Gandhinagar: Governor of Gujarat State Mr. Acharya Devvrat today launched a book titled ‘The One and Only Dhirubhai Ambani’, written by Mr. Parimal Nathwani, Director of Corporate Affairs Department of Reliance Industries Limited and Member of Rajya Sabha was at Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar. Chief Minister of Gujarat State Mr. Bhupendrabhai Patel was a Guest of Honor at this book release ceremony. The book ‘The One and Only Dhirubhai Ambani’ written by Shri Parimal Nathwani has been published by Navbharat Sahitya Mandir in three languages ​​Gujarati, Hindi and English. The book is titled ‘Ekmev Dhirubhai Ambani’ in Hindi and Gujarati.

Mr. Mukesh D. Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited, has written the foreword of the book. This book contains the compilation of articles written by Shri Parimal Nathwani about Dhirubhai in various newspapers and magazines from time to time after Dhirubhai’s death.
Mr. Parimal Nathwani worked very closely with Mr. Dhirubhai Ambani, the founder chairman of Reliance Group, for a long time. During his tenure with Mr. Dhirubhai Ambani, he was deeply impressed by Dhirubhai’s thinking, working style, relationship tact, vision, commitment, eagerness to learn and think new, faith in new technology and youth, etc. In this book Sri Nathwani has penned his experience with Shri Dhirubhai. Various aspects of Mr. Dhirubhai Ambani’s personality as a thinker, an entrepreneur, a visionary, a family man, a role model, etc. are covered in this book.

On this occasion, Shri Parimal Nathwani, the author of the book, Director of the Corporate Affairs Department of Reliance Industries Limited and Rajya Sabha MP said, “My association with Shri Dhirubhai Ambani is well known. The content of the book, therefore, is bound to reflect my personal impressions, observations, and perceptions about Dhirubhai whom I have openly accepted as my role model. In fact, I owe it to Dhirubhai for what I am today.”

In his address, Parimal Nathwani spoke about how he was called to meet Dhirubhai Ambani for a solution for land acquisition for the Jamnagar refinery. Nathwani said he was working in a stock exchange at that time and he couldn’t sleep for two days after he was invited by Dhirubhai Ambani to meet him. Given a free hand by Dhirubhai Ambani, Parimalbhai completed the land acquisition for the Jamnagar refinery in a few months by achieving agreements among farmers. Later Nathwani also completed the acquisition of more land as per the instruction of Dhirubhai. Parimalbhai also recalled his political life and services offered during the earthquake as per the guidance of current Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi, who was not even the Chief Minister then.

In the introduction to this book, Mr. Mukesh D. Ambani has said, “I admire and warmly appreciate Parimalbhai for the effort he has put in to bring his enormous fund of memories of Dhirughai together and impart a new life to them in the form of a highly readable book. Much has been written about my father. This book, however, is unique in that no other author can claim to have had such close and numerous interactions with him, and also with the Ambani and Reliance Families.”

Governor Acharya Devvrat in his address said- ‘A common person is one who walks on a predefined path while a great person is one who makes a new path and brings others to walk on that. Dhirubhai existed when the country was in need of such a person who could arrange employment of people, who could bring economic progress, and who could work for the self-dependency of the nation.  Dhirubhai was a person who born in a small village of Saurashtra in a common family. But he was a Zindadil person who had great willpower. Dhirubhai wanted to do something new for the nation, for the coming generations and he returned from the country abroad and started doing efforts. None other is so authentic to write about Dhirubhai Ambani than Parimalbhai who worked with Dhirubhai.’

‘The governor said he visited the Jamnagar refinery and was surprised to see the net of pipelines. He said lakhs of persons are employed by Dhirubhai. The country which was into import of oil started exporting it.  A phone was a symbol of prestige once. A person would keep his ringtone on in the bus to show others that he has a phone. But it was Dhirubhai who ideated that a phone call should be as cheap as a postcard.’

The book release ceremony witnessed august presence of Minister Shri Raghvajibhai Patel, Minister Shri Mulubhai Bera, Minister of State for Home Shri Harsh Sanghavi, Member of Parliament Smt. Poonamben Madam and Shri Rajesh Chudasma, MLA Shri Shailesh Mehta, renowned Industry Honchos, Chief Secretary, DGP and other senior government officials, Editors of newspapers, and other dignitaries. DeshGujarat