Sangita Jindal

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Sangita Jindal
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Sangita Jindal
Born (1962-08-30) 30 August 1962 (age 62)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad
OccupationPhilanthropist
OrganisationJSW Foundation
Spouse
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(m. 1984)​
Children3, including Parth Jindal

Sangita Jindal (born 30 August 1962) is an Indian philanthropist and the chairperson of the JSW Foundation, [1] which oversees social development projects within the JSW Group. [2]

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She also leads Jindal Arts Centre and serves as the President of Art India magazine, a publication that focuses on contemporary art practices and critical theory in India. [3] The magazine promotes interdisciplinary arts activity across the country. Under her leadership, the JSW Foundation has received the Golden Peacock Award for CSR in 2009 and 2019. [3] [4]

Early and education

Jindal was born on 30 August 1962 in Calcutta (present-day Kolkata), West Bengal, India, to industrialist Kailash Kumar Kanoria and his wife Urmila Kanoria. [5] She grew up in a business-oriented family and has one sibling, a brother named Saket Kanoria. For her higher education, she attended St. Xavier's College in Ahmedabad, where she completed her undergraduate studies. [6]

Jindal is married to Sajjan Jindal and has three children. Her son, Parth Jindal, currently serves as the Managing Director of JSW Cement. [7] She also has two daughters—Tarini Jindal Handa, who is involved in the luxury and lifestyle business at JSW Realty, and Tanvi Jindal Shete, who runs the Museum of Solutions. [8]

Career

At JSW Foundation, Jindal tries to improve the quality of life of people by empowering them. 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,[ clarification needed ] [9] infant and maternal health initiative called Mission Hazaar Campaign adopted by Ministry of Women and Child Development under the "Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao" campaign. [10]

She has been working towards the protection of the environment and to the institutionalisation of Earth Care Awards. [11]

Through JSW Foundation she has contributed towards conservation and restoration of the interiors of Sir J.J. School of Arts. [12]

An Eisenhower Fellow, she is an advisor for TEDx Gateway. [13] She was invited to chair the UN Women's Empowerment Principles Initiative in India. [14]

She is also awarded the Women Philanthropist Award by FICCI.[ clarification needed ] [15]

She was also the chairperson of the Kala Ghoda Festival from 2000 to 2003. [16]

She has created the Hampi Foundation that has undertaken conservation work at three temples in Hampi. [17] [18]

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. ↑ "Sangita Jindal". British Asian Trust . Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 "The Fabulous Five".
  4. ↑ "Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility (GPACSR) - Winners". www.goldenpeacockaward.com. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  5. ↑ Menon, Rashmi (14 January 2015). "Mum's the word for JSW Steel's first lady Sangita Jindal". The Economic Times. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  6. ↑ Subramanyam, Chitra (6 August 2009). "The memory keeper". India Today. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  7. ↑ Pandey, Piyush (4 April 2019). "JSW Group's gen-next looks at diversification". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  8. ↑ Binayak, Poonam (25 July 2024). "Museum of Solutions: World's Greatest Places 2024". TIME. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "Latest News: India News | Latest Business News | BSE | IPO News". Moneycontrol.
  10. ↑ "Like mother, like daughter: The breakthrough Mission Hazaar campaign". The Economic Times. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "Earth care awards 2012: Celebrating the green champs". The Times of India. 16 September 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  12. ↑ "Kipling house to become museum". The Times of India. 5 October 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  13. ↑ "Sangita Jindal" . Retrieved 15 March 2021.[ permanent dead link ]
  14. ↑ "Indian companies come together for the first time to champion gender equality". asiapacific.unwomen.org. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  15. ↑ "27th Annual Session: Honoring Women Philanthropists "Business of Sharing"". Ficci Flo. 23 April 2011. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
  16. ↑ "Break Through Artist Award". ART India. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  17. ↑ "JSW Foundation chairperson Sangita Jindal is a patron of arts". The Economic Times. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  18. ↑ Seth, Suhel (4 October 2014). "THE POLITICS OF CULTURE". Pune Mirror. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
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