Mrs Nita
AMBANI

Commerce Graduate from Mumbai University; Diploma in Early Childhood Education

Founder and Chairperson of Reliance Foundation (2010-); Board Member of Reliance Industries (2014-2023); Board Member of EIH Ltd (The Oberoi Group) (2011-); Co-owner of the league cricket teams Mumbai Indians (2008-), MI Cape Town (2022-), MI Emirates (2022-) and the Mumbai Indians women’s team (2023-); Founder and Chairperson of Football Sports Development Limited, which operates the Indian Super League (2014-); Founder and Chairperson of Dhirubhai Ambani International School (2003-); Chairperson of Reliance Foundation Institution of Education and Research (2017-); Board of Visitors of MD Anderson Cancer Center (2014-); Advisory Board Member of the Massachusetts General Hospital Centre for Global Health (2014-); Honorary Trustee, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2019-); Founder and Chairperson, Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (2023-).

Nita has shown extraordinary commitment to developing sports talent and a holistic sports ecosystem at the grassroots level across various sports in India. Under her leadership, the Education and Sports for All initiative has reached out to over 22 million children and youth across India. Through this initiative, Reliance Foundation is actively working to make India a truly multi-sport nation with dedicated programmes in cricket, football, athletics, basketball, weightlifting, archery and badminton. Reliance Foundation Young Champs is the first and only youth academy to be rated 5-stars by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) making it the best academy in the country. Reliance Foundation Youth Sports is a country-wide initiative that aims to make a transformational, long-term impact, on children and youngsters through their school and college-based interventions. Similarly, Reliance Foundation Junior NBA Programme is the largest grassroots Jr. NBA programme in the world.

Brand Ambassador of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan (“Clean India Campaign”) (2014-)

Member of the following Commissions: Public Affairs and Social Development through Sport (2016-2017), Olympic Channel (2017-2021), Olympic Education (2017-); Culture and Olympic Heritage (2020-); Digital Engagement and Marketing Communications (2022-)

Entrepreneur of the Year award by the All India Management Association (AIMA) (2015); India Today ranked her in its Power List of 50 Indians, recognising her work in the areas of sports and the social sector; Forbes Magazine ranked her amongst Asia's 50 Most Powerful Woman (2016); Global Philanthropist and Leader of the Year award by Vogue India Magazine (2017); The President of India awarded Reliance Foundation the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar for its contribution towards sports development (2017); The Times of India Sports Award for Best Corporate Promoter of Indian Sports (2018 and 2019); Listed amongst World’s Top Philanthropists by Town and Country magazine (2020); Listed among India’s Most Powerful Women in Business by Business Today magazine (2015, 2020 and 2021); Listed among 50 Most Powerful Women by Fortune India (2020, 2021 and 2022); Rotary Citizen of Mumbai Award by Rotary Club of Bombay (2023); 2023 Global Leadership Award for Philanthropy and Corporate Social Responsibility by the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) (2023).