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This is an archive article published on May 25, 2024
Saroj Goenka, RNG’s daughter-in-law, dies
Saroj Goenka's father, Shreyans Prasad Jain, was a prominent businessman and Rajya Sabha member, after whom Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's SPJIMR (Shreyans Prasad Jain Institute of Management and Research) is named.
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Saroj Goenka was 94 (File Photo) Saroj Goenka, wife of the late Bhagwan Das Goenka, son of Express group’s founder Ramnath Goenka, passed away in Chennai Friday morning. She was 94.
Saroj Goenka’s father, Shreyans Prasad Jain, was a prominent businessman and Rajya Sabha member, after whom Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s SPJIMR (Shreyans Prasad Jain Institute of Management and Research) is named.
She became a director of Express Infrastructure Limited, overseeing the development of landmark projects like Chennai’s Express Mall, E Residences, E Hotel, and EA Chambers. She also served as the Managing Director of Express Publications (Madurai) Limited.
She was a philanthropist. In 1998, she gifted a 10-acre property for the Swami Dayananda Krupa Home, which cares for the differently-abled. During the floods in Chennai in December 2015, she handed over a cheque for Rs 1 crore to then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa to aid in relief efforts. Saroj Goenka is survived by her three daughters, Arati Agarwal, Ritu Goenka, and Kavita Singhania, all of whom are directors of Express Infrastructure Limited.
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