand is a major supporter of entrepreneurship/young entrepreneur speaking at British Library [cite web | url = http://blog.kwiqq.com/2008/04/21/social-networking-at-british-library/ | title = Social Networking at British Library |accessdate=2008-07-30 ] , Foreign and Commonwealth Office, MakeYourMark campaigns [cite web | url = http://blog.makeyourmark.org.uk/2007/11/21/brightons-yes-network-hosts-enterprise-changes-lives/| title = Brighton’s YES Network hosts ‘Enterprise Changes Lives’ |accessdate=2008-07-30 ] etc. Raj now [cite web | url = http://www.linkedin.com/in/rajanand | title = Raj Anand LinkedIn |accessdate=2008-07-30 ] works as a consultant developing creative use of Social network/media and is involved in developing strategies to innovate new social tools at Kwiqq.

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