RATAN TATA

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In my last blog I have given you all the information about Jeff Bezos, if you haven't read it then kindly read that. So,anyways...in my this blog I am going to talk about a very honourable and great personality. Yes, I am going to talk about RATAN TATA. Like Jeff Bezos only, he have also done a lot of hard work throughout his life. Let's get inspired by his successful journey.

First let's know briefly about him

Ratan Naval Tata (born 28 December 1937) is an Indian industrialist, philanthropist, and a former chairman of Tata Sons. He was also chairman of Tata Group, from 1990 to 2012, and again, as interim chairman, from October 2016 through February 2017, and continues to head its charitable trusts.He is the recipient of two of the highest civilian awards of India, the Padma Vibhushan (2008) and Padma Bhushan (2000).He is well known for his business ethics and philanthropy.

Now let's know about his EARLY LIFE

Ratan Tata was born in Bombay, now Mumbai, on 28 December 1937, and is the son of Naval Tata (born in Surat).

He studied at the Campion School, Mumbai till the 8th class, followed by Cathedral and John Connon SchoolMumbai and at Bishop Cotton School in Shimla,and, in 1955, graduated from Riverdale Country School in New York City.In 1959, he then received a degree in Architecture from Cornell University, and in 1975, attended the seven-week Advanced Management Program of Harvard Business School — an institution which he has since endowed.

Promoted to management during the 1970s; he then endured trial by ordeal and was able to turn Group company National Radio and Electronics (NELCO) around, only to see it collapse during an economic slowdown. In 1991, J. R. D. Tata stepped down as chairman of Tata Sons, naming him his successor. When he settled down into the new role, he faced stiff resistance from many companies heads, some of whom had spent decades in their respective companies and rose to become very powerful and influential due to the freedom to operate under JRD Tata. He began replacing them by setting a retirement age, and then made individual companies report operationally to the group office and made each contribute some of their profit to build and use the Tata group brand. Innovation was given priority and younger talent was infused and given responsibilities. Under his stewardship, overlapping operations in group companies were streamlined into a synergised whole, with the salt-to-software group exiting unrelated businesses to take on globalisation.

During the 21 years he led the Tata Group, revenues grew over 40 times, and profit, over 50 times.Where sales of the group as a whole, overwhelmingly came from commodities when he took over, the majority sales came from brands when he exited.He boldly got Tata Tea to acquire TetleyTata Motors to acquire Jaguar Land Rover and Tata Steel to acquire Corus

Ratan Tata resigned his executive powers in the Tata group on 28 December 2012, upon turning 75, appointing as his successor, Cyrus Mistry, the 44-year-old son of Pallonji Mistry of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group. On 24 October 2016, Cyrus Mistry was removed as the chairman of Tata Sons and Ratan Tata was made interim chairman.

Tata invested personal savings in Snapdeal – one of India's leading e-commerce websites –and, in January 2016, Teabox, an online premium Indian Tea seller,and CashKaro.com, a discount coupons and cash-back website. He has made small investments in both early and late stage companies in India, such as INR 0.95 Cr in Ola Cabs. In April 2015, it was reported that Tata had acquired a stake in Chinese smartphone startup Xiaomi. In October 2015, he partnered with American Express,investing in Bitcoin venture Abra.[34] In 2016, he invested in Nestaway.

Ratan Tata has also won a lot of awards.

Ratan Tata received the Padma Bhushan in 2000 and Padma Vibhushan in 2008, the third and second highest civilian honours awarded by the Government of India.

The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Padma Vibhushan to Shri Ratan Naval Tata, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in 2008.

Other notable awards include:


YearNameAwarding organisationRef.
2001Honorary Doctor of Business AdministrationOhio State University[62]
2004Medal of the Oriental Republic of UruguayGovernment of Uruguay[63]
2004Honorary Doctor of TechnologyAsian Institute of Technology.[64]
2005International Distinguished Achievement AwardB'nai B'rith International[65]
2005Honorary Doctor of ScienceUniversity of Warwick.[66]
2006Honorary Doctor of ScienceIndian Institute of Technology Madras[67]
2006Responsible Capitalism AwardFor Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST)[68]
2007Honorary FellowshipThe London School of Economics and Political Science[69]
2007Carnegie Medal of PhilanthropyCarnegie Endowment for International Peace[70]
2008Honorary Doctor of LawUniversity of Cambridge[71]
2008Honorary Doctor of ScienceIndian Institute of Technology Bombay[72]
2008Honorary Doctor of ScienceIndian Institute of Technology Kharagpur[73]
2008Honorary Citizen AwardGovernment of Singapore[74][75]
2008Honorary FellowshipThe Institution of Engineering and Technology[76]
2008Inspired Leadership AwardThe Performance Theatre[77]
2009Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)United Kingdom[78]
2009Life Time Contribution Award in Engineering for 2008Indian National Academy of Engineering[79]
2009Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian RepublicGovernment of Italy[80]
2010Honorary Doctor of LawUniversity of Cambridge[81]
2010Hadrian AwardWorld Monuments Fund[82]
2010Oslo Business for Peace awardBusiness for Peace Foundation[83]
2010Legend in Leadership AwardYale University[84]
2010Honorary Doctor of LawsPepperdine University[85]
2010Business for Peace AwardBusiness for Peace Foundation[86]
2010Business Leader of the YearThe Asian Awards.[87]
2012Honorary Fellow[5]The Royal Academy of Engineering[5][88]
2012Doctor of Business honoris causaUniversity of New South Wales[89]
2012Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising SunGovernment of Japan[90]
2013Foreign AssociateNational Academy of Engineering[91]
2013Transformational Leader of the DecadeIndian Affairs India Leadership Conclave 2013[92]
2013Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year – Lifetime AchievementErnst & Young[93]
2013Honorary Doctor of Business PracticeCarnegie Mellon University[94]
2014Honorary Doctor of BusinessSingapore Management University[95]
2014Sayaji Ratna AwardBaroda Management Association[96]
2014Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (GBE)United Kingdom Government[97][98]
2014Honorary Doctor of LawsYork University, Canada[99]
2015Honorary Doctor of Automotive EngineeringClemson University[100]
2015Sayaji Ratna AwardBaroda Management Association, Honoris Causa, HEC Paris[101]
2016Commander of the Legion of HonourGovernment of France[102]
2018Honorary DoctorateSwansea University

You can read this table to remember about RATAN TATA easily.


Ratan Naval Tata

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Born28 December 1937 (age 82)
Bombay,[1] Bombay Presidency, British India
NationalityBHARAT
Alma materCornell University (BArch)
OccupationBusinessman
TitleChairman, Tata Sons and Tata Group[2]
Term(1991–2012)
(2016–2017)
PredecessorJRD Tata
SuccessorCyrus Mistry (2012)
Natarajan Chandrasekaran (2017)
Parent(s)Naval Tata
RelativesTata family
AwardsPadma Vibhushan (2008)
Padma Bhushan (2000)
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