‘What I would like to do is to leave behind a sustainable entity of a set of companies that operate in an exemplary manner in terms of ethics, values and continue what our ancestors left behind’ says Ratan Tata who made the Tata Group a global conglomerate and made the world’s cheapest car.
Ratan Naval Tata was born on 28th December 1937. He was the chairman of Tata Group from 1991–2012. He stepped down as the chairman of Tata Group on 28 December 2012 but continues as the chairman of the Group’s charitable trusts. He did his schooling in Mumbai at the Campion School and finished his secondary education at the Cathedral and John Connon School. He completed his B.S. in architecture with structural engineering from Cornell University in 1962, and the Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School in 1975. Tata is a member of the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity.
The most important thing one must learn from him is humbleness and humility. Even after being so successful he is one of the most humble people. Not everyone can handle success with such grace and poise. Mr. Tata has not only followed his family legacy but in fact taken it to another level with his humility.
Mr. Tata is a team builder. He has enhanced and exercised team spirit in his organization. He is a team player and always believed in keeping his employees morale high. He started the “failed idea contest” in his company so that everyone contributes their ideas and with the belief that in every process there is an opportunity.
The world knows that he is an excellent innovator. The success of Nano technology only goes on to say how important innovation is for a leader. But it also teaches us the relevance of risk taking. Everyone had written it off but he had faith in his concept and the courage to take such a big risk which people would have labeled as a failure if it would have been the success it is today.
There are many businessmen in India but not one like Mr. Ratan Tata. There is a reason why he commands the kind respect and goodwill in the society. He is an industrialist in every virtue who has developed people’s life and nation’s growth. His most striking quality is his philanthropy. He has remarkably contributed to the society. He is a man with principles and a noble heart in every aspect.
India needs more Ratan Tata’s who would bring a difference. His thinking is what we need to inculcate. Like he said, “I don’t believe in taking right decisions, I take decisions and then make them right.”
– Anjani M Nautiyal
So true , indeed a great Man.
Thank you… A true visionary