By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: JSP Chairman Naveen Jindal and his elder brother JSW Group Chairman, Sajjan Jindal on Sunday paid rich tribute to ‘Bauji’ Visionary Steel Tycoon Shri OP Jindal on his 92nd Birth Anniversary.
“Where others saw walls, he saw doors…Remembering my role model and source of inspiration, my father Shri OP Jindal on his 92nd birth anniversary. Happy birthday daddy, we love you and miss you, trying our best to walk your path. #RememberingBauji, JSP Chairman Naveen Jindal said in a tweet.
‘My father always taught us that an organisation only grows when the employees and communities around it grow. Today on my father’s 92nd birth anniversary we all look back at all the learnings we got from him that continue to guide us even today. #RemembringBauji,’ JSW Group Chairman Sajjan Jindal said in a tweet.
Meanwhile, Odisha Facilities of Jindal Steel and Power and JSW on Sunday joined their Chairman Naveen Jindal and Sajjan Jindal respectively, to paid rich tribute to India’s Steel tycoon , visionary , Shri OP Jindal, on his 92nd Birth Anniversary .
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.[2]
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 Minister of State for Revenue, Disaster Management, Rehabilitation and Housing in Haryana state government, while his son Naveen was a member of the Parliament.
