Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant get engaged

Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s engagement festivities had kicked off yesterday with a mehendi ceremony for the bride-to-be. Merchant had chosen a pink lehenga from Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla for her mehendi ceremony.

Their engagement festivities on January 19 will include the traditional gol dhana ceremony – a pre-wedding ritual in Gujarati Hindus where jaggery and coriander seeds are distributed at the groom’s place.

A graduate of Brown University, Anant Ambani, 27, has assumed a leadership role in the renewable energy sector of Reliance Industries. Radhika Merchant, who studied at New York University, serves as a Director on the Board of Encore Healthcare. She is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer, like her mother-in-law-to-be Nita Ambani.