Sminu Jindal

Sminu Jindal (born 1973) is an Indian industrialist. She is the managing director of Jindal SAW Limited[1] and Founder-Chairperson of Svayam,[2] 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 Batra and Arjan Batra. She belongs to the US$22 billion O.P. Jindal Group.[3]

Sminu Jindal
Jindal in 2011
Born (1973-01-18) 18 January 1973
Hisar, India
Alma materMaharani Gayatri Devi Girls' Public School
Presentation Convent Senior Secondary School
Shri Ram College of Commerce
Fore School of Management
OccupationIndustrialist
SpouseIndresh Batra
ChildrenAnav Batra & Arjan Batra
ParentPR Jindal & Arti Jindal

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[4] since 2007.

Early life

Sminu studied at prestigious Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls' Public School[5] in Jaipur, Rajasthan and Presentation Convent Senior Secondary School[6] in New Delhi before graduating in commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce[7] (SRCC), New Delhi.

When she was 11, she had an accident on a drive home from Jaipur to New Delhi that left her reliant on a wheelchair for life.[8]

Business

Jindal joined Jindal SAW Limited[1] 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.[9]

Launch of the initiative "Svayam" by SJCT

In October 2000, SJCT launched its initiative 'Svayam' as a web-portal.[10]

Membership

She has been a Jury Member on the Committee for the National Awards for the Welfare of Persons with Disabilities, Govt. of India.[11]

Awards and honours
  • Women Entrepreneur of the Year 2009 Award by FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO)[12]
  • Young Global Leaders(YGL) 2009 by World Economic Forum[13]
  • National Tourism Award of Excellence jointly with ASI in 2009[14]
  • National Tourism Award 2011-12[14]
  • Sminu Jindal was tagged as 38th Most Powerful Women in India by Fortune India Magazine in 2011[15]
  • Asia-Pacific Enterprise Leadership Award (APELA) in the category of Social Service (2012)[16]
  • L'oreal Femina Women Award in 2014[17]
  • Global Youth Icon Awards 2014,[18]
  • GAATES Award of Recognition 2016[19]
  • Jindal has been featured in Books titled as Corporate Divas,[20] Why I failed?[21]

References
  1. "JINDAL SAW LTD". www.jindalsaw.com.
  2. "Welcome to svayam.com". www.svayam.com.
  3. "JINDAL SAW LTD". www.jindalsaw.com.
  4. "Assocham India :: National Councils". www.assocham.org.
  5. "MGD School,Jaipur". www.mgdschooljaipur.com.
  6. "Presentation Convent School". www.pcsdelhi.in.
  7. "Shri Ram College of Commerce". www.srcc.edu.
  8. "Success Story of Sminu Jindal, MD, Jindal Saw Ltd". inspireminds.in. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
  9. "Jindal ITF | Nurturing the Future".
  10. Reporter, Our Staff (2 October 2000). "A website for disabled". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  11. "Disabilities Affairs". disabilityaffairs.gov.in.
  12. Narayan, Subhash (25 February 2009). "Jindal MD honoured with 'Woman Entrepreneur of the Year 2009'". The Economic Times.
  13. Ojha, Abhilasha (7 March 2009). "Where the mind is without fear" – via Business Standard.
  14. "Woman Makes India's Wonders Accessible For All With Reduced Mobility". 23 August 2019.
  15. "Sminu Jindal - Most Powerful Women in 2011 - Fortune India". www.fortuneindia.com.
  16. Milliken, Neil (26 February 2018). "Sminu Jindal".
  17. "Femina Women Awards 2014". femina.in.
  18. Initiative, World Peace. "Global Youth ICON Awards At International Youth Peace Fest | Peace In Peace Out". peacerevolution.net.
  19. "GAATES Award of Recognition".
  20. "Corporate Divas".
  21. "Why I Failed".
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