Azizjon Azimi Azizjon Azimi is the founder and chairman of Tajrupt, a Tajikistan-based NGO dedicated to empowering youth in the country by encouraging critical thinking and community awareness, while breaking down conventional stereotypes. As the first NGO from Central Asia to receive financial backing from the "European Endowment for Democracy," they launched an Extracurricular Resource Center where participants engage in courses covering subjects such as gender equality, free media and entrepreneurship. Azimi, the youngest graduate from New York University in 2016, is now a dual-degree MBA/MPP candidate at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard Kennedy School of Government.