Jagdish D. Kulkarni

Dr. Jagdish Kulkarni is currently involved in several business ventures in Indiana, Ohio, and Florida.
He is President and CEO of J & J Enterprise, a holding company of all his different ventures.
A Diplomat of American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, native of Bombay, India, Jagdish came to the United States in 1973.
He finished his M.D.
degree at Bombay University, Bombay, India.
He completed his post-graduate training at Yale University and affiliated hospitals.
He also served on their faculty staff.
After practicing medicine in Indiana through 1995, Jagdish went on to pursue a number of entrepreneurial endeavors.
He singularly founded, owned, and operated four child/adolescent psychiatric hospitals with total capacity of 350 beds and 300 employees until 2003, when he successfully sold the company to G.E.
Capitol.
In 2000, he co-founded an environmental remediation company, SESCO, and currently serves on the Board of Directors.
Jagdish also owned and operated a temporary nursing agency that employed over 500 nurses, which he successfully sold in 2005.
He went on to co-found Strand Analytical Laboratory (SAL), a DNA laboratory that tests for paternity and performs forensic DNA analysis on samples all across the USA. He currently serves on the board of directors.
Also in 2005, Jagdish delved into the Commercial Real Estate Development arena and with joint ownership with his two sons, Emerald-K, Inc. was born.
He is also involved in several other profitable business ventures.
In addition to JumpStart, Jagdish has served on several boards including Indiana Children’s Trust Fund, Indianapolis Museum of Art, International School of Indianapolis, and various other healthcare related companies.