RIL Chairman Shri Mukesh D Ambani has been conferred the Doctor of Science by his alma mater Institute of Chemical Technology. Mukesh Ambani, who completed B Tech in Chemical Engineering from ICT in 1979, shared the honour with world renowned Prof Goerge Whitesides.
Accepting the honour on Monday in Mumbai, Mukesh Ambani said, “ICT has been at the forefront of academic excellence. When I came here it was the best even then. ICT has gone higher and higher. India is 80s was still developing. As a young chemical engineer, Prof Vijay Kelkar asked me, will we ever be world leaders in polymer tech? Today RIL is world leader in polymer tech. ICT has a great role in building the Reliance today. I accept this recognition very humbly in remembrance of the one person who has had a deep impact on my life, my father Dhirubhai Ambani.”