Lord Swraj Paul leaves behind legacy in entrepreneurship, philanthropy

From the bylanes of Jalandhar to a regular name in the annual 'Sunday Times Rich List’, Lord Swraj Paul, who died Thursday evening in London aged 94, was one of the most well known NRI entrepreneurs and philanthropists.

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Born to Pyare Lal, who ran a small foundry used to make steel goods, including buckets and other farming equipment, Lord Paul was exposed to business early in his life much before he went on to establish UK-based Caparo Group, a diversified businesses entity with interests predominantly in design, manufacture, marketing and distribution of value-added steel and niche engineering products.

Born February 18, 1931, he completed high school educa-

tion at Jalandhar and Bachelors in Science from Punjab University in 1949. Then he went to the US to pursue his bachelors & masters degrees in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

After completing his studies at MIT, he returned to India to join the family business, Apeejay Surrendra Group ~ one of India's oldest business conglomerates.