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•Dhirubhai started off as a small time worker with Arab

merchants in the 1950.

•He was the head of Reliance Group Of Industries set up in

1966.

•He moved to Mumbai in 1958 to start his own business in

spices.

•He has 2 sons- Mukesh and Anil.

• In 1985 after a heart attack handed over the Reliance

empire to his sons.

•After his death, Dhirubhai’s sons parted ways and formed

two different companies under Reliance.

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• Started "Majin" in partnership with Champaklal Damani.

•Reliance Textiles

•Reliance Industries limited founded by Dhirubhai Ambani

•Reliance industries limited headed by Mukesh Ambani

•Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (Reliance ADAG)

headed by Anil Ambani.

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DATE AWARDS

Oct 2011 Awarded posthumously the 'ABLF Global Asian Award' at the

Asian Business Leadership Forum Awards.

Nov 2000 Conferred "Man of the Century" award by Chemtech

Foundation and Chemical Engineering World in recognition of

his outstanding contribution to the growth and development

of the chemical industry in India

2000, 1998 and

1996

Featured among "Power 50 - the most powerful people in Asia"

by Asia week magazine.

June 1998 "Dean's Medal" by The Wharton School, University of

Pennsylvania, for setting an outstanding example of

leadership.

August 2001 Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence for Lifetime

Achievement.

------ Named the "Man of 20th Century" by the Federation of Indian

Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

2000 The Times of India voted him "Greatest Creator of Wealth in

the Centuries".

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•Graduated in Physics in 1940

and B.E. (Mech).

• Joined the Tata Steel

Technical Institute,

Jamshedpur & graduated in

1946.

• Built the dairy development

cooperative model into one

of the largest and most

successful institutions in

India.

• Plays a key role in many

other organizations.

•Was the architect of

operation flood.

• The founder of the Gujarat Co-

operative Milk Marketing

Federation (GCMMF) & the

National Dairy Development

Board (NDDB).

• Chairman of the Institute of

Rural Management, Anand's

(IRMA) Board of Governors in

India.

• Chairman of the Viksit Bharat

Foundation.

• AMUL "factory"

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DATE AWARD

1991 Doctor of Science.

1991 Distinguished Alumni Award.

1989 World Food Prize

1963 Ramon Magsaysay Award

1965 Padma Shri

1965 Doctor of Science

1966 Padma Bhushan

1986 Wateler Peace Prize Award

1986 Krishi Ratna Award

DATE AWARD

2012 Gangadharan Memorial Award

2011 Life Time Achievement Award

2010 Doctor of Science (Honoris

Causa)

2007 Karmaveer Puraskaar

2007 Godfrey Phillips National

Bravery Award

2006 Doctor of Science

2002 Lokmanya Tilak award

1999 Padma Vibhushan

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• Worked as a trainee brewer in

Carlton and United Breweries,

Melbourne and as a trainee master at

Barrett Brothers and Burs ton,

Australia.

• Also worked as a technical consultant

at Jupiter Breweries Limited,

Calcutta and as a technical manager

at Standard Maltings Corporation,

Baroda between 1975 and 1977.

• Started Biocon in 1978

• A member of the board of governors

of the prestigious Indian School of

Business and Indian Institute of

Technology Hyderabad.

•Biocon in 1978

•Syngene (1994)

•Clinigene (2000)

•The Biocon Foundation

(2004)

•Biocon Cell for

Innovation Management

as part of Center for

Leadership Innovation

and Change.

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DATE AWARD

2009 Nikkei Asia Prize

2009 Express Pharmaceutical Leadership Summit Award

2004 Economic Times ‘Businesswoman of the Year’

2002 Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award

2002 ‘Technology Pioneer’

2002 The Indian Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award.

2002 Karnataka Rajyotsava Award

2006 Indian Business Leadership Award

2006 Eminent Businessperson of the Year Award

2005 Corporate Leadership Award

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•The Founder, Managing

Director & CEO of YES BANK

•A Professional entrepreneur

since 2003.

•Born and brought up in New

Delhi.

•Earned Bachelor’s degree (in

Economics Honours') from the

University of Delhi (1977)

•Obtained MBA degree from

Rutgers’ University in New

Jersey, U.S.A. (1980).

•YES BANK 2003

•Rabo bank

International

1998

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