Savitri Jindal | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 March 1940 (age 84) [1] |
| Occupation | Chairperson of O.P. Jindal Group |
| Political party |  Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 9, including Sajjan and Naveen |
Savitri Devi Jindal (born 20 March 1940 [3] ) is an Indian businesswoman and politician. She is the chairperson emerita of O.P. Jindal Group. [4] She is also the president of Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha. As of February 2024, Jindal family's net worth is estimated at $29.5 billion. [5]
Jindal was born in Tinsukia, Assam in a Hindu Marwari family. She married Om Prakash Jindal in the 1950s, who had founded the Jindal Group, a steel and power conglomerate. Jindal was a Minister in the Haryana Government and a member of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) from Hisar constituency. She lost the seat in elections held in 2014 for the Haryana assembly. She became the chairperson after her husband, O.P. Jindal, who died in a helicopter crash in 2005. [6] She is a member of the INC political party.[ citation needed ]
Savitri Jindal is the richest woman in India, as of March 3rd, 2024, she is the 50th richest person in the world. [7] She is the world's seventh-richest mother and contributes to the public work her husband started. [8] She was conferred with Acharya Tulsi Kartritva Puraskar in 2008 by Akhil Bhartiya Terapanth Mahila Mandal. [9]
In 2005, Jindal was elected to the Haryana Vidhan Sabha from Hisar constituency, which was earlier represented by her late husband Om Prakash Jindal for a long time. In 2009, she was re-elected to the constituency and was appointed the cabinet minister in the Haryana Government on 29 October 2013. [10]
In the previous cabinet, she had served as the Minister of State for Revenue and Disaster Management, Consolidation, Rehabilitation and Housing and also the Minister of State for Urban Local Bodies and Housing.[ citation needed ]
The revenue of the company quadrupled after she took charge of the company. With a background and history from the state of Haryana, she served as the member of Haryana Legislative Assembly and held the office of Minister of Power till 2010. O.P. Jindal group was started in 1952 by O.P. Jindal, an engineer by profession. It became the conglomerate of steel, power, mining, oil and gas. Each of these four divisions of her business is run by her four sons, Prithviraj, Sajjan, Ratan and Naveen Jindal. Jindal Steel is the third-largest producer of steel in India. [11]
In March 2024, she joined Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of 2024 Indian general election. Her son and politician, Naveen Jindal is contesting on BJP ticket from Kurukshetra. [12]
Naveen Jindal is an Indian billionaire industrialist, philanthropist, and a former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Kurukshetra, Haryana in the 14th and 15th Lok Sabha. He currently serves as the Chairman of Jindal Steel and Power Limited and Chancellor of O. P. Jindal Global University.
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