Joy Thomas Foundation
Our Mission: To uplift underserved students and their families through impactful STEM careers.
Our Focus
Our core mission is to inspire STEM students and young professionals across the globe to excel and realize their full potential.
Our network includes alumni, industry colleagues, faculty and students from major global educational institutions (the Indian Institutes of Technology, Stanford University, MIT), industry research labs (IBM, Microsoft), silicon valley and India-based tech startups and large enterprises (Google, Microsoft, Cisco, VMWare, Zoho).
Foundation Facts
About Joy Thomas
Joy Thomas was an Indian-American Electrical Engineer who made seminal contributions to the fields of Information Theory, data analytics, and large-scale data mining. He was passionate about encouraging young minds in STEM-related disciplines. Joy was an alumnus of IIT, Madras and St. Joseph’s Boys High School in Bangalore, India. Tragically, he passed at the age of 57 in 2020 while working for Google.
Our Story
Following his untimely death, Joy's friends, colleagues and classmates created the Joy Thomas Foundation to continue his legacy of generosity to the world. The Foundation brings together a global network of STEM mentors who are dedicated to inspiring the next generation of STEM students, researchers and entrepreneurs.
Our Mission
The Joy Thomas Foundation brings together a wide range of people from Industry and Academia to mentor and support High School and College students who are pursuing education, research and careers in STEM related fields. The foundation has a particular focus on assisting students from disadvantaged and underserved populations.
How We Work
The Foundation sponsors awards to promote STEM excellence, offers mentoring, career guidance and employment assistance to college STEM students. Our High School STEM programs seek to inspire students from disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue STEM related careers, to secure higher paying jobs that benefit their families.
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