Sajjan Jindal is an Indian industrialist. He is the chairman and managing director of JSW (Jindal South West) Group. Sajjan Jindal’s group of companies focuses on the production of steel, mining, energy, sports, infrastructure, and software among others. In 2014, Sajjan Jindal won the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar.
Wiki/Biography
Sajjan Jindal was born on Saturday, 5 December 1959 (age 64 years; as of 2023) in Hisar, Haryana, India. His zodiac sign is Sagittarius. Sajjan Jindal attended a boarding school in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand. Sajjan did his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from the Ramaiah Institute of Technology (formerly known as M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology) in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Sajjan is also an alumnus of Bangalore University in Bangalore, Karnataka.
Religion
Sajjan Jindal follows Hinduism.
Family
Parents & Siblings
Sajjan Jindal’s father, the Late Om Prakash Jindal was a businessman and chairman of the Jindal Organisation. O. P. Jindal served as the Minister of Power to the Government of Haryana in 2005. O. P. Jindal passed away on 31 March 2005 in a helicopter crash. Sajjan Jindal’s mother, Savitri Devi Jindal is a businesswoman and politician in the Indian National Congress. Savitri took over as chairperson of the Jindal Organisation after the death of her husband. In 2016, Savitri was named the richest woman in India.
Sajjan Jindal has eight siblings. Naveen Jindal is a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, chairman of Jindal Steel and Power Limited, chancellor of O. P. Jindal Global University, and an industrialist. Prithviraj Jindal is the non-executive chairman of Jindal SAW Limited. Ratan Jindal is the chairman of Jindal Stainless Limited. Seema Jindal Jajodia is a health coach and the owner of Nourish Organics. Sajjan’s other siblings include Sarika Jhunjhunwala, Urmila Bhuwalka, and Nirmala Goel.
Wife & Children
Career
Sajjan Jindal, who is chairman and managing director of the JSW Group, started his career in 1982, Sajjan Jindal when he joined the OP Jindal Group after graduating as a mechanical engineer from Bengaluru. Within a year, he moved to Mumbai to oversee operations in the western region. In 1983–1984 Sajjan Jindal’s father, Om Prakash Jindal, asked him to rebuild operations at two facilities near Mumbai. Sajjan Jindal stated that this venture helped him with learning leadership skills. In 1989, Sajjan Jindal promoted Jindal Iron and Steel Company Limited (JISCO) and focused on making cold-rolled and galvanized sheet products. In 1995, Sajjan Jindal combined the manufacturing progress by promoting Jindal Vijaynagar Steel Limited (JVSL), JSW Energy Limited (JSWEL), Jindal Praxair Oxygen Limited (JPOCL), and Vijaynagar Minerals Private Limited (VMPL). 2005 marked the the formation of JSW Steel, which Sajjan did by consolidating Jindal’s steel companies, JISCO, and JVSL. Before he died in 2005, his father O. P. Jindal had devised a “division of business” framework. This involved giving equal shares of the existing Jindal Group to his children: Prithviraj, Sajjan, Ratan, and Naveen Jindal.
Additionally, O. P. Jindal ensured cross-holdings in the individual businesses owned by each of his sons, fostering a collaborative and interlinked structure. In 2008, Sajjan Jindal assumed the presidency of ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India) during its 87th annual general meeting. His involvement extended to civil society organizations. In 2014, Sajjan Jindal played an important role in the formation of the Indian Steel Association. Sajjan has served as a member of the Advisory Committee for TERI School of Advanced Studies, a council member for the Indian Institute of Metals and Krea University, and a board member for the Indian Institute of Management Indore. Sajjan Jindal was the chairman of the World Steel Association from 2021-22. In 2023, Sajjan Jindal was nominated as the chairperson of the Board of Governors (BoG) of the Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati.
Controversies
Illicit Ore Mining Case
Officials from JSW Steel, including Chairman Sajjan Jindal and CEO Vinod Nowal, were accused by India’s federal police agency in a case related to illicit iron ore mining in Karnataka.
This development was due to an order from the Supreme Court in 2012, where the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was instructed to investigate JSW and other companies for alleged involvement in making donations, purchasing land at inflated prices, and offering bribes to state officials. The list of accused individuals also included former Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yediurappa and his family members. The Supreme Court’s interim ban on mining in Karnataka, citing irregularities in certain mines, had impacted production at JSW Steel’s key 10-million-tonnes-per-year Vijayanagar plant. JSW Steel put out a statement on the matter,
The conclusions drawn by the said authorities leading to the charge-sheet are without basis. The company always abides by law of the country and would present its case before the court. The Company has full faith in the judiciary that justice will be done.”
In 2016, a special CBI court acquitted Sajjan Jindal and others involved in the case.
Visa Violation
Sajjan Jindal allegedly violated the terms of his visa during a meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Murree, a hill station near Islamabad, apparently to avoid media attention. Reports from Pakistani media suggest that Jindal’s visa, numbered 769903 and issued on 25 April 2017, permitted visits only to Islamabad and Lahore, as per the visa regime between India and Pakistan. The meeting occurred while there was high tension between India and Pakistan over the death sentence given to Kulbhushan Jadhav by a Pakistan military court. Indian officials, however, did not make any comment. Nawaz Sharif’s daughter, Maryam, confirmed the meeting at her father’s private residence in Murree, but she downplayed its relevance, describing Jindal as an old friend of the Prime Minister, and that the meeting was one between two old friends.
Uttaravilli Bhaskara Rao vs Sajjan Jindal on 21 July 2022
Awards, Honours, Achievements
- Sajjan Jindal won the Willy Korf/Ken Iverson Steel Vision Award, for contributions made to the steel industry, in June 2009.
- Sajjan Jindal was awarded the National Metallurgist Award: Industry from the Ministry of Steel, Government of India, 2014.
- Sajjan Jindal received the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar from former President Pranab Mukherjee at the National Sports and Adventure Awards function in 2014.
- Sajjan Jindal was awarded the Parmarth Seva Ratna Award for his community service through the JSW Foundation in 2016.
- Sajjan Jindal won the IIM (Indian Institute of Metals) – J. R. D. Tata Award for Excellence in Corporate Leadership in Metallurgical Industry in 2017.
- Sajjan Jindal was named CEO of the Year award by Business Standard in 2018.
- Sajjan Jindal won the Best CEO award from Business Today Magazine in 2019.
- Sajjan Jindal won the Outstanding Business Leader of the Year Award at the CNBC IBLA (India Business Leader Awards) in 2019.
- Sajjan Jindal was honoured as Businessman of the Year at the Maharashtrian of the Year Awards, 2020.
- Sajjan Jindal won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2022.
Car Collection
Sajjan Jindal drives an Audi Electric car.
Salary
Facts/Trivia
- Sajjan Jindal is referred to as India’s Man of Steel.
- Sajjan Jindal is very focused on his fitness and health. He works out every single morning. Sajjan Jindal has ensured that his steel plants have every sports facility.
- In 2017, the Jindal family was named Asia’s richest family, and their net worth was calculated to be 7.68 billion dollars.
- In an interview, Sajjan Jindal stated that he is passionate about cars and aims to build an electric car in India. Further, he said,
I’m very passionate about cars, and that’s been my childhood passion. I’ve been really wanting to build a car project for a long time. I think now is the time to build a very high-quality car in India which could be similar to a Tesla. That’s what I’m really working on. We are still in our early days. Idea is to make a car from India that will be for India but will be for a global market as well. So, we would want the car to be made in the country for Indians but also such a technology that should sell in Europe and Japan as well.”
- Sajjan Jindal states that he was very interested in sports from a young age. Sajjan Jindal regularly played squash. His son, Parth Jindal, jokingly stated that Sajjan Jindal quit playing squash once Parth started beating him at the game. Sajjan founded the Jindal Squash Academy at Vasind, Maharashtra. In an interview, Sajjan said,
I grew up playing everything, as Hisar had cricket grounds, badminton, squash and tennis courts. At boarding school in Mussoorie, we played hockey and football. Plus, we had courts in our factories, where everybody could come and play. So, not just me, the whole of Hisar was into sports…But I picked up squash because it’s a quick stress-buster, you build stamina and, in 45 minutes flat, you’re done, and refreshed.”
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