Nita Ambani supports “Education for All”

Nita Ambani dons many hats as the Chairperson of DAIS, co-owner of Mumbai Indians, first lady of Corporate India and many more. This time the educationist and social worker in her have joined hands in reaching education to underprivileged and disadvantaged kids.

Although the third season of the popular Twenty20 tournament is only 17 days away, Nita’s busy supporting the underprivileged kids of five NGOs through an initiative called ‘Education For All’. Some members of her team, the Mumbai Indians, Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan & Co. are actively participating in this initiative. Commercials were launched across national television channels on Sunday featuring Sachin, Bhajji and Zaheer, who appeared in 15-second commercials for the cause, but the real stars of this Mumbai Indians promo are the children who make an endearing appearance with Nita Ambani at the end.

Nita Ambani intends taking her cause to the masses just like American cycling legend Lance Armstrong did for cancer victims in 2004, the Mumbai Indians is selling blue silicone wristbands signed by Tendulkar and other greats from the team that say ‘Education For All’. Every band sold will mean some amount of money goes towards the NGOs Pratham, Ummeed, Akanksha, Teach For India and Nanhi Kali that do exemplary work in educating underprivileged children. The sale proceeds will be matched by a contribution from the Mumbai Indians’ kitty.

Nita Ambani is counting on the huge fan base her team has across the country to boost the sales, but since it is for a charitable cause, all benevolent Indians supporting other IPL teams are expected to pitch in and buy the bands as well. The educationist in Nita Ambani who believes that education is the key that unlocks the potential of every child says, “It’s a small and humble effort”. She, as an erstwhile school teacher and current Chairperson of the Dhirubhai Ambani International School, has thrown open her institute, which in the evenings becomes an education centre for Akanksha’s underprivileged kids. Besides which, through the Reliance rural schools in Maharashtra and Gujarat, Nita also looks after the education of 15,000 other children.

“One of India’s big needs is for every underprivileged kid, especially the girl child, to know how to read and write,” continued Nita Ambani. “This is a cause that’s very dear to me, and Sachin, Harbhajan and Zaheer were happy to endorse it in the promo.” The sale of these ‘Education For All’ bands that are available at all Reliance and Sahakari Bhandar stores in Maharashtra is just the basic fund raiser. Nita, who sits cheering in the dug-outs whenever her team is playing, will take 120 of these kids to see every home match. She later plans to hold a special benefit match for them with her players.

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Nita Ambani – India’s most influential business woman

Indian Premier League is back and so is Nita Ambani. To be one of the most influential business women in the nation and have a passion for the game of cricket is a boon and especially for someone of the stature of Nita Ambani. She has taken Reliance’s social responsibility to the next level and engaged wholeheartedly with the game that India eats, lives and breathes.

Nita Ambani who plays the role of the co-owner of the IPL team Mumbai Indians sure knows how to balance work and play. She is the proud chairman of Dhirubhai Ambani International School and heads many other educational campaigns. Nita Ambani’s fervour for cricket seems to be ever increasing with Mumbai Indians having raked in all the top rank players from the country and looking all set to win the accolades. Nita Ambani, co-owner of the Mumbai Indians spearheaded the strategy for making the smartest bid for the most sought after cricketer Kieron Pollard in the Indian Premier League (IPL). In the quest to bid for Kieron Pollard, three teams had lined up for the auction- Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers and Kolkata Knight Riders apart from Mumbai Indians. However, Nita Ambani’s bid prevailed during the auction.

In 2008, Nita Ambani led Mumbai Indians’ successful bid for 7 players including Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan and Sanath Jaisurya while during the 2009 player auction; Mumbai Indians bid South African Player Jean Paul Duminy for a whopping $950,000. This year, Nita Ambani signed up for Kieron Pollard. The bidding which began at a bare price of $200,000 soon took a boost when Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers and Kolkata Knight Riders began battling it out to win over the player. With every bid resulting in all four teams getting into a tie, the IPL chief Lalit Modi called for a tie breaker rule where in all the teams were supposed to quote a price in silent and the team quoting the highest amount would win the claims over Kieron Pollard. Luck clearly rode Nita Ambani’s way as she called out the highest bid.

The team is captained by batsman Sachin Tendulkar. With such star studded line-up, Nita Ambani is one super confident woman who has her eyes set at the upcoming season of Indian Premier League. Speaking about her new achievement for Mumbai Indians, Nita Ambani said that she feels elated at the newest acquisition of team Mumbai Indians. She added that the team’s strategy as discussed between Robin Singh, Sachin Tendulkar and TA Sekar was to have a batting all rounder in the team which they got in Kieron Pollard.

Remembering her Indian Premier League journey, Nita Ambani once said in an interview about how the passion for cricket has bowled her over. Apparently before IPL, her knowledge of cricket was very elementary and was restricted to a few big names in the cricket world. It was only after she took over the management of Mumbai Indians that she started taking an avid interest in the game. Nita Ambani is said to be the lucky mascot for the team Mumbai Indians, she accompanies the team in every match. The lady is all geared up for the upcoming IPL series with a team packed with cricket sensations from around the world.