Empower others to achieve their best and success will follow.

Adaptability and resilience are key to long-term success.

Sustainability and growth go hand in hand.

Commitment to excellence sets great leaders apart.

In business, timing is everything.

The pursuit of excellence is a never-ending journey.

Great achievements are often the result of collective effort.

Vision without action is just a dream.

Focus on solutions, not problems.

Growth comes from pushing boundaries and taking calculated risks.

Your reputation is your most valuable asset; guard it with care.

Passion and perseverance are the keys to overcoming obstacles.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

The foundation of any successful business is a strong team.

Collaboration can turn challenges into opportunities.

Invest in people; they are the greatest asset of any organization.

A visionary sees what others do not.

In a rapidly changing world, adaptability is the key to survival.

Success comes from continuous learning and relentless perseverance.

To lead, you must first be willing to serve.

The true measure of success is not what you achieve but what you inspire in others.

Until my father brought me into Reliance, I was pretty sure that I wanted to study in a U.S. university: hopefully, a little bit of time, either work at the World Bank or teach as a professor.

A successful business is built on trust and integrity.

I have turned into a big nature fan as well… I can afford it more today. These childhood influences have shaped me into what I am today.

We got into life sciences as a defence mechanism in the late ’90s.

I guess when you are left on your own, you find your true potential. I remember my father never came to our school even once.

By that time – the early ’70s – Vimal was a fairly successful textile brand. So everybody expected me to do textile engineering. I shocked them by saying that I would go to IIT.

Every challenge is an opportunity in disguise.

I’m a Mumbai boy… On its streets I learnt to stand up for myself, in its roadside stalls I learnt to bargain, in its commercial centres I learnt business, and in its cinemas I learnt to dream.

The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.

The organizational architecture is really that a centipede walks on hundred legs and one or two don’t count. So if I lose one or two legs, the process will go on, the organization will go on, the growth will go on.

I am a big believer that whatever has gone lies in the past. You should only learn from it, and you should only look at the present and the future. That’s been my father’s philosophy and mine as well.

Business is not just about profits; it’s about building relationships.

The US and Europe saw large players in foods by the ’50s and ’60s; but in India, food has always been a disorganised, fragmented value chain. We believe that India’s purchasing power will be food-dominated. The first thing we need is safe to eat food that will, in turn, meet many other needs.

Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of self-reliance can be attained by making use of Internet and technology.

I believe, 50 years from now, when you write history, one technology that would have changed human civilization is going to be the mobile Internet.

Our established businesses of hydrocarbons, energy, and petrochemicals pretty much run on their own, with their own proven leaders. This has helped me focus almost exclusively on two things: Firstly, new businesses. And secondly, institutionalising what I call the Reliance Management System.

To be successful, you must have a clear goal and a plan to achieve it.

A third track running at that time, apart from academics and the fun stuff, was that my father shared with me his passion for business and entrepreneurship from very early on. Even when I was in high school, I used to spend long hours at office on weekends.

My obsession is with technology and how it can improve human life. In my view, what we have seen in the last 300 years is only a trailer.

Why will I not give free service to my customers to get them used to mobile Internet, and to get every small town and village to use it? Everybody does promotions. In the internet world, free is normal.

China and India will, separately and together, unleash an explosion of demand.

Leadership is about creating a vision that others follow.

We got into telecom in the ’90s by bidding for cellular licences. But I felt that the real value is in the convergence of information and communication; pure communication will not deliver a sustainable value; that is why we called ourselves infocomm. It was learning a whole new domain. We brought in experts from the outside but we essentially did it with proven Reliance people.

Essentially, whoever is successful, whoever is going to do things that make a difference, is going to be talked about.

At Reliance, we have always believed in investing in the businesses of the future and in investing in talent.

I personally think that money can do very little. And this has been my experience all across.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

My first memories are of the early ’60s at mount road which was then an emerging area. We were a close-knit family and the four of us — Dipti, Nina, Anil and I — were left to do what we wanted. There were boundaries, of course, but within those, we were not micro-managed. Things have changed so much now. When my kids, Isha and Akash, were in the third standard, we behaved as though it was our exam.

You have to manage money. Particularly with market economies. You may have a great product, but if your bottom line goes bust then that’s it.

All of us know that the energy from the sun can now be harnessed, and we need to convert it sensibly to use it.

My big advantage was to have my father accept me as first-generation.

Success is not just about making money; it’s about creating value.

Everybody has equal opportunity, and I think that is true for everything.

The most employment-intensive industry in the world is retail and our next generation needs these jobs. India has a strategy for the next generation of doctors, engineers and biotech graduates, etc. But for the country as a whole, what we need to resolve is how to create sensible jobs for undergraduates and or those even less educated.

We all get into business, and we take a risk in terms of putting capital.

All of us, in a sense, struggle continuously all the time, because we never get what we want. The important thing which I’ve really learned is how do you not give up, because you never succeed in the first attempt.

Innovation is the key to unlocking the potential of any business.

So, these were the four components of my upbringing — the academic stuff where I was left to myself, Mahendrabhai, my father’s passion for creating Reliance and the last piece was his deep links with the family.

Dance to your own music and take some risks in life, because it is often the risk taker who changes the course of history… and contribute to the well-being of millions of lives.

Profit or loss is not guaranteed. That depends on the consumer and depends on the product. That’s a risk that business people take.

Digital life and digital services are a multi-wave business.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

I was very focussed on building various competencies in Reliance and we were not ready to do two things at the same time. It was a big risk for us to get into IT, especially because it was hugely effort-intensive. In my language, I said we have too much soap on our body and we need to take a bath in the chemicals business.

I think our fundamental belief is that for us growth is a way of life and we have to grow at all times.

The regulator’s job is not to guarantee us a profit, however much we cry. The regulator’s job is to first make sure that the country goes forward and then make sure that the consumer goes forward.

Mobile internet will be the single-most defining technology of this century for human development.

In a world of infinite possibilities, one must choose the path less taken.

I believe India today is potentially poised for another even more stupendous leap on its upward trajectory. India’s relative weight in the global economy and in world affairs in general, is bound to grow for many reasons. By 2030, India is projected to overtake China as the most populous country in the world, with the third largest economy in US dollar terms. Furthermore India is a very young nation with nearly two thirds of its population below the age of thirty-five.

In the journey of an entrepreneur, the most important thing is self-belief and the ability to convert that belief into reality.

I generally think that I should only speak by action and not by words.