Manoj Gaur (Former CMD Jaypee Infratech)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Manoj Gaur

• Manoj Gaur was born and raised in a close-knit family in New Delhi, India.

• Manoj is the elder son of his parents.

• After completing an engineering degree, Manoj joined his father’s business, Jaypee Group, which he established in 1979.

• Initially, he joined the Naubasta cement plant in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. where he worked as a project coordinator. In an interview, he mentioned that at that time his salary was Rs 2,750/month.

• Soon, he was moved to the senior management and appointed as the Executive Chairman & CEO of Jaiprakash Associates.

• Gaur has played an important role in the company’s affairs since 1983, when its first cement plant was being built.

• In the 1990s, he was handed the responsibility of a newly established hydro power project.

• In 2006, Manoj was appointed as the executive chairperson of Jaiprakash Associates.

• Some of the major projects under his leadership are the Yamuna Expressway and the Buddh International Circuit (India’s first F1 track).

• Manoj Gaur has a vast experience of 30 years in various sectors of the Jaypee Group, including cement manufacturing and marketing, infrastructure, real estate, fertilisers, hydro power, hospitality, education initiatives, and finance.

• From about 2017 onward, many Jaypee residential projects faced delivery delays and buyer litigation that eventually led to insolvency-resolution processes for Jaypee Infratech.

• After this, Manoj Gaur has not appeared in public much; however, he once addressed around 1,000 angry home buyers at Jaypee Infratech’s Office in Noida and promised to provide solutions for the delayed house project.

• In 2017, after the multiple FIRs registered by the Economic Offences Wings (EOW) of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh Police, based on complaints filed by homebuyers of Jaypee Wishtown and Jaypee Greens projects, alleging criminal conspiracy, cheating, and criminal breach of trust against the company and its promoters, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) initiated an investigation against the Jaypee group and Manoj Gaur.

• During the investigation, ED revealed that out of approximately Rs. 14,599 crore collected by Manoj Guar’s companies, Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL) and Jaiprakash Infratech Limited (JIL), from homebuyers for the construction and completion of residential projects were transferred to other entities associated with the group, including Jaypee Sewa Sansthan (JSS), Jaypee Healthcare Ltd. (JHL), and Jaypee Sports International Ltd. (JSIL).

• ED added that Manoj Gaur, as the Managing Trustee of Jaypee Sewa Sansthan (JSS), received a significant portion of the diverted funds and played a major role in the planning and execution of the fund diversion.

•  It has also been revealed during the investigation that Manoj Gaur is the Managing Trustee of Jaypee Sewa Sansthan (JSS), which received part of the diverted funds.

• On 23 May 2025, ED carried out searches at 15 locations linked to Jaypee Infratech Ltd., Jayprakash Associates Ltd., and their associated entities and seized cash worth over Rs 1.7 crore, along with financial records, digital data, and property documents registered in the names of promoters, their family members, and group companies.

• On 13 November 2025, Manoj Gaur was arrested under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. Further investigation is in progress.

• On 14 November 2025, the Delhi court sent him to 5 days of ED custody.