Dhirubhai Ambani: Fins

Incarnations: India in 50 Lives by BBC

Mar 25, 201614:13Society & Culture

Professor Sunil Khilnani from the King's India Institute in London, on the life and legacy of the Indian business tycoon Dhirubhai Ambani, founder of Reliance Industries. The son of a penurious schoolteacher, Ambani cred...

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