Dhirubhai Ambani had an ambitious plan of converting the deserts of Rajasthan into fertile lands. This was one of the dream project plans he narrated to me two years ago in great detail when my wife and I called upon him at his Mumbai residence.
When I asked him about his future plans, he gave me a half-an-hour lecture on how sea water could be used to generate steam and then after use conveyed to Rajasthan through a pipeline to make it a fertile land.
Considering his outstanding ability of enterprise, I am sure that, given a chance, he would have transformed his dream into reality.
I rate him one of the most outstanding industrialists of the nation, for his ability to complete projects within time as well as cost schedules. His credit was praiseworthy, especially because he was probably the first one to install world-class factories and plants within a predetermined timeframe.
My last meeting with the Ambani family was preceded by news that Akzo Nobel, the foreign partner in my company Century Enka, was about to sell its stake to Dhirubhai. An official of the foreign company informed me that the Ambanis sent representatives to Akzo
