Summary

Sajjan Jindal, the Chairman and Managing Director of Jindal South West or JSW, was born on December 5, 1959, to Om Prakash Jindal and Savitri Jindal. He joined the OP Jindal Group as a freshly graduated mechanical engineer from Bengaluru, and within a year he moved to Mumbai to look after the western region operations. He promoted Jindal Iron and Steel Company Limited (JISCO), for manufacturing cold rolled and galvanised sheet products. He promoted Jindal Vijaynagar Steel (JVSL), JSW Energy (JSWEL) and Jindal Praxair Oxygen (JPOCL) and Vijayanagar Minerals Private. (VMPL) to ensure complete integration of the manufacturing progress. His steel companies, JISCO and JVSL were merged to form JSW Steel.

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Achievements and Major Timelines

• 1982: Joined the OP Jindal Group as a freshly graduated mechanical engineer from Bangaluru.
• 1989: He promoted the JISCO for manufacturing of Cold Rolled and Galvanised Sheet Products.
• 1995: He promoted JVSL, JSW Energy and JPOCL to ensure complete integration of the manufacturing progress.
• 2005: His steel companies, JISCO and JVSL, were merged to form JSW Steel.
• 2008: He became the president of ASSOCHAM.
• 2014: He was an instrumental figure in establishing the Indian Steel Association.
• 2021: He served as the chairman of the World Steel Association.
• 2023: Jindal was nominated as the chairperson of the Board of Governors of IIT Tirupati.