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 Shri
Mukesh D. Ambani
- Chairman & Managing Director
Shri Mukesh D. Ambani is a Chemical Engineer
from University Institute of Chemical Technology
(earlier University Department of Chemical
Technology), University of Mumbai (earlier
University of Bombay). He has pursued MBA
from Stanford University, USA.
Shri Mukesh D. Ambani,
son of Shri Dhirubhai H. Ambani, Founder
Chairman of the Company joined Reliance
in 1981. He initiated Reliance's backward
integration journey from textiles into polyester
fibres and further into petrochemicals,
petroleum refining and going up-stream into
oil and gas exploration and production.
He created several new world class manufacturing
facilities involving diverse technologies
that have raised Reliance's petrochemicals
manufacturing capacities from less than
a million tonnes to about twenty million
tonnes per year.
Working hands-on, Shri
Mukesh D. Ambani led the creation of the
world's largest grassroots petroleum refinery
at Jamnagar, India, with a current capacity
of 660,000 barrels per day (33 million tonnes
per year) integrated with petrochemicals,
power generation, port and related infrastructure.
Further, he steered the setting up of another
27 million tonnes refinery next to the existing
one in Jamnagar. An aggregate refining capacity
of 1.24 million barrels of oil per day has
transformed "Jamnagar" as the
'Refining Hub of the World'.
In September 2008, when
the first drop of crude oil flowed from
the Krishna-Godavari basin, Shri Mukesh
D. Ambani's vision of energy security for
India was being realized. Under his leadership,
RIL is set to transform India's energy landscape
from the oil & gas flowing from Dhirubhai
1 & 3 Natural gas - a low carbon, low
polluting green fuel that will flow from
these will create value and be beneficial
to a large section of India's society.
Shri Mukesh D. Ambani had
set up one of the largest and most complex
information and communications technology
initiative in the world in the form of Reliance
Infocomm Limited (now Reliance Communications
Limited).
Shri Mukesh D. Ambani is
also steering Reliance's development of
infrastructure facilities and implementation
of a pan-India organized retail network
spanning multiple formats and supply chain
infrastructure.
Shri Mukesh D. Ambani's
achievements have been acknowledged at national
and international levels. Over the years,
some of the awards and recognition bestowed
on him are :
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Conferred the 'Indian Corporate
Citizen of the Year' by the India Leadership
conclave 2009.
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Bestowed the US-India Business
Council (USIBC) 'Global Vision' 2007 Award
for Leadership in 2007.
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Conferred 'ET Business
Leader of the Year' Award by The Economic
Times (India) in the year 2006.
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Conferred the Degree Honoris
Causa, Honorary Doctorate by the Maharaja
Sayajirao University in 2007.
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Conferred the India Business
Leadership Award by CNBC-TV18 in 2007.
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Received the first NDTV-Profit
'Global Indian Leader Award' from Hon'ble
Prime Minister of India, Shri Manmohan Singh
in New Delhi in the year 2006.
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Had the distinction and
honour of being the Co-chair at the World
Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in 2006.
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Ranked 42nd among the 'World's
Most Respected Business Leaders' and second
among the four Indian CEOs featured in a survey
conducted by Pricewaterhouse Coopers and published
in Financial Times, London, in 2004.
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Conferred the World Communication
Award for the 'Most Influential Person' in
Telecommunications by Total Telecom, in 2004.
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Conferred the 'Asia Society
Leadership Award' by the Asia Society, Washington
D.C., USA, in 2004.
Shri Mukesh D. Ambani is
a member of the Prime Minister's Council
on Trade and Industry, Government of India
and the Board of Governors of the National
Council of Applied Economic Research, New
Delhi.
On invitation to Shri Mukesh
D. Ambani,Reliance Industries Limited, became
a Council Member of World Business Council
for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in 2007.
Shri Ambani has been elected as Vice Chairman
of WBCSD Executive Committee in 2008.
Further, he is a member
of the Indo-US CEOs Forum, the International
Advisory Board of Citigroup, International
Advisory Board of the National Board of
Kuwait, Advisory Council for the Graduate
School of Business, Stanford University,
International Advisory Board of Brookings,
International Advisory Board of Council
on Foreign Relations, Member of The Business
Council, and McKinsey Knowledge Advisory
Council.
He is the Chairman, Board
of Governors of the Indian Institute of
Management, Bangalore, Chairman of Pandit
Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar,
Co-Chair of India-Russia CEO Council, Co-Chair
of Japan-India Business Leader's Forum and
a member of the Advisory Council of the
Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.
Shri Mukesh D. Ambani is
the Chairman of Reliance Retail Limited
and a Director of Reliance Europe Limited
and a Private Limited Company.
At RIL, Shri Mukesh D. Ambani is the Chairman
of the Finance Committee and the Employees
Stock Compensation Committee.
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