By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR/BARBIL/ANGUL: As many as 181 Units of Blood were collected at blood donation camps hosted at Barbil and Angul by JSPL Foundation, the CSR Arms of Naveen Jindal led Jindal Steel and Power Limited on occasion of 91st Birth Anniversary of Group Founder and Visionary Steel Tycoon, Shri OP Jindal.A large number of staffs and employees donated blood at JSPL facilities at Barbil and Angul and collected 181 units of blood in these 2 camps on this occasion.
“On the occasion of 91st birth anniversary of our beloved Bauji, 181 units of blood were collected at #JSPLBarbil & #JSPLAngul and donated to blood bank. #RememberingBauji #OPJindal #DonateBloodSaveLives,’’ JSPL Foundation tweeted @JSPLFoundation.
Om Prakash Jindal (7 August 1930 – 31 March 2005), popularly known as O.P. Jindal, was born in Hisar, Haryana. He established a successful business enterprise Jindal Steel and Power under the flagship of the Jindal Organization, of which he was the chairman. In November 2004, Jindal was awarded the “Life Time Achievement Award” for his outstanding contribution to the Indian Steel Industry by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry. According to the latest Forbes List, he was ranked 13th amongst the richest Indians and placed 548th amongst the richest persons of the world.
Jindal was appointed Minister of Power in the Government of Haryana. He won the Hisar Legislative Assembly seat of Haryana three times consecutively. He was also a Member of the Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution from 1996 to 1997.
Jindal was elected to the Haryana Vidhan Sabha (the Haryana state government) in February 2005 and was the Minister of Power in the Government of Haryana at the time of his death. He was the Chairman of the N.C. Jindal Charitable Trust; Patron and Trustee of Agroha Vikas Trust and Agroha Medical College.
His four sons, Prithviraj Jindal, Sajjan Jindal, Ratan Jindal and Naveen Jindal now run the steel and power empire. His widow Savitri Jindal was a former Minister of State for Revenue, Disaster Management, Rehabilitation and Housing in Haryana state government, while his son Naveen was a member of the Parliament twice in Lok Sabha . His granddaughter Sminu Jindal is Managing Director of Jindal SAW and founder of Svayam.
