Ratan Tata career milestones: The country’s well-known industrialist Ratan Tata passed away last night on Wednesday at the age of 86. Ratan Naval Tata was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist who served as the chairman of Tata Group and Tata Sons from 1991 to 2012, and then as interim chairman from October 2016 to February 2017.
Education-
Ratan Tata was born to Sunu and Naval Tata in 1937, and was brought up by his grandmother Navjabai R Tata. He attended Campion School and then Cathedral and John Connon Senior School.
In 1955, Ratan Tata moved to the United States to study architecture and engineering at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. He received the Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) degree in 1962.
Contribution to Tata Group-
He joined the Tata Group in 1962 as an Assistant in Tata Industries. Later the same year, he took six months of training at the Jamshedpur plant of Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company.
In 1963, he joined the Tata Iron and Steel Company or TISCO (now Tata Steel) Jamshedpur facility for a training programme. Two years later, he was appointed as a technical officer in the engineering department of TISCO. After this he went to Australia for two years as the Resident Representative of the Tata Group.
Ratan Tata returned to India in 1970 and joined Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for a short period. He joined the board of Tata Sons in 1974 and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 1975.
In 1981, he was appointed Chairman of Tata Industries. Between 1986 and 1989, he served as the Chairman of Air India. On March 21, 1991, he married J. R. D. Tata took over as Chairman of Tata Sons and Tata Trusts.
Under his leadership, the Tata Group expanded globally and acquired several major companies including Tetley, Corus, Jaguar Land Rover, Brunner Mond, General Chemical Industrial Products and Daewoo.
Respect-
In 2008, the Government of India awarded Ratan Tata the Padma Vibhushan, the country’s second highest civilian honour.
In December 2012, he resigned as Chairman of Tata Sons and was appointed Honorary Chairman (Emeritus Chairman) of Tata Sons.
