Imran Khand
Imran Khand was a British businessman. He was born in July 1964 and died on 3 April 2016.
Business career
Khand was the chief executive officer and co-founder of the Picsel group of companies that created mobile software and was set up with the purpose to create short-term wealth for investing into charitable ventures from the outset. This was documented in several public articles and interviews globally throughout the years. He was also the chairman of Jabbar Group, which deals in a wide range of business activities including technology, architecture, master planning, city development, corporate and retail travel, human resource management, media, leisure and international property investment.Khand established two successful technology companies prior to co-founding Picsel in 1998. Before that, Imran led a Scottish Government initiative for the development and training of young people, and was actively involved in a number of other government and community joint ventures. Khand has a degree in Computer Science from Paisley University.
Imran has maintained a keen interest in the charitable sector, which has led to the creation of a network of hospitals and universities in the Indian sub-continent, education development in China, and a series of UK-based community projects which have been designed to target underprivileged sectors of society, with particular interest in young people, the elderly, orphanages and women's centre support. He is also involved in funding a number of other research enterprises.