Member of the Board, Canada India Foundation
Founding Member of the Board, Canada India Centre for Excellence, Ottawa
Life Member, Indo-Canada Ottawa Business Chamber
Past Director, Canada India Business Council
President & CEO, Tortel Communications, Inc.
President & CEO, Citel Technologies Inc.- "The VOIP Migration Company"
Private Venture Capitalist, ISP,VOIP Telephony and Telecom Solution provider
Lajpat (Laj) Prasher is the chairman of Tortel Group of Companies since 2007. His previous involvement was as president of Tortel Communications Inc from 1990 – 2007, and president of Tortel USA from 1998 – 2007. Tortel is a unique member of the telecom community. A diverse group of companies, Tortel offers a broad range of products and services including next generation telephony communication solutions aimed at the business customer, as well as resellers serving the business community.
Prior to Tortel, Mr. Prasher spent 11 years (1978 – 89) at Northern Telecom in various departments and with increasing levels of responsibility in management.
Lajpat came to Canada during Feb 1971 at the age of 19. Laj feels that India gave him the solid background in its culture, traditions and spirituality. Canada gave him higher education, knowledge and the prosperity needed to survive in life. He further feels that Canada provided an environment for him to flourish and provided good life for his children and grandchildren.
Mr. Prasher is a registered professional engineer with the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario since 1993. He earned his Bachelor of Technology at Ryerson Institute of Technology in Toronto 1978 and is accredited for Professional Engineering Status in Ontario at the University of Toronto 1989.
Mr. Prasher is an active and one of the founding board members of the Canada India Centre at Carleton University, developing important opportunities for future partnerships. He is a past director of the Canada India Business Council. He contributes to his local community through affiliations with Troy’s Christmas Toy Drive, Free the Children, the King City Food Bank, the York Regional Police Association and the Festival of India & International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
