Dhirubhai Ambani, one of India’s biggest business icons, believed that “cost centres” virtually had no place in business — every business unit or function had to be a profit centre. His vision is embodied in the success of Jamnagar Farms — a venture that was initially started to improve the environs of the Reliance refinery. Today, it is a profit-making subsidiary, which owns Asia’s largest mango orchard.
Reliance Industries’ refinery at Jamnagar is the world’s first fully-integrated petrochemicals complex of its kind. Given the inherent threats in petroleum processing, RIL has installed state-of-the-art security and disaster recovery systems at the complex.