Ina Dani is an Indian businesswoman. She is the widow of Ashwin Dani, who was the non-executive chairman of Asian Paints Limited, India’s largest household paint company.
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Wiki/Biography
Ina Ashwin Dani lives in Mumbai.
Family
parents and siblings
There is not much information 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 by Ashwin’s father, Suryakant Dani, in 1942. Ashwin died on 28 September 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 after an 18-year tenure with the company, during which he managed multiple functions across the human resources, supply chain and chemicals portfolio. Later, he became the co-promoter of Asian Paints. Malav is the Chairman of the CSR Committee at Asian Paints.
Jalaj Dani, son of Ashwin Dani
Malav Dani, son of Ashwin Dani
livelihood
In 1979, she became a director in the companies Dani Enterprises and Gitanjali Trading and Investments. On 9 May 1992, he was made a director of Dani Securities. She became the director of Pragati Marketing Private Limited in 1996. In 1998, he held the position of director of four companies, Dani Finlease, Hitech Specialties Solutions, Dani Trading & Investments and Dani Holding & Trading Company. On 8 May 2008, she became the director of Suryakant Paint Accessories. In 2013, held the position of Director of Rituh Holding & Trading Company and Avinash Holding & Trading Company. In 2020, she became the director of SC Dani Research Foundation. Apart from this, she is also a yoga teacher who teaches prenatal yoga to expectant mothers for safe and normal delivery.
net worth
As of September 2023, her husband Ashwin Dani’s net worth was $7.8 billion. He was ranked #49 on Forbes India’s 2013 list of the 100 richest Indians with a net worth of $1310 million.
Facts/General Knowledge
- 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, was suffering from a slipped disc problem. Ashwin experienced 75% relief in just one yoga lesson and stopped visiting his physiotherapist. During that period, Guruji would travel from Pune to Mumbai by Deccan Queen train every weekend, and Ashwin and Ina would attend his classes. The husband and wife wanted to create something permanent for yoga. So, when he built his residential building, Home Villa, in the 1990s, the first thing he did was set up an Iyengar Yoga center on its first floor. After this he started teaching yoga to pregnant women at Iyengar Yoga Center located at Home Villa. He has also served as the Managing Trustee of Guruji Iyengar’s Light on Yoga Research Trust (LOYRT). In this way Iyengar Yoga became a way of life in the Dani family. Every day, family members try to spare at least an hour to practice yoga.
- Her yoga students fondly call her Inaben.
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