User:Sonal Ambani

Sonal Ambani

Contents

•	About

•	Accomplishments

•	Philanthropic Activities

•	Achievements

•	Other Activities

•	Current Project

•	Personal Life

About

Sonal Ambani, grew up in the suburbs of New York, while excelling in school, she spent her childhood participating in music and sports. She plays the double base and is an avid equestrian and a sports person. She has a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, an MBA in Marketing & Finance and a PhD in Business Management. She has written two patents: Systems and Method for providing “Financial Services to Children and Teenagers” and “Purchase Management System and Electronic Receipts”.

Accomplishments

Author Mothers and Daughter-In Celebration of this Cherished Relationship This book celebrates the love between mothers and daughters. Mothers and daughters talk about the special relationship they share with each other, recounting anecdotes, reminiscing about their lives together and divulging incidents that have brought them closer to one another. The women come from many different fields – politics, literature, art and design, dance, film, business and sports – yet, they share a common cause. It is a cause that affects every woman’s life – cancer detection and prevention. This book also contains important and valuable information on cancer. A rare glimpse into the private world of women achievers. This book is illustrated with stunning black-and-white photographs that capture the essence of their femininity as well as their inner strength and beauty.

•	Fathers and Sons This book celebrates the love between fathers & sons. Fathers & Sons talks about the special relationship they share with each other, recounting anecdotes, reminiscing about their lives together and divulging incidents that have brought them closer to one another. The book showcase Indian Achievers from around the world including the first Olympic Gold Medallist Abhinav Bindra, World Chess Champion Vishwanath Anand and business tycoons Gautam Adani, Lakshmi Mittal, Narayan Murthy to Bollywood heart throbs Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan and best selling authors Deepak Chopra, Robin Sharma and Dr. Shashi Tharoor. The book also includes Oscar winners, musician A. R. Rahman and lyricist Gulzar Sahab and Nobel Laureates, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Dr. Muhammad Yunus and Dr. R K Pachauri. It’s a privilege to have them stand up for two great causes; early cancer detection and underprivileged children. Here you catch a rare glimpse into the private world of dynamic and successful men, accompanied by stunning black & white photographs that capture the essence of their character as well as their inner strength, fortitude and spirit.

Patents •	Systems and Method for providing “Financial Services to Children and Teenagers” Patent No.: US 7,117,173 B1 This invention relates to the field of electronic commerce, and in particular to a third generation business-to-business-to-consumer (B2B2C) content management and delivery infrastructure for the fragmented financial services industry. The system and method of the invention serve to create an interface between existing providers of financial services such as banking and brokerage services and children and teenagers. The interface includes a simple, “kid-friendly” bank statement that provides a fun and educational way of accessing the financial services while educating children and teenagers about money and personal finance.

•	“Purchase Management System and Electronic Receipts”. A system and method for confirming and tracking purchases, permits immediate confirmation of purchases by providing for transmission of information concerning the purchases to a central location, generation and formatting of the electronic receipts at a central location, and immediate transmission of the receipts to an electronic address of a mobile communications device carried by the purchaser. The system and method also provides for storage of the receipts and related data at the central location, and for making the receipts and related data available to the purchaser in the form of reports generated at the central location or data that has been converted for download to a personal finance, record keeping or tax program.

Philanthropic Activities

•	Cancer Screening and Research Trust [www.csrtindia.org] She is the director of the Ahmedabad-based Cancer Screening and Research Trust and is on a crusade to create cancer awareness in India. After loosing her mother to Cancer, Sonal has taken Cancer Awareness as a mission in her life and she is dedicated to promote awareness that Cancer is manageable, if not curable, if detected early.

•	Books and Balls Foundation [www.booksandballs.org] This NGO was established, by Sonal’s children- Anjali and Amar Ambani to promote the cause of “A healthy body is a healthy mind”. Anjali and Amar are making a difference to the lives of underprivileged children with this non-profit organization, under which they donate sports equipments to the kids of Municipal Schools and to other under-privileged children. To date, they have given books, cricket bats, balls, footballs, volleyballs and plastic balls to over 500 schools and they plan to cover most of the Municipal schools across India. They have already donated items to schools in Udaipur, Panchgani, Orissa and Uganda.

Achievements

Commercials on Cancer Awareness - She has created two Cancer Awareness Commercials titled “Eloping Daughter” and “Lipstick” that urges women to go for timely breast cancer check ups. The aim of these commercials is to make women aware of pre-cancer screening tests such as mammograms, pap smears and a CA125 (for ovarian cancer). These Commercials have been aired on the Star Networks, Zee TV, INX and Sony TV Channels, to a viewing audience of over 300 million people. Out of these two commercials, “Lipstick” has won the AAA-I award for best commercial for a non profit organization.

Other Activities Chairperson, FICCI Ladies Organization, Ahmedabad - www.ficciflo.com: Dr. SonalAmbani is the founder member and first Chairperson of FICCI- FLO in Ahmedabad which was started in April 2010. FLO was established in 1983, as a division of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) which is the apex body of industry and commerce in India. Ahmedabad is it’s 8th chapter. The primary objective of FLO is to promote entrepreneurship and professional excellence in women.

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_sonal-ambani-to-head-flo-in-ahmedabad_1371559

Current Project

World Peace 2010 to 2040 [www.worldpeace2040.com]

Concept World Peace 2010 to 2040 is a desired state of the world to be achieved by the year 2040. It is a goal to be achieved through a disciplined and dedicated approach by all the leaders of the world.

In concept this is simple - when we decide to run a marathon, we start by running one kilometre the first day and gradually increase the distance each day thereafter, slowly building up our stamina, until eventually we reach the goal of 41 kilometres – the length of the Marathon.

Process- How it will happen The plan consists of a mass-appeal letter and email campaign urging  leaders of the world to follow a simple pledge – a simple commitment to let peace have a chance to break out and enable the modern world to reap the peace dividend. Beginning in 2011 the heads of the respective countries, pledge to declare peace for the first day of each month that year and one more day each month, in progression, as the years go by.

In the year 2011 the 1st day of each month will be World Peace Days. That is Jan.1, Feb.1, March 1,… Dec. 1 will be World Peace Days. That is 12 Peace Days in 2011. In the year 2012 the Jan1 & 2, Feb.1 & 2, March 1 &2, …Dec.1 & 2 will be World Peace Days. That is 24 Peace Days in 2012.

If this progression is carried on till 2040 then by that time we will have 365 days of Peace. What does Peace Day mean? It means if you are in the midst of a war, you will agree to a ceasefire on those days.

Result / Outcome of the project If we can implement this action plan there will be money for so many good causes. If we go step by step, that is 12 days of peace in the first year, the money may not go back into the economy but in the second year when you have 24 days of world peace the money saved by reduced military spending will filter back into the economy. The money saved by the days of peace and no conflict can be used by each country’s economy to solve problems such as poverty, illiteracy, global warming, cancer and aids research and other pressing issues. Board of Advisors Nobel Laureate, Professor Muhammad Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank, Mr. Subhash Chandra, the Chairman of Essel Group,, Mr. Fernando Castillo, President and CEO of Insignia Group, S.A., and Mr. David Bornstein, Author “How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas” on our Board.

Personal Life

Sonal Ambani is married to Tower Overseas Chairman and CEO Vimal Ambani. The couple has a daughter Anjali and a son Amar. She is the daughter-in-law to Dhirubhai Ambani’s elder brother Ramnikbhai Ambani. Her father Prabhakar Sheth has 16 US patents and is in the 'Who’s Who' of American inventors.