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Vijay Eswaran is the executive chairman of QI Group of Companies headquartered in Hong Kong. He is also the author of four books and the founder of two philanthropic organizations.

Early life and education
Vijay Eswaran was born in the state of Penang in Malaysia on October 7, 1960. His mother, Pushpavathy Chinnaih, was a teacher and his father, Vijayaratnam Saravanamutha, was Malaysian ministry of labor.

In 1984 Vijay Eswaran earned his socio-economic degree from London School of Economics. After gaining a professional qualification from Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in UK, Vijay Eswaran moved on to Southern Illinois University where his received his masters degree in business administration in 1986.

Career
While living in the United States, Vijay Eswaran worked part-time in multilevel marketing for touchpad manufacturer Synaptics. After returning to Asia, he co-founded multilevel marketing company QI Group of Companies in 1998. He currently serves as the executive chairman of QI Group.

The QI Group is an e-commerce based company headquartered in Hong Kong. The QI Group focuses on enabling people to rise through solutions that power entrepreneurship, enhance urban lifestyles and reform the education sector. With regional offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines, the company has a presence in 30 countries through its subsidiaries. Vijay Eswaran is also General Manager of QI Group's flagship subsidiary QuestNet Malaysia (QNet), which is a global direct selling company. QI Group has a corporate social responsibility arm named RYTHM (Raise Yourself to Help Mankind) Foundation. The training arm of QI Group, The V, offers training to international entrepreneurs and hosts an annual four day training convention named V-Con.

Vijay Eswaran previously served as Chairman of the Council of Quest International University in Malasia. He is currently on the advisory board of the Global Business Council and Corporate Malaysua Roundtable. Vijay Eswaran is also a member of the Business Council for Sustanability and Responsibility Malaysia and Singapore Compact.

In February 2013, Forbes Asia named Vijay Eswaran number 25 in a list of Malaysia’s 50 Richest people. In 2012 Vijay Eswaran received the New Global Indian award for philanthropy and business excellence at the Global Indian Business Meet in New York. Along with his success, Vijay Eswaran has spoken at the Commonwealth Business Forums at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, the sixth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in India, and the World Economic Forum.

Publishing
Vijay Eswaran published four books through his own publishing company RYTHM.

Sphere of Silence, Vijay Eswaran's most popular book, was published in 2005. Sphere of Silence focuses on his personal philosophy on life management. In Sphere of Silence Vijay Eswaran talks about the importance of spending time every day in silence which leads to success in life. The book outlines how to spend one hour a day contemplating silence based on the Hindu ideas Vijay Eswaran learned from his grandfather.

Vijay Eswaran's second book, In the Thinking Zone, was published in May 2008 and focuses on Eswaran's thoughts and reflections of life.

In 2010, Vijay Eswaran published his book 18 Stepping Stones. Vijay Eswaran published a collection of his photography in 2011 named On the Wings of Thought.

In addition to his own books, Vijay Eswaran contributes as a writer to newspaper columns in Malaysia and Sri Lanka.

Philanthropy
Vijay Eswaran founded the RYTHM Foundation as QI Group's social outreach organization. The foundation is dedicated to educating, inspiring and working with others to created a brighter future for those in need. RYTHM Foundation focuses on four main areas: Education, Community development, Arts and Culture, and Environment. In 2009 the RYTHM Foundation donated $30,000 toward UNICEF's water and sanitation program in flood affected districts of Bihar.

In 2006 Vijay Eswaran established the Vijayaratnam Foundation, named for his father. The RYTHM Foundation was based on the idea to create a separate organization to move the foundation's efforts into Malaysia. Vijay Eswaran's wife, Umayal Eswaran, is also the chairperson of the Vijayaratnam Foundation.

The Taarana School in Malaysia was established in 2011 by the Vijayaratnam Foundation for children with special learning needs. The Vijayaratnam Foundation also led the Footprints Program in 2012 which put children from Selayang Community Center, Rumah Kasih and the Agathians Shelter with 23 mentors, mostly staff of the QI Group, to guide them into becoming good citizens.

In 2001 Vijay Eswaran was named one of 48 Heroes of Philanthropy by Forbes Asia.

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