How Nita Ambani is empowering women in India through sport – as husband Mukesh Ambani’s company Jio sponsors the 2020 Women’s T20 Challenge cricket championship
Already owner of the Mumbai Indians, Nita Ambani is now backing women’s cricket too: why the billionaire wife of Mukesh Ambani has made female empowerment her calling, and how she’ll profit from it
Nita Ambani often talks publicly about her dream to see women take their rightful place on the global stage. It therefore won’t surprise many that she’s recently thrown her support behind the Women’s T20 Challenge, a major cricket tournament for women in India.
The move marks just one more step Nita has taken to ensure the empowerment of girls in India. And, smart businesswoman that she is, there are bound to be financial opportunities there too.
Read on to find out more about how Nita Ambani is pioneering girl power in India.
The big cricket move
A big believer in India’s progress, especially in sport, she has even set her heart on India hosting the Olympics and the Fifa World Cup at a date in the not-too-distant future.
“We have never had an Olympic Games presence in India. We are number five in GDP. We have seen Games going to Tokyo, Australia and Japan but never come to India,” she said in an interview according to Business Insider. “My dream is to start little by little, and realise this dream for the generations to come.”
But what does it mean?
So what does having the Ambani name backing the challenge mean in real terms? Pundits called the decision a motivation for young girls in India, showing to them that they have a future in sport in the country.