I don’t think about work by number of hours, but quality of work done daily: Reliance Jio Infocomm chairman Akash Ambani

“It’s about the quality of work that you do on a daily basis,” Ambani said while addressing the Mumbai Tech Week event.

Reliance Jio Infocomm chairman Akash Ambani on Friday said the number of hours put in at the office does not matter to him as much as the quality of work daily.

In the comments that come amid a heated debate on the number of hours to be put in at work per week, the son of the richest Indian Mukesh Ambani said both work and family are the biggest priorities of his life and it is very important for a person to know his or her priorities in life.

"I don't think about it (timing at work) in terms of timings and the amount of hours. It's about the quality of work that you do on a daily basis," Ambani said while addressing the Mumbai Tech Week event.

C-suite executives have expressed diverse opinions on work hours per week, with some advocating up to 90 hours of work and prioritising work over family while others in favour of outcomes from those hours. A minority has spoken in favour of under 50 hours of work a week as well.

Ambani also said that his company has created a team of over 1,000 data scientists, researchers and engineers to guide it on the artificial intelligence front.

The company is also putting together a 1GW capacity data centre at Jamnagar which will help in the country's AI journey, he said.

Apart from that, the company is mulling to offer graphic processing units (GPU) as a service offering given its work in the area, to help a broader ecosystem benefit.