Nita Ambani is first Indian trustee of New York’s Metropolitan Museum | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Nita Ambani is first Indian trustee of New York’s Metropolitan Museum | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

By Lifestyle Desk |New Delhi |Updated: November 13, 2019 3:20:21 pm

Nita Ambani is first Indian trustee of New York’s Metropolitan Museum

The wife of Mukesh Ambani, chairman of refining-to-telecom giant Reliance Industries Ltd., has been promoting Indian art and culture around the world.

Nita Ambani, 57, was elected to become an honorary trustee of the museum. (Source: File Photo)

Nita Ambani, philanthropist and wife of Asia’s richest person, was named to the board of the largest United States’ art museum after years of supporting exhibitions at the New York City institution. She is the first Indian trustee in the museum’s 149-year old history.