Isha Ambani, Director of Reliance Retail Ventures received Maharashtrian of the Year 2024 award on Thursday for her outstanding contributions to the business sector.

Recognized for her leadership in brands like Tira & Trends, Isha is credited with driving the expansion of Reliance Retail into new categories, geographies and formats.

Thanking her family for the recognition she said, “This is very special because my mother, who is my inspiration and biggest role model, won this award in 2016.”

“For our family, Maharashtra is not just our home it is our karmabhumi. My parents raised me in a home where we were encouraged to follow my grandfather Dhirubhai Ambani’s words ‘Dare to dream, Learn to excel.’ My father led by example and showed that hard work is essential and put in your best in whatever you choose to do. All my life I have watched him give solely put in his best in whatever he does. That’s what inspires me the most,” she added.

This award is a recognition of the Reliance’s ‘we care’ philosophy.

She was also named in Time magazine’s Time100 Next list of rising stars from various industries worldwide and received the GenNext Entrepreneur Award at the Forbes India Leadership Awards 2023.

Isha is also a member of the board of Reliance Foundation, and was said to be actively involved with the launch and operations of the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai in March this year.

Isha also serves on the advisory board of the Yale Schwarzman Center, and on the board of trustees of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art, Jio MAMI, and the Dia Art Foundation.