Naveen Jindal
Naveen Jindal (born 9 March 1970) is an Indian industrialist, philanthropist, politician, sportsperson and the Member of Parliament of Kurukshetra constituency in Haryana.
He is the youngest son of Late Om Prakash Jindal, also an industrialist-politician who is associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
[13] 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.
[14][15] After his death, her wife Savitri Jindal joined politics and contested the Haryana Legislative Assembly elections from Hisar in 2005 and 2009 from the ticket of the Indian National Congress and won both terms.
[19] Naveen Jindal won a landmark legal case which affirmed that all Indians had the right to fly the National Flag on all days of the year.
[21] 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.
[citation needed] Supreme Court was pleased to grant leave and stay the operation of the impugned judgment.
[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.
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.
[citation needed] 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's company too was affected as its coal blocks got cancelled and it has to pay the arbitrary retrospective levy.
[citation needed] Business India magazine wrote: "JSPL has placed a singular focus on sweating its assets, improving capacity utilisations and deleveraging.
[34] It started as an engineering college in 2008 and in a span of 4 years, OPJU became India’s first and only private university to offer courses in steelmaking, metallurgy and management.
[35] 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.
The Indian steel industry came forward and decided to halt production and divert their stock of liquid medical oxygen to hospitals.
[38] After completing his post-graduation in the US, Jindal returned to India and began managing his father's political affairs.
The CBI filed a final report in further probe directed by a special court, citing certain disclosures made by a chartered accountant seeking to turn approver.
CBI had alleged that ex-Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, also accused in the case, had favoured Jindal group firms — Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) and Gagan Sponge Iron Private Ltd (GSIPL) — in allocation of Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block in Jharkhand.
He was declared the Most Valuable Player at the finals of Maharaja Jiwaji Rao Scindia Gold Cup 2019.
The Indian Shooting Team, under his captaincy, won a silver medal in the South Asian Federation Games, April 2004, in Pakistan.
