Seema Jindal Jajodia Wiki, Age, Husband, Family, Biography & More

Seema Jajodia is an Indian businesswoman. She is the founder and managing director of Nourish Organics.

Wiki/Biography

Seema Jajodia was born Seema Jindal. From 2011 to 2012, she attended the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York, where her studies focused on “Health Coach, Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies”.

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 5′ 4″

Hair Colour: Black

Eye Colour: Black

Family

Parents & Siblings

Seema’s father is industrialist Om Prakash Jindal. O. P. Jindal passed away in a plane crash in 2005. He founded the Jindal Group and its ventures. He served as the Minister of Power for the Government of Haryana until he died in 2005.

Seema’s mother, Savitri Jindal, took over the Jindal Group on the death of her husband. Savitri was a politician in the Indian National Congress and was named India’s richest woman in 2023 by Forbes.

Seema has eight siblings. Naveen Jindal is an industrialist, philanthropist, sportsperson, and politician of the Indian National Congress. Naveen is a Member of the Lok Sabha. He is the chairman of Jindal Steel and Power Limited (formerly known as Jindal Strips Limited) and Chancellor of O. P. Jindal Global University. Sajjan Jindal is the chairman and managing director of the JSW Group. Prithviraj Jindal is the non-executive chairman of Jindal SAW Limited. Ratan Jindal is the chairman of Jindal Stainless Limited. Seema’s other siblings include Sarika Jhunjhunwala, Urmila Bhuwalka, and Nirmala Goel.

Husband & Children

Seema is married to Sandeep Jajodia. He is chairman and managing director of Monnet Ispat & Energy Limited.

The couple have two children. Their daughter, Nikita Jajodia Bahri, is the strategy head of Nourish Organics. Their son Nikunj Jajodia works in special projects and analytics at Monnet Ispat & Energy Limited.

Career

Nourish Organics

Seema Jajodia is a certified health coach and founder and managing director of Nourish Organics. In 2008, she opened the Nourish Organics Deli in Delhi, where she sold raw, fresh, organic and unprocessed juices and smoothies. In 2009, Seema started selling healthy packaged food after two of her relatives were diagnosed with cancer, and she noticed a gap in the market when it came to organic and natural packaged food. In an interview where she spoke about why she started the company, Seema said,

A number of life-impacting health complications forced some of my closest family members to choose consuming organic. I turned to research to understand the impact of being organic as a long-term lifestyle choice, and thus Nourish Organics was born.”

Nourish Organics sells items such as breakfast cereals, nutrition bars, health cookies, and snacks. According to Nourish Organics, their products are ‘certified organic’ by an Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) accredited certification agency. Nourish is certified by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Intertek, India Organic, and the United Register of Systems (URS).

Controversy

Bankruptcy Claim

In 2018, controversy arose when allegations were made, stating that Seema Jajodia, by transferring her shares in Monnet Ispat & Energy, helped her brother, Sajjan Jindal’s company, JSW Steel, in a bidding process and benefitted him under the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code. Seema’s share transfer, which was described as “ante-dated”, later came under scrutiny. The JSW Group CFO, Seshagiri Rao, denied these claims and called them “absolutely false.”

Award

Seema Jajodia won the Times She UnLTD Entrepreneur Award 2020 for Wellness and Fitness.

Facts/Trivia

• In an interview, Seema stated that she liked binge-watching several series at once on Netflix.

• Seema loves cycling to stay fit. She said in an interview that she exercises for an hour every day.

• Seema loves travelling. She also likes to trek.

  Seema Jajodia (right) on a trekking trip

• As per JSW Energy’s 2019-20 Annual Report, Seema Jajodia holds 73,75,000 shares in the company.

• Seema Jajodia once said that she has a personal life coach to help her maintain a strong self-image. She also spoke about how to maintain a positive attitude, in an interview, and said,
  

  I maintain a Gratitude Diary, where I write three things I am grateful for every day. You can also consider contributing to a bigger cause—like volunteering at a special-needs school or an old-age home. These actions can help you shake off any momentary feelings of weakness and move forward.”