Sitaram Jindal
The founder of Jindal Aluminium and of a large naturopathy institute in Bengaluru, and a philanthropist, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2024.
Sitaram Jindal is an industrialist and philanthropist, the founder-chairman of Jindal Aluminium. He was named for the Padma Bhushan in 2024 in the field of trade and industry, from Karnataka [1].
Industrialist
He was born on 12 September 1932 in Nalwa village, Haryana, and graduated from Calcutta University in 1957 [2]. He founded Jindal Aluminium, which his citation describes as India’s largest maker of aluminium extrusions [2].
Naturopathy
A personal experience of nature cure while at college led him to study naturopathy and, in 1979, to found the Jindal Naturecure Institute in Bengaluru [2]. Funded by Jindal Aluminium, it added a research wing and set out to modernise naturopathy, a system of drugless healing [2].
Philanthropy
Through the S. Jindal Charitable Foundation and other trusts, Jindal has set up hospitals, schools and colleges [2]. He has supported thousands of poor students with scholarships, funded many charities working with the poor, and set up institutions that serve the people of his home village, Nalwa, and the area around it [2].
Sources
- [1] Padma Awards 2024: list of awardees — Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Accessed 15 October 2026.
- [2] Padma Awards 2024: citation for Sitaram Jindal — Padma Awards, Government of India. Accessed 15 October 2026.
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