THE PATRON

The Patron Dr. Sitaram Jindal was born on the 12th September 1932 in village Nalwa,Haryana ( India ) to Late Sh Netram Jindal and Late Smt Chandravali Devi. His father was a landlord and a highly disciplined person, who believed in hard work while his mother was a symbol of traditional Indian womanhood, with inexhaustible love and care for others. Sitaram Jindal was the fourth of the five brothers and they set up together an industrial empire, unparalleled in modern India and no wonder that they all carried the qualities of their parents, which formed the basis of their attitude towards life and work and a key to their success.

After completing his schooling , Dr Sitaram Jindal graduated from Calcutta University in 1956 and subsequently obtained Doctorate degree in Naturopathy.He is one of the chief architects of Jindal Group of Industries and is the founder, Chairman & Managing Director of Jindal Aluminium Ltd., with a turnover of Rupees 800 crore per annum. Jindal Aluminium Ltd. is India’s largest aluminium extrusion producer meeting about 30% of the nation’s extrusions demand..

An immensely successful businessman, Dr Jindal's real passion lies in Nature Cure and Social Service The blossoming of this interest is now almost legendary. In his younger days in Kolkata, once when he was suffering from a stomach pain of unknown origin, which could not be cured by allopathic medicines taken for months, at the instance of a well wisher, he went to a local Naturopathic clinic , ill-managed and dirty, but nevertheless, got cured.

It was a defining event in the history of drugless medical care in India, as that was the time when the visionary in him could see the illimitable possibility of naturopathy and yoga as curative tools. About that time he was giving a shape to the advent of a new drugless regimen that has no side effect and is also an integral part of rural Indian life-style. Few years later, he took upon himself almost single handedly, the task of developing a systematic, well-defined, drugless regimen, based on scientific diagnosis and finally, at the outskirt of Bangalore, Naturopathy and Yoga Institute was born under a separate Trust in 1979.

Dr. Jindal is deeply committed and highly sensitive to the welfare of the society, realising his social service responsibility. He spends quality time and huge funds for various social and charitable activities; He is instrumental in establishing and running several charitable institutions in the field of education, health, social welfare, rural development etc. and is the founder of 16 charitable trusts and societies that are doing yeoman service to the community. He does not take any help from Governments, agencies or people.

Dr. Jindal himself is a satvik, a true follower of Yoga and a sharp student of Naturopathy. At 79, his physical fitness, energy, enthusiasm and alertness are enviable.

Since long Dr Sitaram Jindal has been cherishing the idea of according recognition to the Individuals and organizations who are engrossed with some exemplary and credible social work aimed at ameliorating the conditions of poverty and deprivation of fellow Indians. The purpose is to reward such persons socially and materially on one side and to create a demonstrative impact on the other, so that others especially the younger generation is motivated to the cause and takes the baton forward. The dream came true because of his far sighted vision and untiring effort and SR Jindal Prize became a reality, the Prize scheme announced in Feb 2011 garnered huge response from the masses with around 2000 nominations. The Foundation also announced another prize scheme 'SR Jindal Prize in 2011. 27 outstanding Selfless Individuals & Institutions were honoured against the nominations recieved for Jindal Prize 2011 and SR Jindal Prize 2011 on 23rd February 2012, with cash prizes of Rs 7.30 crore in the following categories:-

• Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation.
• Health including  drugless healing.
• Education with emphasis on moral upliftment.
• Science, Technology and Environment and
• Peace, Social Harmony and Development.
• Honorary Award
• Crusade Against Corruption
• Gallantry Awards

The multi faceted personality of Dr Sitaram Jindal is difficult to be portrayed in a few words or pages. However, it can be safely described as that of a humble person, who besides being a pioneer in industry, is Gandhian by principle, ardent lover of nature, sharp student of naturopathy, simple to the core, spiritual in thought, self disciplined ; crusader against injustice, corruption and exploitation of the poor, champion of the empowerment of women, a philanthropist of rare magnitude and a man of principle. All these traits summed up together portray him in no uncertain terms ‘ A Karmayogi” par excellence.