Savitri Jindal is chairperson of Jindal group
New Delhi: Ms Savitri Jindal has become the Jindal Group Chairperson, succeeding her late husband O.P. Jindal, following a board meeting of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. The meeting appointed her as an additional director and chairperson of the board.

At each of the recent board meetings of the four companies controlled by her four sons, Ms Savitri Jindal was appointed chairperson of the board, making her the overall chairperson of the Rs13,000-crore Jindal Group.

The eldest son Prithvi Raj Jindal controls Jindal Saw Ltd (around Rs1,700 crore) and its group companies. The second son Sajjan Jindal controls Jindal Vijayanagar Steel Ltd (around Rs5,000 crore). The third son Ratan Jindal controls Jindal Stainless Ltd (Rs3,000 crore), the largest stainless steel company in the country, and the youngest Naveen Jindal controls Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (Rs2,500 crore), the largest coal-based sponge iron company in the country.
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UB gets new Executive V-P
New Delhi: The UB group has appointed Ms Nandini Verma as Executive Vice-President, Corporate Affairs. Vijay Mallya, Chairman of the UB Group, announced this at a press conference on Wednesday.

Ms Verma, who has held several important positions including being Vice-President, Jet Airways, will be based in Delhi.
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