logo
Naveen Jindal's profile picture

Naveen Jindal

Chairman of Jindal Steel & Power

Education

  • -

Overview

Mr Naveen Jindal is the Chairman of Jindal Steel & Power, Inc.(JSP), one of India's leading industrial conglomerates in the steel, mining and infrastructure sectors. His vision is driven by the core principle of nation building wherein each of JSP’s businesses is focused towards building world-class capabilities to make India self-reliant and a global economic powerhouse. JSP also has operations in Africa and Australia.

A true patriot, Mr Jindal is the President of the Flag Foundation of India. He led a campaign to democratise the Tricolour, and his decade-long legal struggle resulted in a historic Supreme Court judgment allowing every Indian to display the Indian Flag with pride on all days of the year. He was also elected twice to the Indian Parliament where he served for 10 years and made many contributions.

He is the founding Chancellor of O. P. Jindal Global University, ranked as the number one private university in India as per the QS World University Rankings 2023.

He is an avid sportsperson, an active polo player and a national record holder in skeet shooting.

He is married to accomplished Indian classical Kuchipudi dancer and chairperson of Jindal Steel and Power foundation Mrs Shallu Jindal. The couple is blessed with two children Venkatesh and Yashasvini, who are both Yale Graduates. Venkatesh also has an MBA from Harvard University.

A few notable achievements of Mr Jindal are as follows:

In 2023, The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), Mr Jindal’s alma mater, conferred upon him the Lifetime Achievement Award for his accomplishments in industry, politics, sports and education. Prior to that, they christened their School of Management as the Naveen Jindal School of Management in recognition of his exceptional entrepreneurship skills and public service.

In 2016, he was declared the Industry Communicator of the year by the World Steel Association.

He was featured by the Fortune magazine as Asia’s 25 Hottest People in Business for turning a struggling steel company into an Asian blue-chip giant.

In 2011, The Economic Times Corporate Dossier list featured him as India’s Most Powerful CEOs.

In 2010, Ernst & Young conferred upon him the Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the field of Energy and Infrastructure.

JSP, under his leadership, was declared as the second highest wealth creator in the world between the Years 2005-2009 by the Boston Consulting Group.

Career

  • Jindal Steel & Power - Chairman
Sponsored
Sponsored
Our Offices
  • 10kInfo, Inc.
    13555 SE 36th St
    Bellevue, WA 98006
    Phone: +1 (425) 414-0184
  • 10kInfo Data Solutions, Pvt Ltd.
    Claywork Create
    11 km, Arakere Bannerghatta Rd, Omkar Nagar, Arekere,
    Bengaluru, Karnataka 560076
    Phone: +91 80 4902 2100
4.2 20250131