Rajinder Gupta

Rajinder Gupta (born 2 January 1959) is an Indian businessman. Gupta is Chairman of Trident Group, a business conglomerate headquartered in Ludhiana, Punjab, and Chairman of the Corporate Advisory Board of Trident Limited. Trident Group 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]

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

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 of the Punjab State Economic Policy and Planning Board till 2017. Recently he has been appointed as Chairman of, Board of Governors, at one of the leading institutes 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, the business diversified into yarn, paper, and terry towels. With an annual compounded growth of 35 percent in sales over the last 10 years, the Trident Group 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 the 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 a member of several trade and management bodies, he is also actively associated with several philanthropic ventures.[6]

Awards and honors
Year of Award or HonorName of Award or HonorAwarding Organization
2007Padma Shri Award[7]The President of India
2005PHDCC Distinguished Entrepreneurship AwardThe President of India
2004Udyog Ratna AwardChief Minister of Punjab
2004Amongst the top 20 India Inc Icons for Entrepreneur of the Year AwardsErnst & Young
1999Udyog Patra AwardDr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, the then Vice President of India
1985Entrepreneur of the Year AwardGovernment of India

References
  1. "All for the family". intoday.in. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  2. "Mr. Rajinder Gupta has been awarded the prestigious Padmashree award in 2007". reuters.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  3. 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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