Family Business and Entrepreneurship

Professor Joshipura is a multidisciplinary management professional with experience in the private and public sector, consulting, and academics spanning four decades across the US, Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. His experience as a business leader ranges from brick-and-mortar industries (automotive, agro-industries, oil, rubber, food processing, and high-tech industries (SW, HW electronics) to infrastructure sectors such as energy and power generation. He has experience in general & plant management with P&L responsibilities, manufacturing, operations, financial control, logistics, sales & Marketing, and business development. He has worked with industries and institutions such as IBM, Niger West S.p.A, and DELL/EMC2, The World Bank, the University of Tokyo. He has been a power generation (Renewable & conventional) consultant and a Visiting Professor of Renewable Energy and Resource Management. He received a group patent in information technology while working at IBM. He holds an MS degree from MIT, Cambridge, USA.

• Joshipura, J., (1977). Theoretical thesis on future architecture (futuretecture) - "CYBERCOLIBRIUM - Architecture as a System Open to Information & Energy. Research Thesis Overview 1962-2012. Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University.
• Joshipura, J., (1994). Integrated Agro-Energy System. It focused on integrating baseload power with renewable energy technologies to create multiple fuel paths and outputs to increase reliability and revenue and offset the generation costs until the chemistry permits.
• Joshipura, J., (1996). Biomass as an energy alternative and the role of informal markets. Proceedings of the International Association of Energy Economics (IAEE).
• Joshipura, J. (1997). Geopolitical aspects of renewable energy. Proceedings of the conference on Securing Energy Investments in Asia.
• Joshipura, J. (2023). New frontiers of electronic music explored under composer Prof. David Tudor in 1969. Subcontinental Music at The National Institute of Design, India 1969-72.

• Lecture at the Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) in Japan, the University Of Tokyo, MIT,) The University of Missouri and Khon Kaen University in Thailand published on YouTube
• Establishing a US patent-holding Nano Materials Manufacturing Company as a majority partner
• Listed as a pioneer composer in the history of Electronic Music. His electronic music composition titled “Space Liner 2001” (1969) has been archived at the Paul Getty Museum, BBC, and NID and recently published after 51 years in the LP, cassette, and digital format on YouTube. The work received recognition from the BBC, Voice of America, The Guardian, and several international media houses.

• Cost & Management Accounting - AMSOM
• Project Management - AMSOM
• Design, Innovation and Making - School of Engineering and Applied Science