Gujarat to introduce chapter on Dhirubhai Ambani in school books

Aims to enlighten the students with the lives of eminent business personalities of Gujarat who made a name globally

The BJP government in Gujarat is mulling the introduction of a chapter on Reliance Group founder Dhirubhai Ambani in school textbooks to instill spirit of entrepreneurship in young minds. The idea has been put across by Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasma to the state Textbook Board, a senior state official said.

“The minister mooted the idea at a recent meeting of the office-bearers of the state textbook board that our children should be taught about the lives and struggles of famous personalities, like Dhirubhai Ambani,” the Chief of the Gujarat State School Textbook Board (GSSTB), Nitin Pethani told PTI.

“Apart from Dhirubhai Ambani, there are many unknown personalities who had given their best to the society in terms of industrial entrepreneurship like Devkaran Nanji, the founder of Dena Bank,” Pethani said. He said the aim is to enlighten the students with the lives of eminent business personalities of Gujarat, who made a name globally.

However, the state government has not decided on the time frame for inclusion of the chapter in the textbooks, he said.

Chief Minister Anandiben Patel had announced on the International Yoga Day that Gujarat government will introduce yoga to be practised regularly in schools "We have been doing practicals of Yoga in our schools already, but we will soon prepare books on Yoga as part of co-curriculum activities as per the guidance of GCERT (Gujarat Council of Education Research and Training) and the secondary education board," he said.the panel’s mandate would be two-fold. It will ‘facilitate granting of permissions for both foreign as well as domestic producers from relevant authorities of central and state governments’.

It would also meet regularly to monitor the facilitation process and issue directions to the authorities concerned.