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Biographical Sketchof

Mr. Naveen Jindal

Member of Parliament ** Sportsman ** Industrialist

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Mr. Naveen Jindal is a Member of Parliament, a successful entrepreneur, and sportsenthusiast. He is the youngest son of the steel visionary and Minister of Power in the

government of Haryana, India, Late Sh. O.P. Jindal. At a very young age, he

transformed Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL), a moderately performing companyin the steel sector, into a star performer. JSPL is part of US $ 12 billion diversified

O.P. Jindal Group, which is the fourth largest business entity in India. Afterconsolidating its position of leading player in steel, power, mining and infrastructure,

JSPL has diversified into the oil & gas sector in a major way.

PERSONAL DETAILS:

Birth March 9, 1970.

Education Schooling from the Delhi Public School, New Delhi; graduation in

commerce from the Hans Raj College, Delhi University in 1990 and MBA from theUniversity of Texas at Dallas, USA in 1992.

POLI TICS In the service of humanity

Mr. Jindal started active participation in politics during his college days. He was the

President of the Student Government and recipient of the St uden t Leader o f t h e

Year A w ard - the highest student award at the University of Texas at Dallas.

After returning to India, Mr. Naveen Jindal managed his fathers political organization

and eventually followed his footsteps to enter national politics. Mr. Naveen Jindal gotelected to Indian Parliament with a big margin in 2004 from the Kurukshetra

constituency in the state of Haryana, India on the ticket of the largest & the oldest

party, the Indian National Congress. He repeated his performance in the subsequentelection in 2009 and returned to Parliament with an impressive victory. To weed out

corruption, population stabilization, promotion of clean environment and providinghealth and educational facilities in every nook and corner of his constituency are on

top of his political agenda. He wants to incorporate the best practices of businessmanagement in politics. He strongly feels its all about managing resources and

people.

After a decade long legal battle and a relentless campaign initiated by Mr. Naveen

Jindal on behalf of the people of India to give them the right to hoist the National

Flag publically, the Honble Supreme Court gave the landmark judgment on 23rdJanuary 2004 allowing citizens to fly the national flag with respect, dignity and

honour thus making it a fundamental right of every citizen. The decision prompted

the Cabinet to amend the National Flag Code.

Mr. Naveen Jindal has set up and hoisted the countrys highest flag in Kaithal andLadwa (Kurukshetra), Hissar, Kurukshetra and Sonepat in Haryana, Raigarh in

Chhattisgarh and Angul in Orissa. The flag hoisted are at a height of 206 feet.

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In the year 2009 he also campaigned for and got a favorable ruling from the Ministry

of Home Affairs on 22nd December, for letting the monumental flags be flown at night

with appropriate illumination.

Mr. Jindals proposal to the Rules Committee of Lok Sabha to allow the Members of

Lok Sabha to wear the National Flag Lapel in the Lok Sabha while seated wasaccepted on 18th of February 2010 by the committee.

On August 09, 2010, in a landmark judgment Honble High Court, Bilaspur while

quashing the FIR and complaint against Mr. Naveen Jindal Led Jindal Power Limited

observed that not lowering the flag at night is no violation of the Prevention ofInsults to National Honour Act, 1971. The historical judgment opened the door for

the common man to fly the Tiranga at night, adding yet another feather to Mr.Jindals crusade for the National Flag.

Mr. Jindal took yet another initiative to ensure that the smoking ban is implementedin one of the most hallowed institutions of the country The Parliament.

He was instrumental for getting acceptance of the Indian currency at Duty FreeShops at International Airports. He also got the spending limit at Duty Free shops

enhanced from Rs. 5000 to Rs. 7500.

He draws a lot of inspiration and courage from his revered father, Late Sh. O P Jindal

and Smt. Sonia Gandhi, President of the Indian National Congress.

ACHIEVEMENTS IN SPORTS

Mr. Naveen Jindal is a national record holder in skeet shooting. The Indian ShootingTeam, under his captaincy, won Silver medal in the South Asian Federation Games,April 2004, in Pakistan. He has also represented the country in Asian games held in

Busan, South Korea in 2002. Besides winning numerous medals in shooting at

national and international levels, Mr. Jindal has also excelled in Polo and JSPL Poloteam has won several laurels under his captaincy. Currently, he is taking a lot of

interest in promoting hockey, the national game of India.

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

Mr. Naveen Jindal is the Executive Vice Chairman & Managing Director of

Jindal Steel & Power Limited which is one of the most efficiently run steel

company in the world. The company is a part of the US $ 12 Billion O.P Jindal Group,the fourth largest business entity in India. The company has the worlds largest coal-

based sponge iron capacity and has established a Rail & Universal Beam Mill, whichis manufacturing worlds longest 121 metre rails and parallel flange beams &

columns in larger sizes for the first time in India.

Mr. Jindal is the Chairman of Jindal Power Limited, which is running 1,000 MW O. P.

Jindal Thermal Power Plant at Raigarh, Chhattisgarh.

Jindal Steel & Power Limited was awarded the Forbes Asias Fabulous 50

international award in 2009 & 2010. Jindal Steel & Power Limited was awarded the CNBCs Most Promising Entrant into

the Big League at IBLA (Indian business Leaders Award) 2009.

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Under the able leadership of Mr. Naveen Jindal, JSPL was rated as the highest wealth

creator in the country for the period 2005-09 and was also rated among Indias 50

best Blue Chip companies by Dalal Street journal.

Mr. Naveen Jindal was listed among 25 Indians who were part of the annual list of250 Global Young Leaders in 2007 prepared by the Geneva Based World Economic

Forum (WEF).

Mr. Naveen Jindal is currently:

Member, Public Accounts Committee

Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence

Special Invitee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways

Special Invitee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation

Convener, Parliamentary Forum on Children

Member, Executive Committee, Indian Parliamentary Group for the year 2009-10

Member, Kurukshetra Development Board