Ms. Indu Jain passed away
- She was the chairperson of India’s largest media group, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., which is popularly known as the Times Group.
- She also served as chairperson of the Bharatiya Jnanpith Trust, a literary and research foundation presenting India’s highest literary awards for work in Indian languages.
- She was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2016.
- In 2000, she addressed the UN at the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders.
- Passionate about women’s rights, she was the founder president of the FICCI Ladies Organisation.
- In 2019 she got the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India for translating excellence in corporate governance into reality.