[1] He is the President of IIT Madras Research Park and Chairman of International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad.
[2] He studied in St Lawrence High School in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) in India, completing the Higher Secondary examination in 1970.
Over the last few decades he has looked at cost and affordability of various components of the telecommunications and the Internet network, especially in the Indian context.
[5][6][7][8][9] In recent times, he has made some significant contributions in Solar-DC and in battery systems for Electric Vehicles.
He was on the boards of the State Bank of India, Bharat Electronics Ltd, Hindustan Teleprinters Limited, NRDC, Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT), VSNL and BSNL as well as Tata Communications, Mahindra Electric, Sasken, Tejas Networks, Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Ltd, Intellect and Exicom.
[18][17] When Dr. Jhunjhunwala joined IIT Madras in 1981, as an academician he observed that there was not enough interaction between industry and academic institutions.
Prof Jhunjhunwala's approach of collaboration with industry has resulted in development and adoption of technology at the grass-roots level.
corDECT enables wireless access solution for telecom networks with integration of both voice and Internet services.
[27] He developed solar roof-top and DC power-line at home along with the use of DC-powered appliances as an answer to these problems.