Harbhajan Singh led Mumbai Indiansconferred as 2011 Champions by their victorious win overRoyal Challengers Bangalore. Mumbai Indians defended their score of 139, by confining Royal Challengers at 108 runs.

After winning the toss, Mumbai Indian’s captain Harbhajan Singh decided to bat first. The 1st over of the match, bowled by T Dilshan was smooth and Mumbai Indians scored a triumphant ten. However, 4 overs later the scoreboard displayed 24-2, when S Kanwar was bowled out by Dirk Nannes. With 5 overs more to go, MI’s score was 109-5, and so were the hopes to surpass 150. Vettori claiming 2 wickets in the 16thover dismissed the hope though. After a full quota of 20 overs, Mumbai Indians scorewas 139.

Malinga bowled the 1st over to RCBs, whose opening batsmen T Dilshan and Chris Gayle scored 2 boundaries. At 4 overs, their score stood at 38. A remarkably good start RCBs! Nita Ambani led Mumbai Indians hopes did not perish though. After 6 overs, RCB lost its opening batsmen at 42 runs, and Mumbai Indians got the ball back in their court.

RCB’s duo ViratKohli and MayankAgarwaladded 23 runs to their score, but soon Agarwalbid bye to the pitch in the 11th over. The succeeding over added to Mumbai Indians success as Bhajjigot the wicket of Kohli. Team RCB was put under pressure by oppositions, as they needed 67 runs from 48 balls. Though they still had faith in their Captain Vettori, MI’s captain was not going to let his team down. He grabbed Vettori’s wicket in the 17th over.Abu Nechimclaimed RCB’s last wicket and won Mumbai Indian’s claim over Nokia’s CLT20 trophy.

MI won the finals against RCB by 31 runs. Quite an entertaining match, Mumbai Indians!After a triumphant glory, Mumbai Indians team members also brought home the titles Man of the Match and Man of the series. Harbhajan Singh received Man of the Match, and SL Malinga’s all-round competition earned him the title ‘Man of the series’. Team owner, Nita Ambaniwas seen celebrating her team’s victory along with the team members at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

18th September: Nita Ambani, who joined the Coca-Cola NDTV Support My School Campaign, visited Priyadarshini Vidyamandir at Charkop, as a part of her social initiative to help underprivileged girls. Nita Ambani, Chairperson of DAIS, has always been consistent in her social work, and now adds more to her service to the less privileged. Many children, especially girls, discontinue their studies after a certain age, due to lack of restrooms and sanitation. The purpose of this campaign is to facilitate institutions with proper, hygienic sanitation and encourage students from dropping out mid-way through their schooling.

Nita Ambani, who was touched by the poor conditions, in which the children study, did not fail to leave an imprint on the young minds. Accompanied by Vinod Dua from NDTV, she was greeted by a lady in the traditional way of applying ‘tikka’ and was presented flowers. A pleasant smile on her face, she walked in to the classroom and using conversational techniques, taught the kids. She used stuffed toys such as a duck and a cat as visual aids while teaching a poem to the little ones.

Nita played quiz with the children who were happy to have a teacher who was friendly, and gave them gifts. She walked into another class, where the students were present along with their parents. She enquired with the parents regarding what they aspired for their child, and what their major concerns were. After the teaching session, as a surprise, she distributed sweets among the kids.

Nita Ambani was amazed by the talent of the children who performed for her. She was truly moved by the ‘lavani’ performed by Pooja, a physically disabled child. Having a keen interest in Classical Dance, she did not hesitate to join the children onstage.

Teaching has always been Nita Ambani’s passion. She supports the NGO, Akanksha, which educates the street children. Sessions for these children are conducted in Dhirubhai Ambani International School, in the evenings.

She regards her visit to Priyadarshini Vidyamandir as one of the best and most memorable experiences in her life. She feels that everyone should try and give in their best to educate the girl child, and the less privileged children. Nita Ambani has plans for the future& wants to contribute more towards education in rural India. She has set an example that a life of service and compassion is the true face of humanity.

Philanthropy, in a larger context, involves voluntary efforts directed at human welfare and social betterment. In times when consumerism and materialist disposition takes top priority for individuals and organizations alike, it is refreshing to see corporate leaders, such as Mukesh Ambani, adhere to the time-honored activity of doing good for the society and its people.

Mukesh Ambani, along with his wife Nita Ambani, is the quintessential figure of modern corporate philanthropy. Both of them have invested much of their time and efforts in tackling and improving issues that are of social importance. Their inclination to social welfare is evident from their corporate social responsibility arm – Reliance Foundation – which serves as the medium to undertake and impart social welfare projects. This organization was set up to better direct Reliance Industries Limited’s (RIL’s) endeavors in doing things for the community and society. Over the many years since its inception, Reliance Foundation has found ground as one of India’s leading CSR arms that encourage many a gainful causes. From addressing issues like encouraging formal and vocational education, providing affordable high-quality health care, setting up evocative rural development and urban renewal programs, and protecting and promoting of India’s heritage of arts and culture, Reliance Foundation ensures it does its part in contributing to the betterment of the society.

Reliance Foundation isdear to both Nita and Mukesh Ambani. While Mukesh Ambani leads the industrial arm of RIL, Nita Ambani has taken on the charge of overlooking and igniting social programs on behalf of RIL, so that the organization is regularly involved in benevolent projects. Apart from Reliance Foundation, Nita Ambani also lends her time to other social causes, including UNAIDS – a project aimed towards halting and reversing the HIV epidemic in India and Project Drishti, a unique initiative by RIL and NAB, with an aim to give sight to sightless people from the underprivileged segment at no cost.

To see corporate power couple such as Mukesh and Nita Ambani, take a proactive role in leading socially resound initiatives, an inkling of inspiration can be taken by others to follow a similar path.

Forever ready in support of Mumbai and its people, Nita Ambani, wife of Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and head of RIL’s philanthropic arm ‘Reliance Foundation’, has stepped out in support of those affected by the Mumbai blast that traumatized the city on 13th of July. Nita Ambani, most famously referred to as the face of modern philanthropy, has put together a team of doctors who are present 24 hours of the day to help blast victims at Opera House in Mumbai.

On hearing the news of the blast, Nita Ambani immediately made her way to Sir Hurkisondas Nurrotumdas Hospital near Opera House where victims from the Opera House blast site were admitted. She personally took to her onus to look after the victims and to ensure that treatments were being provided efficiently and effectively. The death toll has so far been contained, and Nita is closely monitoring the hospital functions to ensure the continuum of the same.

Nita Ambani has always been an active social contributor, ready at all times to help those in need. She goes lengths to ensure that her efforts and her team’s efforts are buoyant and bearing fruitful results, and for this, she herself takes charge of the situation. To ensure blast victims were not hounded by media professionals, she has requested a ban on media photographers and journalists from entering the hospital premises to safe guard a victim’s privacy and to aid their well being. Supervising the treatments and regularly checking up on blast victims is a benevolent act of hers and everyone at the hospital are awed by her efforts to help aid reinstating the health of victims.

It is a wondrous site to see people like Nita Ambani come out in support of the city in a voluntary act of social welfare. She has been just as active in lending a helping hand when calamity has struck this nation’s people, and she is resolute in continuing doing so.

The much anticipated movie of the year ‘Delhi Belly’, all set to release this Friday, saw its first takers in the likes of Mukesh Ambani, head honcho of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and his wife, Nita Ambani, co-owner of IPL team Mumbai Indians. A screening of the movie was specially organized by the Ambani’s dear friend and Bollywood super star Aamir Khan at their residence, Antilla.

Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani, both, are close friends and fans of the actor and were much elated at the prospect of catching the first glimpse of the youthful and edgy film from the superstar’s home production. Aamir Khan flew down from Kolkata on June 25th, and got in to gear to organize the screening at the industrialist’s home accord. Abhinay Deo, the director of ‘Delhi Belly’, also joined Aamir at the Ambani residence for the screening.

Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani, both avid Bollywood enthusiasts, have been previously spotted with the actor and his wife at many of the 2011 cricket world cup matches, where the Khans and the Ambani’s shared the preview box together. Moving from cricket to Bollywood this time around, Aamir Khan played host to his previous hosts and organized the movie screening personally for them.

Delhi Belly is a dark comedy, edgy and a modern day movie of three young men, stuck mistakenly in the hit list of one of the world’s deadliest crime syndicates. The movie is a much anticipated wait from the Aamir Khan banner, starring his nephew Imran Khan in the lead. It also happens that both Mukesh and Nita Ambani were present at Imran Khan’s wedding earlier this year, and cordially enjoyed the reception with the Khans. This new brewing association between the Ambanis and Aamir Khan is the latest talk of the town.

Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has landed upon rich natural gas reserves in the D9 block of Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin. It is the first gas discovery for RIL in the exploration well KG-D9-A2, with an estimated resource potential of the block being close to 5.2 10 trillion cubic feet (tcf), according to London based Hardy Oil and Gas Plc. The discovery has been named ‘Dhirubhai – 54′, for being RIL’s 54th hydrocarbon discovery, and has been notified to the Government of India and Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH).

Following the stupendous discovery in the D6 block of the KG basin, which carries an estimated 11.3 tcf of reserves, the D9 block is the second biggest find in the basin. This block was stipulated to carry around 10 tcf reserves, but following the drying up of the first well drilled in the region previous year, only 5tcf of reserves have been actuated.

RIL and Hardy Oil share partnership interest in the basin, with RIL carrying a majority interest of 90 per cent, rendering the remaining 10 per cent with its minority partner. Hardy Oil reported that the stipulated well was drilled to a depth of 4,881 meters with the objective of exploring the play fairway in the Early and Late Miocene Channel Levee Complex in a water depth of approximately 2,700 meters. The potential commerciality of the project is still being processed, as additional data comes in.

The D9 basin is located towards the east coast of India, spanning across an area of 8,695 sq. km. The discovery of natural gas reserves in D9 basin is the second energy based discovery for Reliance Industries in the year, following the discovery of rich gas reserves in the Cauvery-Palar region. As of now, the D9 venture is set to commence work on its fourth exploration well before the end of the year. Following the success of D6 block, D9 and D3 blocks seem to hold the most potential for Reliance.

Nita Ambani, wife of Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), honed the Pidilite-Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA) charity fashion show titled ‘Pidilite – caring with style’ showcasing designs by India’s leading designers Shaina NC and Manish Malhotra, where this first lady of corporate India took to the ramp in full galore to support the noble cause.

Held at InterContinental The Lalit, Mumbai, Nita Ambani was joined by a large Bollywood brigade and socialites alike including the likes of CPAA brand ambassador Vivek Oberoi, Kajol, Riya Sen, Farah Ali Khan, Tisca Chopra, Madhoo Shah, Shama Sikander, Divya Dutta, Vidya Malavade, and Sheetal Mafatlal. These leading ladies took to the ramp and sported the designs made by the Manish Malhotra and Shania NC as the crowd them on. Nita Ambani’s younger sister, Mamtha Dalal, was also present at the event and took to the stage along with her sister in support of the cause. Having stayed away from the limelight, it was refreshing to catch both Nita and her sister Mamtha take centre stage at the charity show. Also present at the event were Praful Patel, actors Nikhil Chaturvedi, Mitali Kakkar, Shweta Kawatra and Manav Gohil, Zeba Kohli, Lillete and Ira Dubey, Neelam and Ronit Roy, Schauna Chauhan and Bikram Saluja, Sammir Dattani; Darshan Hiranandani, and Chhaya Mohmaya.

Nita Ambani has donned the philanthropic hat for many years and her support to social welfare causes has been paramount in making the needful difference. Forever at the helm in support of social and community welfare programs, Nita Ambani’s contributions towards the same have garnered for her many accolades and recognition. Her most notable work is reflected in her dedicated work towards the upliftment of underprivileged children and youth empowerment through provision of education opportunities to all. A proactive social activist and educationist alike, Nita Ambani understands the need for all rounded education for every child and values the institution most dearly.

<P>Nita Ambani is more famously known as the wife of Indian business tycoon Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). A devoted homemaker, mother of three, supportive wife, ardent philanthropist and educationist are her other known identities. But one of the more striking aspects that make Nita Ambani the much loved person of the society that she is are her earthly and humble personality traits.</P>

<P>For this first lady of corporate India, family is what takes the top priority. A firm believer in the institution, Nita has always supported and sided with her family in all matters of life. She ardently shores up to motivate her family members if ever they are in doubt, take for instance her younger sister Mamtha Dalal. More often than not a reserved person, Mamtha chooses to lay low in the society circuit. But her much loved identity stems largely from the fact that she is an educationist and a devoted teacher at the family run Dhirubhai Ambani International School (DAIS). A favorite at the institution, Mamtha has mentored many young minds just like her sister Nita Ambani. More recently when Mamtha was requested by a charity organization to walk the ramp for an event dedicated to aid cancer patients, the restrained one chose to decline the offer rather politely. But Nita Ambani stepped up to convince her sister to do the needful for such a benevolent cause and even agreed to be present at the function in her support. True to her motivational self, Nita readily convinced her sister to support the cause and take part in the same.</P>

<P>Nita Ambani’s personality reflects much compassion and understanding of situation, and from this very quality stems her courage to lead and guide others. Forever a family lady, keeping united an extensive family takes a lot of strength and inspiration and Nita Ambani quite easily exudes the same; a true testament to the Indian woman characteristic.</P>

Nita Ambani, wife of Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), is the support system that forms the backbone of the family. A mother of three and wife to a dynamic business mogul, chairperson of Dhirubhai Ambani International School (DAIS), co-owner of IPL team Mumbai Indians, a social activist and a philanthropist, Nita Ambani has her hands full with many, varied responsibilities. But this charismatic lady effortlessly multitasks her way with all these endeavors with much dedication.

Before anything else, she is a homemaker. Born into a seemly middle class family from the suburbs of Mumbai, Nita Ambani has grown up in humble settings among deep rooted value systems, culture and customs. Even after marrying into the family of Ambanis she has maintained her family bred culture and has in fact coined her values with those of the husband’s family. A mother of three, Nita Ambani strives to engrave in her children the same values that she and her husband grew up with. She firmly believes that the essence of a person and an institution lies in the principle and values they follow, and the institution of family, is above all, the institution of values. It is not only the family, but every undertaking of Nita Ambani that is silhouetted with the principle of values; be it DAIS, or Mumbai Indians.

She is just as active with her children and their activities as she is with other social responsibilities. And although, she makes it look like a piece of cake, her dedication towards every aspect of the family and business life are laudable. The family may have a gallant persona, but deep down, Nita Ambani had ingrained its roots with value based learning, culture, traditions and customs. Like any other woman, her family takes top priority, and Nita Ambani has ensured that the value systems lay intact and morally embedded in every aspect of their life.

Nita Ambani is a modern day woman who has many varied duties cut out for her. From taking care of the family, her many undertakings and social welfare causes, Nita Ambani has lots going on for her. But what makes this lady’s actions so commendable and laudable is that she does it all with much compassion and devotion.

An ardent humanitarian and philanthropist at heart, Nita Ambani is an active social welfare leader. She has done much towards the upliftment and betterment of underprivileged children, carving education opportunities for them and also for youth empowerment. As the captain of Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation, she has taken up many social welfare causes in areas that Reliance Industries functions, aside from her association with many NGO’s and welfare programs. There many awards that stand as a testament to her work in favor of the community but what makes her work so praiseworthy is the compassion with which she dons them. She empathizes with the people and understands issues with much consideration with the help of which she plans her efforts towards its improvement.

Even in her endeavor as an educationist, Nita Ambani has dedicated 20 years of her life to teaching with compassion and enthusiasm. Today, as she chairs the Dhirubhai Ambani International School (DAIS), her work is indicative of the understanding with which she has molded the institution and defined its principle. In all her years as an educationist, she has lent much of her time in understanding and evaluating better education formats, and today, DAIS stands proud as a world-class institute that provides holistic, all-rounded education.

Compassion is that deep awareness of state of things and the understanding to do something about it. Nita Ambani and her life has been driven by this very aspect and in all probabilities, it will continue to do so. Such efforts and understanding from humanist like her are a great boon to the society of today.