Six months down the line he joined the ACC Ltd, a premier cement company in India. He worked at their factories in Sevalia in Gujarat and Lakheri in Rajasthan before moving to the headquarters in Mumbai. At this point in life, his classmate and friend Hemendra Teli, who had moved to the USA, encouraged and sponsored him to apply for higher studies at a university in this North American nation. With his intelligence and aptitude, Abdulgani secured admission at the University of California in Berkeley. He got a student visa easily, but then cropped up another hurdle—there was no money for the considerable airfare that was required to fly to the USA. But his stars were on the ascendant, he obtained a rupees 5,000 scholarship from the Tata Education Trust which was enough to pay for the airfare. He borrowed another 10,000 rupees from the Sethna Trust run by the Parsi community, and that would help him pay for his tuition.

He remembers the day clearly when he landed in the USA. It was September 15, 1967. Laborious as he was, he completed his MS in just nine months. In 1969 a major aerospace company in Southern California offered him a job. For the next 30 years Abdulgani was to work in various capacities there, first as an Industrial Engineer, then as a Senior Technology Specialist Engineer and subsequently as Senior Manager. His undying loyalty to the firm for three decades earned him several accolades and brought him many honors, ones that line his cupboards at home. By 1976 he was well entrenched in the job, and decided to take evening classes to pursue an MBA degree. By skilling himself further, he was able to work his way up in the firm and became a management consultant in the aerospace field.

Ganibhai is a loved and respected member of the Indian American community. He had become an active member in community organizations while at Berkeley. After moving to Southern California, he got involved with the Society for Rapid Advancement of India, a non-profit that helped put up wells in Indian villages. He joined the Federation of Indian Associations (FIA) in 1982, and has helped organize a number of Independence and Republic Day celebrations ever since.