India, June 7 -- Industrialist Mukesh Ambani on Friday announced an unconditional grant of Rs.151 crore to his alma mater, the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT, formerly UDCT), Mumbai. The donation was made in honour of Prof M M Sharma, on the occasion of the release of his biography Divine Scientist, published in both Marathi and English.

Ambani shared personal memories of Prof Sharma, recalling how the first lecture he attended by him shaped his path. "Like my father Dhirubhai Ambani, he had a burning desire to change Indian industry from scarcity to global leadership," said Ambani. "These two bold visionaries believed that science and technology, in alliance with private entrepreneurship, would open the floodgates of prosperity."...