Profile of an inspiring person (Ratan Naval Tata)

 

Ratan Tata was known as a benevolent person, Indian businessman, philanthropist and a former chairman of tata group and tata sons. Born in Mumbai on 28th December 1937 a young bright mind filled with ideas was born. He was none other than Ratan naval Tata. Born into the tata family ratan tata parents were naval and Sooni tata. His parents divorced and separated only when ratan was 10 yrs old. He was later raised by his grandma Lady Navajbai Tata. Ratan tata completed his schooling (campion school) Mumbai. Later after completing his high school, he moved to U.S to pursue higher studies and graduated from Cornell university in Architecture and structural engineering in 1962. Later after completing his graduation, he worked in the U.S for a while. 

Although he was settled in U.S, his grandmother, Lady Navajbai Tata's declining health brought him back to India where he began his journey in the Tata group in 1962, starting with Tata Industries. He gained hands on experience at TELCO (now tata motors) and tata steel before joining the board of Tata sons in 1974 and ultimately taking over as a chairman in 1991. 

J.R.D tata made him company chairman in 1991. From there on Ratan Tata did good of a job in the tata company going from a normal position to an advanced position with sheer diligence, hard work and putting constant curiosity in his work. 

Later on, tata even bought Tetley tea in 2000 for $430 million and Jaguar Land rover in 2008 for about $2.3 billion. Ratan tata had made the company better. With time and experience he made the company reach new heights. 

After few years he even made a bold move by introducing Tata Nano which was a car build up for middle class Indians and the amount of nano was just 1 lakh rupees. A although it was considered to be world's cheapest car but still it was considered to be a big flop in the market. 

Father of Indian Industry was known to be Jamshedji Tata. Ratan Tata's family history is a testament to the belief that wealth and power comes with the responsibility of giving back to the society and that's what Ratan tata did for the society. He made the brand-named tata so famous that people even in the international markets know about the brand as well.