Philanthropist and business woman Nita Ambani has been elected to the board of The Metropolitan Museum of Art for her “truly exceptional” commitment to preserve and promote India’s art and culture. Chairman Daniel Brodsky of the museum, considered as the largest and most visited art museums in the world, announced that Ambani has been named its Honorary Trustee. Her election took place at the meeting of the board on Tuesday.

Welcoming Nita Ambani to the board, Brodsky, in a statement,said that her “commitment to The Met and to preserving and promoting India’s art and culture is truly exceptional. Her support has an enormous impact on the museum’s ability to study and display art from every corner of the world.”

Nita Ambani, wife of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, is the Founder and Chairperson of the Reliance Foundation, which hassupported The Met since 2016, beginning with the exhibition ‘Nasreen Mohamedi’,which was the first museum retrospective of the artist’s work in the UnitedStates and was also one of The Met Breuer’s inaugural exhibitions.