Jay was born and brought up in Calcutta, India Where she went to an all girls convent school and found herself to be more academic rather than sporty. She studied Chemistry at University.
She met Anup whilst still young and they came to this country to live in Cheltenham in 1974.
At Cheltenham Tecnical College she was advised to move from Chemistry to Computor Studies and was offered a place at Girton College, Cambridge but transferred to Essex University to be nearer to Anup's work. I was the only woman student doing a joint honours in Computer Systems and Numerical Analysis
After graduation there followed a meteoric rise in her career.
She went on to do a PhD on ‘Automation of Database Design’ from Aston University, and became a university lecturer- first at Coventry University and then at Cranfield which provided the initial opportunities for consultancy and understanding of management of IT in the business world.
She moved into ‘Management Consultancy’ and ran her own business for 10 years with clients such as BIS and then Deloitte being primarily involved in transformation initiatives in the financial sector.
.............and so to today
Jay retired and joined Rotary 5 years ago. She was a member of Walsall Saddlers RC and their President in 2020/1 before moving to Bristol in 2022 and joining the Rotary Club of Clifton where she serves on the Youth committee.
She loves travelling and has visited all seven wonders of the world.
Still not good at sport, she forces herself to go to the gym 3/4 times a week.
But, most importantly, she loves white wine, gin and Margarita(s).
Welcome to the club Jay!!