Narendrakumar Baldota — Jain community leader with interests in banking and mining
Jain Samaj Shiromani Narendrakumar Baldota is presented in this Shatabdi Gaurav profile as a man who stays steady through every ups and downs of life and puts the community first. He believes that right is always right and that lasting success comes from staying with one's principles.
He was born on 27 December 1940 in Hospet, Karnataka. His father, Abheraj Baldota, was a respected member of the Jain community and the founder of a co-operative bank. After completing a B.Com in 1963, Baldota moved to Mumbai and devoted himself to building his business.
He started an industrial gases venture in 1983, began iron exports in 1997, entered wind energy in 2001 and started a shipping business in 2008. His interests also include iron ore mining, gold and other minerals, and he is counted among India's major iron ore producers. He is Chairman of the Greater Bombay Co-operative Bank and Chairman of MSPL.
Awards include the TiECon Lifetime Achievement Award (2015), the National Mines Safety Award presented by the then President in 2012, a lifetime achievement honour in 2008, the Business World–FICCI SEDF Corporate Social Responsibility award in 2008 and the Jamnalal Bajaj Fair Business Award in 2006.
Baldota is a founding member and past president of Jain International Trade Organisation (JITO), and a trustee of Shraman Arogyam and the JITO Administrative Training Foundation. His lasting contributions include the Abheraj Baldota Cancer Detection Centre and the Vasantidevi Baldota Blood Bank in Hospet, and the Baldota Institute of Digestive Sciences and Global Hospital in Mumbai.
He says a leader treats employees as part of one large family, gives an hour each day to health and spirituality, enjoys reading, music and exercise, and believes in doing something new every day.
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This English profile is a summary of the Hindi profile published in Shatabdi Gaurav. Figures and positions are as given when that profile was written.