Sangita Jindal

Sangita Jindal is an Indian businesswoman and the chairman of the JSW Foundation,[1] which drives social development projects within the JSW Group. She also leads Jindal Arts Centre and she is the President of Art India magazine, a leading art magazine focusing on contemporary art practices and critical theory. [2] which promotes interdisciplinary arts activity, in India. JSW Foundation has also won the Golden Peacock Award for CSR in 2009.[3]

Sangita Jindal
Sangita Jindal
Born1962
Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, India
OccupationChairperson - JSW Foundation
Spouse(s)Sajjan Jindal
Children3, including Parth Jindal

She is married to Sajjan Jindal and is the mother of businessman Parth Jindal.

Biography

Jindal was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata) on 30 August 1962 to Kailash Kumar Kanoria and Urmila Kanoria.[4] She has one sibling Saket Kanoria. She completed her education at St. Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad. She has a son named Parth Jindal and two daughters Tarini Jindal Handa and Tanvi Jindal.

Career

At JSW Foundation she tries to improve the quality of life of people by empowering them and by supporting sustainable scalable solutions. She also engages in philanthropic work, including vocational training and partnerships and alliances with institutions, holistic development for the mentally challenged, and the empowerment of women through a rural BPO,[5] infant and maternal health initiative called Mission Hazaar Campaign adopted by Ministry of Women and Child Development under the "Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao"campaign[6]

She has been working towards the protection of the environment and to the institutionalisation of Earth Care Awards.[7]

Through JSW Foundation she has contributed towards conservation and restoration of the interiors of Sir J.J. School of Arts.[8]

An Eisenhower Fellow, she is an advisor for TEDx Gateway.[9] She was invited to chair the UN Women's Empowerment Principles Initiative in India.[10]

She is also awarded the Women Philanthropist Award by FICCI.[11]

She was also the chairperson of the Kala Ghoda Festival from 2000-2003.[12]

She has created the Hampi Foundation that has undertaken conservation work at three temples in Hampi.[13][14]

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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 December 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "The Fabulous Five".
  3. "The Fabulous Five".
  4. Menon, Rashmi (14 January 2015). "Mum's the word for JSW Steel's first lady Sangita Jindal". The Economic Times. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  5. rural BPO
  6. "Like mother, like daughter: The breakthrough Mission Hazaar campaign". The Economic Times. 15 October 2015.
  7. Earth Care Awards
  8. "Kipling house to become museum | Mumbai News - Times of India".
  9. "Sangita Jindal".
  10. "Indian companies come together for the first time to champion gender equality".
  13. "JSW Foundation chairperson Sangita Jindal is a patron of arts". The Economic Times. 27 November 2014.
  14. "The Politics of Culture".
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