User talk:Sangita Jindal

“To handle yourself, use your head but to handle others, use your heart” and with this thought Sangita Jindal established JSW Foundation, with a sole desire to improve the “lives of individuals”.

Today, under her aegis Leadership, while JSW Foundation drives social development projects within the JSW Group, Jindal Arts Centre (1992), Jindal Arts Creative Interaction Centre (JACIC) are known as the de facto custodian of interdisciplinary arts activity. Her passion to contribute towards conservation initiated steps towards restoration of the interiors of Sir JJ College of Arts and SNDT Kanyashala. Today, the Art India Magazine, established in 1994, has become the benchmark for contemporary art, globally. Her commitment towards improving the quality of life of people by empowering them, creating sustainable scalable solutions in the last 20 years has contributed extensively towards India’s development challenges.

Mrs. Jindal’s philanthropic work has an extended landscape that ranges from vocational training to strong partnership and alliances with Institutions, holistic development for mentally challenged, to empowerment of women through a rural BPO, infant and maternal health initiative, amongst others. Her commitment towards the environment and intent to foster actions across several sectors with special reference to mitigation and adaptation imperatives related to climate change, led to the institutionalization of Earth Care Awards. Today, in its 6th successful year, there is a growing consciousness on climate impacts which has extended to the SAARC region and is being recognized for enabling “change” across Industry, Civil society and Government Organizations and creating social consciousness.

A connoisseur of Art, she has been single handedly responsible for setting up Kaladhaam, as the name suggests, an Arts village that has become the hub of artists and encourages all forms of Art.

An Eisenhower Fellow, Mrs. Jindal is on the Advisory Board of several prestigious Institutes, namely, World Monument Fund, Asia Society India Centre, Archana Trust, TEDx Gateway, amongst others. Awarded The Woman Philanthropist Award by FICCI amongst other notable awards, Mrs. Jindal was recently invited to Chair the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles initiative in India.

“Nothing is permanent in this world, not even our trouble. The most wasted day in life is which we have not laughed - Keep smiling!” and that’s the mantra which she follows every single day as she gets more and more involved and engaged in working towards her resolve to improve the lives of people.