'Not only a textile company': Dhirubhai's words which later inspired Mukesh Ambani to start Jio
Ambani says his father Dhirubhai Ambani was the son of a schoolteacher, who came to Mumbai to live the Indian dream in 1960. Dhirubhai came to the city with Rs 1,000 and a belief that if people invest in businesses of future and right talent, they can create their Indian dream, says RIL Chairman
- Oct 20, 2020,
- Updated Oct 20, 2020 12:29 PM IST
Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman Mukesh Ambani, during the launch of the former bureaucrat and BJP leader NK Singh's book "Portraits Of Power: Half A Century of Being at Ringside" on Monday, talked about the journey of Reliance Industries and Jio Infocomm's early success to become the number one telecom network in India.
Ambani said his father Dhirubhai Ambani was the son of a schoolteacher, who came to the city of Mumbai to live the Indian dream in 1960. He said Dhirubhai came to the city with Rs 1,000 and a belief that if people invest in businesses of the future and the right talent, they can create their Indian dream.
Ambani elaborated on the part mentioned in the book that talked about Reliance's initial days when it was issued a show-cause notice and penalised by the government for producing more than its licensed capacity. "With the economic reforms, today we only incentivise production, and everything that we do today is linked to production and more production," he added.
Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman Mukesh Ambani, during the launch of the former bureaucrat and BJP leader NK Singh's book "Portraits Of Power: Half A Century of Being at Ringside" on Monday, talked about the journey of Reliance Industries and Jio Infocomm's early success to become the number one telecom network in India.
Ambani said his father Dhirubhai Ambani was the son of a schoolteacher, who came to the city of Mumbai to live the Indian dream in 1960. He said Dhirubhai came to the city with Rs 1,000 and a belief that if people invest in businesses of the future and the right talent, they can create their Indian dream.
Ambani elaborated on the part mentioned in the book that talked about Reliance's initial days when it was issued a show-cause notice and penalised by the government for producing more than its licensed capacity. "With the economic reforms, today we only incentivise production, and everything that we do today is linked to production and more production," he added.