Akash Ambani is now the Chairman for Reliance Jio Infocomm as Mukesh Ambani has stepped down from his post as Chairman, which is now in effect. The new change was approved by the Jio’s Board of Directors in a meeting on June 27, as announced through a stock exchange filing.
Akash Ambani’s role as Jio’s Chairman will require him to continue Jio’s endeavor of making technology accessible to all in India. He will continue ‘Jio’s efforts to build India into a highly inclusive, highly digital society.‘ Akash is an economics graduate from Brown University in the US.
In related news, Jio has collaborated with the Indian file storage and sharing platform, Digiboxx. As part of the partnership, users will get access to additional 10GB of data on top of the currently available 20GB of data. by signing up via the JioPhotos app. Jio set-top box owners can log into their Digiboxx accounts to access their photos and videos via the JioPhotos app, which comes pre-installed on the set-top box. This functionality also allows for uploading the media and even sharing it across social media platforms. This can be availed by the Jio set-top-box owners via JioPay.
