Ajay Sriavstava is the person who initiated the thought of kayastha.com. the domain kayastha.com was booked by Mr. Ajay only.

Ajay Srivastava

        A serial entrepreneur, Ajay is also a co-founder in two companies in USA, Resilient Corporation (www.resilient.com) and eKuber Ventures Inc. (www.ekuber.com). In mid-1990s, Ajay co-founded a company in India, Savitri International Pvt. Ltd., which owned the “ExploreIndia.com” venture and carried IFCI’s (Industrial Finance Corporation of India) mega bond issue in 1997. Ajay was a Director with a Boston based investment bank leading the mergers & acquisitions and private equity practice. Ajay spent most of his previous years with the big-5 consulting firms, with PricewaterhouseCoopers, as Associate Partner, providing strategic consulting services to fortune 500 companies and with KPMG Consulting (now BearingPoint) where he was a Director for the East Coast Enterprise Consulting Practice.
Ajay has over18 years of experience in Business Development, Large Program Management, Strategic Consulting and Investment Banking -specifically related to the areas of Strategic Planning, Operational Strategy, M&A, Enterprise Transformation, IT Strategy, Business Process Reengineering, Supply Chain Management and Financial & Cost Management.
      Ajay has a Masters in Business Administration with concentration in finance and a Masters in Information Systems from the Smith Business School at the University of Maryland, College Park.  He was elected to Phi Kappa Phi, American Financial Association and Beta Gamma Sigma honor societies. Ajay also holds a CPA, a CVA and a Black Belt in Lean-Six Sigma.
     Ajay enjoys playing Tennis and Soccer. He is a native of Lucknow in India, was educated at U.P. Sainik School and currently lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and two daughters.

 Ajay has over18 years of experience in Business Development, Large Program Management, Strategic Consulting and Investment Banking -specifically related to the areas of Strategic Planning, Operational Strategy, M&A, Enterprise Transformation, IT Strategy, Business Process Reengineering, Supply Chain Management and Financial & Cost Management.

 Ajay has a Masters in Business Administration with concentration in finance and a Masters in Information Systems from the Smith Business School at the University of Maryland, College Park.  He was elected to Phi Kappa Phi, American Financial Association and Beta Gamma Sigma honor societies. Ajay also holds a CPA, a CVA and a Black Belt in Lean-Six Sigma.

 Ajay enjoys playing Tennis and Soccer. He is a native of Lucknow in India, was educated at U.P. Sainik School and currently lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and two daughters.

Past Rulers of Bilari:
BILARI,DHANAURA,MIRZAPUR were all one jagir ruled by Raja Shankar Lal(born 1820 to Raja Uttam Chandra into the Srivastava kayastha family ) spanning the whole Moradabad/Shahjahanpur area (Old name Katehr/Badaun in about year 1850) and belonged to the family of the jagirdars who controlled most of Western UP since year 1600- The family tree goes up to Raja Ram Gulam and Raja Gulab Rai from the time of Mugal emperors Shahjahan and Jehangir. This was the largest Kayastha Jagir in northern India. Daughters of the family of Raja Tikait Rai wazir Nawab of Oude (Awadh) were married into Raja Shankar Lal's family.
Rai Shiv Narain (born 1890) was grandson of Raja Shankar Lal and was married (in 1925) to Rani Shanti Devi, great grand daughter of Raja Tikait Rai Wazir Nawab of Awadh (Oude). Rai Shiv Narain was the eldest son (out of three sons) of Rai Krishna Kumar (son of Raja Shankar Lal) and lived in Hussainpura (old name Bisrat), Shahjahanpur. Raja Shankar Lal was son of Raja Uttam Chandra, son of Raja Rewa Ram, son of Raja Asha Ram, son of Raja Gulab Rai who was greart grand son of Raja Ram Gulam. Their palace (now in ruins but still standing) touching the banks of river Khannaut was huge and spread over four (4) kmsquare area. It had about 100 rooms and was covered on three sides. Next to the palace is the temple of Kali Ma in Bisrat still standing (Shahjahanpur). In order to bring the railway tracks to the area, the British government had to lay the tracks through the palace "Aangan" dividing it into two parts and breaking one of the sides. One part was called Chota Phatak and the other Bada Phatak - still standing in Bisrat. Rai Shiv Narain was 12 year old when his father Rai Krishna Kumar died (1902). Rai Shiv Narain brother-in-laws (Rani Shanti Devi's brothers- Rai Ram Narain et al) were 1947 freedom fighters who participated and perished in the Kakori Kand with Ram Prasad Bismil near Lucknow. Rani Shanti Devi was great grand daughter of Raja Tikait Rai Wazir Nawab of Awadh, who's family was dispalced when British took over Awadh (Lucknow) during 1857 freedom struggle. Raja Tikait Rai's family sided with Bahu Begam and Nawab's of Awadh during 1857 freedom struggle and lost their whole existance after British came back to power in 1857. Raja Tikait Rai's palaces were destroyed and the whole family is scattered across UP and MP. There is not even single trace of a palace (home) of Raja Tikait Rai, who was at one time considered most powerful ruler in Awadh and build seveal historical buildings standing today - Tikait Rai Shiv Mandir Bithoor, Imambara Lucknow, Hanuman Ghari Lucknow, Tikait Rai Talab and Bridges etc.

Bilari is a city and a municipal board in Moradabad district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Dhanaura is NW of Moradabasd next to Bachhraon and Amroha. Bilari is to South of Moradabad and Mirjapur is next to river Ramganga between Shahjahanpur and Farrukhabad. The area related to this one jagir spanned several hundered sqkm between river ganga and Ramganga.

Relationship with Raja Tikait Rai of Oudh: Rai Shiv Narain (father of Savitri Devi), son of Rai Krishna Kumar, was married to the great grand daughter (Rani Shanti Devi) of Raja Tikait Rai of Oudh (Awadh) or Oude. Rani Shanti Devi was the daughter of Raja Jwala Prasad (Megistrate of Hardoi 1880), grandson of Raja Ghamandi Lal, son of Raja Tikait Rai Wazir Nawab of Oudh (Awadh) or Oude. Rai Shiv Narain and Rani Shanti Devi Srivastava had a daughter named Savitri Devi Srivastava. Savitri was first female graduate (BA) from Shahjahanpur University and was marreid to Shri Vijay Singh Srivastava who's family had migrated from Bihar due to British invasion in Bihar. Savitri Devi had four sons (Kunwar Pradeep Srivastava, Kunwar Anup Srivastava, Kunwar Ajay Srivastava and Kunwar Rajeev Srivastava) and a daughter (Kumari Manju Srivastava). Two of the sons are in USA, while two other sons live in India.

Relationship with [KASGANJ] Taluka- The grand daughter of Shankar Singh (son of Dilsukh Rai Bahadur) Raja Kasganj, was married to Savitri Devi's Tauji - Rai Hari Narayan, brother of Rai Shiv Narain (Savtri Devi's father). Additionally, Savitri Devi's sister-in-law Shankuntala (sister of Shri Vijay Singh Srivastava) was married to the great grand son of Shankar Singh, Mr. Harish Chandra (grand son of Raja Mahadev Shankar). One of Raja Mahadev Shankar son was Shri Gyanendra Narain who was married into the Kayastha royals of Jaipur. One of Gyanendra Narain brother-in-law from Jaipur was Dr. Baldev Bihari Srivastava.
Relationship to SANDI Jagir: in 1860, Sandi was ruled by Raja Kalka Prasad who was a grandson of Raja Tikait Rai. Shri Kalka Prasad have - Shri Chandi Prasad , Shri Shakti Prasad, Shri Braj Bahadur and Shri Jang Bahadur and two female kids. Shri Braj Bahadur migrated to Ujjain and his son Shri Rameshwar Prasad retired from Govt of Madhya Pradesh is there at Bhopal. Shri Jang Bahadur have - Shri Govind Prasad , Shri Jagdish Prasad, Shri Mahesh Prasad, Shri Naresh Prasad , Shri K Prasad and Smt Dharamwati, Smt Shailwati and Smt Ramwati. Shri Govind Prasad have - Smt Umawati, Shri Ravindra Kumar (Gopal G), Shri Narendra Kumar (LAL G), Shri Devendra Kumar (Ballan) Smt Usha and Shri Shalendra Kumar (Keshav), Shri Anil , Shri Bimal, Smt Manju, Smt Manorma (Manno). Shri Narendra Kumar Tikait retired as Principal and living at Pipariya, near Jabalpur in MP. Shri Devendra Kumar retired as Princial and living at Sehore in MP.
Relationship with the Rulers of Sitapur area - Asha Ram's other son Laxami Ram had two son- Lala Prasad and Devi Prasad. Davi Prasad had three sons- Jang bahadur, Lal bahadur and Himmat Bahadur. One of Devi Prasad's grandson's daughter (Vijay Bahadur's daughter) was married to Sitapur royal family.
Relationship with Jaipur Royals- One of Raja Shankar Lal's daughter (Rai Shiv Narain's sister) was married in Jaipur Royal family and visited Shahjahanpur during mundan ceremony of her nephew Rai Saheb Bijay Indra Sahai Srivastava (brother of Savitri Srivastava) - in USA.
Some History of Family - After Aurangzeb, during the reign of Muhammed Shah , Girdhar, son of Daya Bahadur, was the subedar of Avadh . He was the nephew of Chhabila Ram , the Governor of Allahabad. After his uncle's death Girdhar revolted and attempted to hold Allahabad for himself. He was later appointed Governor of Avadh . His wife founded "Rani Katra", to the east of Daulatganj in Lucknow. Chhabila Ram was great grand son of Raja Gulab Rai and great great grandson of Raja Ram Gulam who ruled the most of Katehr/Badaun.

Another side of family ruled parts of Agra - Kalka Sahai, son of Gur Sahai, son of Mangu Lal, the other son of Rewa Ram -one of the great grandsons in the Raja Ram Gulam family tree.

Existing temple and palace in Husainpura (old name - Bisrat ) Shahjahanpur, UP, India