Ina Dani is an Indian businesswoman. She is the widow of Ashwin Dani, the non-executive chairman of Asian Paints Ltd., India’s largest home-grown paint company.
Wiki/Biography
Ina Ashwin Dani lives in Mumbai.
family
Parents and siblings
Not much is known about her parents and siblings.
husband and children
Her husband Ashwin Dani (1944-2023) was the non-executive chairman of Asian Paints Limited. The company was co-founded in 1942 by Ashwin’s father Suryakant Dani. Ashwin passed away on September 28, 2023, after a brief illness.
Indian businessman Ashwin Suryakant Dani
They have three sons: Jalaj Dani, Malav Dani and Hasit Dani. In 2017, Jalaj resigned from Asian Paints to start his own business. He has been with the company for 18 years, where he managed a variety of tasks including human resources, supply chain and chemicals portfolio. Later, he became a co-founder of Asian Paints. Malaf is the Chairman of Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of Asian Paints.
Ashwin Dani’s son Jalaj Dani
Malav Dani, son of Ashwin Dani
Profession
In 1979, she became a director of Dani Enterprises and Geetanjali Trading And Investments. On May 9, 1992, she was appointed as a director of Denny Securities. She became a Director of Pragati Marketing Private Limited in 1996. In 1998, she held directorships in four companies: Dani Finlease, Hitech Specialties Solutions, Dani Trading And Investments and Dani Holding And Trading Company. On May 8, 2008, she became the director of Suryakant Paint Accessories. In 2013, he served as a director of Rituh Holding And Trading Company and Avinash Holding And Trading Company. In 2020, she became a director of the SC Dani Research Foundation. In addition, she is also a yoga teacher, teaching prenatal yoga to help expectant mothers give birth safely and normally.
net worth
As of September 2023, her husband Ashwin Dani has a net worth of $7.8 billion. He was ranked 49th on Forbes India’s 2013 list of the 100 richest Indians with a net worth of $1.31 billion.
Facts/Trivia
- Ina Dani is a keen yoga practitioner and a disciple of Indian yoga teacher and author BKS Iyengar. Her association with Guruji Iyengar began in 1980 when her husband Ashwin suffered from a stubborn herniated disc. Ashwin saw a 75% reduction in symptoms after just one yoga class and stopped seeing a physical therapist. During that period, Guruji traveled from Pune to Mumbai every weekend on the Deccan Queen train, while Ashwin and Ina attended his courses. The couple wanted to create something permanent for yoga. So when they built Home Villa, a residential building in the 1990s, they first built an Iyengar Yoga Center on the ground floor. Thereafter, she began teaching yoga to pregnant women at the Iyengar Yoga Center in Home Villa. She also serves as the Managing Trustee of the Guruji Iyengar Light of Yoga Research Trust (LOYRT). In this way, Iyengar yoga became a way of life for Danny’s family. Every day, the family tries to set aside at least an hour to practice yoga.
- Her yoga students affectionately call her “Inaben.”
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education