Nita Ambani elected to the board of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Philanthropist and Chairperson of the Reliance Foundation Nita Ambani has been elected to the board of the prestigious Metropolitan Museum of Art here for her "truly exceptional" commitment to preserve and promote India's art and culture.

Chairman Daniel Brodsky of the museum, considered as the largest and most visited art museums in the world, announced that Nita has been named its Honorary Trustee. Her election took place at the meeting of the board on Tuesday.

Welcoming Nita, 56, to the board, Brodsky, in a statement, said that her commitment to The Met and to preserving and promoting India's art and culture is truly exceptional. Her support has an enormous impact on the museum's ability to study and display art from every corner of the world.

Nita, wife of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, is also the Founder the Reliance Foundation, which has supported The Met since 2016, beginning with the exhibition Nasreen Mohamedi', which was the first museum retrospective of the artist's work in the United States and was also one of The Met Breuer's inaugural exhibitions.

She is also a member of The Met's International Council. The museum had announced in October 2017 that the Reliance Foundation promised a generous gift" to support exhibitions that explore and celebrate the arts of India. It had not stated the amount of the gift.

The museum had then described Nita and Mukesh as "great champions of The Met."