Career
She is widowed with two sons. Indu Jain is Chairperson of The Times Group. In her capacity as Chairperson of The Times Group, Indu has since infused new energy into the growth of India"s largest media house.
The Times Foundation, which she founded and carefully guides, has garnered international acclaim for its, often pioneering, activities in the field of development.
A humanist to the core, under her direction, The Times Foundation runs Community Services, Research Foundation and Times Relief Fund for disaster reliefs like floods, cyclones, earthquakes and epidemics. Indu"s championing of women"s causes is also well known.
She actively supports women"s rights and the encouragement of entrepreneurship. She addressed the United Nations in 2000 at the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders, a speech in which she stressed the need for oneness among faiths and went on to chair a special session of the conference.
Among the other Indu Jain"s compositions,her noted compositions,she has penned the lyrics of critically acclaimed movies like Chashme Baddoor, Sparsh and Katha.
Earlier, she had also conducted interviews and talk shows for Doordarshan. Spreading the message of Peace Within First, Indu Jain spearheads a movement to spread the principles of peace globally. Her husband died on February 4, 1999 in Cleveland, United States at age of 65, following a heart transplant on January 10.