Archive for January, 2010

India’s Mukesh Ambani awarded Penn Engineering Dean’s Medal

Mukesh Ambani, the CMD of Reliance Industries Ltd., received the Penn Engineering Dean’s Medal here in Mumbai, India, on Friday, 8th January 2010. In a ceremony at the Trident Hotel he was honoured with the Dean’s Medal by Eduardo Glandt, Dean of Penn Engineering. The University of Pennsylvania has conferred this award on Mukesh Ambani for his visionary leadership in the application of engineering and technology for the betterment of society and mankind. The award is a testimony to this global visionary; who runs India’s biggest corporate house, Reliance Industries Ltd.

The keynote address for the event was made by Dean Glandt who introduced Mukesh Ambani warmly, in a well attended gathering in the Regal Room of the Trident Hotel. Amidst the attendees were industrialists, celebrities and the Indian media including Kumaramangalam Birla, Anand Mahindra and Sachin Tendulkar. In his speech Mr. Ambani announced the newest project of the Reliance Foundation – a university in India, to be headed by Mrs. Nita Ambani. He also expressed with much passion the requirement for a global paradigm shift to include a focus on real engineering instead of financial engineering in light of the recent economic crisis.

Mr. Mukesh Ambani has come a long way having started his corporate journey in 1981 when he joined his father, late Mr. Dhirubhai Ambani, the founding chairman of Reliance. He initiated Reliance’s vertical integration journey from textiles into polyester fibres and further into petrochemicals, petroleum refining and eventually oil and gas exploration and production. He then led the creation of 51 new, world-class manufacturing facilities encompassing diverse technologies that increased Reliance’s manufacturing capacities manifold.

The Jamnagar Refinery in Gujarat which is now the world’s largest grassroots petroleum refinery was the brainchild of Mukesh Ambani. Dhirubhai’s dream project Reliance Infocomm, which is now one of the largest telecommunications companies in India and has emerged as Reliance Communications Limited was also set up by Mukesh Ambani. He is currently steering Reliance’s development of a pan-India retail network, a transformational initiative connecting, rural and urban India.

In a recent study by the Harvard Business Review, Mukesh Ambani has been recognized as the fifth best CEO of the world in a review, which surveyed a total of 1,999 CEOs of large public traded companies across the globe. In the course of his career he has been conferred as many as 5 awards by NDTV, a leading news channel in India. He has also featured in the survey of ‘Top 50 Most Respected Business Leaders of the World’ conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2002 as well as 2004. At the global level Mukesh Ambani has been felicitated twice by the United States India Business Council. He is also the only Indian CEO to be invited thus far to become a Council Member of World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in July 2007.

Reliance Industries outraged with YSR helicopter crash accusations

Reliance Industries Ltd., today in a statement said, “We are shocked and outraged at the false, malicious, motivated and libelous news on TV5 channel concerning the fatal mishap of Shri Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s helicopter. We condemn, rebut and reject the allegation with the contempt it deserves. It is the dirty handiwork of our business rivals in cohoots with TV5.”

The statement followed the accusations made by TV5 that allege RIL’s involvement with the helicopter crash of Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. The accusations were made by the channel citing an unsubstantiated news report from a little known website.

Following the allegations by TV5, a couple of other Telugu news channels aired the same report. The repercussion of the allegations were seen when irate Congress workers went on a rampage of damaging retail outlets of Reliance in Andhra Pradesh.

Source: http://ril.com/downloads/pdf/PR08012010.pdf

What a debt consolidation program can do for you

Debt consolidation properly recognizes all of your debts in one place. It’s a great option for people who’ve had enough don’t know what else to do. It’s a great solution for some, but not the perfect place for all. Here’s what debt consolidation services can do for you.

What Consolidation CAN DO

The main advantage of debt consolidation services is that they put all their debts in one place. It helps keep you organized. No more multiple credit card debt payments each month to various companies. You’ve got it all in one easy place, and it helps keep order.

Another advantage is that debt consolidation service will get you a lower monthly installment. Not only to have everything in one place, can you expect a fraction of what you’re paying now. This is the main reason many people form. The advantages outweigh the disadvantages for those who are get out of debt.

Consolidation also helps to set a plan and see the light at the end of the tunnel. Debt may seem endless, especially when it’s credit card debt. Credit card debt consolidation can be literally infinite, because there is no specific end of the repayment period. As stacks of interest, you can stop your breath before it all worthwhile! With consolidation, you’ll have a specific purpose debt. It may be years and years away, but at least its offers no light at the end of the tunnel.