Azhar Rizvi

In 1999, Azhar set up the first venture which grew from 2 to 42 persons in a short span of 18 months. The venture failed during the 2001 dot com crash. Using lessons learned, he set up another company, which by 2002 had become the biggest of Pakistan’s BPO in the tech sector of the country.

A Missionary

Azhar has recently embarked on the mission to promote entrepreneurship in the agriculture sector, especially in rural areas. Azhar firmly believes that this sector, with properly trained human resources coupled with appropriate funding, can double the GDP in a few years.

A Historian

Azhar has authored the book, “Entrepreneuring Pakistan- 27 stories of struggle, failure, and success”. The book celebrates the triumphs and highlights the challenges of 27 mentee organizations, who have achieved success.

A Philanthropist:

Azhar also pays an active part in philanthropic and social circles. He is very active in Rotary Pakistan for the past 22 years. As part of Rotary, he has implemented several key initiatives in the healthcare which included the end-to-end automation of largest 2500-beds hospital with latest open source software, cutting-edge hardware, and HIPA HL7 Compliant, Civil Hospital Karachi in 2009.