MD Jawed Akhtar
NIFT Graduate
2014
Current Occupation
Co-Founder & CEO, Jaza Software
Select Campus
Hyderabad
Select Department
Fashion Technology Department
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Md Jawed Akhtar is a NIFT Hyderabad alumnus, entrepreneur and Co-Founder & CEO of Jaza Software, a B2B SaaS company focused on technology for apparel and labour-intensive manufacturing. With over a decade of experience across the apparel industry, he combines hands-on manufacturing expertise with technology to solve real operational challenges. Since founding Jaza in 2017, he has built solutions used across 65+ factories in multiple countries. His contribution to the industry has been recognised through Apparel Resources’ 40 Under 40 platforms.
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Md Jawed Akhtar is an alumnus of NIFT Hyderabad and the Co-Founder & CEO of Jaza Software, a B2B SaaS company focused on apparel and labour-intensive manufacturing. His career brings together fashion technology, hands-on manufacturing experience and entrepreneurship.

After graduating from NIFT, Jawed began his career in the apparel industry, gaining practical experience across merchandising and production. His operational excellence and buyer coordination skills were recognised when he was awarded Best Merchandiser of the Year at Laguna Clothing.

In 2017, he founded Jaza Software to address operational challenges he had experienced firsthand within manufacturing. Over the years, Jaza has evolved into a manufacturing technology company building solutions for production planning, shopfloor execution and material optimisation. Since founding Jaza Software in 2017, he has built and grown the company to serve 65+ factories across multiple countries, with a lean, bootstrapped team.

His contribution to the fashion and RMG ecosystem has been recognised through Apparel Resources' 40 Under 40 platforms in India and Bangladesh. He also continues to engage with NIFT and the wider academic community as an industry jury member, guest faculty and speaker, contributing practical industry perspectives to the next generation of fashion technology professionals.

Jawed's long-term vision is to make Jaza synonymous with productivity and intelligence in apparel manufacturing — much as technology platforms have become integral to productivity in other industries.