Dr. Ehsan Bayat

A humanitarian who has contributed immensely to the social and economic development of Afghanistan, Dr. Ehsan Bayat is the chairman and founder of the Bayat Foundation, a private foundation committed to improving the health, education, and wellbeing of all Afghans. Dr. Ehsan Bayat launched the foundation with his wife, Fatema, in 2005. Since then, the organization has constructed new roads, schools, healthcare facilities, orphanages, and water wells across the Middle Eastern country.

In total, the Bayat Foundation has completed more than 1,000 projects since its inception, including the construction of a dozen maternity wards and hospitals that have provided critical care to more than 3 million mothers and newborns. The foundation’s many aid drives have provided families in need with essential foodstuffs, warm winter clothing, and other necessities. In addition, it has provided more than 10 million meals.

Dr. Bayat is also proud to support sports and educational opportunities for young Afghans. Through his foundation, he has remodeled and refurbished classrooms and libraries, donated school supplies, built a sports stadium, and sponsored walk-a-thons, bicycle races, and distance running competitions.

Dr. Ehsan Bayat has been able to carry out these important social projects thanks to his previous success in business. He is the founder of the Bayat Group, which is now one of Afghanistan’s largest employers and private investors. He also led successful businesses in the US.

Dr. Bayat has received multiple awards for his philanthropic work, including the Corporate Social Responsibility Award from the Canada-Afghanistan Business Council and the Mahatma Gandhi Humanitarian Award from the Friends of the South Asian American Communities. In addition, the Afghan American Chamber of Commerce gave him the National Human Rights Award for Afghanistan.