Akash Ambani, the Reliance Jio Chairman, recently attended an event at Jio Convention Centre in Mumbai along with his wife, Shloka Mehta and his sister, Isha Ambani. At the event, he was asked a personal question but his witty response left the audience in splits. In an interview with  Dream Sports CEO Harsh Jain, Akash was asked about choosing between ‘a date night with wife Shloka or gaming nights with boys’. The business tycoon replied, “The aspiration is for a gaming night with Shloka.” During the interaction, he shed light on many topics, including about work life balance. Akash said, “Coming to balance you know, I have been very very fortunate that I have grown up with a very close-knit family. The first thing is about the values inside the family and for us the work was never looked at as the balancing part of life, it was always something which was the biggest part of our life.” 

He continued, “Growing up… you know… we saw our parents both my father and mother… you know… not only try to balance family and work but make them both the biggest priorities of our live. So the question of balance really does not come... of balancing family or work. Both are the biggest priorities of my life. And, there is one simple funda that I think we all need to embody is… you know… the priorities of your life… and as you grow older, your priorities change, but you want to make sure that your priorities are something that is meaningful to make your life what you imagine it to be.” 

Akash Ambani also talked about the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the job market. He said, “In my view, AI is the engine that will empower India to grow at 10 percent or double-digit growth numbers for the foreseeable future,” he stated. “We need to continue investing in AI infrastructure and data centers that can scale to serve millions of users. At Jio, we are already doing that.” 

“I think we need to start talking about India first. Innovations that we have done at world class standards. The fact today that we're exporting our UPI solution to other countries speaks volumes,” he added.