INNOVATING FOR THE FUTURE

The Reliance Innovation Council (RIC) sets an agenda to actively nurture innovation within RIL in order to safeguard its standing as a unique corporate entity. The council consists of:

SHRI MUKESH D. AMBANI Chairman and Managing Director of RIL. He is a Member of Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Advocacy Group

(MDG) Advocacy Group (MDG Advocate) constituted by United Nations (UN) and a Member of The Foundation Board of World Economic Forum. He is also 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.

DR. RAGHUNATH A. MASHELKAR
An eminent scientist and the President of Global Research Alliance. Formerly, he was the Director General of the Council

of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and also the President of Indian National Science Academy (INSA). For his various contributions to India, he has been honoured with some of the highest civilian honours bestowed in India including the prestigious Padma Vibhushan award.

DR. GEORGE M. WHITESIDES
A Professor at Harvard University and the world's foremost chemist. He has held advisory positions on the National

Research Council, National Science Foundation and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the Department of Defense, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and the American Philosophical Society, among other organizations.

PROF. JEAN-MARIE LEHN
A professor at the Collège de France in Paris, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1987 for his studies on the chemical basis of 'molecular recognition'.

Author of more than 800 scientific publications, he is a member of many academies and institutions.

PROF. GARY HAMEL
One of the world's foremost management experts and authors, he has been called "the world's most influential business thinker" by The Wall Street Journal and "the world's leading expert on business strategy" by Fortune magazine.

He also works with governments on matters of innovation policy, entrepreneurship and industrial competitiveness, and is a Fellow of the World Economic Forum.

DR. WILLIAM A. HASELTINE
He is the chairman of Haseltine Global Health LLC, a pharmaceutical company. He is also president of the Haseltine Foundation for Medical Sciences and the Arts, a foundation that supports access to

high-quality health for the poor and middle class of developing countries and that also fosters a dialog between sciences and the arts. He is also well-known for his pioneering work in cancer and HIV/AIDS.

PROF. ROBERT GRUBBS
He is a Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology. He received the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, along with two others, for his work in the field of olefin metathesis.

Innovation not only unveils new opportunities in existing business verticals, but also helps create the roadmap to develop new business models. RIL is passionate to find new pathways to progress through consistent innovation.

CREATING AND NURTURING INNOVATIVE IDEAS:

MISSION KURUKSHETRA (MK)

RIL recognises that every mind is creative. MK is a step towards democratising creativity and innovation within the organisation.

BEYONDERS PROGRAMME

This programme aims to create innovation leaders within RIL who can take on substantial innovation initiatives and introduce the 'next big thing' to the world.

D4 (DEFINE-DISCOVER-DEVELOP- DEMONSTRATE)

This programme aims to enable and empower middle management to ideate and innovate; hence challenging the assumption that innovation comes only from top leadership.

LEADING EXPERT ACCESS PROGRAMME (LEAP)

LEAP was born with the aim of providing people at RIL with access to global thought and innovation leaders through interactive sessions.

INITIATIVES FOR INNOVATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS

3,00,000 sq. ft. of space, including 1,20,000 sq. ft. of laboratory space, with state-of- the-art R&D facilities in Reliance Technology Group (RTG) Laboratory at Navi Mumbai

RTG has transitioned from a smart buyer of technology to a fast customizer and flagship developer of technology

Investments in R&D in various businesses, biofuels & bio-chemicals, breakthrough technologies and health, safety & environment

Strong steps towards product stewardship in various businesses

GLOBAL INNOVATION HUB

In a move to spur innovation in industry, GenNext Ventures, a RIL sponsored Venture Capital fund and Microsoft Ventures, have floated the Global Innovation Hub. This globally competitive platform will support entrepreneurs shape their disruptive ideas in a resourceful setting, with help and guidance from leaders across industries and functionalities.

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