Great Gujarat

[1] Our State of GUJARAT Situated in western India and bordering Pakistan, Gujarat is among Indias most prosperous states.

[2] Its per capita GDP is 2.4 times the Indian average.

Gujarati’s GDP growth rate is 10.6% and India can not achieve 8 percent Growth rate without Gujarat getting closer to 12% growth rate.

[3] If it was a nation it would have been 67th richest nation in the world above many European and Asian economies like Taiwan and Ukraine .

Gujarat holds many records in India for economic development:
20% of India ‘s Industrial Output
80% of India ‘s Diamond Production
9% of India ‘s Mineral Production
50% of India ‘s Natural Gas Production
54% of India ‘s Crude Oil Production
22% of India ‘s exports
24% of India ‘s textile production
45% of India ‘s pharmaceutical products
35% of India ‘s Sponge Iron Production
47% of India ‘s petrochemical Production

[4] The world’s largest ship breaking yard is in Gujarat near Bhavnagar at Alang. Reliance Petroleum Limited, one of the group companies of Reliance Industries Limited founded by Dhirubhai Ambani operates the oil refinery at Jamnagar which is the world’s largest grass roots refineries.

[5] Gujarat ranks first nationwide in gas-based thermal electricity generation with national market share of over 8% and second nationwide in nuclear electricity generation with national market share of over 1%.

[6] Over 20% of the S&P CNX 500 conglomerates have corporate offices in Gujarat Over 35% of the stock market wealth of India is with Gujarati People.

[7] In recent Forbes magazine list of 10 richest Indian people four are Gujarati – Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, Azim Premji and Tulsi Tanti over 60% of Indian Population in North America is Gujarati.

[8] An average income of a Gujarati family in North America is three times more than the average income of an American family.

[9] Gujarat is having the longest sea shore compared to any other Indian state

Gujarat is having the highest no. of operating airports in India (Total 12).

India’s 16% of Investment are from Gujarat.

[10] Gujarat is having highest no. of vegetarian people compared to any other state in India ..

[11] The first ALL VEG PIZZA-HUT was opened in Ahmedabad

[12] Ahmedabad “ the commercial capital of Gujarat is the seventh largest city in India.

[13] Surat is the fastest growing city in the world.

[14] Gandhinagar is the Greenest Capital City in whole Asia

[15] Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad(IIMA) is Asia ‘s 1st and world’s 45th ranked management college located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat .

[16] Gujarat is the safest state as the Crime rate of it is 8.2 which is the least in India stated by India Today 2005 report.

[17] Gujarat is having least crime against women among all Indian states where AP is 1st, Delhi is 2nd , Bihar is 3rd , Zarakhand is 4th and UP is 5th.

[18] Ahmedabad which is the seventh largest city in India is the lowest in crime rate among all Tier-I and Tier-II cities of India as per National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report.

[19] Ahmedabad is ranked 2nd in Real Estate – Ahead of Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai & Delhi.

[20] Ahmedabad is ranked 3rd in Policy Initiatives – Ahead of Bangalore, Chennai, Calcutta, Mumbai & Delhi.

[21] Ahmedabad is ranked 4th in Manpower – Ahead of Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai & Delhi. Percent of man-days lost in Gujarat due to labor strike are lowest in country – just 0.52%

[22] It is the first state to implement the BOT law for encouraging private sector participation.

[23] The first state to have to fully functional LNG terminal.

[24] Gujarat has 33 approved SEZs.

[25] Gujarat is the first state to interconnect 20 rivers.

[26] It is the first state to provide uninterrupted 24hr 2 phase electricity to all villages.

[28] It is the only state with statewide gas grid.

[29] It is currently implementing statewide water distribution grid that will connect all 14,000 villages and all cities.

[30 ]It has largest e-governance network in Asia Pacific.

[31] Its agricultural production has been increased four-fold in five years (from USD 2 Billion in 2001-2002 to 7.5 Billion in 2005-2006).

[32] In every corner of Gujarat, within the range of 25 KMs there is a development going on.

[33] Operation WHITE FLOOD (MILK) was initiated in Gujarat by Dr. Kurien which took India in 1998 to become highest milk producer in the world.

[34] Consumption of GOLD in Gujarat is highest in India.

[35] Largest number of immigration & emigration is done from Gujarat.

Also highest Numbers of passports are issued from Gujarat .

[36] Baroda gas project – bringing natural gas to every home – more than 35 years ago they installed pipelines to bring natural gas to every kitchen.

[37] AMUL – NDDB another achievement for Gujarat – it was just fantastic to see how they collected milk early morning from every village in Gujarat. The villagers would line up at 3 in the morning at the milk collection centers!!! What a sight!

[38] According to a recent study by the Reserve Bank of India, the country’s central bank, Gujarat stood first in the country with investments of US$17.8 billion in 2006-07 or 25.8% of India ‘s total investment of $69 billion during the year.The southern state of Andhra Pradesh stood a distant second having attracted $6.1 billion in 2006-07.

[39] Gujarat moved up from second place in 2005-06 having tripled its investments in a year. A report in Times of India describes the Gulf of Kutch as India’s ‘Gulf of Riches’. Four top business houses – Reliance Industries, Essar Group, Adani Group and Tata Group, have invested about $34 billion along the Gulf of Kutch’s 700-kilometer long coastline. Other corporate, which had invested over $3.26 billion since the 2001 earthquake have investments worth another $19.5 billion in the pipeline.

[40] Ten special economic zones (SEZs) near Jamnagar, a 4000-megawatt power project and five private shipyards are coming up. And massive expansion is being undertaken of the Mundra and Kandla ports.

[41] Gujarat’s 41 ports handle 80% of India’s port traffic and 20% of its cargo. It is estimated that by 2015, Gujarat’s ports will handle 39% of India’s cargo.

[42] Not only has Gujarat unseated Maharashtra as India’s number one investment destination but also, it is threatening to dislodge Mumbai, Maharashtra’s capital and the financial and business capital of India, as the trade gateway to the country.

[43] Mundra port where Indian Oil Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum are setting up giant oil storage capacities has already emerged as India’s largest private oil storage tank farm. Sixty percent of India’s coal imports enter via Mundra port. Mundra’s importance is likely to soar further with the completion of mega power plants being set up by Adanis and Tatas.

[44] The volume of cargo handled by Mundra and Kandla ports alone has outstripped that handled by Mumbai’s ports – the Mumbai Port Trust and the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust. And now Gujarat is nursing ambitions of dislodging Mumbai as India ‘s financial hub. Its government recently announced the setting up of an international financial services center, the Gujarat International Finance Tech-City with an investment outlay of $6 billion in Ahmedabad.

[45] Forbes Magazine published list of Top 20 Self-Made Business-Men from Asia The list includes 6 men from India and out of 6 three are Gujarati – Tulsi Tanti, Gautam Adani and Uday Kotak.

It’s sad Mukesh Ambani lives in such opulence: Ratan Tata

Tata group chief Ratan Tata has said he is surprised why fellow tycoon Mukesh Ambani wants to live in the opulence of a billion-dollar home in south Mumbai.

“It makes me wonder why someone would do that,” Tata said in an interview published on Saturday in The Times newspaper of London. “The person who lives in there should be concerned about what he sees around him and (ask) can he make a difference,” Tata said when asked about Antilla, the 27-storey Ambani home on Altamount Road. “If he is not, then it is sad because India needs people to allocate some of their enormous wealth to finding ways to mitigate the hardship that people have.” Expressing concern about the rich-poor gap, Tata said, “We are doing so little about the disparity. We are allowing it to be there and wishing it away.”

The tycoon, who bought steel maker Corus and car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover in 2006 and 2008 to become the biggest manufacturing employer in Britain, also questioned the work ethic of British managers, saying they did not “go the extra mile” unlike their Indian counterparts. “It’s a work ethic issue. In my experience, in both Corus and JLR, nobody is willing to go the extra mile, nobody. I feel if you have come from Mumbai to have a meeting and the meeting goes on till 6pm, I would expect that you won’t, at 5 o’clock, say, ‘Sorry, I have my train to catch. I have to go home’.”

Stating that things were different back home, Tata added, “If you are in a crisis (in India), it means working till midnight, you would do it. The worker in JLR seems to be willing to do that; the management is not.” He said earlier, JLR’s entire engineering group would be empty on Friday evenings. But that had changed. “The new management team has put an end to that. They call meetings at 5 o’clock.”

Tata also spoke about having had to shift Nano’s 85% installed plant from Bengal to Gujarat following Mamata Banerjee’s opposition. “In the dead of night, you had to start taking tools out of that factory, build another factory, deliver a car from an interim factory; and do all this in a year. The first thing you (the JLR management) will say is, ‘It can’t be done, that you will need a court order or police cover.’. Yet we did it.”

His comments come as Tata Steel proposes to close part of its plant in the UK, putting at risk 1,200 jobs.

Tata said the UK had a high level of despondency about itself. “I have a greater degree of bullishness about the UK and what it stands for. But nobody seems to want to make the effort to make the UK truly competitive or bring it back to the glory that it was. I think there is a feeling that there is no innovationthere is great innovation in the UK. There is great technology,” he said.

Tata, who is a member of British Prime Minister David Cameron’s business advisory group and co-chairman of the UK-India CEO Forum, said India was lucky to have Barack Obama in the US and Cameron in the UK. “Both of them are open to ideas; they are very pragmatic in their views. Each of them feels that India is a land of some opportunity for themselves. I think he (Cameron) is doing something quite far-sighted because we really have long traditional ties with England.”

Tata was the only person outside the government to have had two private meetings with the British PM during his first three months in office.

Originally at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Its-sad-Mukesh-Ambani-lives-in-such-opulence-Ratan-Tata/articleshow/8497118.cms

Dhirubhai’s Journey To Billionaire

Dhirubhai Ambani Video Collection

Dhirubhai Ambani Video Collection

The above two are the great videos about Dhirubhai Ambani and his entire success story.
Dhirubhai Ambani was the Indian Rags to Riches story, who founded Reliance Industries in 1969 with a seed capital of just US $ 1000 and later on made it Fortune 500 company.
Today Reliance Industries is worlds largest polyester manufacturer and leading petrochemical refinery. His two sons, Mukesh and Anil Ambani are Forbes Billionaires and Indias Top 10 richest persons according to Forbes.

Dhirubhai Ambani Village

Dhirubhai Ambani Village
Dhirubhai Ambani is the Indian Rags to Riches story. He was the founder of Reliance Industries, Indias largest textile and petrochemical company. Today his two sons Mukesh and Anil Ambani are Forbes Billionaires and Indias Top 10 richest persons.
Dhirubhai Ambani was born on 28 December 1932 at Kukaswada near Chorwad in the then princely states of Junagadh. (now the state of Gujarat India) to Hirachand Gordhandhas Ambani and Jamnaben in a Gujarati family of modest means. Hirachand Gordhandhas Ambani was a village school teacher with little income. Hirachand and Jamanaben had two daughters – Trilochanaben and Jasuben and three sons – Ramnikbhai, Dhirubhai and Natubhai. Dhirubhai was the second son. Dhirubhai was precocious and highly intelligent. He was also highly impatient of the oppressive grinding mill of the school classroom. He chose work which used his physical ability to the maximum rather than cramming school lessons. When Jamnaben once asked Dhirubhai and Ramnikbhai to help his father by earning money, he angrily replied “Why do you keep screaming for money? I will make heaps of money one day”. During weekends, he began setting up onion/potato fries stall at village fairs and made extra money which he gave to his mother.

Dhirubhai Ambani Polyester Prince

Dhirubhai Ambani Polyester Prince

Polyester Prince by Hamish McDonald is the only real biography of Mr.Dhirubhai Ambani. But this book is out of circulation now.
In this book, the author has mentioned in a very detail that how during the time of Licence Raaj, Dhirubhai Ambani took Reliance Industries to new levels and made it Fortune 500 Company?
This book covers many shocking and controversial aspects of the life of Mr.Dhirubhai Ambani. The book also states that, Reliance Industries is worlds largest legal ZERO TAX CORPORATION which saves lots of tax through lots of legal loopholes.
This is a MUST read book for entrepreneurs.

Dhirubhai Ambani Nusli Wadia

Dhirubhai Ambani Nusli Wadia
Dhirubhai Ambani was the founder of Reliance Industries. He started Reliance Industries with just US $ 1000 of start-up capital in 1969 and later on today it is the Fortune 500 company of the world.
Initially Reliance Industries was started as a Textile company which later on diversified into Petrochemical, telecomm and many other sectors.
Today Reliance is worlds largest polyester manufacturer and once upon a time, Nusli Wadia, the chairman of Bombay Dyeing was the biggest competitor of Dhirubhai Ambani.
Both Nusli Wadia and Dhirubhai were known for their influence in the political circles and their ability to get the most difficult licenses approved during the times of pre-liberalized economy.
During the Janata Party rule between 19771979, Nusli Wadia obtained the license to build a 60,000 tonnes per annum Di-methyl terephthalate (DMT) plant. Before the letter of intent was converted into a licence, many hurdles came in the way. Finally, in 1981, Nusli Wadia was granted the license for plant. This incident acted as a catalyst between the two parties and the competition took an ugly turn.
According to rumours, once upon a time, Dhirubhai Ambani sent professional killers to kill Nusli Wadia. (It is written in Polyester Prince Book, which is now out of circulation and this book is known to be the only true biography of Dhirubhai Ambani.)

Dhirubhai Ambani Family

Dhirubhai Ambani, Mukesh, Anil, Kokilaben, Nita Ambani & his daughter Famiily Photo

Dhirubhai Ambani with wife Kokilaben & two Sons

Dhirubhai Ambani with his sons Mukes & Anil

Dhirubhai Ambani Family Photos

The above are the few family photos of Mr.Dhirubhai Ambani, the late founder of Reliance Industries, the largest textile and petrochemical company of Asia-pacific.
Today his two sons Mukesh and Anil Ambani (In photos) are Forbes Billionaires and Indias Top 10 richest persons. His elder son Mukesh Ambani is the chairman of Reliance Industries while his younger son Anil Ambani is the Chairman of Reliance Communications and Reliance Energy.

Dhirubhai Ambani Education and Early Life

Dhirubhai Ambani Education and Early Life

Dhirubhai Ambani was the founder of Reliance Industries, Indias largest private sector petrochemical and textile giant. Today Reliance Industries is worlds largest manufacturer of Polyester and it processes 2% of worlds transportation fuel.
Dhirubhai Ambani is a rags to riche story. He used to sell Bhajiyas at the age of 15 years at Girnaar, Gujarat to pilgrims.
He is a school drop out and rags to riches story. Dhirubhai Ambani was born on 28 December 1932 at Kukaswada near Chorwad in the then princely states of Junagadh. (now the state of Gujarat, India) to Hirachand Gordhandhas Ambani and Jamnaben in a Gujarati family of modest means. Hirachand Gordhandhas Ambani was a village school teacher with little income
When Jamnaben once asked Dhirubhai and Ramnikbhai to help his father by earning money, he angrily replied “Why do you keep screaming for money? I will make heaps of money one day”. During weekends, he began setting up onion/potato fries stall at village fairs and made extra money which he gave to his mother.
Later on he dropped out from school and went to Eden and after coming to India, he founded Reliance Industries. Today his two sons Mukesh and Anil Ambani are Forbes Billionaires and worlds one of the most richest persons.
Not only this but recently his elder son Mukesh Ambani has build Antilia, Worlds costliest House worth of US $ 1 Billion which is now worlds most luxurious and costliest house.

Dhirubhai Ambani Net Worth

Dhirubhai Ambani Net Worth

Dhirubhai Ambani is the Indian rags to riches story. He was the founder of Reliance Industries, initially a textile company which later on became a petrochemical giant.
Dhirubhai Ambani died in 2002 and at that time his estimated net worth was US $ 6 Billion and after his death, the Reliance empire was divided into his two sons Mukesh & Anil Ambani.
In 2007, the total estimated net worth of both the brothers was US $ 60 Billion so if today Dhoribhai Ambani was alive than he was probably worlds second richest person.
Today his son Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries is worlds fourth richest person (US $ 29 Billion, 2010). And Anil Ambani is also a Forbes billionaire.

Dhirubhai Ambani House

Dhirubhai Ambani House

Dhirubhai Ambai was the Indian rags to riches story. He was the founder of Reliance Industries, Indias largest petrochemical and textile company which he founded in 1969 with a seed capital of just $ 1000 and now its a multi-billion dollar conglomerate headed by his elder son Mukesh Ambani who is worlds fourth richest person.

The above is a sea-Wind, the house of Dhirubhai Ambani. Till now, (October 2010), both the Ambani brothers were living in this house. However, now Mukesh ambani has shidted to his new House Antilia and this is now Anil Ambanis House.
Sea wind is a 14 story building. However, his elder son Mukesh Ambani has now build worlds costliest house The Antilia at the cost of US $ 1 Billion which is now worlds costliest house.
Both the Ambani brothers are now Forbes Billionaires and Indias TOp 10 richest persons.

Dhirubhai Ambani Books

Books on Dhirubhai Ambani

Dhirubhai Ambani is the Indian Rags to Riches story. At the age of 15 years, he used to sell Bhajiyas at Girnaar mountain and later on he became Indias biggest business tycoon and the founder of Indias largest private sector business conglomerate Reliance Group of Industries which was originally a textile company which later on transformed into a Petrochemical giant.
His two sons Mukesh and Anil Ambani are now the Chairman of Reliance Industries (Mukesh Ambani) and R-Comm and R-Energy (Anil Ambani) and Forbes Billionaires.
Several books are written on the life of Dhirubhai Ambani. But the following books are really investment worthy.
01) Polyester Prince The Rise of Dhirubhai Ambani –

Polyester Prince is the book written by Hamish McDonald. This is the only real biography of Mr.Dhirubhai Ambani. However, this book is now out of circulation because it contains the real biography of Mr. Dhirubhai Ambani.
But well, you can get this book for FREE download online. Just search the Google and you will find this book in PDF form for FREE download somewhere on Google. This book at present is the only real biography of Mr.Dhirubhai Ambani.
02) Dhiruism –

Dhiruism is not the book on biography of Mr.Dhirubhai ambani but it is a book about the 9 management principles of Dhirubhai Ambani by the author.
This is really a great book for those who want to start and run their own business out of scratch. The management principles of this book are timeless and can apply to any business in this world.
03) Against All Odds: Dhirubhai Ambani –

This book is written by A.G. Krishnamurthy and it has an excellent biography of Mr.Dhirubhai Ambani. This is a collection of stories not just about dreams but about the price that you pay for achieving them. Dhirubhai’s path was liberally sprinkled with obstacles. Some of them were deliberately placed by peers who hoped in vain to slow down his hard-to-beat pace, and some by fate itself. But unlike you and me who would probably change course after overcoming a few, he on the other hand, persevered, found a way around them, bulldozed his way through the others, but more importantly never, ever lost hope, and was rewarded a hundredfold because of it.
Against All OddsTable of Contents:
1. Against All Odds
2. The Teenage Freedom Fighter
3. Total Trust – A Way of Life
4. Challenges – His Adrenalin
5. Impossible!? What is it?
6. The Large-hearted Leader
7. The Dhirubhai Effect – Before and After Dhirubhai
8. Afterword

Dhirubhai Ambani Quotes

Dhirubhai Ambani Quotes

Dhirubhai Ambani, The Founder of Reliance Industries (In 1969) as a Textile Company now worlds one of the leading Petrochemical company which process 2% of worlds entire transportation fluid. His elder son Mukesh Ambani is now the Chairman of Reliance Industries and worlds fourth richest person according to Forbes (2010) having net worth of US $ 29 Billion.
Here are some great Quotes by Dhirubhai Ambani.
– Think, Big, Think Fast, Think Ahead. Ideas are no ones monopoly
– Between my past, the present and the future, there is one common factor: Relationship and Trust. This is the foundation of our growth
– We bet on people.
– Meeting the deadlines is not good enough, beating the deadlines is my expectation.
– Dont give up, courage is my conviction.
– We cannot change our Rulers, but we can change the way they Rule Us.
– Keep changing the orbits
– You do not require an invitation to make profits.
– If you work with determination and with perfection, success will follow.
– Pursue your goals even in the face of difficulties, and convert adversities into opportunities.
– Give the youth a proper environment. Motivate them. Extend them the support they need. Each one of them has infinite source of energy. They will deliver.
Tax is for the poor or the stupid people. *I am deaf to the word no.
– Growth has no limit at Reliance. I keep revising my vision. Only when you dream it you can do it.
– Our dreams have to be bigger. Our ambitions higher. Our commitment deeper. And our efforts greater. This is my dream for Reliance and for India .