Kanpur : (PTI)

JK group chairman Gaur Hari Singhania passed away today following a heart attack.

Singhania (80) was also the president of JK Organisation and a promoter director of JK Cement Ltd since its inception in 1994.

A sports lover, he was the chief patron of Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association. He is survived by his son Yadupati Singhania.

He was cremated this afternoon at Bhagwat Das Ghat in the city.

Expressing his condolence, chairman and managing director of Jagran Prakashan Mahendra Mohan Gupta said Singhania was a true well-wisher of Kanpur city, where he was born on June 12, 1935.

“Gaur Babu not only promoted sports-related activities in Kanpur and the state but also participated in all industrial activities,” said Gupta, who is also the former president of the Merchant Chamber of Uttar Pradesh.

In the field of education, he contributed to various universities and had opened an university at Udaipur, Rajasthan.

Singhania held chairmanship in other companies, including Jaykay Enterprises, JK Cotton and JK Traders.

He served as the chairman of the Merchant Chamber of Uttar Pradesh and the Employers Association of Northern India. Apart from that, he was the founder chairman of the UP Stock Exchange and founder patron of the Associated Chamber of Commerce.

Singhania was a director in various corporations such as Pradeshiya Industrial Investment Corporation of Uttar Pradesh, UP State Industrial Development Corporation and Uttar Pradesh State Sugar Corporation.

source: http://www.telegraphindia.com / The Telegraph, Calcutta / Front Page> Business> Story / Thursday – February 05th, 2015