Naveen Jindal

Jindal was born in Hisar, Haryana, on 9 March 1970. He was the youngest of the four sons of the late industrialist-philanthropist-politician Om Prakash Jindal{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/savitri-jindal-aftab-ahmed-sworn-into-haryana-cabinet/article1-1144948.aspx|title=Savitri Jindal, Aftab Ahmed sworn into Haryana cabinet|work=hindustantimes.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216100757/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/savitri-jindal-aftab-ahmed-sworn-into-haryana-cabinet/article1-1144948.aspx|archive-date=16 December 2014|df=dmy-all}}Om Prakash Jindal and Savitri Jindal. Both of them were ministers in the Government of Haryana.{{Cite news |date=2024-03-28 |title=Savitri Jindal, Haryana ex-minister, quits Congress after son Naveen Jindal's switch to BJP |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/former-haryana-minister-savitri-jindal-quits-congress/articleshow/108840756.cms |access-date=2024-04-03 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257 |archive-date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403105948/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/former-haryana-minister-savitri-jindal-quits-congress/articleshow/108840756.cms |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Our Founder |url=https://www.opjms.edu.in/our-founder.html |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=www.opjms.edu.in}} Jindal studied at Campus School, CCS HAU{{cite news|url= https://twitter.com/MPNaveenJindal/status/1169441303689433089|quote= Remembering with love & gratitude all my teachers from Campus School Hisar, Sawan Public School, DPS Mathura Road, Hansraj College, @jindal_utdallas, my parents, polo & shooting instructors, friends, colleagues and everyone who has enriched me with knowledge on #TeachersDay|title= Naveen Jindal on Twitter, @MPNaveenJindal|publisher= Twitter|date= 5 September 2019|access-date= 28 March 2020|archive-date= 18 September 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190918232539/https://twitter.com/MPNaveenJindal/status/1169441303689433089|url-status= live}} and Delhi Public School{{Cite news | url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/naveen-jindal-represented-india-in-asian-games/articleshow/48871337.cms |title = Naveen Jindal represented India in Asian Games|newspaper = The Economic Times|date = 9 September 2015}} before graduating in Commerce from Hans Raj College, Delhi University in 1990.{{Cite web |url=http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4041 |title=Detailed Profile - Shri Naveen Jindal - Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) - Who's Who - Government: National Portal of India |access-date=30 August 2017 |archive-date=30 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830152221/http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4041 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |last=Mani |first=Gayathri |date=24 September 2017 |title=Wall of fame to inspire students in Delhi's Hansraj College |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2017/Sep/24/wall-of-fame-to-inspire-students-in-delhis-hansraj-college-1661736.html |access-date=25 February 2025 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}} He completed his MBA at the University of Texas at Dallas in 1992. There he served first as Student Government vice president, then president, at the same time earning the Student Leader of the Year Award.{{Cite web | url=http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/10/7-13181_Naveen-Jindal-Philanthropist-Leader-Shows-the-Way_article-wide.html |title = Naveen Jindal: Philanthropist Leader Shows the Way}}

His father was born into a farming family in Haryana's Hisar district, and became the founder of the steel and power conglomerate, the O.P. Jindal Group. Om Prakash Jindal contested elections to the Haryana Legislative Assembly and won in 1991, 2000 and 2005; he also contested elections to the Lok Sabha from Haryana's Kurukshetra constituency in 1996 and won. He served as a minister in the Government of Haryana until he died in a helicopter crash in 2005, aged 74.{{Cite news |title=Naveen Jindal joins BJP, is party nominee from Kurukshetra |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/naveen-jindal-joins-bjp-is-party-nominee-from-kurukshetra-604004 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403095951/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/naveen-jindal-joins-bjp-is-party-nominee-from-kurukshetra-604004 |archive-date=3 April 2024 |work=The Tribune (India)}}{{Cite web |title=Tragic deaths of Indian politicians - Gopinath Munde |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nation-world/tragic-deaths-of-indian-politicians/om-prakash-jindal-surinder-singh/slideshow/36028284.cms |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=The Economic Times}}

After his death, her wife Savitri Jindal joined politics and contested the Haryana Legislative Assembly elections from Hisar in 2005 and 2009 from the ticket of the Indian National Congress and won both terms. She was appointed as a minister in the Government of Haryana. She is the Chairperson Emeritus of Jindal Stainless Limited.{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/savitri-jindal-inducted-in-haryana-govt-as-cabinet-minister-113102900658_1.html|title=Savitri Jindal inducted in Haryana govt as cabinet minister|author=Mansi Taneja|date=29 October 2013|work=business-standard.com}}{{Cite web |date=2024-01-18 |title=Vision & Mission {{!}} Jindal Stainless |url=https://www.jindalstainless.com/overview#directors |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118001013/https://www.jindalstainless.com/overview#directors |archive-date=2024-01-18 |access-date=2024-04-03 }}

Naveen is married to Shallu Jindal. The couple has two children, a son and a daughter.

Naveen has eight siblings, including Prithviraj Jindal, Sajjan Jindal and Ratan Jindal. Prithviraj Jindal is the Chairman (Non Executive) of Jindal SAW Ltd.{{Cite web |date=3 April 2024 |title=Jindal Saw LTD |url=http://www.jindalsaw.com/jindal-organization.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403103322/https://www.jindalsaw.com/jindal-organization.php |archive-date=3 April 2024 |access-date=3 April 2024 |website=Jindal Saw}} Sajjan Jindal is the Chairman of JSW Group.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-07 |title=JSW - About Groups |url=https://www.jsw.in/groups/about-groups |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307174359/https://www.jsw.in/groups/about-groups |archive-date=2024-03-07 |access-date=2024-04-03 }}

Naveen Jindal won a landmark legal case which affirmed that all Indians had the right to fly the National Flag on all days of the year.{{cite news |url= https://www.rediff.com/news/2001/jun/13spec.htm |title= My Flag, My Country |author= Ramesh Menon |date= June 2001 |work= rediff.com |archive-date= 10 April 2018 |access-date= 12 June 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180410022736/http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/jun/13spec.htm |url-status= live }}

Jindal's struggle for the tricolour began in early 1992 when he hoisted a tricolour at his factory in Raigarh. The then Commissioner of Bilaspur objected to it on the ground that as per the Flag Code of India, a private citizen was not permitted to fly the Indian flag except on certain days. Jindal filed a petition before the High Court arguing that no law could forbid Indian citizens from flying the national flag and, furthermore, the Flag Code of India was only a set of executive instructions from the Government of India and therefore not law. While he went out to court against the objections of the government officials, he did not remove the flag and kept it flying at the factory.{{Cite web | url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1332036/ | title=Naveen Jindal vs Union of India on 22 September, 1995 | access-date=30 January 2018 | archive-date=5 December 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151205155712/http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1332036/ | url-status=live }}

The High Court allowed the petition and held the Flag Code of India was not a valid restriction on the right to freedom of expression under Article 19 of the Indian Constitution. The High Court observed that, according to Article 19(2), the only valid limitations on this right were those that were contained in the statute.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} In cases concerning the regulation of the flying of the national flag, such limitations could be found in the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act 1950 or the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act 1971.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

The Union of India filed an appeal against this decision to the Supreme Court on the basis that whether citizens were free to fly the national flag was a policy decision, and could not be subject to court interference.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

Supreme Court was pleased to grant leave and stay the operation of the impugned judgment. The flag continued to fly as Jindal's lawyer said "it would not be contempt of court since the judgement had only been stayed".{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

The matter then came up for hearing before the Supreme Court which observed that prima facie they see no reason why citizens cannot express patriotism by displaying the national flag. The court also observed that restrictions on flying of the national flag only on certain days by private citizens seemed unsustainable.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

The Supreme Court on 23 January 2004 dismissed the Civil Appeal No. 2920 of 1996 arising out of SLP No. 1888 of 1996 filed by the Union of India against the judgment and order dates 22 September 1995 of Delhi High Court and held that flying the national flag was a symbol of expression that came within the right to freedom of expression under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution.{{cite web | url=http://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?CaseId=004002801000 | title=UNION OF INDIA Vs. NAVEEN JINDAL | access-date=30 January 2018 | archive-date=30 January 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130145519/http://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?CaseId=004002801000 | url-status=live }}

Jindal has been strongly advocating to mark 23 January as the "National Flag Day".{{cite news|url= https://theprint.in/opinion/india-must-mark-23-january-as-national-flag-day-naveen-jindal/182222 |title= India must mark 23 January as National Flag Day |author=Naveen Jindal |date=23 January 2019|work= theprint.in }} While India observes Armed Forces Flag Day on 7 December, it does not have a National Flag Day.

Jindal is the Chairman of Jindal Steel and Power Limited (formerly known as Jindal Strips Limited) which was a moderately performing enterprise when Jindal first took over its Raigarh and Raipur operations in 1993.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/jindal-group-of-industries-jindal-steel-and-power-limited-166635-2013-06-13|title=Jindal empire in trouble, faces allegations in coal allocation scam|first1=Vikas|last1=Kahol|date=June 13, 2013|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-05-30|archive-date=30 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530100514/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/jindal-group-of-industries-jindal-steel-and-power-limited-166635-2013-06-13|url-status=live}} Today, JSPL operates an iron manufacturing plant in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, and plants in Jharkhand and Odisha.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jindalsteelpower.com/businesses/business.html|title=Business {{!}} Steel Industry{{!}} Jindal Steel and Power Limited|website=www.jindalsteelpower.com|access-date=2019-05-30|archive-date=30 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530100720/https://www.jindalsteelpower.com/businesses/business.html|url-status=live}} The company has set up captive power plants using waste products from the sponge iron making process to generate power.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jindalsteelpower.com/sustainabilities/coal-gas-for-dri-plant.html|title=Coal Gas for DRI plant|website=www.jindalsteelpower.com|access-date=2019-05-30|archive-date=30 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530100505/https://www.jindalsteelpower.com/sustainabilities/coal-gas-for-dri-plant.html|url-status=live}}

He has been ranked amongst Asia’s 25 Hottest People in Business by the Fortune Asia magazine for turning a struggling steel company into an Asian blue-chip giant. He has also been ranked as India’s Best CEO by Business Today based on a BT-INSEAD-HBR study of top value creators for the period 1995 to 2011. JSPL has been rated the Second Highest Value Creator in the world by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) of USA.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

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Naveen Jindal set up the world's first coal-gasification based steelmaking plant at Angul, Odisha that uses the locally available high-ash coal and turns it into synthesis gas for steel making thus reducing the dependence on imported coke-rich coal.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} Jindal believes that coal gasification technology has immense potential for countries like India, where non-coking coal is abundantly available.

JSPL's coal gas-based steel tech became a case study at Harvard University.{{cite news | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/jspl-s-coal-gas-based-steel-tech-in-harvard-case-study-115011800659_1.html | title=JSPL's coal gas-based steel tech in Harvard case study | newspaper=Business Standard India | date=18 January 2015 | archive-date=8 June 2022 | access-date=8 June 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608040109/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/jspl-s-coal-gas-based-steel-tech-in-harvard-case-study-115011800659_1.html | url-status=live }}

Recently Union steel minister Ram Chandra Prasad Singh inaugurated Jindal Steel's 1.4 MTPA TMT rebar mill at its integrated complex in Odisha's Angul district.{{cite news |url= https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/steel-minister-inaugurates-jindal-steel-s-tmt-rebar-mill-in-angul-odisha-11651303479173.html |title= Steel minister inaugurates Jindal Steel's TMT rebar mill in Angul, Odisha |author= Ujjval Jauhari |date= 30 April 2022 |work= livemint.com |archive-date= 2 July 2022 |access-date= 12 May 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220702141506/https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/steel-minister-inaugurates-jindal-steel-s-tmt-rebar-mill-in-angul-odisha-11651303479173.html |url-status= live }}

Jindal Steel is expanding its Angul Plant capacity from 6 MTPA to 12MTPA and the company will achieve an overall 15 MTPA steelmaking capacity by 2025.{{cite news | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-cm/jindal-steel-power-s-1-4-mtpa-rebar-mill-dedicated-to-the-nation-122042801080_1.html | title=Jindal Steel & Power's 1.4 MTPA Rebar Mill dedicated to the Nation | newspaper=Business Standard India | date=28 April 2022 | archive-date=12 May 2022 | access-date=12 May 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512112356/https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-cm/jindal-steel-power-s-1-4-mtpa-rebar-mill-dedicated-to-the-nation-122042801080_1.html | url-status=live }}

In 2014, the Supreme Court of India in a surprise move cancelled the coal blocks allocated to Indian steel and Power companies that had been allocated through successive Governments at the Centre.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} Jindal's company too was affected as its coal blocks got cancelled and it has to pay the arbitrary retrospective levy. This led to a scenario where most of the private steel and power companies in India became Non Performing Assets.{{cite news | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/prime/energy/policy-missteps-over-reliance-on-cil-how-power-plants-lost-their-coal-fuelled-blackout-worries/primearticleshow/86944233.cms | title=Policy missteps, over-reliance on CIL: How power plants lost their coal, fuelled blackout worries | newspaper=The Economic Times | last1=Mukherjee | first1=Prashant | archive-date=27 March 2022 | access-date=27 March 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327160526/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/prime/energy/policy-missteps-over-reliance-on-cil-how-power-plants-lost-their-coal-fuelled-blackout-worries/primearticleshow/86944233.cms | url-status=live }}

Jindal's company JSPL saw a tough time with debt levels going to 50,000 crore rupees.{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/business/jindal-steel-again-defaults-on-interest-payment-1620888|title=Jindal Steel Again Defaults on Interest Payment |date=3 November 2016 }}

The company went from the second-highest wealth creator with a share price of Rs 700 to a debt-ridden one with its share price tumbling down to Rs 62. The company however scripted a turnaround and came back green. In 2022 March, its share price jumped to Rs 530.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

Business India magazine wrote: "JSPL has placed a singular focus on sweating its assets, improving capacity utilisations and deleveraging. From a loss-making company to making a PAT of Rs7,500 crore is a big story."{{cite web | url=https://businessindia.co/magazine/amazing-turnaround-of-jspl#:~:text=From%20a%20loss%2Dmaking%20company,Rs50%2C000%20crore%20by%202022 | title=Amazing turnaround of JSPL | date=28 June 2021 | access-date=27 March 2022 | archive-date=19 May 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519075546/https://www.businessindia.co/magazine/amazing-turnaround-of-jspl#:~:text=From%20a%20loss%2Dmaking%20company,Rs50%2C000%20crore%20by%202022 | url-status=live }}

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Jindal founded{{Cite web|url=https://jgu.edu.in/about-us|title=About Us | OP Jindal Global University|date=9 August 2018|access-date=29 May 2021|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602212302/https://jgu.edu.in/about-us|url-status=live}} the O.P. Jindal Global University (OPJGU or JGU) in 2009, in memory of his father, Mr. O.P. Jindal.

Jindal is also the Founder and Patron of the OP Jindal University, Chhattisgarh.{{Cite web|url=https://www.opju.ac.in/patrons-message.php|title=Patron's Message | Best Engineering College in Central India - OP Jindal University}} It started as an engineering college in 2008 and in a span of 4 years, OPJU became India’s first and only private university to offer courses in steelmaking, metallurgy and management. The University was awarded the ‘Best Private University in Chhattisgarh’ at The Progress Global Awards 2020.

Jindal completed his MBA from the School of Management, the University of Texas at Dallas. In 2011, Jindal made a very substantial donation to the same institution, and as a result of which, the School of Management was renamed "Naveen Jindal School of Management" the same year.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/univ-of-texas-names-business-studies-institute-after-naveen-jindal/articleshow/10263667.cms|title=Univ of Texas names business studies institute after Naveen Jindal - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=7 October 2011|archive-date=2 June 2021|access-date=29 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213812/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/univ-of-texas-names-business-studies-institute-after-naveen-jindal/articleshow/10263667.cms|url-status=live}}

During the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, India witnessed a tragic and emergency situation as hospitals ran short of the sudden demand for liquid medical oxygen. The Indian steel industry came forward and decided to halt production and divert their stock of liquid medical oxygen to hospitals.{{cite web | url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/videos/healthcare/jspls-steel-output-to-fall-by-15-due-to-diversion-of-oxygen-for-medical-purposes-chairman-naveen-jindal-9083561.htm | title=JSPL's steel output to fall by 15% due to diversion of oxygen for medical purposes: Chairman Naveen Jindal | date=27 April 2021 | access-date=12 June 2022 | archive-date=18 May 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518084504/https://www.cnbctv18.com/videos/healthcare/jspls-steel-output-to-fall-by-15-due-to-diversion-of-oxygen-for-medical-purposes-chairman-naveen-jindal-9083561.htm | url-status=live }}

He was also felicitated with AsiaOne Super 50 COVID-19 Commitment Award 2020-21.{{cite news|url= https://twitter.com/jsplcorporate/status/1459060300435492867 |quote= Our Chairman Shri Naveen Jindal was felicitated with AsiaOne Super 50 COVID-19 Commitment Award 2020-21 by @asiaonecom . |title= Jindal Steel & Power on Twitter, @ jsplcorporate|publisher= Twitter|date= 12 November 2021|access-date= 15 June 2022}}

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Jindal's involvement in politics began in his student days. 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, USA.{{cite web|url=http://www.jgu.edu.in/content/naveen-jindal|title=Naveen Jindal|work=O P Jindal Global University|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402174249/http://www.jgu.edu.in/content/naveen-jindal|archive-date=2 April 2015|df=dmy-all}} After completing his post-graduation in the US, Jindal returned to India and began managing his father's political affairs.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

In 2004 he stood for elections from the Kurukshetra constituency in the north Indian state of Haryana on an Indian National Congress ticket. He defeated his nearest rival Abhay Singh Chautala by a margin of 130,000 votes.{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/bline/2004/05/14/stories/2004051401580500.htm|title=The Hindu Business Line : Naveen Jindal wins Kurukshetra for Cong|work=thehindubusinessline.com}} He was re-elected in the 2009 general elections. His focus as an MP has been on the problems of corruption, over-population, women's empowerment, environment, health and education. Jindal moved a private member bill in Lok Sabha for a comprehensive Food and Nutrition Security Scheme that paved the way for the Food Security Act. He lost the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Kurukshetra.{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes PC: Kurukshetra 2014 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/lok-sabha-details/2014/haryana/kurukshetra/7898/31/www.indiavotes.com/lok-sabha-details/2014/haryana/kurukshetra/7898/31/16 |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=IndiaVotes}}

Parliamentary responsibilities & initiatives

• Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs
• Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defense
• Special Invitee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation
• Convener, Parliamentary Forum on Children
• Executive Member, Indian Parliamentary Group
• Additional Member, Parliamentary Forum on Population & Health
• Member, Kurukshetra Development Board
• Sports Secretary, Constitution Club of India
• Convener, Sub-Committee on Modernisation of Prison Administration, Ministry of Home Affairs

After resigning from primary membership of the INC on 24 March 2024, he joined the BJP. He ran as a BJP candidate in the 2024 Indian General Election.{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/new-joinee-naveen-jindal-ex-calcutta-high-court-judge-abhijeet-gangopadhyay-actor-kangana-ranaut-on-bjps-latest-poll-list-5303408|title=New Joinees, Ex-Judge, Bollywood Actor On BJP's 5th Lok Sabha Polls List}}

Coal Scam Allegations:{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/cbi-files-final-report-in-coal-scam-case-against-naveen-jindal/ | title=CBI files final report in coal scam case against Naveen Jindal | date=13 January 2017 }} Naveen Jindal faced allegations of involvement in the coal allocation scam in India, alongside ex-Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao and others. The CBI filed a final report in further probe directed by a special court, citing certain disclosures made by a chartered accountant seeking to turn approver. CBI had alleged that ex-Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, also accused in the case, had favoured Jindal group firms — Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) and Gagan Sponge Iron Private Ltd (GSIPL) — in allocation of Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block in Jharkhand.

Electoral Bonds Controversy:{{cite web | url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/jindal-group-companies-bought-electoral-bonds-worth-1955-crore-19282841.htm | title=Jindal Group companies bought electoral bonds worth ₹195.5 crore - CNBC TV18 | date=15 March 2024 }} Jindal Group companies, including Jindal Steel and Power Ltd and Jindal Stainless Ltd, purchased electoral bonds worth ₹195.5 crore and were among the top 50 donors, according to the data by the Election Commission of India.

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Naveen Jindal is an active Polo player. He is the Captain and Patron of the Jindal Panther Polo Team. He started playing Polo 3 decades ago at the age of 18. He started his own team in 1995 that has won various tournaments including the Indian Open, Indian Masters, Maharaja Hari Singh Memorial Cup, Maharaja Jiwaji Rao Scindia Cup and the Bhopal Pataudi Cup. He was declared the Most Valuable Player at the finals of Maharaja Jiwaji Rao Scindia Gold Cup 2019.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}

“I was always very fond of horses. When we moved to Delhi, I joined the President’s Estate Polo Club just to ride. I saw people playing polo and was fascinated by it. I started playing and got hooked," he said in an interview with Mint.{{cite web | url=https://www.livemint.com/news/business-of-life/how-staying-in-the-saddle-can-build-ability-to-strategize-1558331081499.html | title=How staying in the saddle can build ability to strategize | date=20 May 2019 | access-date=20 April 2022 | archive-date=6 June 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606081435/https://www.livemint.com/news/business-of-life/how-staying-in-the-saddle-can-build-ability-to-strategize-1558331081499.html | url-status=live }}

Naveen Jindal is an accomplished skeet shooter. The Indian Shooting Team, under his captaincy, won a silver medal in the South Asian Federation Games, April 2004, in Pakistan. He has also represented the country in the Asian games held in Busan, South Korea in 2002.

In 2003, he set a National record in skeet shooting which stays unmatched till today.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}

He was also a part of the Haryana shooting team that won the gold medal at the 54th National shooting Championship competition (Big Bore) in the civilian category held at Gurgaon in May 2011.{{cite web

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• Gold medal in the team skeet event for India at the Singapore Open Shooting Championship, 2007
• Silver medal in the team skeet event at the 9th South Asian Federation Games, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2004
• Bronze in the team event at the Singapore Shooting Invitation, 2003
• Silver in the team event at the Singapore Shooting Invitation, 2002

• Jindal has been conferred with the Justice P.N. Bhagwati Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to legal education and corporate philanthropy. Instituted by the Capital Foundation, the award was presented by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, former President of India, December 2011{{cite web |url = http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/26070-naveen-jindal-gets-bhagwati-award.html

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• Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the field of Energy and Infrastructure, 2010{{cite web

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