Rajinder Gupta

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Rajinder Gupta
Mr. Rajinder Gupta.jpg
Born (1959-01-02) 2 January 1959 (age 62)
Bhatinda, Punjab, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materHarvard Business School, United States
OccupationChairman of ,President Punjab Cricket Association
Spouse(s)Madhu Gupta
ChildrenAbhishek Gupta, Neha Gupta
Parent(s)Shri Nohar Chand Gupta
Smt Maya Devi

Rajinder Gupta (born 2 January 1959) is an Indian businessman. Gupta is Chairman of , a business conglomerate headquartered in Ludhiana, Punjab, and Chairman of the Corporate Advisory Board of Trident Limited. primarily deals in Home Textiles, Paper Manufacturing, Chemicals and Power. They are one of the largest yarn spinners in India, one of the world's largest terry towel manufacturers and the world's largest wheat straw based paper manufacturer.[1]

In 2007, Gupta received the Padma Shri Award from the then President of India in recognition of distinguished service in the field of Trade and Industry.[2]

Gupta was Vice Chairman, Punjab State Economic Policy and Planning Board till 2017. Recently he has been appointed as Chairman, Board of Governors, at the one of leading institute of North India Punjab Engineering College(Deemed University), Chandigarh.

He is also a representative of Trade, Industry & Commerce on the Board of Governors of Punjab Bureau of Investment Promotion and is Chairman of Advisory Council of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Himachal Pradesh of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI).[3][4] He is the President of Punjab Cricket Association since September 2017.

Business career[]

In 1985, Gupta entered the business of chemicals and fertilizers with an investment of INR 6.5 crore. In 1990, when the business diversified into yarn, paper and terry towels. With an annual compounded growth of 35 per cent in sales over the last 10 years, the has also adopted quite a few modern and eco-friendly practices under the leadership of Gupta. He has led the Group to successfully execute projects worth INR 36000 million over last 5 years.[5]

Gupta is also the Vice Chairman of CII Punjab State Council for 2006–07, Director of Punjab Technical University and Punjab State Board of Technical Education and Industrial Training.[3]

Besides being member of several trade and management bodies, he is also actively associated with several philanthropic ventures.[6]

Awards and honors[]

Year of Award or Honor Name of Award or Honor Awarding Organization
2007 Padma Shri Award[7] The President of India
2005 PHDCC Distinguished Entrepreneurship Award The President of India
2004 Udyog Ratna Award Chief Minister of Punjab
2004 Amongst the top 20 India Inc Icons for Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Ernst & Young
1999 Udyog Patra Award Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, the then Vice President of India
1985 Entrepreneur of the Year Award Government of India

References[]

  1. ^ "All for the family". intoday.in. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Mr. Rajinder Gupta has been awarded with the prestigious Padmashree award in 2007". reuters.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  3. ^ a b Kamal, Neel (4 April 2013). "Rajinder Gupta appointed chairperson Ficci's Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, Chandigarh advisory council". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Planning board gets another vice-chairman". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  5. ^ "The story of Trident's success". rediff.com. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Mr. Rajinder Gupta is the Founder of Trident Limited (a/k/a Trident Group Limited)". businessweek.com. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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