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| name                = Naveen Jindal
| name                = Naveen Jindal
| image              = Naveen Jindal at the India Economic Summit 2010 cropped.jpg
| image              = Naveen Jindal at the India Economic Summit 2010 cropped.jpg
| caption            = Naveen Jindal at the [[World Economic Forum]]
| caption            = Naveen Jindal at the [[World Economic Forum]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1970|03|09}}
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1970|03|09}}
| birth_place        = [[Hisar, India|Hisar]], [[Haryana]], India
| birth_place        = [[Hisar, India|Hisar]], [[Haryana]], [[India]]
| residence          = [[Delhi]] and [[Kurukshetra]]
| residence          = [[Delhi]] and [[Kurukshetra]]
| nationality        = Indian|
| nationality        = Indian|
| constituency        = [[Kurukshetra (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kurukshetra]]
| constituency        = [[Kurukshetra (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kurukshetra]]
| office              = [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] in [[14th Lok Sabha|14th]] and [[15th Lok Sabha]]
| office              = [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha]]  
| term                = 2004 - 2014
| term                = 2004 – 2014
| predecessor        = [[Kailasho Devi]]
| predecessor        = [[Kailasho Devi]]
| successor          = [[Raj Kumar Saini]]
| successor          = [[Raj Kumar Saini]]
| party              = [[Indian National Congress]]
| party              = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse              = Shallu Jindal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shallujindal.in/|title=Shallu Jindal|work=shallujindal.in}}</ref>
| spouse              = {{marriage|Shallu Jindal|1994}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shallujindal.in/|title=Shallu Jindal|work=shallujindal.in}}</ref>
| alma_mater          = [[Campus School, CCS HAU]]<br>[[Delhi Public School, Mathura Road]]<br>[[University of Delhi]]<br>[[University of Texas at Dallas]]
| alma_mater          = [[Campus School, CCS HAU]]<br />[[Delhi Public School, Mathura Road]]<br />[[University of Delhi]]<br />[[University of Texas at Dallas]]
| profession          = [[Industrialist]]<br>politician<br>Philanthropist<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/10/7-13181_Naveen-Jindal-Philanthropist-Leader-Shows-the-Way_article-wide.html
| profession          = [[Industrialist]]<br />[[Politician]]<br />[[Philanthropist]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/10/7-13181_Naveen-Jindal-Philanthropist-Leader-Shows-the-Way_article-wide.html
|title = Naveen Jindal: Philanthropist Leader Shows the Way
|title = Naveen Jindal: Philanthropist Leader Shows the Way
|publisher = Utdallas.edu
|publisher = Utdallas.edu
}}</ref><br>[[Sportsperson|Sportsman]]
}}</ref><br />[[Sportsperson|Sportsman]]
| children            =  
| children            =  
| parents            = [[Om Prakash Jindal|Om Jindal]]<br>[[Savitri Jindal]]
| father              = [[Om Prakash Jindal]]
| mother              = [[Savitri Jindal]]
| relatives          = [[Shael Oswal]] (brother-in-law)<br/>[[Pankaj Oswal]] (brother-in-law)
}}
}}


'''Naveen Jindal''' (born 9 March 1970) is an Indian billionaire industrialist,<ref name=":0" /> and a former [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]  from [[Kurukshetra]], [[Haryana]] in the [[14th Lok Sabha|14th]] and [[15th Lok Sabha]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Forbes - Jindal Family|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/jindal/?sh=1b9731f3c0ee|url-status=live|work=forbes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=4041|title = Shri Naveen Jindal – Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha)|publisher = India.gov.in|access-date = 4 June 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714201428/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=4041|archive-date = 14 July 2014|url-status = dead}}</ref> He currently serves as the Chairman of [[Jindal Steel and Power]] Limited<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jindalsteelpower.com/about-us/management/management-team.aspx |title=Mr. Naveen Jindal – Chairman |publisher=Jindalsteelpower.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102051747/http://www.jindalsteelpower.com/about-us/management/management-team.aspx |archive-date=2 November 2011 }}</ref> and [[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor]] of [[O. P. Jindal Global University]].
'''Naveen Jindal''' (born 9 March 1970) is an Indian billionaire industrialist,<ref name=":0" /> philanthropist, and a former [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]  from [[Kurukshetra]], [[Haryana]] in the [[14th Lok Sabha|14th]] and [[15th Lok Sabha]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Forbes - Jindal Family|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/jindal/?sh=1b9731f3c0ee|work=forbes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=4041|title = Shri Naveen Jindal – Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha)|publisher = India.gov.in|access-date = 4 June 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714201428/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=4041|archive-date = 14 July 2014|url-status = dead}}</ref> He currently serves as the Chairman of [[Jindal Steel and Power]] Limited<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jindalsteelpower.com/about-us/management/management-team.aspx |title=Mr. Naveen Jindal – Chairman |publisher=Jindalsteelpower.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102051747/http://www.jindalsteelpower.com/about-us/management/management-team.aspx |archive-date=2 November 2011 }}</ref> and [[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor]] of [[O. P. Jindal Global University]].
 
He is an active campaigner for population stabilisation, women's empowerment, environmental conservation, health and education.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jindalsteelpower.com/about-us/cmd.aspx |title=About the Chairman |publisher=www.jindalsteelpower.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115063615/http://jindalsteelpower.com/about-us/cmd.aspx |archive-date=15 January 2013 }}</ref> As an acknowledgement of Jindal's donations to his alma mater, the [[University of Texas at Dallas]] renamed its School of Management to Naveen Jindal School of Management in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/10/7-13041_New-Names-for-Management-School-Management-Honors-_article-wide.html|title = New Names for Management School, Management Honors Program Recognize Record Alumni Gifts|publisher = Utdallas.edu|access-date = 24 October 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130309133358/http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/10/7-13041_New-Names-for-Management-School-Management-Honors-_article-wide.html|archive-date = 9 March 2013|url-status = dead}}</ref>


He is an active campaigner for population stabilisation, women's empowerment, environmental conservation, health and education.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jindalsteelpower.com/about-us/cmd.aspx |title=About the Chairman |publisher=www.jindalsteelpower.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115063615/http://jindalsteelpower.com/about-us/cmd.aspx |archive-date=15 January 2013 }}</ref> As an acknowledgement of Jindal's support to his alma mater, the [[University of Texas at Dallas]] renamed its School of Management to [https://jindal.utdallas.edu/ Naveen Jindal School of Management] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/10/7-13041_New-Names-for-Management-School-Management-Honors-_article-wide.html|title = New Names for Management School, Management Honors Program Recognize Record Alumni Gifts|publisher = Utdallas.edu|access-date = 24 October 2011|archive-url = https://www.webcitation.org/6Fi3ODO61?url=http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/10/7-13041_New-Names-for-Management-School-Management-Honors-_article-wide.html|archive-date = 7 April 2013|url-status = dead}}</ref>
==Background and personal life==
Jindal was born in [[Hisar, Haryana]], on 9 March 1970, youngest child of the late industrialist-philanthropist-politician Shri [[Om Prakash Jindal]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/savitri-jindal-aftab-ahmed-sworn-into-haryana-cabinet/article1-1144948.aspx|title=Savitri Jindal, Aftab Ahmed sworn into Haryana cabinet|work=hindustantimes.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216100757/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/savitri-jindal-aftab-ahmed-sworn-into-haryana-cabinet/article1-1144948.aspx|archive-date=16 December 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>[[Om Prakash Jindal]]</ref> former Minister of Power in the Government of Haryana, India, and his wife Smt [[Savitri Jindal]] who too was a minister in Haryana Government till 2014.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} Jindal studied at [[Campus School, CCS HAU]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://twitter.com/MPNaveenJindal/status/1169441303689433089|quote=Remembering with love & gratitude all my teachers from Campus School Hisar, Sawan Public School, DPS Mathura Road, Hansraj College, @jindal_utdallas, my parents, polo & shooting instructors, friends, colleagues and everyone who has enriched me with knowledge on #TeachersDay|title= Naveen Jindal on Twitter, @MPNaveenJindal|publisher= [[Twitter]]|date= 5 September 2019|access-date= 28 March 2020}}</ref> and DPS Mathura Road<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/naveen-jindal-represented-india-in-asian-games/articleshow/48871337.cms |title = Naveen Jindal represented India in Asian Games|newspaper = The Economic Times|date = 9 September 2015}}</ref> before graduating in Commerce from [[Hans Raj College]], [[Delhi University]] in 1990.<ref>http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4041 {{Dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref> He completed an [[MBA]] at the [[University of Texas at Dallas]] in 1992. He was the President of the Student Government and recipient of the Student Leader of the Year Award at the University of Texas at Dallas.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/10/7-13181_Naveen-Jindal-Philanthropist-Leader-Shows-the-Way_article-wide.html |title = Naveen Jindal: Philanthropist Leader Shows the Way}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
Naveen Jindal is the youngest child of Smt [[Savitri Jindal]] and late [[Om Prakash Jindal]]. His father was born into a farming family in Haryana's [[Hisar district]], and became the founder of the steel and power conglomerate, the O.P. Jindal Group. Naveen Jindal stood for elections to the [[Haryana Legislative Assembly]] and won thrice in 1991, 2000 and 2005 and contested elections to the [[Lok Sabha]] from Haryana's Kurukshetra constituency in 1996 and won.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} O.P Jindal was serving as the Power Minister in the Haryana government when he died on 31 March 2005, in a helicopter crash at the age of 74.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}
Jindal was born in [[Hisar, Haryana]], on 9 March 1970, youngest child of the late industrialist-philanthropist-politician Shri [[Om Prakash Jindal]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/savitri-jindal-aftab-ahmed-sworn-into-haryana-cabinet/article1-1144948.aspx|title=Savitri Jindal, Aftab Ahmed sworn into Haryana cabinet|work=hindustantimes.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216100757/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/savitri-jindal-aftab-ahmed-sworn-into-haryana-cabinet/article1-1144948.aspx|archive-date=16 December 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>[[Om Prakash Jindal]]</ref> former Minister of Power in the Government of Haryana, India, and his wife Smt [[Savitri Jindal]] who too was a minister in Haryana Government till 2014. Naveen studied at [[Campus School, CCS HAU]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://twitter.com/MPNaveenJindal/status/1169441303689433089|quote=Remembering with love & gratitude all my teachers from Campus School Hisar, Sawan Public School, DPS Mathura Road, Hansraj College, @jindal_utdallas, my parents, polo & shooting instructors, friends, colleagues and everyone who has enriched me with knowledge on #TeachersDay|title= Naveen Jindal on Twitter, @MPNaveenJindal|publisher= [[Twitter]]|date= 5 September 2019|access-date= 28 March 2020}}</ref> and DPS Mathura Road<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/naveen-jindal-represented-india-in-asian-games/articleshow/48871337.cms |title = Naveen Jindal represented India in Asian Games|newspaper = The Economic Times|date = 9 September 2015}}</ref> before graduating in Commerce from [[Hans Raj College]], [[Delhi University]] in 1990.<ref>http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4041</ref> He completed an [[MBA]] at the [[University of Texas at Dallas]] in 1992. He was the President of the Student Government and recipient of the Student Leader of the Year Award at the University of Texas at Dallas.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/10/7-13181_Naveen-Jindal-Philanthropist-Leader-Shows-the-Way_article-wide.html |title = Naveen Jindal: Philanthropist Leader Shows the Way}}</ref>


==Politics==
Naveen's mother Savitri Jindal was a Minister in the Haryana Government and MLA from Hisar. She is the Chairperson Emeritus of [[Jindal Steel and Power]] Limited and JSW Steel.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/savitri-jindal-inducted-in-haryana-govt-as-cabinet-minister-113102900658_1.html|title=Savitri Jindal inducted in Haryana govt as cabinet minister|author=Mansi Taneja|date=29 October 2013|work=business-standard.com}}</ref>
Jindal's involvement in politics began in his student days. He was the President of the Student Government and recipient of the Student Leader of the Year Award at the University of Texas at Dallas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jgu.edu.in/content/naveen-jindal|title=Naveen Jindal|work=O P Jindal Global University|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402174249/http://www.jgu.edu.in/content/naveen-jindal|archive-date=2 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> After completing his post-graduation in the US, Naveen returned to India and began managing his father's political affairs.


In 2004 he stood for elections from the [[Kurukshetra]] constituency in the north Indian state of Haryana on an [[Indian National Congress]] ticket. He defeated his nearest rival Abhay Singh Chautala by a margin of 1,30,000 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/bline/2004/05/14/stories/2004051401580500.htm|title=The Hindu Business Line : Naveen Jindal wins Kurukshetra for Cong|last=ndamb|work=thehindubusinessline.com}}</ref> He was re-elected in the 2009 general elections.  His focus as an MP has been the problems of corruption, over-population, women's empowerment, environment, health and education. Naveen moved a private member bill in Lok Sabha for a comprehensive Food and Nutrition Security Scheme that paved the way for the Food Security Act. He lost the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Kurukshetra.
Naveen is married to acclaimed [[Kuchipudi]] dancer and chairperson of National Bal Bhawan, Shallu Jindal {{nee|Oswal}}, the daughter of Abhey Kumar Oswal -founder of Oswal Agro Mills and Oswal Greentech- and sister of [[Shael Oswal]] and [[Pankaj Oswal]]. The couple has two children, a son and a daughter.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/MP-Navin-Jindals-wife-to-head-National-Bal-Bhawan/articleshow/27918370.cms|title=MP Navin Jindal's wife to head National Bal Bhawan|work=The Times of India|date=25 December 2013 }}</ref>


Parliamentary responsibilities & initiatives
Naveen has eight siblings: including Prithviraj Jindal, [[Sajjan Jindal]] and Ratan Jindal who are industrialists like him. Prithviraj Jindal is the Chairman (Non - Executive) of Jindal SAW Ltd.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.jindalsaw.com/jindal-organization.php | title=Jindal Saw LTD}}</ref> [[Sajjan Jindal]] is the Chairman of JSW Group. Ratan Jindal is the Chairman of [[Jindal Stainless Limited]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.jindalstainless.com/jindal-uk-board-of-directors.php | title=Jindal Stainless}}</ref>
* Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs
* Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defense
* Special Invitee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation
* Convener, Parliamentary Forum on Children
* Executive Member, Indian Parliamentary Group
* Additional Member, Parliamentary Forum on Population & Health
* Member, Kurukshetra Development Board
* Sports Secretary, Constitution Club of India
* Convener, Sub-Committee on Modernisation of Prison Administration, Ministry of Home Affairs


== National flag case ==
==Right to display the National flag==
Naveen Jindal's struggle for the Tricolour began in early 1992 when he hoisted a tricolour at his factory in Raigarh. The then Commissioner of Bilaspur objected to it on the ground that as per the Flag Code of India, a private citizen was not permitted to fly the Indian flag except on certain days. Jindal filed a petition before the High Court arguing that no law could forbid Indian citizens from flying the national flag and, furthermore, the Flag Code of India was only a set of executive instructions from the Government of India and therefore not law. While he went out to court against the objections of the government officials, he did not remove the flag from the factory and kept flying it with respect and dignity.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1332036/ |title = Naveen Jindal vs Union of India on 22 September, 1995}}</ref>
Naveen Jindal is known as the man who won the right to display the National Flag on all days of the year for all Indians.
<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.rediff.com/news/2001/jun/13spec.htm |title= My Flag, My Country |author=Ramesh Menon |date=June 2001|work=rediff.com}}</ref>


The High Court allowed the petition and held the Flag Code of India was not a valid restriction on the right to freedom of expression under Article 19 of the Indian Constitution. The High Court observed that, according to Article 19(2), the only valid limitations on this right were those that were contained in statute. In cases concerning the regulation of the flying of the national flag, such limitations could be found in the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act 1950 or the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act 1971.
Jindal's struggle for the tricolour began in early 1992 when he hoisted a tricolour at his factory in Raigarh. The then Commissioner of Bilaspur objected to it on the ground that as per the Flag Code of India, a private citizen was not permitted to fly the Indian flag except on certain days. Jindal filed a petition before the High Court arguing that no law could forbid Indian citizens from flying the national flag and, furthermore, the Flag Code of India was only a set of executive instructions from the Government of India and therefore not law. While he went out to court against the objections of the government officials, he did not remove the flag from the factory and kept flying it with respect and dignity.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1332036/ |title = Naveen Jindal vs Union of India on 22 September, 1995}}</ref>


The Union of India filed an appeal against this decision to the Supreme Court on the basis that whether citizens were free to fly the national flag was a policy decision, and could not be subject to court interference.
The High Court allowed the petition and held the Flag Code of India was not a valid restriction on the right to freedom of expression under Article 19 of the Indian Constitution. The High Court observed that, according to Article 19(2), the only valid limitations on this right were those that were contained in the statute.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} In cases concerning the regulation of the flying of the national flag, such limitations could be found in the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act 1950 or the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act 1971.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}


Supreme Court was pleased to grant leave and stay the operation of the impugned judgment. The flag continued to fly as Naveen's lawyer said "it would not be contempt of court since the judgement had only been stayed".
The Union of India filed an appeal against this decision to the Supreme Court on the basis that whether citizens were free to fly the national flag was a policy decision, and could not be subject to court interference.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}


The matter then came up for hearing before the Supreme Court which observed that prima facie they see no reason why citizens cannot express patriotism by displaying the national flag. The court also observed that restrictions on flying of national flag only on certain days by private citizens seemed unsustainable.
Supreme Court was pleased to grant leave and stay the operation of the impugned judgment. The flag continued to fly as Jindal's lawyer said "it would not be contempt of court since the judgement had only been stayed".{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}


The Supreme Court on 23 January 2004 dismissed the Civil Appeal No. 2920 of 1996 arising out of SLP No. 1888 of 1996 filed by Union of India against the judgment and order dates 22 September 1995 of Delhi High Court and held that flying the national flag was symbol of expression that came within the right to freedom of expression under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution.<ref>http://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?CaseId=004002801000</ref>
The matter then came up for hearing before the Supreme Court which observed that prima facie they see no reason why citizens cannot express patriotism by displaying the national flag. The court also observed that restrictions on flying of the national flag only on certain days by private citizens seemed unsustainable.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}


Jindal has been strongly advocating to mark 23 January as the "National Flag Day".<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://theprint.in/opinion/india-must-mark-23-january-as-national-flag-day-naveen-jindal/182222/ |title = India must mark 23 January as National Flag Day: Naveen Jindal|date = 23 January 2019}}</ref> While India observes Armed Forces Flag Day on 7 December, it does not have a National Flag day.
The Supreme Court on 23 January 2004 dismissed the Civil Appeal No. 2920 of 1996 arising out of SLP No. 1888 of 1996 filed by the Union of India against the judgment and order dates 22 September 1995 of Delhi High Court and held that flying the national flag was a symbol of expression that came within the right to freedom of expression under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?CaseId=004002801000 | title=UNION OF INDIA Vs. NAVEEN JINDAL }}</ref>
== Philanthropy==


'''OP Jindal Global University'''
Jindal has been strongly advocating to mark 23 January as the "National Flag Day".<ref>{{cite news|url= https://theprint.in/opinion/india-must-mark-23-january-as-national-flag-day-naveen-jindal/182222 |title= India must mark 23 January as National Flag Day |author=Naveen Jindal |date=23 January 2019|work= theprint.in }}</ref> While India observes Armed Forces Flag Day on 7 December, it does not have a National Flag Day.


Naveen Jindal founded<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jgu.edu.in/about-us|title=About Us &#124; OP Jindal Global University|date=9 August 2018}}</ref> the [[OP Jindal Global University]] (OPJGU or JGU) in 2009, in memory of his father, Mr. O.P. Jindal. Situated in Sonepat, Haryana, JGU has made significant progress towards achieving the goal through its nine schools; three research, capacity building and training institutes; and multiple research initiatives and centres. JGU is one of the few universities in Asia that maintains a 1:9 faculty-student ratio and appoints faculty members from India and different parts of the world with outstanding academic qualifications and experience. The Jindal Global Law School at JGU is India’s Number One Law School and among the top 100 in the world.  
==Business==
===Jindal Steel and Power===
Jindal is the Chairman of [[Jindal Steel and Power Limited]] (formerly known as Jindal Strips Limited) which was a moderately performing enterprise when Jindal first took over its [[Raigarh]] and Raipur operations in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/jindal-group-of-industries-jindal-steel-and-power-limited-166635-2013-06-13|title=Jindal empire in trouble, faces allegations in coal allocation scam|first1=Vikas |last1=Kahol|date=June 13, 2013|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref> Today, JSPL operates an iron manufacturing plant in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, and plants in [[Jharkhand]] and [[Odisha]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jindalsteelpower.com/businesses/business.html|title=Business {{!}} Steel Industry{{!}} Jindal Steel and Power Limited|website=www.jindalsteelpower.com|access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref> The company has set up captive power plants using waste products from the sponge iron making process to generate power.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jindalsteelpower.com/sustainabilities/coal-gas-for-dri-plant.html|title=Coal Gas for DRI plant|website=www.jindalsteelpower.com|access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref>


'''Naveen Jindal School of Management, Texas'''
He has been ranked amongst Asia’s 25 Hottest People in Business by the Fortune Asia magazine for turning a struggling steel company into an Asian blue-chip giant. He has also been ranked as India’s Best CEO by Business Today based on a BT-INSEAD-HBR study of top value creators for the period 1995 to 2011. JSPL has been rated the Second Highest Value Creator in the world by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) of USA.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}


Naveen Jindal completed his MBA from the School of Management, the University of Texas at Dallas. In recognition of his exceptional entrepreneurship skills public service, and generous donations the School of Management of the University of Texas, Dallas christened it as the Naveen Jindal School of Management.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/univ-of-texas-names-business-studies-institute-after-naveen-jindal/articleshow/10263667.cms|title=Univ of Texas names business studies institute after Naveen Jindal - Times of India}}</ref>
[[File:Naveen Jindal.jpg|thumb|Naveen Jindal]]
This recognition has also led to the establishment of the Naveen Jindal Institute for Indo-American Business Studies.


Naveen Jindal set up the world's first coal-gasification based steelmaking plant at Angul, Odisha that uses the locally available high-ash coal and turns it into synthesis gas for steel making thus reducing the dependence on imported coke-rich coal.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} Jindal believes that coal gasification technology has immense potential for countries like India, where non-coking coal is abundantly available.
JSPL's coal gas-based steel tech became a case study at Harvard University.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/jspl-s-coal-gas-based-steel-tech-in-harvard-case-study-115011800659_1.html | title=JSPL's coal gas-based steel tech in Harvard case study | newspaper=Business Standard India | date=18 January 2015 }}</ref>


'''OP Jindal University, Chhattisgarh'''
Recently Union steel minister Ram Chandra Prasad Singh inaugurated Jindal Steel's 1.4 MTPA TMT rebar mill at its integrated complex in Odisha's Angul district.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/steel-minister-inaugurates-jindal-steel-s-tmt-rebar-mill-in-angul-odisha-11651303479173.html |title= Steel minister inaugurates Jindal Steel's TMT rebar mill in Angul, Odisha |author=Ujjval Jauhari |date=30 April 2022|work= livemint.com }}</ref>


Naveen Jindal is also the Founder and Patron of the OP Jindal University, Chhattisgarh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.opju.ac.in/patrons-message.php|title=Patron's Message &#124; Best Engineering College in Central India - OP Jindal University}}</ref> It started as an engineering college in 2008 and in a span of 4years, OPJU became India’s first and only private university to offer courses in steelmaking, metallurgy and management. The University was awarded the ‘Best Private University in Chhattisgarh’ at The Progress Global Awards 2020.
Jindal Steel is expanding its Angul Plant capacity from 6 MTPA to 12MTPA and the company will achieve an overall 15 MTPA steelmaking capacity by 2025.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-cm/jindal-steel-power-s-1-4-mtpa-rebar-mill-dedicated-to-the-nation-122042801080_1.html | title=Jindal Steel & Power's 1.4 MTPA Rebar Mill dedicated to the Nation | newspaper=Business Standard India | date=28 April 2022 }}</ref>


===Coal Block Deallocation===
In 2014, the Supreme Court of India in a surprise move cancelled the coal blocks allocated to Indian steel and Power companies that had been allocated through successive Governments at the Centre.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} Jindal's company too was affected as its coal blocks got cancelled and it has to pay the arbitrary retrospective levy. This led to a scenario where most of the private steel and power companies in India became Non Performing Assets.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/prime/energy/policy-missteps-over-reliance-on-cil-how-power-plants-lost-their-coal-fuelled-blackout-worries/primearticleshow/86944233.cms | title=Policy missteps, over-reliance on CIL: How power plants lost their coal, fuelled blackout worries | newspaper=The Economic Times | last1=Mukherjee | first1=Prashant }}</ref>


'''Justice P.N. Bhagwati Award'''
Jindal's company JSPL saw a tough time with debt levels going to 50,000 crore rupees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/business/jindal-steel-again-defaults-on-interest-payment-1620888|title=Jindal Steel Again Defaults on Interest Payment }}</ref>


Jindal has been conferred with the Justice P.N. Bhagwati Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/justice-pn-bhagwati-award-presented-to-naveen-jindal-by-former-president-apj-abdul-kalam-1323260432-1|title=Justice P.N. Bhagwati Award presented to Naveen Jindal by Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam|date=7 December 2011}}</ref> in recognition of his outstanding contribution to legal education and corporate philanthropy. Instituted by the Capital Foundation, the award was presented by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, former President of India, in December 2011.
===Turnaround===
The company went from the second-highest wealth creator with a share price of Rs 700 to a debt-ridden one with its share price tumbling down to Rs 62. The company however scripted a turnaround and came back green. In 2022 March, its share price jumped to Rs 530.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}


==Controversies==
Business India magazine wrote: "JSPL has placed a singular focus on sweating its assets, improving capacity utilisations and deleveraging. From a loss-making company to making a PAT of Rs7,500 crore is a big story."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://businessindia.co/magazine/amazing-turnaround-of-jspl#:~:text=From%20a%20loss%2Dmaking%20company,Rs50%2C000%20crore%20by%202022 | title=Amazing turnaround of JSPL }}</ref>
Revelations in September 2012 alleged his company's involvement in the [[Coalgate scam]], in which it gained by making and selling power at high prices. The coal blocks allotted to Jindal Power Limited (JPL) in 1998, during the BJP ruled NDA regime, were followed by allocations under the UPA, which have culminated in making the [[Jindal Group]] the largest beneficiary of coal block allocations. It was alleged that despite having the cheapest coal, Jindal sold power at higher prices – Rs 3.85 per unit in 2011–2012, compared to Lanco's Rs 3.67 and NTPC's Rs 2.20 in the same year. The combination of cheap coal and high power prices explains why Jindal posted Rs 17.65&nbsp;billion as profits, or 60% of its revenues, while Lanco made a profit of just Rs 1.55&nbsp;billion, just 12% of its revenues.


In an exclusive interview with Headlines Today editor Rahul Kanwal, Jindal explained how JSPL's profitability was because of its efficiency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://headlinestoday.intoday.in/programme/naveen-jindal-coalgate-coal-blocks-upa-govt-bjp/1/216933.html|title=BJP's attack is hilarious, baseless: Naveen Jindal : India: Headlines Today|work=intoday.in}}</ref>
==Philanthropy==
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The CBI filed a chargesheet in alleged coal scam on 11 June 2013 and the investigation is underway. It also filed a chargesheet in coal block allocation in Jharkhand on 29 April 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/india/coal-scam-cbi-files-chargesheet-against-naveen-jindal/articleshow/58804349.cms |title= Coal scam: CBI files chargesheet against Naveen Jindal|work=The Times of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814034241/http://m.timesofindia.com/india/coal-scam-cbi-files-chargesheet-against-naveen-jindal/articleshow/58804349.cms |archive-date=14 August 2017 }}</ref>
=== OP Jindal Global University ===


[[File:Naveen Jindal - OPJGU.jpg|thumb|Naveen Jindal - OPJGU]]
Jindal founded<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jgu.edu.in/about-us|title=About Us &#124; OP Jindal Global University|date=9 August 2018}}</ref> the [[OP Jindal Global University]] (OPJGU or JGU) in 2009, in memory of his father, Mr. O.P. Jindal. Situated in Sonepat, Haryana, JGU has made significant progress towards achieving the goal through its nine schools; three research, capacity building and training institutes; and multiple research initiatives and centres. JGU is one of the few universities in Asia that maintains a 1:9 faculty-student ratio and appoints faculty members from India and different parts of the world with outstanding academic qualifications and experience. The Jindal Global Law School at JGU is India’s Number One Law School and among the top 100 in the world.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}


=== OP Jindal University, Chhattisgarh ===
Jindal is also the Founder and Patron of the OP Jindal University, Chhattisgarh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.opju.ac.in/patrons-message.php|title=Patron's Message &#124; Best Engineering College in Central India - OP Jindal University}}</ref> It started as an engineering college in 2008 and in a span of 4years, OPJU became India’s first and only private university to offer courses in steelmaking, metallurgy and management. The University was awarded the ‘Best Private University in Chhattisgarh’ at The Progress Global Awards 2020.


===Sting against Zee News===
=== Naveen Jindal School of Management ===
On 25 October 2012 Jindal held a press conference in which he showed video evidence where it was clear that some officials of Zee News tried to extort a sum Rs 1&nbsp;billion from Jindal in return for not running the story of Jindal being involved in the Coal scam.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Naveen-Jindal-releases-tape-to-prove-blackmail-by-Zee-News/articleshow/16952925.cms |title=Naveen Jindal releases tape to 'prove' blackmail by Zee News |work=The Times of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029090502/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Naveen-Jindal-releases-tape-to-prove-blackmail-by-Zee-News/articleshow/16952925.cms |archive-date=29 October 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Jindal filed a case against Zee News management and its editors for extorting money. Two Zee News editors Sudhir Choudhary and Samir Ahluwalia were sent to jail and later released on bail.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Two-Zee-editors-arrested-for-Rs-100-crore-extortion-bid/articleshow/17391903.cms|title=Two Zee editors arrested for 'Rs 100-crore extortion bid'|work=The Times of India}}</ref> Jindal has petitioned the court to cancel the bail of the two editors. It was said in the petition that the accused has been using Zee news and other media of Zee group to constantly target Jindal and his companies through misinformation and reports. Patiala House court on 6 June 2015 issued notices to the editors Chaudhary and Ahluwalia asking ‘why their bails should not be cancelled’ in the case.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://focusnews.com/india/court-issues-notice-to-zee-news-editors-sudhir-chaudhary-samir-ahluwalia-questioning-their-bail/48674/|title=Court Issues Notice To Zee News Editors Sudhir Chaudhary, Samir Ahluwalia Questioning Their Bail|author=Focus News Bureau|date=5 June 2015|work=Focus News}}</ref>
Jindal completed his MBA from the School of Management, the [[University of Texas at Dallas]]. In 2011, Jindal made a very substantial donation to the same institution, and as a result of which, the School of Management was renamed "Naveen Jindal School of Management" the same year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/univ-of-texas-names-business-studies-institute-after-naveen-jindal/articleshow/10263667.cms|title=Univ of Texas names business studies institute after Naveen Jindal - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=7 October 2011 }}</ref>
This recognition has also led to the establishment of the Naveen Jindal Institute for Indo-American Business Studies.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}


==Business==
=== Philanthropy During Covid-19 Pandemic ===
Naveen Jindal is the Chairman of [[Jindal Steel and Power Limited]] (formerly known as Jindal Strips Limited) which was a moderately performing enterprise when Naveen Jindal first took over its [[Raigarh]] and Raipur operations in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/jindal-group-of-industries-jindal-steel-and-power-limited-166635-2013-06-13|title=Jindal empire in trouble, faces allegations in coal allocation scam|last1=Ch|first1=Vikas Kahol|last2=igarhJune 13|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-05-30|last3=June 13|first3=2013UPDATED|last4=Ist|first4=2013 20:58}}</ref> Today, JSPL operates an iron manufacturing plant in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, and plants in [[Jharkhand]] and [[Odisha]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jindalsteelpower.com/businesses/business.html|title=Business {{!}} Steel Industry{{!}} Jindal Steel and Power Limited|website=www.jindalsteelpower.com|access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref> The company has set up captive power plants using waste products from the sponge iron making process to generate power.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jindalsteelpower.com/sustainabilities/coal-gas-for-dri-plant.html|title=Coal Gas for DRI plant|website=www.jindalsteelpower.com|access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref>
During the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, India witnessed a tragic and emergency situation as hospitals ran short of the sudden demand for liquid medical oxygen. With death looming all around, there was despair. The Indian steel industry came forward and decided to halt production and divert their stock of liquid medical oxygen to hospitals.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/videos/healthcare/jspls-steel-output-to-fall-by-15-due-to-diversion-of-oxygen-for-medical-purposes-chairman-naveen-jindal-9083561.htm | title=JSPL's steel output to fall by 15% due to diversion of oxygen for medical purposes: Chairman Naveen Jindal | date=27 April 2021 }}</ref>  
Jindal's efforts coupled with his tweets of tankers leaving his plants came as messages of hope.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.timesnownews.com/business-economy/companies/article/jindal-steel-sends-tanker-with-10-tons-of-oxygen-to-sir-ganga-ram-hospital/749555 | title=Jindal Steel sends tanker with 10 tons of Oxygen to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital | date=26 April 2021 }}</ref> His selfless act of handling the situation directly and sending Oxygen was lauded by all. Chief Ministers of several Indian states took to Twitter and thanked Jindal for his timely intervention that potentially saved thousands of lives.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://twitter.com/capt_amarinder/status/1394892749883678725
|quote= Appreciate the helpful gesture of Naveen Jindal and his team at JSPL for sending tankers of Liquid Medical Oxygen to Punjab. Thank you for standing with us in this hour of need.
|title= Captain Amarinder Singh on Twitter, capt_amarinder|publisher= [[Twitter]]|date= 19 May 2021|access-date= 28 March 2020}}</ref>


Naveen Jindal is the Chairman of [[Jindal Power Limited]] (a subsidiary of JSPL) which runs the 1,000 MW O.P. Jindal Thermal Power Plant in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh.
He was also felicitated with AsiaOne Super 50 COVID-19 Commitment Award 2020-21.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://twitter.com/jsplcorporate/status/1459060300435492867 |quote= Our Chairman Shri Naveen Jindal was felicitated with AsiaOne Super 50 COVID-19 Commitment Award 2020-21 by @asiaonecom . |title= Jindal Steel & Power on Twitter, @ jsplcorporate|publisher= [[Twitter]]|date= 12 November 2021|access-date= 15 June 2022}}</ref>


Naveen Jindal topped the executive pay charts for listed companies in India with a package of ₹ 73.42 crore for the last fiscal 2011–12, which grew by over ₹ 60 crore from previous year.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-company/corporate-trends/naveen-jindal-tops-executive-pay-chart-with-rs-73-4-crore-package/articleshow/16514458.cms
==Politics==
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Jindal's involvement in politics began in his student days. He was the President of the Student Government and recipient of the Student Leader of the Year Award at the University of Texas at Dallas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jgu.edu.in/content/naveen-jindal|title=Naveen Jindal|work=O P Jindal Global University|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402174249/http://www.jgu.edu.in/content/naveen-jindal|archive-date=2 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> After completing his post-graduation in the US, Jindal returned to India and began managing his father's political affairs.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}
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He has been ranked amongst Asia’s 25 Hottest People in Business by the Fortune Asia magazine for turning a struggling steel company into an Asian blue-chip giant. He has also been ranked as India’s Best CEO by Business Today based on a BT-INSEAD-HBR study of top value creators for the period 1995 to 2011. JSPL has been rated the Second Highest Value Creator in the world by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) of USA.  
===Member of Parliament===
In 2004 he stood for elections from the [[Kurukshetra]] constituency in the north Indian state of Haryana on an [[Indian National Congress]] ticket. He defeated his nearest rival Abhay Singh Chautala by a margin of 130,000 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/bline/2004/05/14/stories/2004051401580500.htm|title=The Hindu Business Line : Naveen Jindal wins Kurukshetra for Cong|work=thehindubusinessline.com}}</ref> He was re-elected in the 2009 general elections. His focus as an MP has been on the problems of corruption, over-population, women's empowerment, environment, health and education. Jindal moved a private member bill in Lok Sabha for a comprehensive Food and Nutrition Security Scheme that paved the way for the Food Security Act. He lost the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Kurukshetra.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}


The company is likely to place a bid for the bankrupt Reliance naval. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Steel Tycoon Naveen Jindal Likely To Bid for Bankrupt Reliance Naval: Report|url=https://thewire.in/business/naveen-jindal-bid-bankrupt-reliance-naval-anil-ambani|access-date=2021-03-09|website=thewire.in|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.jindalsteelpower.com/chairman.html |title = Mr. Naveen Jindal, Chairman &#124; Jindal Steel & Power LTD}}</ref>
Parliamentary responsibilities & initiatives
* Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs
* Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defense
* Special Invitee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation
* Convener, Parliamentary Forum on Children
* Executive Member, Indian Parliamentary Group
* Additional Member, Parliamentary Forum on Population & Health
* Member, Kurukshetra Development Board
* Sports Secretary, Constitution Club of India
* Convener, Sub-Committee on Modernisation of Prison Administration, Ministry of Home Affairs


==Sports==
==Sports==
The Indian Shooting Team, under his captaincy, won a silver medal in the [[South Asian Federation Games]], April 2004, in [[Pakistan]]. He has also represented the country in the [[Asian games]] held in [[Busan]], [[South Korea]] in 2002. Besides winning numerous medals in shooting at national and international levels, he has also excelled in [[Polo]] and [[Jindal Steel and Power Limited|JSPL]]'s Polo team has won several laurels under his captaincy. He was also a part of the Haryana shooting team that won the gold medal at the 54th National shooting Championship competition (Big Bore) in the civilian category held at [[Gurgaon]] in May 2011.<ref>{{cite web
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===Polo===
[[File:Naveen Jindal Polo1.jpg|thumb|Naveen Jindal Polo1]]
Naveen Jindal is an active Polo player. He is the Captain and Patron of the Jindal Panther Polo Team. He started playing Polo 3 decades ago at the age of 18 and really got hooked on it. He started his own team in 1995 that has won various tournaments including the Indian Open, Indian Masters, Maharaja Hari Singh Memorial Cup, Maharaja Jiwaji Rao Scindia Cup and the Bhopal Pataudi Cup. He was declared the Most Valuable Player at the finals of Maharaja Jiwaji Rao Scindia Gold Cup 2019.
 
“I was always very fond of horses. When we moved to Delhi, I joined the President’s Estate Polo Club just to ride. I saw people playing polo and was fascinated by it. I started playing and got hooked," he said in an interview with Mint.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.livemint.com/news/business-of-life/how-staying-in-the-saddle-can-build-ability-to-strategize-1558331081499.html | title=How staying in the saddle can build ability to strategize | date=20 May 2019 }}</ref>
 
[[File:Naveen Jindal polo2.jpg|thumb|Naveen Jindal polo2]]
 
===Shooting===
Naveen Jindal is an accomplished skeet shooter. The Indian Shooting Team, under his captaincy, won a silver medal in the [[South Asian Federation Games]], April 2004, in [[Pakistan]]. He has also represented the country in the [[Asian games]] held in [[Busan]], [[South Korea]] in 2002. In 2003, he set a National record in skeet shooting which stays unmatched till today.
 
He was also a part of the Haryana shooting team that won the gold medal at the 54th National shooting Championship competition (Big Bore) in the civilian category held at [[Gurgaon]] in May 2011.<ref>{{cite web
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[[File:Shallu Jindal Kuchipudi.jpg|thumb|Shallu Jindal performing dance in Delhi]]
===Sports medals===
==Personal life==
* Gold medal in the team skeet event for India at the Singapore Open Shooting Championship, 2007
Naveen Jindal is the youngest child of Smt [[Savitri Jindal]] and late [[Om Prakash Jindal]]. His father was born into a farming family in Haryana's [[Hisar district]], and became the founder of the steel and power conglomerate, the O.P. Jindal Group. O.P. Jindal stood for elections to the [[Haryana Legislative Assembly]] and won thrice in 1991, 2000 and 2005 and contested elections to the [[Lok Sabha]] from Haryana's Kurukshetra constituency in 1996 and won. O.P Jindal was serving as the Power Minister in the Haryana government when he died on 31 March 2005, in a helicopter crash at the age of 74.
* Silver medal in the team skeet event at the 9th [[South Asian Federation Games]], Islamabad, Pakistan, 2004
 
* Bronze in the team event at the Singapore Shooting Invitation, 2003
Naveen's mother Savitri Jindal was a Minister<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/savitri-jindal-inducted-in-haryana-govt-as-cabinet-minister-113102900658_1.html|title=Savitri Jindal inducted in Haryana govt as cabinet minister|author=Mansi Taneja|date=29 October 2013|work=business-standard.com}}</ref> in the Haryana Government and MLA from Hisar. She is the Chairperson Emeritus of [[Jindal Steel and Power]] Limited and JSW Steel.
* Silver in the team event at the Singapore Shooting Invitation, 2002
 
Naveen is married to acclaimed [[Kuchipudi]] dancer and Chairperson of National Bal Bhawan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/MP-Navin-Jindals-wife-to-head-National-Bal-Bhawan/articleshow/27918370.cms|title=MP Navin Jindal's wife to head National Bal Bhawan|work=The Times of India}}</ref> Shallu Jindal. The couple has two children, a son and a daughter.
 
Naveen has eight siblings: sisters [[Saroj Bhartia]], [[Nirmala Goel]], [[Urmila Bhuwalka]], [[Sarika Jhunjhunwala]] and [[Seema Jajodia]]; and brothers [[Prithviraj Jindal]], [[Sajjan Jindal]] and [[Ratan Jindal]] who are industrialists like him. Prithviraj Jindal is the Chairman (Non - Executive) of Jindal SAW Ltd.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.jindalsaw.com/jindal-organization.php | title=Jindal Saw LTD}}</ref> [[Sajjan Jindal]] is the Chairman of JSW Group.<ref>[[Sajjan Jindal]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=November 2017}} Ratan Jindal is the managing Director of Jindal Stainless Limited.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.jindalstainless.com/jindal-uk-board-of-directors.php | title=Jindal Stainless}}</ref>


==Honours and awards==
==Recognitions==
 
===Individual===
* Jindal has been conferred with the Justice P.N. Bhagwati Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to legal education and corporate philanthropy. Instituted by the Capital Foundation, the award was presented by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, former President of India, December 2011<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/26070-naveen-jindal-gets-bhagwati-award.html
* Jindal has been conferred with the Justice P.N. Bhagwati Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to legal education and corporate philanthropy. Instituted by the Capital Foundation, the award was presented by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, former President of India, December 2011<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/26070-naveen-jindal-gets-bhagwati-award.html
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* [[University of Texas at Dallas]], renamed its School of Management after Naveen Jindal in 2011. It is now called the Naveen Jindal School of Management.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.thehindu.com/business/article2521066.ece
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* [[Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award|Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award]] in the field of Energy and Infrastructure, 2010<ref>{{cite web
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====International====
* Gold medal in the team skeet event for India at the Singapore Open Shooting Championship, 2007
* Silver medal in the team skeet event at the 9th [[South Asian Federation Games]], Islamabad, Pakistan, 2004
* Bronze in the team event at the Singapore Shooting Invitation, 2003
* Silver in the team event at the Singapore Shooting Invitation, 2002


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For Naveen Kumar Jindal, BJP Delhi leader, see 2022 Muhammad remarks controversy.


Naveen Jindal
Naveen Jindal at the World Economic Forum
Member of parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2004 – 2014
Preceded byKailasho Devi
Succeeded byRaj Kumar Saini
ConstituencyKurukshetra
Personal details
Born (1970-03-09) 9 March 1970 (age 56)
Hisar, Haryana, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse(s)
Shallu Jindal
(
m. 1994)
[1]
Parents
RelativesShael Oswal (brother-in-law)
Pankaj Oswal (brother-in-law)
ResidenceDelhi and Kurukshetra
Alma materCampus School, CCS HAU
Delhi Public School, Mathura Road
University of Delhi
University of Texas at Dallas
ProfessionIndustrialist
Politician
Philanthropist[2]
Sportsman

Naveen Jindal (born 9 March 1970) is an Indian billionaire industrialist,[3] philanthropist, and a former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Kurukshetra, Haryana in the 14th and 15th Lok Sabha.[3][4] He currently serves as the Chairman of Jindal Steel and Power Limited[5] and Chancellor of O. P. Jindal Global University.

He is an active campaigner for population stabilisation, women's empowerment, environmental conservation, health and education.[6] As an acknowledgement of Jindal's donations to his alma mater, the University of Texas at Dallas renamed its School of Management to Naveen Jindal School of Management in 2011.[7]

Background and personal life

Jindal was born in Hisar, Haryana, on 9 March 1970, youngest child of the late industrialist-philanthropist-politician Shri Om Prakash Jindal,[8][9] former Minister of Power in the Government of Haryana, India, and his wife Smt Savitri Jindal who too was a minister in Haryana Government till 2014.[citation needed] Jindal studied at Campus School, CCS HAU[10] and DPS Mathura Road[11] before graduating in Commerce from Hans Raj College, Delhi University in 1990.[12] He completed an MBA at the University of Texas at Dallas in 1992. He was the President of the Student Government and recipient of the Student Leader of the Year Award at the University of Texas at Dallas.[13]

Naveen Jindal is the youngest child of Smt Savitri Jindal and late Om Prakash Jindal. His father was born into a farming family in Haryana's Hisar district, and became the founder of the steel and power conglomerate, the O.P. Jindal Group. Naveen Jindal stood for elections to the Haryana Legislative Assembly and won thrice in 1991, 2000 and 2005 and contested elections to the Lok Sabha from Haryana's Kurukshetra constituency in 1996 and won.[citation needed] O.P Jindal was serving as the Power Minister in the Haryana government when he died on 31 March 2005, in a helicopter crash at the age of 74.[citation needed]

Naveen's mother Savitri Jindal was a Minister in the Haryana Government and MLA from Hisar. She is the Chairperson Emeritus of Jindal Steel and Power Limited and JSW Steel.[14]

Naveen is married to acclaimed Kuchipudi dancer and chairperson of National Bal Bhawan, Shallu Jindal née Oswal, the daughter of Abhey Kumar Oswal -founder of Oswal Agro Mills and Oswal Greentech- and sister of Shael Oswal and Pankaj Oswal. The couple has two children, a son and a daughter.[15]

Naveen has eight siblings: including Prithviraj Jindal, Sajjan Jindal and Ratan Jindal who are industrialists like him. Prithviraj Jindal is the Chairman (Non - Executive) of Jindal SAW Ltd.[16] Sajjan Jindal is the Chairman of JSW Group. Ratan Jindal is the Chairman of Jindal Stainless Limited.[17]

Right to display the National flag

Naveen Jindal is known as the man who won the right to display the National Flag on all days of the year for all Indians. [18]

Jindal's struggle for the tricolour began in early 1992 when he hoisted a tricolour at his factory in Raigarh. The then Commissioner of Bilaspur objected to it on the ground that as per the Flag Code of India, a private citizen was not permitted to fly the Indian flag except on certain days. Jindal filed a petition before the High Court arguing that no law could forbid Indian citizens from flying the national flag and, furthermore, the Flag Code of India was only a set of executive instructions from the Government of India and therefore not law. While he went out to court against the objections of the government officials, he did not remove the flag from the factory and kept flying it with respect and dignity.[19]

The High Court allowed the petition and held the Flag Code of India was not a valid restriction on the right to freedom of expression under Article 19 of the Indian Constitution. The High Court observed that, according to Article 19(2), the only valid limitations on this right were those that were contained in the statute.[citation needed] In cases concerning the regulation of the flying of the national flag, such limitations could be found in the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act 1950 or the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act 1971.[citation needed]

The Union of India filed an appeal against this decision to the Supreme Court on the basis that whether citizens were free to fly the national flag was a policy decision, and could not be subject to court interference.[citation needed]

Supreme Court was pleased to grant leave and stay the operation of the impugned judgment. The flag continued to fly as Jindal's lawyer said "it would not be contempt of court since the judgement had only been stayed".[citation needed]

The matter then came up for hearing before the Supreme Court which observed that prima facie they see no reason why citizens cannot express patriotism by displaying the national flag. The court also observed that restrictions on flying of the national flag only on certain days by private citizens seemed unsustainable.[citation needed]

The Supreme Court on 23 January 2004 dismissed the Civil Appeal No. 2920 of 1996 arising out of SLP No. 1888 of 1996 filed by the Union of India against the judgment and order dates 22 September 1995 of Delhi High Court and held that flying the national flag was a symbol of expression that came within the right to freedom of expression under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution.[20]

Jindal has been strongly advocating to mark 23 January as the "National Flag Day".[21] While India observes Armed Forces Flag Day on 7 December, it does not have a National Flag Day.

Business

Jindal Steel and Power

Jindal is the Chairman of Jindal Steel and Power Limited (formerly known as Jindal Strips Limited) which was a moderately performing enterprise when Jindal first took over its Raigarh and Raipur operations in 1993.[22] Today, JSPL operates an iron manufacturing plant in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, and plants in Jharkhand and Odisha.[23] The company has set up captive power plants using waste products from the sponge iron making process to generate power.[24]

He has been ranked amongst Asia’s 25 Hottest People in Business by the Fortune Asia magazine for turning a struggling steel company into an Asian blue-chip giant. He has also been ranked as India’s Best CEO by Business Today based on a BT-INSEAD-HBR study of top value creators for the period 1995 to 2011. JSPL has been rated the Second Highest Value Creator in the world by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) of USA.[citation needed]

Naveen Jindal

Naveen Jindal set up the world's first coal-gasification based steelmaking plant at Angul, Odisha that uses the locally available high-ash coal and turns it into synthesis gas for steel making thus reducing the dependence on imported coke-rich coal.[citation needed] Jindal believes that coal gasification technology has immense potential for countries like India, where non-coking coal is abundantly available. JSPL's coal gas-based steel tech became a case study at Harvard University.[25]

Recently Union steel minister Ram Chandra Prasad Singh inaugurated Jindal Steel's 1.4 MTPA TMT rebar mill at its integrated complex in Odisha's Angul district.[26]

Jindal Steel is expanding its Angul Plant capacity from 6 MTPA to 12MTPA and the company will achieve an overall 15 MTPA steelmaking capacity by 2025.[27]

Coal Block Deallocation

In 2014, the Supreme Court of India in a surprise move cancelled the coal blocks allocated to Indian steel and Power companies that had been allocated through successive Governments at the Centre.[citation needed] Jindal's company too was affected as its coal blocks got cancelled and it has to pay the arbitrary retrospective levy. This led to a scenario where most of the private steel and power companies in India became Non Performing Assets.[28]

Jindal's company JSPL saw a tough time with debt levels going to 50,000 crore rupees.[29]

Turnaround

The company went from the second-highest wealth creator with a share price of Rs 700 to a debt-ridden one with its share price tumbling down to Rs 62. The company however scripted a turnaround and came back green. In 2022 March, its share price jumped to Rs 530.[citation needed]

Business India magazine wrote: "JSPL has placed a singular focus on sweating its assets, improving capacity utilisations and deleveraging. From a loss-making company to making a PAT of Rs7,500 crore is a big story."[30]

Philanthropy

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OP Jindal Global University

Naveen Jindal - OPJGU

Jindal founded[31] the OP Jindal Global University (OPJGU or JGU) in 2009, in memory of his father, Mr. O.P. Jindal. Situated in Sonepat, Haryana, JGU has made significant progress towards achieving the goal through its nine schools; three research, capacity building and training institutes; and multiple research initiatives and centres. JGU is one of the few universities in Asia that maintains a 1:9 faculty-student ratio and appoints faculty members from India and different parts of the world with outstanding academic qualifications and experience. The Jindal Global Law School at JGU is India’s Number One Law School and among the top 100 in the world.[citation needed]

OP Jindal University, Chhattisgarh

Jindal is also the Founder and Patron of the OP Jindal University, Chhattisgarh.[32] It started as an engineering college in 2008 and in a span of 4years, OPJU became India’s first and only private university to offer courses in steelmaking, metallurgy and management. The University was awarded the ‘Best Private University in Chhattisgarh’ at The Progress Global Awards 2020.

Naveen Jindal School of Management

Jindal completed his MBA from the School of Management, the University of Texas at Dallas. In 2011, Jindal made a very substantial donation to the same institution, and as a result of which, the School of Management was renamed "Naveen Jindal School of Management" the same year.[33] This recognition has also led to the establishment of the Naveen Jindal Institute for Indo-American Business Studies.[citation needed]

Philanthropy During Covid-19 Pandemic

During the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, India witnessed a tragic and emergency situation as hospitals ran short of the sudden demand for liquid medical oxygen. With death looming all around, there was despair. The Indian steel industry came forward and decided to halt production and divert their stock of liquid medical oxygen to hospitals.[34] Jindal's efforts coupled with his tweets of tankers leaving his plants came as messages of hope.[35] His selfless act of handling the situation directly and sending Oxygen was lauded by all. Chief Ministers of several Indian states took to Twitter and thanked Jindal for his timely intervention that potentially saved thousands of lives.[36]

He was also felicitated with AsiaOne Super 50 COVID-19 Commitment Award 2020-21.[37]

Politics

Template:Promotional tone Jindal's involvement in politics began in his student days. He was the President of the Student Government and recipient of the Student Leader of the Year Award at the University of Texas at Dallas.[38] After completing his post-graduation in the US, Jindal returned to India and began managing his father's political affairs.[citation needed]

Member of Parliament

In 2004 he stood for elections from the Kurukshetra constituency in the north Indian state of Haryana on an Indian National Congress ticket. He defeated his nearest rival Abhay Singh Chautala by a margin of 130,000 votes.[39] He was re-elected in the 2009 general elections. His focus as an MP has been on the problems of corruption, over-population, women's empowerment, environment, health and education. Jindal moved a private member bill in Lok Sabha for a comprehensive Food and Nutrition Security Scheme that paved the way for the Food Security Act. He lost the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Kurukshetra.[citation needed]

Parliamentary responsibilities & initiatives

  • Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs
  • Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defense
  • Special Invitee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation
  • Convener, Parliamentary Forum on Children
  • Executive Member, Indian Parliamentary Group
  • Additional Member, Parliamentary Forum on Population & Health
  • Member, Kurukshetra Development Board
  • Sports Secretary, Constitution Club of India
  • Convener, Sub-Committee on Modernisation of Prison Administration, Ministry of Home Affairs

Sports

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Polo

Naveen Jindal Polo1

Naveen Jindal is an active Polo player. He is the Captain and Patron of the Jindal Panther Polo Team. He started playing Polo 3 decades ago at the age of 18 and really got hooked on it. He started his own team in 1995 that has won various tournaments including the Indian Open, Indian Masters, Maharaja Hari Singh Memorial Cup, Maharaja Jiwaji Rao Scindia Cup and the Bhopal Pataudi Cup. He was declared the Most Valuable Player at the finals of Maharaja Jiwaji Rao Scindia Gold Cup 2019.

“I was always very fond of horses. When we moved to Delhi, I joined the President’s Estate Polo Club just to ride. I saw people playing polo and was fascinated by it. I started playing and got hooked," he said in an interview with Mint.[40]

Naveen Jindal polo2

Shooting

Naveen Jindal is an accomplished skeet shooter. The Indian Shooting Team, under his captaincy, won a silver medal in the South Asian Federation Games, April 2004, in Pakistan. He has also represented the country in the Asian games held in Busan, South Korea in 2002. In 2003, he set a National record in skeet shooting which stays unmatched till today.

He was also a part of the Haryana shooting team that won the gold medal at the 54th National shooting Championship competition (Big Bore) in the civilian category held at Gurgaon in May 2011.[41]

Sports medals

  • Gold medal in the team skeet event for India at the Singapore Open Shooting Championship, 2007
  • Silver medal in the team skeet event at the 9th South Asian Federation Games, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2004
  • Bronze in the team event at the Singapore Shooting Invitation, 2003
  • Silver in the team event at the Singapore Shooting Invitation, 2002

Recognitions

  • Jindal has been conferred with the Justice P.N. Bhagwati Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to legal education and corporate philanthropy. Instituted by the Capital Foundation, the award was presented by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, former President of India, December 2011[42]
  • Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the field of Energy and Infrastructure, 2010[43]

References

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  2. ↑ "Naveen Jindal: Philanthropist Leader Shows the Way". Utdallas.edu.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Forbes - Jindal Family". forbes.com.
  4. ↑ "Shri Naveen Jindal – Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha)". India.gov.in. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Mr. Naveen Jindal – Chairman". Jindalsteelpower.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011.
  6. ↑ "About the Chairman". www.jindalsteelpower.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "New Names for Management School, Management Honors Program Recognize Record Alumni Gifts". Utdallas.edu. Archived from the original on 9 March 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  8. ↑ "Savitri Jindal, Aftab Ahmed sworn into Haryana cabinet". hindustantimes.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014.
  9. ↑ Om Prakash Jindal
  10. ↑ "Naveen Jindal on Twitter, @MPNaveenJindal". Twitter. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2020. Remembering with love & gratitude all my teachers from Campus School Hisar, Sawan Public School, DPS Mathura Road, Hansraj College, @jindal_utdallas, my parents, polo & shooting instructors, friends, colleagues and everyone who has enriched me with knowledge on #TeachersDay
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  14. ↑ Mansi Taneja (29 October 2013). "Savitri Jindal inducted in Haryana govt as cabinet minister". business-standard.com.
  15. ↑ "MP Navin Jindal's wife to head National Bal Bhawan". The Times of India. 25 December 2013.
  16. ↑ "Jindal Saw LTD".
  17. ↑ "Jindal Stainless".
  18. ↑ Ramesh Menon (June 2001). "My Flag, My Country". rediff.com.
  19. ↑ "Naveen Jindal vs Union of India on 22 September, 1995".
  20. ↑ "UNION OF INDIA Vs. NAVEEN JINDAL".
  21. ↑ Naveen Jindal (23 January 2019). "India must mark 23 January as National Flag Day". theprint.in.
  22. ↑ Kahol, Vikas (13 June 2013). "Jindal empire in trouble, faces allegations in coal allocation scam". India Today. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  23. ↑ "Business | Steel Industry| Jindal Steel and Power Limited". www.jindalsteelpower.com. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  24. ↑ "Coal Gas for DRI plant". www.jindalsteelpower.com. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  25. ↑ "JSPL's coal gas-based steel tech in Harvard case study". Business Standard India. 18 January 2015.
  26. ↑ Ujjval Jauhari (30 April 2022). "Steel minister inaugurates Jindal Steel's TMT rebar mill in Angul, Odisha". livemint.com.
  27. ↑ "Jindal Steel & Power's 1.4 MTPA Rebar Mill dedicated to the Nation". Business Standard India. 28 April 2022.
  28. ↑ Mukherjee, Prashant. "Policy missteps, over-reliance on CIL: How power plants lost their coal, fuelled blackout worries". The Economic Times.
  29. ↑ "Jindal Steel Again Defaults on Interest Payment".
  30. ↑ "Amazing turnaround of JSPL".
  31. ↑ "About Us | OP Jindal Global University". 9 August 2018.
  32. ↑ "Patron's Message | Best Engineering College in Central India - OP Jindal University".
  33. ↑ "Univ of Texas names business studies institute after Naveen Jindal - Times of India". The Times of India. 7 October 2011.
  34. ↑ "JSPL's steel output to fall by 15% due to diversion of oxygen for medical purposes: Chairman Naveen Jindal". 27 April 2021.
  35. ↑ "Jindal Steel sends tanker with 10 tons of Oxygen to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital". 26 April 2021.
  36. ↑ "Captain Amarinder Singh on Twitter, capt_amarinder". Twitter. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2020. Appreciate the helpful gesture of Naveen Jindal and his team at JSPL for sending tankers of Liquid Medical Oxygen to Punjab. Thank you for standing with us in this hour of need.
  37. ↑ "Jindal Steel & Power on Twitter, @ jsplcorporate". Twitter. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2022. Our Chairman Shri Naveen Jindal was felicitated with AsiaOne Super 50 COVID-19 Commitment Award 2020-21 by @asiaonecom .
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  39. ↑ "The Hindu Business Line : Naveen Jindal wins Kurukshetra for Cong". thehindubusinessline.com.
  40. ↑ "How staying in the saddle can build ability to strategize". 20 May 2019.
  41. ↑ "Biographical Sketch of Mr. Naveen Jindal" (PDF). www.jindalsteelpower.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2012.
  42. ↑ "Naveen Jindal gets Bhagwati Award – the pioneer". Dailypioneer.com.
  43. ↑ "Shri Naveen Jindal – Entrepreneur of the Year – Energy & Infrastructure – Ernst and Young". Ey.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011.
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