From 1982 to 1986, Bayat attended the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
After graduating from NJIT, he embarked upon an entrepreneurial career, founding successful import/export and wholesale food distribution companies.
[2][3] When Bayat returned to Afghanistan, in early 2002, decades of armed conflict had devastated the Afghan people and destroyed the economy.
AWCC operates in each of Afghanistan's 34 provinces, providing over 5,000,000 Afghan businesses and consumers with a world-class high-speed global network.
Bayat Group owns companies operating within the construction, security, logistics and consumer goods sectors, as well as: Bayat Group has championed building the capabilities its workforce and supported Afghan economic development by dedicating significant resources to developing the educational, entrepreneurial and administrative capabilities of its executive, managerial and front line staffs.