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Rohit Khosla(Punjabi:ਰੋਹਿਤ ਖੋਸਲਾ, Devnagri:रोहित खोसला), (November 29, 1958–1994), was a pioneer of Indian fashion.^[1] He started his own label in 1987, along with his sister, designer, Rohini Khosla.

Early life[link]

He did his schooling from The Doon School,^[2] and came into the Indian fashion scene when it was still a nascent industry ^[3] and left his mark on Indian Fashion,^[4] during his short years, as he died in 1994.

Career[link]

In 1987, he co-founded Ensemble, India's popular designer label store in New Delhi,^[5] with Tarun and Sal Tahiliani, which started with five labels: Tarun Tahiliani, Rohit Khosla, Neil Bieff, Amaya, Abu Jani & Sandeep Khosla.^[4]

Many leading fashion designers of India trained under Rohit Khosla, including Aparna Chandra, Ranna Gill,^[6] Sonam Dobal ^[7] and JJ Valaya.^[8]

Legacy[link]

In 1998, Rohini Khosla published a book on his life and work, titled, “Rohit Khosla, Vanguard by Rohini Khosla” and in the 2007 India Fashion Week paid a tribute to him, with designers like, Rohit Bal dedicating his collection to him.^[9][10]

The annual 'India Zee F Awards', presents the Rohit Khosla Award for 'Debutante Designer of the Year'.^[11]

Further reading[link]

• Rohit Khosla, Vanguard, by Rohini Khosla, Amanda Johnston. Art Books Intl Ltd., 1998. ISBN 81-7508-017-5.

References[link]

1. ^ Review
2. ^ Others Famous Old Boys
3. ^ Fashion audiences.. Indian Express, December 2, 1999.
4. ^ ^{a b} New cut India Today, December 20, 2007.
5. ^ The haute couturier..And Rohit was very much a part of the beginning of Ensemble - Tarun Tahiliani The Times of India, July 2, 2002.
6. ^ Desiner Profile - Rana Gill
7. ^ Sonam Dobal
8. ^ India Fashion Week – Designer Profile India Today, 2008.
9. ^ Rohit Khosla relived through the fashion week
10. ^ Fashion fraternity remembers Rohit Khosla September 14, 2007.
11. ^ Fashion forward The Hindu, May 01, 2006.

Khosla is a surname of Indian origin. It may refer to:

• Vinod Khosla, Indian-born American venture capitalist
• Rohit Khosla, Indian fashion designer
• Neeru Khosla, Co-Founder of the non-profit CK12 Foundation
• Raj Khosla, Indian film director
• Pradeep Khosla, Indian American computer scientist
• Sanjay Khosla, Indian-American engineer

See also[link]

• Khosla Ka Ghosla, an Indian film
• Khosla Commission, a one-man commission established in India in July 1970 to re-investigate the death of Subhas Chandra Bose

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Mukesh Ambani
Chairman & MD of Reliance Industries
Born	(1957-04-19) 19 April 1957 (age 55) Colony of Aden[1]
Residence	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	University of Bombay Stanford University (dropped out)
Occupation	Chairman & MD of Reliance Industries Director of Bank of America
Net worth	US$ 22.3 billion (2012)[2]
Religion	Hinduism
Spouse	Nita Ambani
Children	Akash,Anant,Isha[3]
Parents	Dhirubhai Ambani Kokilaben Ambani
Relatives	Anil Ambani (Brother)
Website
Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani (Gujarati: મુકેશ ધીરુભાઈ અંબાની) (born on 19 April 1957) is an Indian business magnate who is the chairman and managing director of the Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), the foremost company of the Indian energy and materials conglomerate Reliance Group.^[4] The company was ranked #134th in Fortune Global 500 and is India's most valuable company by market value and second-largest Indian company by turnover.^[5][6] Ambani remains the largest individual shareholder, with 44.7 percent stake in RIL. The company is the operator of the world’s biggest oil refining complex and owner of India’s biggest natural gas field.^[7] Mukesh's younger brother is Anil Ambani, who heads Reliance Group. The Ambani family is the richest family in India and one of the richest in the world, their wealth inherited from Dhirubhai Ambani, founder of 2nd largest Indian conglomerate Reliance Group (after Tata Group).^[8]

In 2010, he was named among the most powerful people in the world by Forbes in its list of "68 people who matter most"^[9] As of 2012, he is the second richest man in Asia^[10] and the 19th richest person in the world with a personal wealth of US$22.3 billion. In 2007, a strong rally in the Indian stock market and the appreciation of the Indian rupee boosted the market capitalisation of Reliance group companies, briefly making him the world’s richest man.^[11][12][13]

He is a member of the board of directors of Bank of America Corporation and a present member of the international advisory board of the Council on Foreign Relations.

In 2012, Forbes named Mukesh Ambani the 2nd richest sports owner ^[14] in the world. According to the list of richest sports owners, he is richer than owners of Chelsea and AC Milan. Ambani's company Reliance Industries owns the Indian Premier League domestic cricket club Mumbai Indians ^[15].

Early life[link]

Mukesh Ambani was born on 19th April, 1957 to Dhirubhai Ambani and Kokilaben Ambani in a Colony of Aden, Yemen.^[16] He has a brother, Anil, and two sisters - Dipti Salgaoncar & Nina Kothari.^[17]

The Ambani family lived in a two bedroom apartment in Bhuleshwar, Mumbai until the 1970s.^[18] Dhirubhai Ambani then purchased a 14-floor apartment block called 'Sea Wind' in Colaba, where, until recently, Mukesh and Anil each lived with their families on different floors.^[19]

Mukesh Ambani was educated at Abaay Morischa School in Mumbai and completed his graduation with a bachelor`s degree in chemical engineering from the UDCT, now Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai. He stood sixth in the University exams.<sup>[20]</sup> Mukesh later enrolled for an MBA from Stanford University but completed only one year of the two year program and dropped out in the year 1980.<sup>[21]</sup> Indira Gandhi administration threw open the doors of PFY (Polyester Filament Yarn) manufacturing to the private sector in early 1980. Dhirubhai Ambani had applied for a license to set up PFY manufacturing plant. In spite of stiff competition from Tatas, Birlas and 43 others, Dhirubhai was awarded the licence.<sup>[22]</sup> To help him build the PFY plant, Dhirubhai pulled his eldest son Mukesh out of Stanford where he was studying for his MBA. Mukesh Ambani, then dropped out to help his father and initiated Reliance`s backward integration from textiles into polyester fibres and further into petrochemicals, beginning in 1981.^[23]

In 2010, Mukesh Ambani has been conferred the 'Degree of Doctor of Science Honoris Causa' by M.S University, Baroda, Gujarat^[24]

Business career[link]

He joined Reliance Industries in 1981.^[25] He initiated Reliance's backward integration journey from textiles into polyester fibres and further into petrochemicals, petroleum refining and going up-stream into oil and gas exploration and production.^[26]

Ambani set up one of the largest and most complex information and communications technology initiatives in the world in the form of Reliance Infocomm Limited (now Reliance Communications Limited).^[27]

Ambani directed and led the creation of the world’s largest grassroots petroleum refinery at Jamnagar, India, with a current capacity of 660,000 barrels per day (33 million tonnes per year) integrated with petrochemicals, power generation, port and related infrastructure.^[28]

Board Memberships[link]

• Chairman, Managing Director, Chairman of Finance Committee and Member of Employees Stock Compensation Committee, Reliance Industries Limited
• Former Chairman, Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited
• Former Vice Chairman, Reliance Petroleum
• Chairman of the Board, Reliance Petroleum
• Chairman and Chairman of Audit Committee, Reliance Retail Limited.
• Chairman, Reliance Exploration and Production DMCC
• Director, Member of Credit Committee and Member of Compensation & Benefits Committee, Bank of America Corporation^[29]

Awards and honours[link]

• Ranked 5th best performing CEO in the world by Harvard Business Review in its ranking of top 50 global CEOs.^[39]
• Only Indian to be a part of the United Nations MDG Advocacy Group^[40]
• Re-elected as Vice Chairman of the Business Council for Sustainable Development's (WBCSD) Executive Committee for a second consecutive term in 2010.^[41]
• Ranked 33rd among the 'Top 50 Most Respected Business Leaders of the World' in a survey conducted by Pricewater House Coopers and published in Financial Times, London in 2003.
• Conferred the 'Membership Award' by The Textile Association of India in December 2002.
• Ranked 13th in Asia’s Power 25 list of 'The Most Powerful People in Business' published by Fortune magazine in 2004.
• Ranked No.2 by IMRB International in The Power 100 list of India's Most Powerful CEOs, in 2004

Award Gallery[link]

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  Mukesh Ambani received 'Juran Quality Medal' in 2009

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  Mukesh Ambani conferred the 'Asia Society Leadership Award'

Personal life[link]

He is married to Nita Ambani and has three children.^[42] They live in a private 27-story building in Mumbai named Antilia.^[43] The value of the home is US$1 billion and it is claimed to be the most expensive home in history.^[44] Billionaire Mukesh Ambani earns an annual salary of 150 million rupee (Rs 15 crore), which has remained unchanged since the fiscal 2008-09.^[45]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mukesh Ambani

• Profile at Reliance Industries
• Profile at Forbes
• Mukesh Ambani collected news and commentary at Bloomberg News
• Mukesh Ambani collected news and commentary at The New York Times
• Mukesh Ambani collected news and commentary at The Wall Street Journal
• Mukesh Ambani collected news and commentary at The Economist
• Mukesh Ambani collected news and commentary at The Times of India
• Works by or about Mukesh Ambani in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Mukesh Ambani at the Notable Names Database

Kangna Ranaut
Kangna Ranaut at the launch of Provogue's spring summer collection, 2012
Born	Kangna Amardeep Ranaut (1987-03-20) 20 March 1987 (age 25) Bhambla, Mandi District, Himachal Pradesh, India
Other names	Kangna Ranaut
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2006 - present
Website
http://www.realkangnaranaut.com/

Kangna Ranaut (born 20 March 1987)^[1] is an Indian actress who appears mostly in Hindi films. She made her acting debut in 2006 with a leading role in Gangster.^[2] She won a Filmfare as well as a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as a troubled model in Fashion (2008) and subsequently featured in such commercially successful films as Raaz – The Mystery Continues (2009), Once Upon A Time In Mumbai (2010), Double Dhamaal (2011) and Tanu Weds Manu (2011).

Early life[link]

Ranaut was born to Asha, a school teacher, and Amardeep, a businessman. She has an elder sister, Rangoli and a younger brother, Akshit. She was born in a small town called Bhambla in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh. Her family lives in Mandi.^[3] According to Ranaut, her ancestors were Rajputs who came from a royal family in Jaipur, before one of them made their home in Himachal.^[4]

She did her schooling in Dehradun. After a few months of college, she moved to Delhi to become a model and joined the Elite Modelling Agency in 2003.^[3]

Career[link]

Early Work, until 2005[link]

Ranaut started her career as a theatre actor in Delhi with Asmita Theatre Group.^[5] She trained under eminent theatre director Arvind Gaur.^[6] She participated in his theatre workshop at India Habitat Centre and acted in several plays. Her first play with Arvind Gaur was Girish Karnad's Taledanda (Rakt-Kalyan). Ranaut joined Asha Chandra's course in 2004 to brush herself to face the camera.

Debut & Breakthrough in Films, 2006-present[link]

Ranaut moved to Mumbai to try her luck in movies. In September 2005, Anurag Basu spotted her in a cafe in Mumbai, and offered her the lead role in Gangster.^[7] Released in 2006, the film became critically and commercially successful and her performance was especially applauded.^[8] This was followed by another acclaimed performance in Woh Lamhe, which also released in 2006.

Later, in 2007, Ranaut starred in Anurag Basu's Life In A... Metro. Her performance in the film earned her rave reviews. That same year she also starred in Shakalaka Boom Boom as an aspiring singer. Her next film, Fashion, starring Priyanka Chopra and Mugdha Godse, was released in 2008. The film, portraying the dark side of the fashion world, was a critical success, and Ranaut's portrayal of a supermodel who loses everything to drugs gained her widespread praise, fetching her various awards, including the prestigious Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award and National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress.

In 2009, Ranaut appeared in the thriller Raaz – The Mystery Continues with Emraan Hashmi. The movie has been a commercial success and was declared the first reasonable hit of 2009. Her next release was Vaada Raha with Bobby Deol. She starred in Ek Niranjan, a Telugu film directed by Puri Jagannadh, whose previous film Pokiri has been remade in Hindi as Wanted. In 2010, Kangna was seen in a guest appearance opposite Hrithik Roshan in Kites and also starred in a leading role alongside Ajay Devgan in one of the year's most successful outings Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai. Ranaut also appeared in Knock Out and No Problem which were both critical and commercial failures.

Her first release of 2011 was Tanu Weds Manu opposite R. Madhavan, a romantic comedy that proved to be successful at the box office. Along with Ajay Devgan, Zarine Khan and Arbaaz Khan, Ranaut made a special appearance in Anees Bazmee's highly successful comedy Ready, which starred Salman Khan and Asin Thottumkal in lead roles. She was next seen in the multistarrer Double Dhamaal, the sequel of Dhamaal, which emrged as a moderate success at the box office. Ranaut later appeared in Rascals alongside Ajay Devgn and Sanjay Dutt, which opened to a good response at the box office, however became a commercial and critical failure. She also appeared in Miley Naa Miley Hum which failed to do well at the box office. In 2012, Ranaut once again appeared alongside Ajay Devgan in Tezz, which was a major failure at the box office. As of May 2012, Ranaut is set to appear in I Love NY opposite Sunny Deol, Shootout At Wadala alongside John Abraham and Anil Kapoor, Krrish 3 with Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra and Vivek Oberoi and Rensil D'Silva's next alongside Emraan Hashmi.

Awards[link]

2007

• Asian Festival of First Films, Best Actress, Gangster
• Filmfare Best Female Debut Award, Gangster
• Filmfare Fairever Fresh Face of the Year Award, Gangster
• IIFA Best Female Debut Award, Gangster
• Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female, Gangster
• Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut, Gangster
• Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Female, Gangster
• Bollywood Movie Award – Best Female Debut, Gangster

2008

• Stardust Breakthrough Performance Award (Female), Life in a... Metro

2009

• National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress,Fashion
• Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award, Fashion
• IIFA Best Supporting Actress Award, Fashion
• Stardust Best Supporting Actress Award, Fashion
• Apsara Awards Best Supporting Actress, Fashion

Filmography[link]

See also[link]

• List of Indian film actresses

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Kangna Ranaut

• Official Website
• Kangna Ranaut at the Internet Movie Database