Entrepreneur of the Year 2022: Sajjan Jindal

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Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri honoured Indian industrialist Sajjan Jindal with the Best Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the year 2022.

An overview of the news

• At the same function, the Lifetime Achievement Award was given to KP Singh, Chairman, DLF Group.

• KP Singh is especially known for setting up DLF City in Gurgaon.

• Pratapaneni (Co-founder of MedGenome) was awarded in the startup category at the same event.

• Similarly, Mahendra Shah, MD & CEO, IndusInd First Bank was also awarded in the Financial Services category.

Sajjan Jindal:

• Sajjan Jindal is the Chairman and Managing Director of the JSW Group of Companies. It is because of his vision and foresight that the group has gained a distinct place in the business from steel to mining, energy, sports, infrastructure and software.

• Jindal, who has served as the President of the World Steel Association from 2021 to 2022, is a mechanical engineer from the Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru.

• He has been instrumental in setting up the Indian Steel Association in 2014.