Dr. J. K. completed his Doctor of Philosophy from Agra University and then worked as a post-doctoral fellow at IIT Delhi. He excelled in academics right from his childhood. His school education was confined to his small village where he studied in Hindi medium school. His pre-university education was at a prestigious Govt. Inter College, Agra, which opened him to the world outside. From there, he moved on to obtain his Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Physics from Agra University, Uttar Pradesh. He joined Indian Forest Service in the 1981 batch and retired as Head of, Forest Department. Dr. J.K. Upadhyaya took the responsibility of Shri Rawatpura Sarkar Lok Kalyan of Trust in 2015 at Raipur. He envisioned that this Institution would offer World-Class Education to students who would, in turn, create an indelible impact on society.
Due to his passion for societal development and compassion for the underprivileged, Dr. J.K. has launched several schemes for uplifting the women and unemployed youth in the region to help them become self-reliant. He offers scholarships to students from disadvantaged sections of society to enable them to pursue higher education. He has established the Universal Higher Education Trust to create opportunities for higher education for every deserving student in the region. He has adopted several villages with the motto of improving the quality of lives of the rural people under the scheme of AICTE. His vision of transforming Raipur into a greener and cooler town by planting many saplings has begun to yield fruit. Dr.J.K’s farsightedness extends beyond horizons.