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{{Short description|Indian Business Women and Table Tennis player}}
{{orphan|date=October 2025}}
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| name = Sejal Nagjee
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| birth_name = Sejal Shah
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|06|30}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], India
| other_names =
| occupation = Interior/Landscape Designer, [[table tennis]] player
| years_active =
| known_for = [[table tennis]], [[Designing]]
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'''Sejal Nagjee''' is an Indian [[businesswoman]], [[designer]], and former professional [[table tennis]] player.<ref name="TN">{{cite web |last1=Denman |first1=Selina |title=Sejal Nagjee, the gardening guru with an eye for open space |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/lifestyle/home/sejal-nagjee-the-gardening-guru-with-an-eye-for-open-space-1.402393 |website=The National |publisher=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sejal Nagjee: Transforming Dubai's luxury market through innovation, discipline |url=https://gulfnews.com/gn-focus/sejal-nagjee-transforming-dubais-luxury-market-through-innovation-discipline-1.500469570 |website=Gulf News |language=en |date=11 March 2026}}</ref>

She is the founder and Creative Director of Milestone Dubai, a design and build company based in the United Arab Emirates.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Journey of Excellence - Sejal Nagjee |url=https://features.gulfnews.com/books/nayf/#p=165 |website=online.fliphtml5.com |publisher=[[Gulf News]]}}</ref><ref name="FE">{{cite web |title=Femina's Fab 65: Sejal Nagjee, Founder – Milestone Dubai {{!}} Femina.in |url=https://www.femina.in/trending/achievers/feminas-fab-65-sejal-nagjee-founder-milestone-dubai-285385.html |website=www.femina.in |publisher=[[Femina (India)]] |language=en}}</ref>

Prior to her business career, she represented India in [[Table tennis]] at multiple international championships.<ref>{{cite web |title=Where every design creates a milestone |url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/business/where-every-design-creates-a-milestone |website=Khaleejtimes.com |publisher=[[Khaleej Times]] |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life & Education==
Sejal Shah was born on 30 June 1967 in [[Mumbai]], India, to Shirish Shah and Aruna Shah. Her father, an electrical engineer and serial entrepreneur, is a sitar player for over 77 years and significantly contributed as her coach and mentor during her athletic career. Her mother possessed a master's degree in sociology and psychology and was an accomplished artist specializing in Batik. She instructed at SNDT College in Mumbai and fostered her daughters' creative growth.<ref name="TN"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Milestone Dubai: Sejal Nagjee's Story of Transforming Spaces {{!}} The Enterprise World |url=https://theenterpriseworld.com/sejal-nagjees-story-of-transforming-spaces |website=Theenterpriseworld.com |language=en |date=13 March 2025}}</ref>

She did her schooling from New Era School in Mumbai and then got a Bachelor of Commerce degree in accounting and finance from Mumbai University. Along with her studies, she learned Bharatanatyam dance, Indian classical music, Painting, Ikebana and Bonsai.<ref>{{cite web |title=Greatest Leaders Asia-America-Africa 2024 |url=https://asiaone.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Coffee-Table-Book-Latest-compressed-1.pdf |website=Asiaone.co.in}}</ref>

==Career==
===Sports career===
Nagjee was active in professional table tennis from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Milestone Dubai: Sejal Nagjee's Story of Transforming Spaces {{!}} The Enterprise World |url=https://theenterpriseworld.com/sejal-nagjees-story-of-transforming-spaces |website=Theenterpriseworld.com |date=13 March 2025}}</ref>

Sejal Nagjee represented India at the [[1983 Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships]] in [[Bahrain]]. She also won gold with the Indian women’s team and women’s double at the [[1987 South Asian Games|3rd South Asian Federation (SAF) Games in 1987]].<ref name="BPJ">{{cite journal |title=Sejal Shah |journal=BPCL Journal |issue=June/July 1991 |page=45 |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CjbjXhm4Fp1pc2pZWNIDoLsWkwTDHaPL/view |publisher=Bharat Petroleum Journal}}</ref>

Nagjee also won bronze in women’s doubles at the 4th SAF Games in 1989.<ref name="BPJ"/>

She also represented India at the [[1990 Asian Table Tennis Championships|1990 10th Asian Table Tennis Championships]] and the [[1991 World Table Tennis Championships|41st World Table Tennis Championships in 1991]].<ref name="BPJ"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Women Leaders In Middle East - October - 2024 {{!}} Women Entrepreneurs Review Magazine |url=https://www.womenentrepreneursreview.com/digital-magazine/women-leaders-in-middle-east-october-2024/#page=14 |website=Womenentrepreneursreview.com}}</ref>

===Design career===
In 2000, Sejal Nagjee launched Pure Joy, her first design company, which began by producing and selling more than 25,000 floral artifacts through lifestyle stores in Mumbai.<ref name="KT">{{cite web |title=Rest if you must but do not you quit! |url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/lifestyle/rest-if-you-must-but-dont-you-quit |website=KhaleejTimes.com |publisher=[[Khaleej Times]] |language=en}}</ref>

Nagjee moved to Dubai in 2003, where she established her second floral design studio. Her work quickly attracted recognition from hotels and event clients, leading to the expansion of services into interior design, landscaping, and pool design within a year.<ref>{{cite web |title=How Sejal Nagjee Turned Her Athletic Discipline into a Design Dynasty in Dubai |url=https://uaestories.com/sejal-nagjee |website=Uaestories.com |date=10 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=How Sejal Nagjee Turned Her Athletic Discipline into a Design Dynasty in Dubai |url=https://uaestories.com/sejal-nagjee/ |website=Uaestories.com |date=10 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sejal Nagjee unveils new landscape project - Design Middle East |url=https://design-middleeast.com/sejal-nagjee-unveils-new-landscape-project/ |website=design-middleeast.com |date=23 May 2018}}</ref>

Sejal Nagjee founded Milestone Dubai, which has since completed over a thousand residential and commercial projects in the UAE. The company provides services in villa renovations, interior fit-outs, landscaping, swimming pools, and carpentry.<ref name="FE"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Sejal Nagjee unveils new landscape project |url=https://design-middleeast.com/sejal-nagjee-unveils-new-landscape-project |website=design-middleeast.com |date=23 May 2018 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Sejal has been married for over 25 years to the Indian businessman Rajesh Nagjee. Together, they have a son named Jay.<ref name="KT"/>

==Awards & honors==
*Luxury Lifestyle Awards, 2025<ref>{{cite web |title=EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Sejal Nagjee on Milestone's Modern Luxury Homes |url=https://luxurylifestyleawards.com/experience/exclusive-interview-sejal-nagjee-milestone-dubai |website=Luxury Lifestyle Awards}}</ref>
*Top 10 Best Women Founders in the Middle East 2024<ref>{{cite web |title=Sejal Nagjee: From Sporting Laurels To Building Legacy Through Smart Design Approach |url=https://www.womenentrepreneursreview.com/magazine/october-2024-women-leaders-in-middle-east-YQQ509408973.html |website=Womenentrepreneursreview.com}}</ref>
*Greatest Leaders 2023-24<ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C9SAeKqylBu |website=www.instagram.com |publisher=AsiaOne Magazine}}</ref>
*[[Shiv Chhatrapati Award]] (1991-92) for her contributions to Indian sports in 1994.<ref>{{cite news |title=Posthumous Award for Sportsperson |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=29 June 1994 |location=Bombay |page=11}}</ref>

== References ==

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[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]
[[Category:1970s births]]
[[Category:Indian female table tennis players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:People from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Maharashtra]]
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[[Category:1967 births]]
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