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April 15, 2023

8:00-9:30 PM IST

7:30-9:00 AM PST 

Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Vidita Vaidya

Our Mission:

To uplift underserved students and their families through impactful STEM careers

Our Mission:

To uplift underserved students and their families through impactful STEM careers

Our core mission is to inspire STEM students and young professionals across the globe to excel and realize their full potential. 

The Foundation was created in 2020 to honor the life and legacy of Joy Thomas, an Indian-American STEM genius. As a world-renowned researcher at  Stanford University, IBM, and across multiple Silicon Valley Tech startups as a Founder and Entrepreneur, Joy made seminal contributions in the field of Information Theory, data analytics, and large-scale data mining. He was passionate about enabling and encouraging young minds in STEM-related disciplines. Joy was an alumnus of IIT, Madras and St. Joseph’s, Bangalore, India.

Our core mission is to inspire STEM students and young professionals across the globe to excel and realize their full potential. 

The Foundation was created in 2020 to honor the life and legacy of Joy Thomas, an Indian-American STEM genius. As a world-renowned researcher at Stanford University, IBM, and across multiple Silicon Valley Tech startups as a Founder and Entrepreneur, Joy made seminal contributions in the field of Information Theory, data analytics, and large-scale data mining. He was passionate about enabling and encouraging young minds in STEM-related disciplines. Joy was an alumnus of IIT, Madras and St. Joseph’s, Bangalore, India.

Our Mission:

To uplift underserved students and their families through impactful STEM careers

Our core mission is to inspire STEM students and young professionals across the globe to excel, and realize their full potential. 

The Foundation was created in 2020 to honor the life and legacy of Joy Thomas, an Indian-American STEM genius. As a world-renowned researcher at Stanford University, IBM, and across multiple Silicon Valley Tech startups as a Founder and Entrepreneur, Joy made seminal contributions in the field of Information Theory, data analytics and large scale data mining. He was passionate about enabling and encouraging young minds in STEM related disciplines. Joy was an alumnus of IIT, Madras and and St. Joseph’s, Bangalore, India. 

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How Can You Engage with the Foundation?

How can you engage with the foundation?

Students

Learn from the best and accelerate your career

STEM Alumni

Inspire the next generation of STEM

Mentors

Share your knowledge and life experiences

Corporate

Engage with our 1000+ strong global network

Students

Learn from the best and

accelerate your career

STEM Alumni

Inspire the next generation

of STEM students

Mentors

Share your knowledge and

life experiences

Corporate Sponsors

Engage with our 1000+ strong

global STEM network

Students

Learn from the best and

accelerate your career

STEM Alumni

Inspire the next generation

of STEM students

Mentors

Share your knowledge and

life experiences

Corporate Sponsors

Engage with our 1000+ strong

global STEM network

Your Support is Powerful.

Are you ready to inspire the next generation of young STEM students as they get ready for their journey into STEM education and STEM-related careers? 


You have the opportunity to impact the lives of individuals and their families. It’s through your generosity that we create such powerful change.


We seek committed volunteers to help in all areas, from student mentoring, working on JTF projects to donor outreach, Foundation operations, volunteer coordination, and corporate sponsor and HR outreach.

“Joy was perhaps the most brilliant gift from India to the US in engineering sciences in recent decades.” 


-Arogyaswami Paulraj, Prof Emeritus,

Stanford University

Acknowledging Joy

Joy was perhaps the most brilliant gift from India to the US in engineering sciences

in recent decades. 


Arogyaswami Paulraj, Prof Emeritus,

Stanford University

We’re inspired by the life and legacy of Joy Thomas


Joy was perhaps the most brilliant gift from India to the US in engineering sciences in recent decades. 


- Arogyaswami Paulraj, Prof Emeritus, Stanford University

We’re Inspired by the Life and Legacy of Joy Thomas

"I had heard so much about the legend of Joy at IIT, that when I first met him in California, I was disappointed he was not 10 feet tall and made of gold. In my first meeting it was blindingly obvious why people admired him so much: there were very few people in the world who were smarter than Joy, and there even fewer people who were nicer than he was..."

Venky Harinarayan, IITM B. Tech., Computer Science, 1988, DAA'2013, Cambrian Ventures, Walmart Labs, Junglee, Kosmix

Your Support is Powerful.

Are you ready to inspire the next generation of young STEM students as they get ready for their journey into STEM education and STEM-related careers? 


You have the opportunity to impact the lives of individuals and their families. It’s through your generosity that we create such powerful change.


We seek committed volunteers to help in all areas, from student mentoring, working on JTF projects to donor outreach, Foundation operations, volunteer coordination, and corporate sponsor and HR outreach.

Interested in sponsoring a school STEM program in your area? Our Operating Group and the School STEM project team can work with you to formalize and operationalize additional high school STEM programs.

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