Head for business: Raj Anand is in the running for the title of best young entrepreneur in Europe
A young businessman based at the Sussex Innovation Centre on campus is in the running to become Europe's Young Entrepreneur 2007 as part of a competition run by BusinessWeek magazine.
Raj Anand who set up his company kwiqq.com at the Innovation Centre after graduating from Sussex, is one of 16 people short listed for the prestigious prize.
Kwiqq's web-based software creates online social networks tailored to the specific needs of a company's customers or user base.
Readers of BusinessWeek's website were invited to nominated who they felt deserved the prize, open to young entrepreneurs aged 25 and below.
The nominations were open for six weeks and were screened by the website's editors.
Voting is currently open to decide who should be given the title of Europe's Young Entrepreneur 2007.
Raj isn't sure who nominated him for the award, but has some ideas as to why he was.
He said: "Within the last four months we have bagged top travel brands and companies, First Choice Travel and 2wentys as our clients.
He added: "Kwiqq was recently invited by an educational organisation called the Hansard Society, on behalf of Britain's Parliament, to be one of 50 stakeholders to contribute ideas for improving the role of information and communications technology in democracy."
For more information and to vote for Raj, visit his site: www.kwiqq.com/raj%7E.