By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR/BARBIL/ANGUL: Jindal Steel and Power Limited Chairman Naveen Jindal was on Friday led the prayers in memory of his late father and India’s noted Industrialist Om Prakash Jindal on his 90th Birth Anniversary.
Offering floral tribute at the statute of his late father at JSPL’s Raigarh facility in neighbouring Chhattisgarh, Chairman Naveen Jindal tweeted “Paid tributes to Bauji at Raigarh, along with fellow Jindalites. Raigarh is a testimony to my father Shri #OPJindal ‘s vision and his commitment to nation-building,”.
In another tweet, JSPL Chairman, Naveen Jindal@MPNaveenJindal said “Remembering my mentor & role model, my father Shri OP Jindal on his 90th birth anniversary. A visionary man, Bauji always worked towards building a self-reliant India. We love u & miss u Daddy, trying our best to walk the path you have shownFolded hands#OPJindal,”. “On his 90th birth anniversary, we pay tributes to our founder Chairman, the visionary Shri OP Jindal,” tweeted JSPL@JSPLCorporate.
JSPL observed the occasions in Odisha’s Barbil, Angul and Bhubaneswar. To commemorate the day, several programmes were organised at Jindal School and pellet plant premises. Executive Vice President and JSPL’s Barbil Unit Head Shri Suresha G along with other employees and workers of the pelletisation complex offered floral tributes to the visionary industrialist and philanthropist, who was fondly called as Bauji.
In his address Suresha G, said, “Bauji was a visionary entrepreneur with highest standards of ethics, transparency and integrity. He was very optimistic and his journey will remain as the eternal source of inspiration and guidance for all young Indians. He will always be remembered for his immense contribution to the Indian Steel Industry.”
Earlier in the day, havan and yagna was performed at Shramik Vihar in the pellet plant premises. Over three hundred workers and employees paid respect to the revered soul at the end of the day-long event. In a unique way, paying tributes to the leader, students of Jindal School performed cultural programme through a virtual meet.
The event included classical dance and recitation of self-composed poems in memory of the leader. Among others EVP (Commercial) SK Agrawal, GM (HR & ES) Sarat Kishore Panda, DGM (CSR) Vargil Lakra and Jindal School principal Ms Sangitarani Das were present on the occasion.
