Rajinder Gupta is an Indian businessman. Gupta is Chairman of Trident Group, a business conglomerate headquartered in

Ludhiana Ludhiana ( ) is the most populous and the largest Cities in India, city in the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. The city has an estimated population of 1,618,879 2011 Indian census, 2011 census and distributed over , making Ludhiana the ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

, and Chairman of the Corporate Advisory Board of Trident Limited. In 2007, Gupta received the

Padma Shri Award Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conferred ...

from the then President of India in recognition of distinguished service in the field of Trade and Industry. Recently he has been appointed as Chairman of, Board of Governors,

Punjab Engineering College Punjab Engineering College (abbreviated PEC or PEC Chandigarh) is a public research & technical institution in Chandigarh. It was founded in 1921 in Lahore, established in Chandigarh in 1953, and focuses on the field of applied sciences, particu ...

, Chandigarh. He is also a representative of Trade, Industry & Commerce on the Board of Governors of Punjab Bureau of Investment Promotion and is Chairman of Advisory Council of

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which al ...

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) is a non-governmental trade association and advocacy group based in India. History Established in 1927, on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi by Indian businessman G.D. Birla and ...

& Industry (

FICCI The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) is a non-governmental trade association and advocacy group based in India. History Established in 1927, on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi by Indian businessman G.D. Birla and ...

). He is the President of

Punjab Cricket Association Punjab Cricket Association is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the state of Punjab and the Union Territory of Chandigarh in India and the Punjab cricket team. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Curren ...

since September 2017.

Career

In 1985, Gupta bought his way into the business of chemicals and fertilizers with an investment of INR 6.5 crore. Gupta is also the Vice Chairman of CII Punjab State Council for 2006–07, Director of

Punjab Technical University I. K. Gujral Punjab Technical University (IKGPTU), formerly Punjab Technical University (PTU), is a State university located by Kapurthala highway in Kapurthala, India. It was established by an act of State Legislature on 16 January 1997, to p ...

and Punjab State Board of Technical Education and Industrial Training.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gupta, Rajinder Living people Businesspeople from Ludhiana Recipients of the Padma Shri in trade and industry Indian chairpersons of corporations 20th-century Indian businesspeople Year of birth missing (living people)