International Olympic Committee member Nita Ambani addresses the media after cricket was approved as an Olympic sport on the second day of the 141st session of the IOC in Mumbai on October 16, 2023. Cricket will feature as one of five new sports at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, organisers announced on October 16, 2023. A philanthropist, a champion for women's rights, and the founder of one of India's largest foundations.
"The Reliance Foundation over the years has invested in many causes — education, child welfare, women empowerment and gender equality," Ambani told CNBC's Tanvir Gill on "The CNBC Conversation," emphasizing on why it's important for women to receive the same opportunities as their male counterparts. In 2021, she founded Her Circle, a digital app and social networking site that discusses a range of topics from lifestyle trends to women's health, including promoting diversity of women's appearances and body sizes.
"I'm a big believer in sports for girls and boys, and I feel children learn equally in playgrounds, as they do in classrooms," she said. "Sports transcends boundaries," Ambani told CNBC. She is a member of the International Olympics Committee, the first Indian woman to be elected.
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