Naveen Jindal
| Naveen Jindal | |
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Naveen Jindal at the World Economic Forum
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| MP in 14th and 15th Lok Sabha | |
| Preceded by | Kailasho Devi |
| Succeeded by | Raj Kumar Saini |
| Constituency | Kurukshetra |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
9 March 1970 Hisar, Haryana, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Shallu Jindal |
| Residence | Delhi and Kurukshetra |
| Alma mater |
Delhi Public School, Mathura Road University of Delhi University of Texas at Dallas |
| Profession |
Industrialist politician Philanthropist Sportsman |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Website | Naveen Jindal |
Naveen Jindal (born 9 March 1970) is an Indian industrialist, and a former Member of Parliament (MP) from Kurukshetra, Haryana. He is the Chairman of Jindal Steel and Power Limited, a part of the $17 billion diversified O.P. Jindal Group founded by his father. He represented Kurukshetra in the northern Indian state of Haryana in the 14th and 15th Lok Sabha.
He is an active campaigner for population stabilisation, women's empowerment, environmental conservation, health and education. As an acknowledgement of Jindal's support to his alma mater, the University of Texas at Dallas renamed its School of Management the Naveen Jindal School of Management in 2011. Along with his wife noted danceuse Shallu Jindal – he founded the Flag Foundation of India, which is their effort to foster among Indian youth respect for the Tiranga and the values it embodies.
Jindal was born in in Hisar, Haryana, on 9 March 1970, youngest child of the late industrialist-philanthropist-politician Shri Om Prakash Jindal, former Minister of Power in the Government of Haryana, India, and his wife Smt Savitri Jindal who too was a minister in Haryana Government till 2014. Naveen studied at Campus School Hisar, Haryana before graduating in Commerce from Hans Raj College, Delhi University in 1990. He completed an MBA degree from the University of Texas at Dallas in 1992. He was the President of the Student Government and recipient of the Student Leader of the Year Award at the University of Texas at Dallas.
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