Indu Jain

Chairman and CEO of

Bennett Coleman & Co Ltd.

Known for: The Times Foundation

The Oneness Forum

Net worth: US$3.1 billion (February 2016)

Indu Jain belongs to the Sahu Jain Family, the Industrial family of India. She is from Agarwal Jain Community and hails from a small town of Najibabad, Uttar Pradesh.

Indu writes spiritual columns in her papers and is an active supporter of women's rights and fighter for various social problems existing in the country. She encourages budding entrepreneurs and gives them a chance to shine with their abilities and make way for themselves in the world.

Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd was founded in the year 1838 and was established at Mumbai. The sole owner of the company then was Ram Krishna Dalmia. The legacy of this media company then got into the hands of his son-in-law Sahu Shanti Prasad. And currently, the company is headed by the two sons of Indu Jain, Sameer Jain and Vineet Jain.

The media publishing house of the Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd produces huge brand names in newspaper and magazines like the Times of India, The Economic Times, Femina, Times FM and the Filmfare. It also has a number of TV channels and radio stations to its credit like Zoom, Times Now, ET Now and Radio Mirchi.

Indu Jain is also the founder President of the Ladies Wing of FICCI and Bhartiya Jnanpith Trust which hosts India's most prestigious and highest literary award (Jnanpith Award).

Spreading the message of Peace Within First, Indu Jain spearheads a movement to spread the principles of peace globally.

AWARDS

• The Forum recently awarded the Mahatma-Mahavira Awards to outstanding individuals from all of walks of life and is involved in several activities that seek to bring, and highlight, a sense of Oneness in the world.
• Indian Congress of Women (ICW) awarded Indu Jain with an International Lifetime Achievement Award.