| Names |
HARI SHANKAR
SINGHANIA |
| Date of
Birth |
June 20, 1933 |
| Date of
Death |
February 22, 2013 |
|
Profession / Traits / Activities |
President of J.K.
Organisation, a leading Indian Industrial Group |
| Developments / Events |
- The group about 100 years old.
- One of the largest Industrial Groups in India.
- Multi-business, multi-product and multi-location
operations.
- The group has export interests in nearly 90 countries
across globe.
- The group companies currently manufacture a large range
of products including Automotive Tyres & Tubes, Paper &
Board, Cement, V-Belts, Oil Seals, Power Transmission
equipment, Woolen Textiles, Readymade Suits & Apparels, Food
and Dairy Products, Hybrid Seeds, Steel Engineering Files
and Cosmetics.
- He had been offered the post of Indian Ambassador to USA
by Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao, but he declined.
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| Awards &
Accolades |
- Padma Bhushan in the year 2003
- In 2005 was awarded one of the highest Swedish
Awards Royal Order of the Polar Star by the
King of Sweden for his contribution to the development of
Indo-Swedish business relations.
- 2008 Paper Industry International Hall of Fame
Award by the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame, Inc,
USA.
- In 2010 he received the "Lifetime Achievement
Award for Asia Pacific entrepreneurship" from
Enterprise Asia.
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