Dr Ehsan Bayat

Communications and Energy Executive Ehsan Bayat is the Founder and Chairman of The Bayat Group (www.bayat-group.com), which includes Afghan Wireless (www.afghan-wireless.com), Afghanistan’s first mobile communications company, Ariana Television and Radio (www.arianatelevision.com), Bayat Energy (www.bayat-energy.com) and Bayat Power.
 
Mr. Bayat’s exceptional efforts to develop the Afghan economy are matched by his commitment to Afghanistan’s social progress. He is the Co-Founder of The Bayat Foundation (www.bayatfoundation.org), and he also established Afghanistan’s largest NGO sponsoring programs to improve Education and Health, including the construction of twelve hospitals which have provided healthcare to over 1,500,000 Afghans.

A graduate of The New Jersey Institute of Technology, Mr. Bayat is also the recipient of many public service awards, including The Mahatma Gandhi Humanitarian Award (2010), and the Afghanistan Human Rights Association’s National Human Rights Award (2006).