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scientific community, while his ongoing NIH-funded research aims to further
accelerate drug discovery through large language model-based AI systems.
As the Director of the Merck-Purdue Center, he has secured more than
$3 million in funding to support interdisciplinary research across the univer-
sity. His collaborative approach to science is evident through his ability to
attract significant funding from federal agencies and industry partners, total-
ing more than $16 million in external grants, of which $8 million has directly
supported his group’s research.
His recent achievements include being awarded the NIH NCATS AS-
PIRE Grand Prize for his AI-based drug discovery automation platform,
which has already been implemented in NIH laboratories and pharmaceutical
pipelines, such as Merck & Co.
He has Scialog Fellowship for Automating Chemical Laboratories and UC’s Gen-1 Program, established in 2008, is the nation’s first living-learn-
received the College of Science Leadership Award in 2024. ing community to focus on first-generation college students. As the first in
their families to attend college, Gen-1 students face unique challenges when
JAGTAR & JYOTI CHAUDHRY transitioning to college. The Gen-1 Program and 1MPACT

Couple gifts $4 million for UC’s To read more about Indian diaspora and Global Indians, log on to and follow
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Gen-1 1MPACT House

agtar “Jay” Chaudhry and P. Jyoti Chaudhry, leading Indian Americans
have established the Chaudhry Family Scholarship Fund with a $4 million
Jgift to the University of Cincinnati, UC. The scholarship fund will sup-
port first-generation, Pell-eligible students in UC’s innovative Gen-1 1MPACT
House, a residential community.
Jay and Jyoti are accomplished entrepreneurs who have an established
trend of introducing visionary innovations to secure organizations against
growing cyber threats while enabling their digital transformation. Jay is the
CEO of Zscaler, a leader in cloud security (NASDAQ: ZS), that he and his
wife Jyoti founded in 2007. Before starting Zscaler, together, they founded a
series of successful companies, including AirDefense, CipherTrust, CoreHar-
bor and SecureIT.
He is a first-generation student and grew up in a small Indian village called
Panoh in the Una district of Himachal Pradesh, in the foothills of the Hima-
layas. He says his parents prioritized their children’s education. Jay holds two
Masters’ degrees from the UC College of Engineering and Applied Science
and earned his MBA from the UC Carl H. Lindner College of Business. Jyoti
also has an MBA from the Lindner College of Business.
This generous and visionary donation will fund the UC education of ap-
proximately 150 students beginning in the fall of 2025. The scholarship fund
will fill the financial gaps of every Pell-eligible student living in the Gen-1
1MPACT House after Federal Pell and other grants are awarded.
“I’m truly grateful that Jay and Jyoti are dedicated partners in our ongo-
ing commitment to first-generation students,” said UC President Neville G.
Pinto. “Their generosity will forever change the lives of these students, their
families and their communities.”

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