Education
He was educated at Gujarat College in Ahmedabad and joined his family business as the director of Karamchand Premchand Private Limited. He was the owner of Sarabhai Chemicals in Vadodara which manufactured chemicals and pharmaceuticals.
president industrialist of Ahmedabad
He was educated at Gujarat College in Ahmedabad and joined his family business as the director of Karamchand Premchand Private Limited. He was the owner of Sarabhai Chemicals in Vadodara which manufactured chemicals and pharmaceuticals.
He was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind Gold Medal by the British government which he renounced. He gave both personal and financial support to the freedom struggle in Ahmedabad. Ambalal Sarabhai had been ardent supporter of Mahatma Gandhi and Indian independence movement since 1916, when even Gandhiji had not yet even launched any big movement in India.
Gandhiji"s ashram at Sabarmati in his starting years ran from funds donated by Sarabhai.
Ambalal Sarabhai Foundation, a trust founded by him runs a noted hospital at Race Course Road in Vadodara. Also Ambalal Sarabhai Foundation for Health, Education & Welfare and Ambalal Sarabhai Trust are other two major charitable trusts, founded by him and looked after by his descendants, which run many schools, hospitals, charitable dispensaries and other welfare activities in Ahmabdabad and other cities of Gujarat.
He was the president of the Ahmedabad Mill Owner"s Association in the year 1918-1919 and also a member of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.