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{{Short description|Indian industrialist (born 1973)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sminu Jindal
| image = Fortune India.jpg
| caption = Jindal in 2011
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1973|01|18}}
| birth_place = Hisar, India
| occupation = Industrialist
| parents = PR Jindal & Arti Jindal
| spouse = Indresh Batra
| children = 2
| alma_mater = [[Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls' Public School]]<br>[[Presentation Convent Senior Secondary School]]<br>[[Shri Ram College of Commerce]]<br>[[Fore School of Management]]
}}

'''Sminu Jindal''' (born 1973) is an Indian industrialist. She is the Managing Director of Jindal SAW Limited<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jindalsaw.com/|title=JINDAL SAW LTD.|website=www.jindalsaw.com}}</ref> and Founder-Chairperson of Svayam,<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.svayam.com/|title=Welcome to svayam.com|website=www.svayam.com}}</ref> an initiative of the Sminu Jindal Trust & India's leading accessibility rights organization. She married Mr. Indresh Batra in 2001, and they have two sons, Anav and Arjan. She belongs to the US$22 billion O.P. Jindal Group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jindalsaw.com/jindal-organization.php|title=JINDAL SAW LTD.|website=www.jindalsaw.com}}</ref>

Jindal was appointed as the Managing Director of Jindal SAW Ltd. in February 2001. She also held the position of Managing Director of Hexa Tradex Ltd. from October 2011 to August 2016. She has been Chairperson of the Assocham National Council on Iron & Steel<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.assocham.org/nationalcouncil.php|title=Assocham India :: National Councils|website=www.assocham.org}}</ref> since 2007.

==Early life==
Sminu studied at prestigious [[Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls' Public School]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mgdschooljaipur.com/|title=MGD School,Jaipur|website=www.mgdschooljaipur.com}}</ref> in [[Jaipur, Rajasthan]] and [[Presentation Convent Senior Secondary School]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pcsdelhi.in/|title=Presentation Convent School|website=www.pcsdelhi.in}}</ref> in [[New Delhi]] before graduating in Commerce from [[Shri Ram College of Commerce]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.srcc.edu/|title=Shri Ram College of Commerce|website=www.srcc.edu}}</ref> (SRCC), [[New Delhi]].

When she was 11, she had an accident on a drive home from Jaipur to New Delhi that left her in a wheelchair for life.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://inspireminds.in/englishblog/895/success-story-of-sminu-jindal-md-jindal-saw-ltd.html|title=Success Story of Sminu Jindal, MD, Jindal Saw Ltd.|newspaper=inspireminds.in|access-date=2011-12-24}}</ref>

==Business==

Jindal joined Jindal SAW Limited<ref name="auto2"/> as a management trainee (1 August 1992 to 30 June 1994) in one of its loss-making factories when she was 19. She was then promoted to Executive-Corporate Planning (1 July 1994 to 31 March 1995).

Jindal helped the company venture into new business areas including urban development, domestic transport, and logistics under the company's subsidiary Jindal ITF (JITF) Urban Infrastructure.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jindalitf.com/|title=Jindal ITF | Nurturing the Future}}</ref>

==Launch of the initiative “Svayam” by SJCT==

In October 2000, SJCT launched its initiative ‘Svayam’ as a web-portal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/a-website-for-disabled/article28046660.ece|title=A website for disabled|first=Our Staff|last=Reporter|date=2 October 2000|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

==Membership==

She has been a Jury Member on the Committee for the National Awards for the Welfare of Persons with Disabilities, Govt. of India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://disabilityaffairs.gov.in/content/page/national-awards.php|title=Disabilities Affairs|website=disabilityaffairs.gov.in}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
* Women Entrepreneur of the Year 2009 Award by FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/jindal-md-honoured-with-woman-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2009/articleshow/4190625.cms|title=Jindal MD honoured with 'Woman Entrepreneur of the Year 2009'|first=Subhash|last=Narayan|via=The Economic Times}}</ref>
* Young Global Leaders(YGL) 2009 by World Economic Forum<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/where-the-mind-is-without-fear-109030700017_1.html|title=Where the mind is without fear|first=Abhilasha|last=Ojha|date=7 March 2009|via=Business Standard}}</ref>
* National Tourism Award of Excellence jointly with ASI in 2009<ref name="thebetterindia.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/192543/delhi-qutub-minar-taj-mahal-tourism-facilities-jindal-accessible-tourism-india/|title=Woman Makes India's Wonders Accessible For All With Reduced Mobility|date=23 August 2019}}</ref>
* National Tourism Award 2011-12<ref name="thebetterindia.com"/>
* Sminu Jindal was tagged as 38th Most Powerful Women in India by Fortune India Magazine in 2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fortuneindia.com/mpw/sminu-jindal?year=2011|title=Sminu Jindal - Most Powerful Women in 2011 - Fortune India|website=www.fortuneindia.com}}</ref>
* Asia-Pacific Enterprise Leadership Award (APELA) in the category of Social Service (2012)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.axschat.com/sminu-jindal/|title=Sminu Jindal|first=Neil|last=Milliken|date=26 February 2018}}</ref>
* L’oreal Femina Women Award in 2014<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.femina.in/lifestyle/in-the-news/femina-women-awards-2014_-2314-3.html|title=Femina Women Awards 2014|website=femina.in}}</ref>
* Global Youth Icon Awards 2014,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://peacerevolution.net/wall/topic-100018141/global-youth-icon-awards-at-international-youth-peace-fest#/|title=Global Youth ICON Awards At International Youth Peace Fest | Peace In Peace Out|first=World Peace|last=Initiative|website=peacerevolution.net}}</ref>
* GAATES Award of Recognition 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://old.gaates.org/about-gaates/gaates-award-winners/|title=GAATES Award of Recognition}}</ref>
* Jindal has been featured in Books titled as Corporate Divas,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://penguin.co.in/book/corporate-divas/|title=Corporate Divas}}</ref> Why I failed?<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://penguin.co.in/book/why-i-failed/|title=Why I Failed}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1973 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian businesspeople in the oil industry]]
[[Category:Businesswomen from Delhi]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian businesspeople]]
[[Category:Indian billionaires]]
[[Category:Female billionaires]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian businesspeople]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian businesswomen]]
[[Category:Indian disability rights activists]]
[[Category:Disability in India]]
[[Category:People from Hisar (city)]]
[[Category:Shri Ram College of Commerce alumni]]
[[Category:University of Delhi alumni]]
[[Category:Jindal family]]

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