Vijaypat Singhania

Vijaypat Singhania, ( born October 4, 1938 in Kanpur ) is an Indian entrepreneur in retirement and balloonist. He is currently the owner of record at the height of a hot air balloon ride.

Life

Vijaypat Singhania has made ​​a name in the Indian textile industry before his retirement as an entrepreneur. He had since 1980 chaired the " Raymond Ltd.. " Held, the leading company within the Raymond Group. The group claims to have a market share of about 60 per cent of the domestic textile market. His income has made ​​him a millionaire.

On 20 December 2005, the 67 -year-old an office which he held for one year was sworn in as Sheriff of Mumbai ..

Vijaypat Singhania is married. His son Gautam Hari Singhania now leads the group of companies.

Sporting interests and achievements

Singhania developed a taste for air sports. In August / September 1998, he managed to cope with in 23 days with a microlight the distance of 9,655 miles from the UK to India. He thus undercutting the existing record of a journalist who had required 34 days. The Guinness Book of Records was the flight worth an entry.

The sports enthusiasts won the first international " Round the World Air Race" in 1994., The circumnavigation of the world within 24 hours Singhania brought a gold medal of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI ) a.

In 2005 he acquired in January, the pilot license for hot air balloon rides. In June of the same year he set a national record at the Indian with his sports machine. He penetrated to an altitude of 16,000 feet. On 26 November 2005 he led a ride to an altitude of 69 852 feet ( 21,291 meters ), which Vijaypat Singhania import a world record. He started in Mumbai and landed about five hours later in the city of Sinnar in Maharashtra.

For three decades, practiced Singhania also horse riding and operated for a long time as a functionary at the " Royal Western India Turf Club" in Mumbai.

Honors

  • " Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award" 2001
  • " Padma Bhushan " in 2006
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