An accomplished Business Leader and a second-generation entrepreneur, Mr. Sajjan Jindal had the foresight to lead the Steel industry and JSW in particular on a transformational journey, contributing significantly to India\u2019s growth philosophy. With a visionary approach, he has transformed the Steel industry and the JSW Group, expanding the business landscape across Energy, Infrastructure, Sports, Cement, and Paints. Recently, JSW has also ventured into the Automobile and Electric Vehicle space.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
A mechanical engineer, Mr. Jindal has led the JSW Group through some of its most exciting phases, including the public offer announcements of JSW Steel and JSW Energy in 1995 and 2009\u201310, respectively. In 2023, JSW Infrastructure, under his visionary leadership, continued the legacy of success for the JSW Group with a remarkable IPO listing, contributing to the group\u2019s impressive growth trajectory. Today, the USD 23 Billion Group takes pride in its outstanding growth and success.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mr. Jindal is a firm believer in the \u201cMake in India\u201d philosophy and has received several global awards for his commendable work. Most recently, in April 2026, he is recognised as \u201cThe Economic Times - Business Leader of the Year 2025.\u201d He was awarded the \u201cBusiness Leader of the Decade\u201d at the 15th AIMA Managing India Awards in 2025 for his transformative leadership in shaping JSW Group into a global conglomerate. Previously, he was honoured as the \u201cEY Entrepreneur of the Year\u201d in 2023 and has received accolades such as the \u201cCEO of the Year 2019\u201d Award by Business Standard, \u201cBest CEO Award 2019\u201d by Business Today Magazine, and \u201cOutstanding Business Leader of the Year 2018\u201d by IBLA - CNBC TV18. Furthermore, he was awarded the JRD Tata Award 2017 for \u201cExcellence in Corporate Leadership in the Metallurgical Industry\u201d and the 2014 National Metallurgist Award: Industry by the Ministry of Steel, Government of India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Apart from his business endeavors, Mr. Jindal is keen on giving back to society and improving the lives of individuals. He founded the JSW Foundation, which is committed to providing opportunities to bridge the socio-economic divide and create equitable and sustainable communities. The Foundation has touched the lives of over 2 million people, providing them with the means to empower themselves and build a brighter and sustainable future.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mr. Jindal is internationally acclaimed for his significant contributions to the steel industry, as the first Indian representative to assume the role of Chairman at the World Steel Association, one of the largest and most dynamic industry associations in the world.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mr. Jindal served as the President of The Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), India\u2019s premier body for metallurgical excellence. He also serves as the Chairperson of the Board of Governors at IIT Tirupati and holds positions on the boards of various educational institutions, further showcasing his interest in both industrial and academic spheres.<\/p>"}],"executive_profiles_sub_title":"","executive_profiles_title":"Executive Profiles","executive_profiles_para":"","executive_profiles":[{"name":"Mr. Parth Jindal","designation":"Managing Director, JSW Cement & JSW Paints, Chairman, JSW Dulux","profile_details":"Parth Jindal earned his MBA from Harvard Business School in 2016 and a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Economics and Political Science from Brown University in 2012.\r\n\r\nAs Managing Director of JSW Cement, he oversees a 24.1 MTPA organisation. He also leads JSW Paints, launched in May 2019, which has scaled rapidly following the acquisition of AkzoNobel India (now JSW Dulux Limited), thereby positioning JSW Paints as the fourth-largest paints company in India.\r\n\r\nIn addition, he serves as a Director on the Board of JSW Energy, India\u2019s third-largest power producer, and as a Director on the Board of JSW MG Motor India, under whose guidance the company has scaled to become the second-largest electric vehicle manufacturer in the country. He also serves as Chairman of JSW One, India\u2019s largest B2B e-commerce platform for building materials.\r\n\r\nAt the group level, he provides direction across Human Resources, Information Technology, Sustainability and Digital Transformation, advancing a vision of green and innovative growth and \u201cMake in India for Bharat and the world.\u201d\r\n\r\nIn sport, Parth Jindal is the Founder of JSW Sports, which owns and manages elite teams such as Bengaluru FC\u2014the 2018\u201319 ISL champions\u2014and the Haryana Steelers, Pro-Kabaddi League champions in 2024. He is also Chairman and Co-Owner of Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League.\r\n\r\nHis passion for nurturing India\u2019s sporting talent is exemplified by the Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS), a high- performance ecosystem spanning eight centres across India and operating across seven Olympic sports. Today, the IIS network supports over 25,000 athletes nationwide, with 42 IIS-supported athletes representing India at the Paris Olympics.\r\n\r\nUnder his stewardship, JSW Sports received the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar in 2018 from the President of India for outstanding contribution to sport through corporate social responsibility.\r\n\r\nHe was named the youngest business leader on the Economic Times \u201c40 Under Forty\u201d list in 2019, featured in GQ\u2019s \u201c50 Most Influential Young Indians\u201d in 2026, and received the Gen-Next Entrepreneur Award at the Forbes India Leadership Awards in March 2024.\r\n\r\nParth Jindal also serves as a Director of JSW Ventures and JSW USA, and is the Founding Director of JSW Defence. He is also the President of the Cement Manufacturers\u2019 Association (CMA) and the National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCCBM).","photo":3646},{"name":"Mr. Sharad Mahendra","designation":"Joint Managing Director & CEO","profile_details":"Mr. Sharad Mahendra, aged 57 years, has completed his B. E. in Mechanical Engineering from NIT, Allahabad and brings with him 33 years of rich experience in organizational strategy, driving business growth, execution, sales and marketing, and people development across steel, power, chemicals as well as automobile sectors. He has worked with the JSW Group for 15 years.\r\n\r\nImmediately prior to this appointment, Mr. Mahendra was the CEO of JSW Steel Coated Products Limited (a 100% subsidiary of JSW Steel Limited). His term was marked by successful project execution to expand capacities organically, as well as acquisition and integration of two assets. The business witnessed a sharp volume growth as well as market share gains under his leadership.\r\n\r\nEarlier, Mr. Mahendra had joined JSW Energy Limited as the Chief Operating Officer (Energy Business) in 2017 where he led the power sales, mining, corporate commercial, legal, coal procurement, regulatory and corporate affairs functions. In 2019 he was appointed as a Whole-time Director of the Company. During this stint with JSW Energy, he was instrumental in ground-breaking of the greenfield Kutehr hydroelectric project as well as various efficiency and performance improvement initiatives across the operating thermal and hydro assets. He was also closely involved in building organizational capability and laying the foundation for the business to diversify into renewable energy. In 2020, he left JSW Energy to join as CEO of JSW Steel Coated Products Limited.\r\n\r\nIn the past, Mr. Mahendra has been on the Board of APL Apollo Tubes Limited and has worked with Phillips Carbon Black Limited, JSW Steel Limited, Escorts Limited, Yamaha Motors Limited in various capacities.\r\n\r\nMr. Sharad Mahendra is also on the Board of JSW Energy (Barmer) Limited, JSW Hydro Energy Limited, JSW Neo Energy Limited, JSW IP Holdings Private Limited and Barmer Lignite Mining Company Limited.","photo":2602},{"name":"Ms. Rupa Devi Singh","designation":"Independent Director","profile_details":"Ms. Rupa Devi Singh has completed her B.Sc. & LL.B. from the University of Delhi and is also a Certified Associate, Indian Institute of Bankers.\r\n\r\nMs. Singh was the founder MD & CEO of Power Exchange India Limited as well as an Independent Director & later, the Non-executive (Part-Time) Chairman of DCB Bank Limited. Her repertoire of experience spanning 4 decades includes commercial & investment banking with SBI and strategic consulting & overseas marketing with CRISIL. She has strong credentials as an infrastructure and structured finance specialist, being involved in many new initiatives in the Indian infrastructure sector since 1999. Ms. Singh has a long standing experience as an Independent Director on the Boards of other reputed companies in financial as well as energy sector.\r\n\r\nMs. Singh is also on the Board of Jaigad Power Transco Limited, JSW Energy (Barmer) Limited, JSW Neo Energy Limited, Karam Chand Thapar & Bros (Coal Sales) Limited, Barmer Lignite Mining Company Limited and Aarti Industries Limited.","photo":2603},{"name":"Mr. Sunil Goyal","designation":"Independent\u200b Director","profile_details":"Mr. Sunil Goyal, a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, is the Founder and Managing Partner of Kreston SGCO Advisors LLP and the Founder and Mentor of SGCO & Co., a well-known accountancy firm based in Mumbai. Mr. Goyal leads a team of more than 300 professionals in his group and is a former member of the Global Board of Kreston International Limited, UK, headquartered in London.\r\n\r\nWith 33 years of experience, Mr. Goyal specialises in the field of financial and business consultancy with core strengths in funds raising, business restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and capital markets. Mr. Goyal is also on the Boards of other reputed companies.\r\n\r\nMr. Goyal is also on the Board of JSW Hydro Energy Limited, Ladderup Finance Limited, Indigo Paints Limited, Ladderup Corporate Advisory Private Limited, Ladderup Asset Managers Private Limited, Waterproof Corporation Private Limited, Lotus Spaces Private Limited, Shree Vinayak Organics (India) Private Limited, Ladderup Wealth International Limited, Epilson Carbon Private Limited, Ladderup Foundation, Agarwal Foundation and Ladderup Fund Management IFSC Private Limited.","photo":3652},{"name":"Mr. Munesh Khanna","designation":"Independent\u200b Director","profile_details":"Mr. Munesh Khanna has over 30 years of experience in the corporate advisory and financial services domain. He is a CA, ex-Country Head of NM Rothschilds & Sons and is an experienced Investment Banker, a Board Member and an Advisor to many companies.\r\n\r\nAs a corporate advisory professional, Mr. Khanna specializes in providing strategic advice to corporates, businesses, owners and seniors managers for enhancing the value of their businesses through initiatives such as, raising resources from Capital Markets and Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions, divestitures and corporate restructuring.\r\n\r\nHe has worked closely with large conglomerates, mid-sized companies as well as with start-ups. Since 2018, Mr. Khanna is a Director in Backbay Advisors Private Limited, a strategy advisory and investment banking firm.\r\n\r\nMr. Khanna brings to the board extensive advisory experience across a variety of industries and ownership structures, in the areas of strategic thinking, corporate finance, financing and structuring. In addition, he has a large network of relationships across industry, professional and financial services, regulators and promoters.\r\n\r\nMr. Khanna is also on the Board of NDL Ventures Limited, Hinduja Global Solutions Limited, Gulf Oil Lubricants India Limited, JM Financial Asset Reconstruction Company Limited, Oneott Intertainment Limited, JM Financial Products Limited, Backbay Advisors Private Limited, Caption Advisors Private Limited, Hinduja Global Solutions UK Limited, Black Box Limited, Finolex Industries Limited, JSW Neo Energy Limited and K.P.H. Dream Cricket Private Limited.","photo":3653},{"name":"Mr. Rajeev Sharma","designation":"Independent\u200b Director","profile_details":"Mr. Rajeev Sharma is a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Master\u2019s in Engineering from University of Roorkee and Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from University of Delhi.\r\n\r\nMr. Sharma has more than 35 years\u2019 of experience across the power sector value chain as acquired during his association with Energy Efficiency Services Limited, Power Finance Corporation Limited, Rural Electrification Corporation Limited, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited and Ministry of Power & Central Electricity Authority. He has more than 11 years of experience at the Board level, with more than 8 years as the Chairman and Managing Director.\r\n\r\nHe has strong technical and financial expertise in the power sector given his varied experience in implementing, monitoring and stress resolution of projects \/ schemes including implementing power sector reforms as well as appraisal and fund raising. He was adjudged the BEST CEO in PSU category by Business Today in February, 2016. Mr. Sharma also serves as an advisor \/ consultant and is a director on the Board of various reputed companies.\r\n\r\nMr. Sharma is also on the Board of TP Renewable Microgrid Limited, TP Western Odisha Distribution Limited, TP Central Odisha Distribution Limited, Polaris Smart Metering Private Limited, Barmer Lignite Mining Company Limited, Sarda Energy & Minerals Limited, Madhya Bharat Power Corporation Limited and KSK Mahanadi Power Company Limited.","photo":3655},{"name":"Mr. Desh Deepak Verma","designation":"Independent Director","profile_details":"Mr. Verma, a post graduate in Physics from Allahabad University and an MBA from Australia in International Business, is a retired 1978 batch IAS Officer.\r\n\r\nDuring his 45 years long illustrious professional career, he occupied top positions in the Government and public sector undertakings of U.P. and at the Centre including as the Chairman of U.P. Electricity Regulatory Commission and the Secretary General, Rajya Sabha. At the State level, he has been Principal Secretary in the key Departments of Commercial Taxes, Registration, Transport, Cooperatives and Tourism. At the Joint Secretary and Special Secretary level, he dwelled into policy formulation for MSMEs and agro-processing industries.\r\n\r\nAt the Government of India level also, he has handled assignments like Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Forests; Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; Director General, Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.\r\n\r\nMr. Verma is also on the Board of Ginni Filaments Limited.","photo":3660},{"name":"Mr. Rajiv Chaudhri","designation":"Independent Director","profile_details":"Mr. Chaudhri is a Master in Public Administration from Harvard University (1983), a Master of Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India (1980) and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from St. Stephens College, Delhi, India (1978).\r\n\r\nMr. Chaudhri has over 35 years of professional experience in the investment management business in a variety of leadership capacities. He is the Founder and CEO of Sunsara Capital, that invests in the solar energy food chain, from components to utility scale projects. Prior to founding Sunsara, Mr. Chaudhri was the Founder and President of Digital Century Capital for 15 years. He was an early investor in companies like AOL, Yahoo, EBAY, Inktomi, SanDisk, Blackberry, VMC, PayPal and Google. During his stint at Goldman, Sachs & Co., he created the \u201cGoldman Sachs Tech Index\u201d and spearheaded the Global Semiconductor Research team.\r\n\r\nHe was a financial and strategic advisor to Motorola, Texas Instruments, Intel, SanDisk, AMD, Altera, Micron Technology, TSMC, NEC, Toshiba and other Asian high technology companies. He served as Co-Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the World Policy Institute.","photo":3663},{"name":"Mr. Ajoy Mehta","designation":"Independent Director","profile_details":"Mr. Ajoy Mehta is from the 1984 batch of I.A.S. He is a B. Tech in Civil Engineering from IIT, BHU and a MBA in Finance from UK. He also holds a degree in Law from Mumbai University. Mr. Mehta\u2019s 10 years\u2019 experience in the power sector includes a 4-year stint as the Chairman and Managing Director of Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited. Mr. Mehta was the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai for 4 years. He has also been the Chairman and Managing Director of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited for 6 years and the Chairman of Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority.\r\n\r\nMr. Mehta has held positions as Collector, Commissioner of various municipalities, Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra, etc.\r\n\r\nMr. Mehta is also on the Board of JK Files & Engineering Limited, Advent Hotels International Limited and Prestige Hospitality Ventures Limited.","photo":3669}],"sec_title":"","sub_title":"","sec_descrp":"","our_value_slider":null,"value_slider_ctc":null,"awards_title":"","awards_intro":"","awards_img_and_text":null,"footer_title":"","footer_para":"","cross_linking":null,"footer_bg_img":"","counter_info":null,"page_name":"","page_link":"","counter_footnote":"","page_intro_title":"","page_intro":"Guided by visionary leadership and a committed team, JSW Energy is shaping India\u2019s sustainable energy future through responsible growth and long-term value creation.","read_more_para":""},"yoast_head":"\n