Gopal Krishna Singhania

Gopal Krishna Singhania was an Indian Industrialist.[1] He was born on 21 June 1933 to Sir Padampat Singhania and Lady Anusuya Singhania of the Singhania family. He died at the age of 47 on 3 January 1980.[2]

Gopal Krishna Singhania
Born21 June 1933
Died3 January 1980
NationalityIndian
Known forIndian Industrialist
Spouse(s)Sulochana Devi, Kalpana Singhania
ChildrenRamapati Singhania, Nidhipati Singhania, Ambika Kothari, Gopika Singhania
Parent(s)Padampat Singhania
Anusuya Singhania
FamilySinghania family

He was the youngest Chairman of Raymond Woollen Mills Ltd.[3][4] He also served as the Chairman of JK Synthetics Ltd,[5][6] now known as JK Enterprises, the first Indian company to produce nylon with its own polymerization process.[7] He was also the Director of Doe Jones Investments and Consultants Pvt Ltd and The New Kaiser-I Hind Spinning and Weaving Co Ltd.[8][9]

As the Chairman of Raymonds, he was instrumental in reinventing garment manufacturing in India. He introduced the cross breeding of Indian Deccani and Chokla sheep with Australian Merino rams at Raymond Wool Research and Development Division. This resulted in pioneering the production of high quality indigenous "Gopal Merino Wool" in India.[10][11] In 1967, he expanded Raymond Woollen Mill Ltd into Kenya as a joint venture with 67 employees.[12]

Gopal Krishna Singhania was first married to Mrs Sulochana Devi Singhania who died in 1967.[13] Later he married Mrs Kalpana Singhania. He was survived by two sons namely Ramapati Singhania, Nidhipati Singhania.[14] Gopika Singhania and Ambika Kothari are his two daughters.

Gopal Krishna Singhania established the Smt Sulochana Devi school in 1968 at Thane, Maharashtra, India in the memory of his first wife.[13]

The Gopal Krishna Singhania Memorial Endowment Award is bestowed by the Government of India for outstanding contributions in the field of air and water pollution control.[15]

References
  1. Wool and Woollens of India. Vol. 20. 1983. pp. 40–41.
  2. "Gopalkrishna Singhania dies of heart attack at 47". India Today. January 31, 1980. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  3. "Shri Gopalkrishna Singhania". Economic and Political Weekly: 7–8. 2015-06-05.
  4. Wool and Woollens of India. Vol. 37. 2000. p. 19.
  5. Singhania, Gopalkrishna (1970). "JK Synthetics Limited". Economic and Political Weekly. 5 (51): 2057–2059. ISSN 0012-9976. JSTOR 4360852.
  6. Kotari's Economic guide and investors' handbook of India. 1965. p. 1150.
  7. The Marwari Heritage. IntegralDMS. 2016. p. 227. ISBN 9781942322061.
  8. Academic foundation's Bulletin on Banking & Finance. Vol. 35. Academic Foundation. 2002. p. 254. ISBN 9788171882885.
  9. Official Year Book. Calcutta Stock Exchange Association Limited. 1965. p. 211.
  10. Wool and Woolens of India. 2000. pp. 19–20.
  11. "The making of the complete man". www.mid-day.com. 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  12. Ramu, S. Shiva (1996). Globalization: The Indian Scenario. Wheeler Pub. ISBN 978-81-85814-98-8.
  13. "1. SMT Sulochanadevi Singhania School". Hindustan Times. 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  14. Textile Trends. Vol. 40. Eastland Publications. 1997. p. 77.
  15. "Gopal Krishna Singhania Memorial Endowment Award | India Science, Technology & Innovation". www.indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
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