A hundred Dhirubhai Ambanis

Ashishkumar Chauhan, chief executive officer of the BSE, was in Gurgaon to reach out to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). He said India had the potential to produce 100 Dhirubhai Ambanis and needed to do so if it sought to create millions of jobs over the next 10 years. "Only those who list can become Dhirubhai Ambani," he said. Encouraging SMEs to take the first step to list, he said, apart from the Reserve Bank of India governor, businessmen were the ones empowered to "issue currency". "Your share is your currency," he explained.