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Mr Naveen Jindal is a multifaceted personality - an industrialist, a sportsman, a pilot, but most of all a dyed-in-the-wool patriot. He single-handedly took up the cause of restoring in Indians a national pride, choosing the Tricolour as his symbol.

In the rigours of everyday life, patriotism has been a dispensable attribute, but in nation building it is an imperative. No development can be significant without nationalism catalysing every person to contribute to growth at the macro level. Only a man with a vision could have taken upon himself the mammoth task of re-awakening such a pride in the Indian conscience. It took a young student, back from the USA, to think beyond the obvious and rebel with a cause. To Mr Jindal, the freedom to fly the flag meant connecting with other Indians. He could not fathom why such an honour should be denied to those whose flag it really was.

Mr Naveen Jindal showed the makings of a true statesman when he decided to help harbour a feeling of unity and brotherhood as embodied by the Tricolour, and, in a celebration of a free India, build a resurgent, stronger nation.

Today if you can display the national flag at your home or workplace throughout the year, it is because of legal battle fought by Mr Jindal for nine long years to make this right available to every Indian. On 23rd January 2004, in a historic Judgement, the Hon'ble Supreme Court has held that the right to fly the National Flag freely, with respect and dignity is a Fundamental Right of every citizen.

Mr Naveen Jindal is also the Chairman of the Young Leaders Forum FICCI and National Executive Committee Member, FICCI. He has been appointed as the Chairman for the Sports Committee , FICCI.

And it's not all work either. Mr Naveen Jindal is in the Indian Shooting team, he represented the country at various international shooting competitions, he is the National Record holder in skeet shooting. He has won a gold medal with new National record in December 2003 in Hyderabad. He participated in 10th Asian Shooting Championship at Kula Lumpur in Feburary 2004. On 5th April 2004, the Indian shooting team under his captaincy won Silver Medal in SAF games in Pakistan. He has won 2 silver medals in the 48th National Shooting Championship, Indore, 2004.

When he is not shooting, Mr Naveen Jindal is on horseback playing polo. He has led his team "Jindal Steel" to various titles, including the prestigious Bhopal Pataudi Cup consecutively for five years and has also won the IPA Championship (20 goal) consecutively for the year 2003 & 2004.

India Today (Issue- 19th January'2004) carried out a survey to rank pressing issues in order of priority. Readers were asked to rank a series of moments in Indian contemporary history since 1975 which qualified as a "WOW" moment, an event that made Indians proud. Mr. Naveen Jindal was ranked 3rd after Mother Teresa winning the Noble Prize for peace and Kerala achieving 100% literacy.

He not only wishes to be an Olympic champion but also wants to play a big role in contributing to the growth of our nation. To quote him "Its my dream that all Indians fly and respect our greatest national symbol, the Tricolour, and be inspired by it to live by its ideals" To him the ideals of the flag mean to do one's own job well while keeping the country's interest in mind. He feels when a person displays the National flag he rises above his religious, regional and political affiliations and only shows his love for his country and that he is proud to be an Indian. The display of our tricolour by more and more Indians, he feels, will revolutionize the way we think about our country making us a happier, prouder and prosperous nation.

Being a young member of "Indian Parliament" he wishes to serve Indians and aspires to make a substantial positive contribution so as to make India stronger and its people proud and happy. He believes this can be achieved with the right leadership, which creates the right environment for every Indian to play his part well.