Rajaram Jaipuria (16 January 1934 – 17 January 2015) was an Indian industrialist, educationist, and author. He was MA, Ph D in Economics. He was the founding chairman and managing director of Ginni Group (Ginni Filaments Limited) and Seth Anandram Jaipuria Education Society. He was also the ex-Chairman of the Indian Cotton Mills Federation. He managed a number of industries, such as sugar, media, cotton spinning, technical textiles, consumer products, etc. He had contributed to educational institutions, hospitals, and charitable organizations.

Family

Rajaram Jaipuria belonged to a very reputed family from

Nawalgarh, Rajasthan Nawalgarh is a heritage city in the Jhunjhunu district of the Shekhawati region of the Indian state of Rajasthan, 30.5 km from Sikar and 39.2 km from Jhunjhunu. History Thakur Nawal Singh Ji Bahadur founded Nawalgarh in 1737 AD ...

. He was the son of Late Jamuna Devi and

Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan (IAST: ''Padma Bhūṣaṇa'', lit. 'Lotus Decoration') is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 Januar ...

Late Seth Mungturam Jaipuria. He was married to Suniti. He and Suniti had three children Archana, Shishir, and Sharad.. Seth Anandram Jaipuria was the grandfather of Rajaram.

Book

* ''Textile Legend Unravels'' , Genre:

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was published in 2007

Companies

Swadeshi Cotton Mills Kanpur

Swadeshi Cotton Mills Kanpur partnered by Jaipurias was one of the six mills taken over by NTC in 1978. Swadeshi was one of the oldest and biggest cotton spinning mill of that time in India. It was established in 1911, it had spindles around one lac and 2000

loom A loom is a device used to weaving, weave cloth and tapestry. The basic purpose of any loom is to hold the Warp (weaving), warp threads under tension (mechanics), tension to facilitate the interweaving of the weft threads. The precise shape of ...

s with strength of more than 9000 employees.

Pioneer

Pioneer was an English daily possessed by Jaipurias.

Ginni Filaments Limited

He was a textile professional and the companies he established are catering to modern-day needs and luxuries both such as regular

garments Clothing (also known as clothes, garments, dress, apparel, or attire) is any item worn on a human body. Typically, clothing is made of fabrics or textiles, but over time it has included garments made from animal skin and other thin sheets of ma ...

to PPE. * Ginni Filaments Limited a vertically integrated company of hosiery goods with (a hundred percent export orient unit when started) of super fine cotton yarns was promoted by Dr. Raja Ram Jaipuria in 1990. * Ginni International Limited was another textile company under his flagship, established in 1995. * Ginni Filaments Limited (A unit of spunlace

nonwoven fabric Nonwoven fabric or non-woven fabric is a fabric-like material made from staple fibre (short) and long fibres (continuous long), bonded together by chemical, mechanical, heat or solvent treatment. The term is used in the textile manufacturing in ...

s) at Panoli,

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Schools and colleges

* Seth Anandram Jaipuria School Kanpur *

Seth Anandram Jaipuria School Lucknow Seth Anandram Jaipuria School, Lucknow (often called Jaipuria School, Lucknow) is a co-educational day and boarding private school from the Nursery to XII grades, located in the Sushant, Golf City, Lucknow. The school is affiliated to the C ...

* Seth Anandram Jaipuria School

Ghaziabad Ghaziabad () is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and a part of Delhi NCR. It is the administrative headquarters of Ghaziabad district and is the largest city in Western Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 1,729,000. Ghaziaba ...

Seth Anandram Jaipuria College Seth Anandram Jaipuria College is a public college, affiliated to the University of Calcutta. It was inaugurated by Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru in 1945 at 10, Raja Nabakrishna Street in North Kolkata. It runs three shifts: Morning, Day, and Evening. ...

Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...

Charitable organisations

Jaipuria Bhawans ( Dharamashalas)

* Seth Anandram Jaipuria Bhawan,

Vrindavan Vrindavan (; ), also spelt Vrindaban and Brindaban, is a historical city in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located in the Braj, Braj Bhoomi region and holds religious importance for Hindus who believe that Krishna, one of ...

. * Seth Anandram Jaipuria Bhawan,

Haridwar Haridwar (; ; formerly Mayapuri) is a city and municipal corporation in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India. With a population of 228,832 in 2011, it is the second-largest city in the state and the largest in the district. The city is s ...

. * Seth Anandram Jaipuria Bhawan, Chitrakoot.

Hospital

* Jaipuria Hospital

Tributes

In his memory, the

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Ram Nath Kovind Ram Nath Kovind ( ; born 1 October 1945) is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the president of India from 2017 to 2022. He is the first person from Uttar Pradesh to serve as the president. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Pa ...

released a Coffee Table book on 'Ram Darshan' during his visit to Chitrakoot on 8 January 2018 in Madhya Pradesh's Satna district. * Memorial lecture 2019 by the Vice President of India

Venkaiah Naidu Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu (born 1 July 1949) is an Indian politician who served as the vice president of India from 2017 to 2022. He has also served as the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, minister of Housing and Urban Pover ...

. * Memorial lecture 2020 by the

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Shri

Nitin Gadkari Nitin Jairam Gadkari (; born 27 May 1957) is an Indian politician who serves as the 40th Minister of Road Transport & Highways in the Government of India since 2014. He is also the longest serving Minister for Road Transport & Highways, current ...

. * Memorial lecture 2022 by the Swami Swaroopananda head of

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References

External links

Textile Legend Unravels

Seth Anandram Jaipuria Bhawan
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