Ratan Naval, Mr. Tata’s father, Naval Tata, was adopted by Ratanji Tata, the son of Jamsetji Tata, the founder of the Tata Group.
The Cornell University College of Architecture awarded him a bachelor’s degree in architecture.
Ratan Tata started his work at Tata Steel in the manufacturing division when he joined the Tata Group in 1961.
Name
Ratan Tata
Age and Birthdate
86 years old on December 28, 1987
Instruction
Architecture bachelor’s degree from Cornell University
Harvard Business School
Family History
Dad: Naval Tata
Mother: Commissariat Suni Career Former Tata Sons and Tata Group Chairman Donor Investee
Inside Ratan Tata’s Life: From Early Years to Family Ties.
On December 28, 1937, in Mumbai, Ratan Tata was born into a Parsi Zoroastrian family. He is the son of Naval Tata, a Surat native who was later adopted into the Tata family, and Sooni Tata, Jamsetji Tata’s niece and the founder of the Tata Group.
Tata’s biological grandfather, Hormusji Tata, was a blood relative of the Tata family.
His parents separated in 1948 when Tata was 10 years old, and he was raised by his grandmother, Navajbai Tata, the widow of Ratanji Tata, who adopted him.
Ratan Tata has a younger brother, Jimmy Tata, and a half-brother, Noel Tata, from Naval Tata’s second marriage to Simone Tata.
Ratan grew up mostly in India under the care of his maternal grandmother after his parents’ divorce.
In a post on Humans of Bombay, he revealed that they fell in love while living in Los Angeles and were almost about to get married.
The Visionary Leader’s Educational Journey Ratan Tata
Ratan Tata started working on the Tata Sons factory floor in 1962. Despite the difficulties, he was able to use this job to gain real-world experience and a comprehensive understanding of the family business.
Ratan Tata took over as director-in-charge of the financially troubled National Radio and Electronics Company Limited (NELCO) in 1971.
He put a lot of effort into trying to turn around the company’s consumer electronics segment, but labor unrest and the crisis made it difficult.
In 1977, Ratan Tata was moved to Empress Mills, a financially troubled Tata Group subsidiary.
He devised a plan to turn the mill around, but senior management rejected it, ultimately causing the business to fail. He was thereafter transferred to Tata Industries.
In addition to his involvement in the AIDS program in India, Ratan Tata has held esteemed positions on the international advisory boards of American International Group, Mitsubishi Corporation, JPMorgan Chase, and Booz Allen Hamilton. Managing director of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group Cyrus Mistry succeeded Ratan Tata, who retired as chairman of the Tata Group on his 75th birthday in December 2012. After thereafter, Ratan Tata rejoined as chairman in an acting capacity from October 2016 to February 2017. Even following
Education-Related Contributions
Ratan Tata continued the legacy of the Tata Group’s founder, Jamsetji Tata. The JN Tata Endowment for Higher Education offers scholarships to Indian students pursuing postgraduate studies. TATA Trusts, under his leadership, has focused on education-related concerns, particularly increasing the number of impoverished children who have access to high-quality education. Their initiatives are designed to improve critical thinking, problem-solving abilities, cooperative learning, and the use of technology in the classroom. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are in line with their activities.
Exceptional Instruction (SDG 4)
SDG 5: Gender Equality
Economic Growth and Decent Work (SDG 8)
Infrastructure, Industry, and Innovation (SDG 9)Decreased Unfairness (SDG 10)Collaborations to accomplish the SDGs (SDG 17)**
In 1991, JRD Tata named Ratan Tata as the Tata Group chairman. Upon initially learning of his nomination, many executives expressed dissatisfaction and doubted his capacity to manage increased accountability.
Under Ratan Tata’s direction, TATA Trusts have founded or funded a number of prestigious educational institutions in India and elsewhere, including:IIT Bombay’s Tata Centre for Technology and DesignUniversity of Chicago and MIT’s Tata Centre for Technology and Design
UC San Diego’s Tata Centre for Genetics and Society
Harvard University’s South Asia Institute
Bengaluru’s Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
Mumbai’s Tata Memorial Center
Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)
Bengaluru’s National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS)
Contributions to Healthcare
Ratan Tata has made a substantial contribution to the advancement of primary healthcare in India, with a special emphasis on mental, reproductive, and child health as well as the fight against diseases including tuberculosis, cancer, and malaria.
Additionally, he gave the Indian Institute of Science’s Centre of Neuroscience ₹750 million to support research on Alzheimer’s disease. His projects seek to enhance maternal care, nutrition, water and sanitation, and healthcare infrastructure in partnership with governments, non-governmental organizations, and other partners.
