Sunaina Kejriwal: A Smart Business Person Continuing The Bajaj Group Traditions And Helping Others

Entrepreneurship in the modern world can tell stories not just based on the success stories but they become inspirational stories for the upcoming individuals who want to achieve their dreams. Sunaina Kejriwal, a remarkable person who has been representing all the attributes of perseverance, innovation, and a strong will for excellence, lies among these stories.

Sunaina Kejriwal: About

Mrs. Sunaina Kejriwal, the director of the Kamalnayan Bajaj Hall & Art Gallery, is the person in charge. She passed out from S.N.D.T. college, Pune, majoring in Textiles and specialized in Home Science. She has completed a one-year course in Silk Screen Printing in Sophia College at Mumbai recently. Her acknowledgement of modern and contemporary art through her diploma is another asset. She holds a course from Bhau Daji Lad Museum in which ‘The History of Indian Art – Modern & Contemporary & Curatorial Studies’ is taught.

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Sunaina comes from the dynamic Bajaj family who took part in India’s Freedom Struggle, contextually related to Mahatma Gandhi. Via the Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation, the family is currently involved in restoring and conserving several heritage structures whereby the Bhau Daji Lad Museum, being a leading institution in this field among many others, has benefited greatly. 

Their charitable donations and activities go through various charts and conceptions; thus, they are included in different philanthropic activities. Sunaina has a broad variety of personal interests filled with pottery, art, theatre, and travelling. Additionally, she is proud to be a member of the YPO, and EO Platinum for the platinum.

Net Worth: $286Million

Sunaina Kejriwal: Personal Life

Sunaina Kejriwal is the daughter of Rahul Bajaj. In the position he holds as the CEO of Bajaj group Rahul Bajaj is an Indian billionaire industrialist who made an outstanding mark with his iconic entrepreneurship. She is Wife of Manish Kejriwal, who is the much-known Founder and CEO of Kedaara Capital, a Private Equity firm which has assets which exceed USD 5 billion. This is the postion taken by Mr. Kejriwal at Temasek Holdings Now till he took up the job at Kedaara capital. Besides, his unlimited resume of pro career successes with McKinsey & Company of the US branch should not be lost in sight either. He was the leader of different teams located across Cleveland and New York and later in the Mumbai region.

She is a mother to two sons. Aryaman who is the elder child of her has his studies in Columbia University as a Junior majoring in Computer Science and Economics. However, he instead attends the Bombay International School, which is thought of as one of the best schools in India, unlike his older sister.

Kamalnayan Bajaj Hall and Art Gallery: Overview

Kamalnayan Bajaj Hall and Art Gallery has been a venture of The Jamnalal Bajaj Seva Trust, which is the charitable Trust of the well-known and respected Bajaj Group. Defining the place of the historical site, they will claim that it is located in the shopping mall in the Southern part of Mumbai. In essence, this building becomes a sanctuary for artists that helps them to create great artworks.

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The mainstage of such an exhibition is Display, it aims to promote the art value with the merger of the creators and audiences. The artists display their works and the audience appreciates and honors different expressions of the creative imagination.

Bajaj Hall and Art Gallery has been working since 1980 in Mumbai, and the honest patron of the multiform Kamalnayan Bajaj may be recalled as an industrialist, an art and culture advocate, and a writer all in one.

Kamalnayan Bajaj, the eldest son of Mr.Jamnalal Bajaj, by his kind generosity distinguished the traits of his highly admired father, Jamnalal Bajaj, the freedom fighter, social reformer, and ardent follower of Mahatma Gandhi. With steadfastness and abiding passion, he carried on the tradition for intellectual and moral instruction that follows the simple precepts of his fathers, taking it to new heights.

Created by Kamalnayan Bajaj, the journey of India to find a way out from the clutches of dependency and become economically  self-reliant is a testament to his strategic vision and his unshaken bottomless passion for growth and progress.

Sunaina Kejriwal is the Honorary Director of the Kamalnayan Bajaj Hall & Art Gallery in this role since June 2008.

Kamalnayan Bajaj Hall and Art Gallery : Mission And Vision

The main motive behind Kamalnayan Bajaj Hall and Art Gallery is to ensure that the new generation and professionals can introduce, encourage, promote, and preserve art through artists at different stages. Through such a project, they aim for an end result that is defined by rich expressions of culture and community, depictions of their  social organizations, expressive artistic creations, and a shared heritage.

Central to this objective is to demonstrate, support, and promote the immeasurable rich cultural and historical legacy of India, which is realized through diverse art expressions, cultural symbols, and traditional art forms.

Rahul Bajaj : Sunaina Kejriwal Father’s And CEO Of Bajaj Group

Rahul Bajaj was India’s highly successful business empire builder and a billionaire. He was born on 10 June 1938. As someone who served as chairperson of the world-famous Bajaj Group, Had been a central figure involved in the growth and development of the organization.

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Indians praised Mr. Bajaj for his input into the improvement of Indian industry and society, in recognition of his achievements he received the prestigious Padma Bhushan award in 2001 which was one of the Highest civilian awards conferred by the Government of India.

Rahul Bajaj : Early Life

Born on 10th June 1938, Rahul Bajaj was the son of Kamalnayan Bajaj and Savitri Bajaj. He came from a prestigious bloodline as the grandson of Jamnalal Bajaj, a much respected figure in the Indian liberation struggle and not far from Gandhiji. Bajaj took his education through the most distinguished schools and institutions such as Harvard Business School from the United States, St. Stephen’s College in Delhi, Government Law College in Mumbai and Cathedral and John Connon School.

Rahul Bajaj: Growth Of Bajaj Group And The Evolution Of Bajaj Auto

Mr. Bajaj was the first to be referred to as the founder and head of the Bajaj Group back in 1965. It is Bajaj Group’s flagship brand that he has been with some of its associates throughout his coveted five-decade long career where he single-handedly led the Bajaj Auto to phenomenal growth from a company that at the beginning of the business had7.5 crore to Rs.12,000 crore. 

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Undoubtedly, between the different sorts of a product, Bajaj Chetak scooter is the model established by the manufacturer and shall be branded as the main fresh source of the sales.

Mr. Bajaj who was in a senior position as the executive left the company in the middle of 2005 expecting the next generation to continue the business. Of RPB Group Rajiv, the son of Mr. Bajaj took over the post of it’s Managing Director. Subsequently, in 2008, Mr. Bajaj orchestrated the division of Bajaj Auto into three distinct units: The Bajaj group comprises three constituent companies: the automotive company, Bajaj Auto; the conglomerate financial company, Bajaj Finserv; and the holding company, Bajaj Group.

During the March 2019 month, Mr Sitaraman relinquished the posts of the Chairman and Non-Executive Directors beside the appointment as the Chairman Emeritus. In addition, Mr. Rahul Bajaj, the cousin of Mr. Niraj Bajaj took the role of Non-Executive Chairman after the latter’s retirement. This act of Mr. Rahul Bajaj marked the birth of the first generation entrepreneur. He was though conserved in the rank of the Chairman Emeritus.  

Rahul Bajaj: Aside from the sector of commercial

Mr. Bajaj is that person who not only provides masters on commercial level but also gives assistance far from commercial level. Rahul Gandhi was elected during his tenure as the interim MLA of the Rajya Sabha in place of Pandit Pramod Mahajan. Also, Mr. Bajaj was the president of this body for at least two sessions falling either in the years 1979-80 and 1999-2000. He was the vice-president during the years 1994-96 thus he is the longest serving CII president. It was so for the life-long effort that he expended towards the enhancement of Indian industry that he was felicitated with the CII Presidential award for Lifetime Achievement by the Hon’ble President of India, with Mr.Pranab Mukherjee, in the year 2017.

Besides his role with SEBI, he occupied additional leadership positions, including chairmanship of Indian Airlines and that of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum, and at a number of the most esteemed institutions the world has. Among the Indian projects were a forum called the Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay), an Advisory Council of the Brookings Institution and the South Asia Advisory Board of the Harvard Business School.

Mr.Bajaj was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2001, the nation’s third highest civilian award.

Mr. Bajaj passed away at the age of 83 on 12 February,2022.

Conclusion

Sunaina Kejriwal’s journey represents entrepreneurship at its zenith–success has become secondary, which, instead, aims to make her a source of inspiration for the youths. To distinguish herself from her family’s reputation of philanthropy and social consciousness, Mukta Bajaj assumes the post of Director of the Kamalnayan Bajaj Hall & Art Gallery. It serves a purpose of creating a space where art and culture shall interact.

However, with regard to the Shining Bright Kejriwal family, Sunaina exemplifies the contribution of figures like Jamnalal Bajaj and Kamalnayan Bajaj, who were the pioneers of social reform and industrial leadership.

The Kamalnayan Bajaj Hall & Art Gallery, which is a museum of Bajaj’s vision and mission is an example of how she wanted art and culture to be preserved and appreciated. Sunaina’s commitment, and the continuing input from her family who devise ways of ensuring that this gallery loses the shine neither as a center of excellence or a hub of cultural knowledge is guaranteed with time.

Both transcendences of Sunaina Kejriwal and Rahul Bajaj’s biographies thereby indicate the potential of entrepreneurship for both material and spiritual progress as well as ideas and culture. Through the examples they set, the women who promoted the advancement of the suffrage movement continue to serve as a symbol of bravery and resolution.