April 15, 2023
8:00-9:30 PM IST
7:30-9:00 AM PST
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Vidita Vaidya
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 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.
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
"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..."
"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-
"[No] description of Joy’s would be complete without talking about Joy as a person, and Joy as a mentor. Joy’s time at Apigee/ Google will be remembered by the people he guided, mentored and lifted up, and by the colleagues he made better through technical arguments, and through the sheer equanimity that he brought to all interactions. His impact on individuals will live throughout their lives, long after Apigee has completely blended into Google."
"[No] description of Joy’s would be complete without talking about Joy as a person, and Joy as a mentor. Joy’s time at Apigee/ Google will be remembered by the people he guided, mentored and lifted up, and by the colleagues he made better through technical arguments, and through the sheer equanimity that he brought to all interactions. His impact on individuals will live throughout their lives, long after Apigee has completely blended into Google."
Anant Jhingran, IITD B-Tech, President’s Gold Medal Winner, 1985, IBM Fellow, IITD Alumnus, Apigee Colleague -
"Without Joy the (book on the) elements of information theory would never have been written. It was Joy who ultimately made it happen for the benefit of many tens of thousands of students and researchers."
"Without Joy the (book on the) elements of information theory would never have been written. It was Joy who ultimately made it happen for the benefit of many tens of thousands of students and researchers."
Abbas El Gamal, senior of Joy and Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University 
Joy was one of the most remarkable people I've known. Not only was he the smartest person, he was the kindest, gentlest, and most caring human being I knew! We all miss him dearly.
"Joy was one of the most remarkable people I've known. Not only was he the smartest person, he was the kindest, gentlest, and most caring human being I knew! We all miss him dearly."
Pandu Nayak, friend, colleague at Stanford, Stratify, Google, fellow JEE#1, Google Fellow
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..."
"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 -
"[No] description of Joy’s would be complete without talking about Joy as a person, and Joy as a mentor. Joy’s time at Apigee/ Google will be remembered by the people he guided, mentored and lifted up, and by the colleagues he made better through technical arguments, and through the sheer equanimity that he brought to all interactions. His impact on individuals will live throughout their lives, long after Apigee has completely blended into Google."
"[No] description of Joy’s would be complete without talking about Joy as a person, and Joy as a mentor. Joy’s time at Apigee/ Google will be remembered by the people he guided, mentored and lifted up, and by the colleagues he made better through technical arguments, and through the sheer equanimity that he brought to all interactions. His impact on individuals will live throughout their lives, long after Apigee has completely blended into Google."
Anant Jhingran, IITD B-Tech, President’s Gold Medal Winner, 1985, IBM Fellow, IITD Alumnus, Apigee Colleague -
"Without Joy the (book on the) elements of information theory would never have been written. It was Joy who ultimately made it happen for the benefit of many tens of thousands of students and researchers."
"Without Joy the (book on the) elements of information theory would never have been written. It was Joy who ultimately made it happen for the benefit of many tens of thousands of students and researchers."
Abbas El Gamal, senior of Joy and Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University -
Joy was one of the most remarkable people I've known. Not only was he the smartest person, he was the kindest, gentlest, and most caring human being I knew! We all miss him dearly.
"Joy was one of the most remarkable people I've known. Not only was he the smartest person, he was the kindest, gentlest, and most caring human being I knew! We all miss him dearly."
Pandu Nayak, friend, colleague at Stanford, Stratify, Google, fellow JEE#1, Google Fellow
"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.
