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Nita Ambani, 41, India’s first industrial family’s bahu (The Reliance Group is the country’s largest business house with total revenues of over Rs 99,000 crore) energetic president of the Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation, who is passionate about healthcare, education and dance, traces her ability for hard work back to her childhood. She did not always live in a modern mansion, surrounded by exotic blooms, in Mumbai’s most-chic address.¹

The city’s A-listers had a busy weekend, attending two high-profile functions to celebrate the marriage of Praful Patel’s daughter Niyati (who will wed Samarth Parekh in Udaipur this weekend). On Saturday night, Nita and Mukesh Ambani hosted an exclusive bash at their residence Sea Wind, while on Sunday, Rama and Venugopal Dhoot had a party for the couple at a SoBo five-star.²

This is where Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani?s wife Nita comes into the picture. Reliance insiders say Nita is expected to play a key role in conceptualising these stores.³

Project Drishti, under the leadership of Smt Nita Ambani, President, Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation is working zealously to bring light into the lives of millions who have so far lived in darkness. The objective of the project is to give sight to the sightless from the underprivileged segment of the society at no cost to them.⁴

Growing up in a joint family in Santacruz (her father worked for the Birlas) Nita’s only ambition was to become a dancer. It was at one such performance at the Birla Matushree that she was spotted by Kokilaben, the Ambani matriarch, who decided that Nita would wed Mukesh.⁵