According to an article published in The Economic Times in 2005, Anand Jain was first noted in Reliance in the mid-1980s, when he crushed the bear cartel led by Manu Manek, the then kingpin of Bombay Stock Exchange.

[3][4][5][6][7][8] In June 2005, media reported that Jain would step down from the IPCL board after a settlement was announced between the two Ambani brothers.

He is also a director of the following ventures: Presently a senior executive with the Reliance Group, Anand Jain, is involved in the first greenfield Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Mumbai.

[17][18] Anand Jain is a member of the Managing Council of Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre.

He has been appointed by the Government of Maharashtra as a member of the "Empowered Committee for Transformation of Mumbai into a World-Class City."