Nita Ambani
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Nita Ambani is the Founder-Chairperson of the Dhirubhai Ambani International School
Dhirubhai Ambani International School
The Dhirubhai Ambani International School is a private co-educational LKG-12 day school in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, built by Reliance Industries, named after the late patriarch of the conglomerate, Dhirubhai Ambani. Dhirubhai Ambani International School was established in 2003 and has been an...
.She is also the wife of industrialist Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian business magnate. He is the chairman and managing director of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, the largest private sector enterprise in India listed in Fortune 500 magazine. His personal stake in Reliance Industries is 48%...
. She is actively involved in various philanthropic activities in the fields of education, human resources and disaster relief.
Nita Ambani also is the Co-Owner of the Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians , is a franchise cricket team representing Mumbai in the Indian Premier League. The team is one of the eight founding members of the IPL in 2008. Mumbai Indians are currently led by Sachin Tendulkar, who is the Icon Player for the team and is coached by Robin Singh...
cricket team and is actively involved in Project Drishti: A social initiative taken by Reliance Industries
Reliance Industries
Reliance Industries Limited is an Indian conglomerate company headquartered at Mumbai, India. The company operates through three business segments: petrochemicals, refining, and oil and gas, other segment of the company includes textile, retail business, special economic zone development and...
(RIL) and National Association for the Blind
Early life
Nita Ambani, born on 1st Nov, 1963, grew up in the suburbs of MumbaiMumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
and hails from a middle class family. Her father was a senior executive in Birla . Nita Ambani has always had a keen interest in Indian classical dance and wanted to pursue a career in dance. While her mother aspired for her to become a chartered accountant, Nita Ambani now holds qualifications as a teacher and an interior designer. Nita Ambani is a Commerce Graduate from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce & Economics, Vile Parle, Mumbai University.
Career
Nita Ambani has been associated with Dhirubhai Ambani International SchoolDhirubhai Ambani International School
The Dhirubhai Ambani International School is a private co-educational LKG-12 day school in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, built by Reliance Industries, named after the late patriarch of the conglomerate, Dhirubhai Ambani. Dhirubhai Ambani International School was established in 2003 and has been an...
since its inception in June 2003. She is the chairperson of the school which is located in Mumbai. The Dhirubhai Ambani International School is based on Indian as well as an international curriculum that aims to develop a new model for education at the school level in India. The school is counted as one of the premium schools of Mumbai and is one of the 37 in India that offer the International Baccalaureate Program. She has also been heading the Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation which is a non-profit organization primarily devoted towards the promotion of education and health care services for the needy and under privileged in India.Nita Ambani also serves on the board for Oberoi Hotels & Resorts
Oberoi Hotels & Resorts
The Oberoi Group, founded in 1934, owns and/or operates 29 hotels and 3 cruise liners in five countries.It remains one of the most decorated hotel chains in the world with many of its group hotels bagging various awards and accolades from Travel+Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler, Forbes and...
.She will remain as a Non-Executive director and is also the first honorary position provided to her outside of Reliance Industries Limited.
Social work
Nita Ambani has been working as part of the Dhirubhai AmbaniDhirubhai Ambani
Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani also known as Dhirubhai, was an Indian-Gujarati business magnate and entrepreneur who founded Reliance Industries, a petrochemicals, communications, power, and textiles conglomerate and the only privately owned Indian company in the Fortune 500. Ambani took his company...
Foundation.
Nita Ambani is also part of Reliance Industries
Reliance Industries
Reliance Industries Limited is an Indian conglomerate company headquartered at Mumbai, India. The company operates through three business segments: petrochemicals, refining, and oil and gas, other segment of the company includes textile, retail business, special economic zone development and...
and UNAIDS partnership which is aimed towards halting and reversing the HIV epidemic in India. Nita Ambani is spearheading Project Drishti, a unique initiative by RIL and NAB, with a vision to give sight to sightless people from the underprivileged segment at no cost.
Major achievements
Mrs. Nita Ambani was recipient of the Samaj Seva Vishwa Bhushan at the Bharat Nari Shakti award function which was held on the International Women’s Day in 2005.Personal life
Nita Ambani is the eldest daughter-in-law of Late Mr. Dhirubhai AmbaniDhirubhai Ambani
Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani also known as Dhirubhai, was an Indian-Gujarati business magnate and entrepreneur who founded Reliance Industries, a petrochemicals, communications, power, and textiles conglomerate and the only privately owned Indian company in the Fortune 500. Ambani took his company...
,the founder of Reliance Industries Limited.