Sangita Jindal
Sangita Jindal
Born1962
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
OccupationChairperson - JSW Foundation
SpouseSajjan Jindal
Children3, including Parth Jindal

Sangita Jindal is an Indian businesswoman and the chairperson of the JSW Foundation,[1] which drives social development projects within the JSW Group. She also leads Jindal Arts Centre and she is the President of Art India magazine, a leading art magazine focusing on contemporary art practices and critical theory[2] which promotes interdisciplinary arts activity, in India. JSW Foundation has also won the Golden Peacock Award for CSR in 2009 and 2019.[2][3]

She is married to Sajjan Jindal and is the mother of businessman Parth Jindal.

Biography

Jindal was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata) on 30 August 1962 to Kailash Kumar Kanoria and Urmila Kanoria.[4] She has one sibling Saket Kanoria.[5] She completed her education at St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad.[6] She has a son named Parth Jindal and two daughters Tarini Jindal Handa and Tanvi Jindal Shete.[7]

Career

At JSW Foundation she tries to improve the quality of life of people by empowering them and by supporting sustainable scalable solutions. She also engages in philanthropic work, including vocational training and partnerships and alliances with institutions, holistic development for the mentally challenged, and the empowerment of women through a rural BPO,[8] infant and maternal health initiative called Mission Hazaar Campaign adopted by Ministry of Women and Child Development under the "Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao" campaign.[9]

She has been working towards the protection of the environment and to the institutionalisation of Earth Care Awards.[10]

Through JSW Foundation she has contributed towards conservation and restoration of the interiors of Sir J.J. School of Arts.[11]

An Eisenhower Fellow, she is an advisor for TEDx Gateway.[12] She was invited to chair the UN Women's Empowerment Principles Initiative in India.[13]

She is also awarded the Women Philanthropist Award by FICCI.[14]

She was also the chairperson of the Kala Ghoda Festival from 2000 to 2003.[15]

She has created the Hampi Foundation that has undertaken conservation work at three temples in Hampi.[16][17]

References

  1. ↑ "JSW Group- Homepage- Corporate Citizenship - JSW Foundation - Chairperson Speaks- the social development arm of the Group". Archived from the original on 11 December 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 "The Fabulous Five".
  3. ↑ "ROLL OF HONOUR". goldenpeacockaward.com. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  4. ↑ Menon, Rashmi (14 January 2015). "Mum's the word for JSW Steel's first lady Sangita Jindal". The Economic Times. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "The big, fat, Indian wedding: Sangita Jindal's nephew Akshay Kanoria ties the knot with Shreya Seksaria". The Economic Times. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  6. ↑ Subramanyam, Chitra (6 August 2009). "The memory keeper". India Today. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "A family affair at Tarini Jindal's 'Wasabi' birthday bash". The Economic Times. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "Latest News: India News | Latest Business News | BSE | IPO News". Moneycontrol.
  9. ↑ "Like mother, like daughter: The breakthrough Mission Hazaar campaign". The Economic Times. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "Earth care awards 2012: Celebrating the green champs". The Times of India. 16 September 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "Kipling house to become museum". The Times of India. 5 October 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  12. ↑ "Sangita Jindal". Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  13. ↑ "Indian companies come together for the first time to champion gender equality". asiapacific.unwomen.org. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  14. ↑ "27th Annual Session: Honoring Women Philanthropists "Business of Sharing"". Ficci Flo. 23 April 2011. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
  15. ↑ "Break Through Artist Award". ART India. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  16. ↑ "JSW Foundation chairperson Sangita Jindal is a patron of arts". The Economic Times. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  17. ↑ Seth, Suhel (4 October 2014). "THE POLITICS OF CULTURE". Pune Mirror. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
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