By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The Jindal Steel and Power Chairman and former 2times Lok Sabha MP Mr Naveen Jindal on Sunday turned nostalgic while sharing memories of 29 years of bonding with his lovely classical dancer turned philanthropist, wife, Shallu Jindal, who also heads, JSP’Group’s CSR Arms, JSP Foundation.
JSP Chairman Naveen Jindal married to noted Indian classical dancer and a compassionate CSR leader Shallu Jindal in 1994 and successfully completed 29 years of togetherness today on Sunday. The couple is blessed with two children, Venkatesh and Yashasvini.
“Celebrating 29 years of love & togetherness.Happy anniversary @shallujindal20 – my extraordinary partner, guide, & pillar of support. Thank you for being by my side through thick and thin. I love you more than words can express; truly blessed to have you,’ JSP Chairman Naveen Jindal said in a tweet on Sunday morning as they celebrate their wedding anniversary.
A crusader for the Indian national flag, an advocate of women and child rights, a philanthropist, a parliamentarian, a politician, a successful industrialist, and a sportsman par excellence…that’s Naveen Jindal for you. A man of myriad talents, Naveen stands out for his sense of commitment, responsibility, dedication, honesty, integrity and sheer passion in all his undertakings. Born in Hisar, Haryana, on 9 March 1970, Naveen is the youngest child of the industrialist-philanthropist-politician Shri Om Prakash Jindal. He is the President of the Flag Foundation of India. He led a campaign to democratise the Tricolour, and his decade-long legal struggle resulted in a historic Supreme Court judgment allowing every Indian to display the Indian Flag with pride on all days of the year.
Naveen’s hard work and business acumen demands applause, for he has transformed the once moderately performing enterprise to the organisation that today operates as the world’s largest coal-based sponge iron manufacturing plant in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, in addition to plants in Jharkhand and Odisha.
JSPL Foundation Chairperson, Shallu Jindal is a New Delhi based multitalented, charismatic and accomplished personality of subtle substance and sophisticated style. She believes and excels in meaningful and wide ranging, ‘direct to the deserving’ social, charitable and welfare activity and is a philanthropist in her own right. This doe-eyed and slender beauty appreciates art, promotes culture and has worked relentlessly towards becoming arguably, one of the leading exponents of the great Indian classical dance of Kuchipudi.
Mother of two lovely and extremely talented children, Shallu juggles her time artfully to vigorously pursue her wide ranging interests, desires and hobbies while diligently bringing up her children and carefully administering her plush home with elan. Besides Indian classical dance, her interests encompass art & culture, interior design and decoration and social activism. Additionally, promoting the legacy of the National Flag amongst the masses, especially youth, as an abiding symbol of the country’s sovereignty, spirit and strength, (in tandem with her husband) is another of her pulsating interests.
