Aniruddha Jaydeokar (AJ)
The Hatchery is the epitome of learning about sustainable business… students taking interest in entrepreneurship to drive innovative solutions.
Aniruddha Jaydeokar’s education came into focus around the COA Diana Davis Spencer Hatchery sustainable business incubator, which provides eligible students academic credit, professional services and access to seed funding to develop their for-profit or nonprofit business ideas. The Hatchery allows students to walk the entrepreneurial high wire with a safety net and support.
Jaydeokar entered COA having already co-founded a tech venture helping students access free learning support for international exams. While in the Hatchery, Jaydeokar helped develop an herbal tea enterprise working with a collective of women entrepreneurs in Niger. He went on to participate in innovation internships that led to his hiring as the Chief Marketing Officer at a tech startup and has since become a sustainable finance graduate researcher at Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment.