The Story Of Paru Jaykrishna

Paru comes from a humble Jain family.She lost her father when she was a child. She was academically inclined as a child and so did well at Sharda Mandir,the Gujarati-medium school she attended. Her mother passed away when she was a teenager.Then she had to shelve her dreams of becoming a doctor. She then studied Philosophy and Sanskrit. Since she loved challenges, she decided to study English literature next. She did well in that too! She followed this up by studying law.

Marriage in 1964 to Mrugesh Jaykrishna , the scion of the very wealthy Patel business family of Jaykrishna Harivallabhdas of  Ahmedabad  propelled Paru into the world of business.Aside from the difference in economic background of the couple,the marriage crossed the community barriers of the time. Read more of this post