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{{Short description|Indian businessman}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sajjan Jindal
| image = Mr._Sajjan_Jindal.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1959|12|5}}<ref name="hindu.com">[https://web.archive.org/web/20091010070738/http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/15/stories/2009091553240500.htm]</ref>
| birth_place = [[Kollam]], [[India]]<br/>
| nationality = Indian
| alma_mater = [[M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology]]
| occupation = chairman and managing director of [[JSW Group]]
| spouse = [[Sangita Jindal]]
| parents = [[Om Prakash Jindal|Om Jindal]]<br>[[Savitri Jindal]]
| relatives = [[Naveen Jindal]] (brother)
| website = [https://www.jsw.in/ www.jsw.in]
| footnotes =
}}
'''Sajjan Jindal''' (born {{Birth date|df=y|1959|12|5}}) is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the chairman and managing director of [[JSW Group]] of companies diversified in steel, mining, energy, sports, infrastructure and software business. [[JSW Steel]] is [[India]]'s largest private steel producer. JSW Steel has formed a strategic tie-up with the world's sixth-largest and Japan's second-largest steel producer JFE Steel. JSW Steel is also pursuing an ambitious expansion plan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sharemanthan.in/index.php/component/content/article/61-corporate-update/4481-jsw-jfe-tie-up-for-auto-grade-steel |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721181358/http://www.sharemanthan.in/index.php/component/content/article/61-corporate-update/4481-jsw-jfe-tie-up-for-auto-grade-steel |archive-date=21 July 2011 }}</ref> He is also the immediate ex-President of the [[ASSOCHAM|Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India]] (ASSOCHAM).

He is one of the sons of Indian businessman and [[Member of Parliament|parliamentarian]], [[Om Prakash Jindal]]. His youngest brother, [[Naveen Jindal|Naveen]], is a former Member of Parliament of India from the [[Indian National Congress]] party. He represented Kurukshetra constituency from the state of Haryana till 2014. According to ''[[Forbes]]'', Jindal family led by [[Savitri Jindal]] is worth [[United States dollar|US$]]14.5 billion, as of 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=Savitri Jindal & family|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/savitri-jindal/|website=Forbes|accessdate=14 January 2017}}</ref>

Sajjan and his brothers, Prithviraj, Ratan and [[Naveen Jindal|Naveen]], each manage their own businesses that were primarily inherited from their father.

==Education==
Sajjan Jindal holds B.E in Mechanical Engineering from M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore being affiliated from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, Karnataka which was earlier under Bengaluru University, Bengaluru.<ref name="BusinessWeek Executive Profile">[http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=11460495&symbol=JSTL.BO]</ref>

==Career==
After his graduation he joined the Jindal organisation. He moved to Mumbai to look after the western region operations of O.P. Jindal Group in 1983. He promoted Jindal Iron and Steel Company Ltd. (JISCO), for manufacturing of Cold Rolled and Galvanized Sheet Products in 1989. He promoted Jindal Vijaynagar Steel Ltd. (JVSL), JSW Energy Ltd. (JSWEL), Jindal Praxiar Oxygen Ltd. (JPOCL) and Vijaynagar Minerals Private Ltd. (VMPL) to ensure complete integration of the manufacturing progress in 1995. In 2005, his steel companies, JISCO, and JVSL, were merged to form JSW Steel, and a holdings group of the same name.

==Business==
The JSW Group is a multi business conglomerate worth Rs. 717 billion (US$11 billion).<ref name="JSW Group overview">{{cite web |url=http://jsw.in/organization/overview.shtml |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223211746/http://www.jsw.in/organization/overview.shtml |archive-date=23 February 2009 }}</ref> The group's companies are:<ref name="JSW Group companies">{{cite web |url=http://jsw.in/companies/company_JSWSteel.shtml |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221160717/http://jsw.in/companies/company_JSWSteel.shtml |archive-date=21 February 2009 }}</ref>
* [[JSW Steel]] Ltd.
* [[JSW Energy]] Ltd.
* JSW Holdings Ltd.
* [[JSW Infrastructure]] Ltd.
* Vijaynagar Minerals Pvt. Ltd.
* Jindal Praxair Oxygen Co. Ltd.
* JSoft Solutions Ltd.
* JSW Building Systems Ltd.
* JSW Sports
* [[JSW Cement]]
* JSW Severfield structures Limited

==Awards and recognition==

* June 2009, Willy Korf/Ken Iverson Steel Vision Award for his contribution to the steel industry [http://www.latestnewsonline.net/business/sajjan-jindal-wins-international-steel-industry-award/18855.html]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* January 2019, awarded the "Outstanding Business Leader of the year 2018" award by the CNBC TV18 [https://twitter.com/CNBCTV18News/status/1085920019391770626]
* April 2018, CEO of the Year" award by Business Standard [https://www.business-standard.com/multimedia/video-gallery/bs-awards/ceo-of-the-year-sajjan-jindal-cmd-jsw-steel-62939.htm]
* March 2018, JRD Tata Award 2017 for Excellence in Corporate Leadership in Metallurgical industry [http://www.iim-india.net/userfiles/iimawards/2018_IIM-jrd_tata_award.PDF]
* January 2014 National Metallurgist Award: Industry” instituted by the Ministry of Steel, Government of India.[https://www.weforum.org/people/sajjan-jindal]
* Best CEO award 2019 by Business Today Magazine [https://www.businesstoday.in/mindrush/mindrush-2019/mindrush-2019-business-today-best-ceo-awards-announced/story/318779.html]

== Personal life ==

Jindal is married to [[Sangita Jindal]], who is Chairperson of JSW Foundation. Together, the couple has two daughters, Tarini and Tanvi, and a son, Parth.

In July 2011, he purchased a 3-storeyed house at Nepean Sea Road, South Mumbai for Rs 4 billion called Maheshwari House.<ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/sajjan-jindal-rs-400-crore-bungalow-in-mumbai/1/145846.html]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.jsw.in JSW Group official website]
* [http://www.assocham.org ASSOCHAM official website]
* [http://businesstoday.intoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3397 BusinessToday article – Jindal's Rs. 60,000 crore bet]
* {{Twitter}}

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