success story of Sir Ratan Naval Tata
none can destroy iron, but its own rust can.This is the famous quote by ratan tata and inspire the lots of youngster.
Ratan raval tata (born 28 december 1937) is an indian industrialist,philanthropist,and a former 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 highest civilian awards of india, the padma bhushan(2000). He is well known for his buisness ethics and philanthropy.
EARLY LIFE OF RATAN TATA
Bieng the son of naval tata, ratan tata actually is not a direct descendant of the tata family.He has been adopted from an orphanage by his grandmother nanajbai tata. both his father and mother, naval and sonoo got separated in the year 1948. back then ratan tata was just ten years and his younger brother jimmy was seven.both the brothers were looked after and raised by the grandmother. ratan tata has a step-brother too. he is a first son of his father naval and stepmother simone tata. His mother tongue is gujarati. speaking of his school life, tata went to the school in mumbai and shimla , in cathedral and john connon school and bishop cotton school respectively. he did his graduation from the Riverdale country school in the year 1955. in 1962, he got a B. Arch degree in architecture with structural engineering from the cornell university. later, he completed the advance managment program in 1975 from the harvard Buisness school.
Ratan tata buisness career
In 1962, Ratan tata began his career in the tata group. at the first he used to work on the shop floor of tata steel, shoveling limestone and handling best furnace. In 1991, JRD Tata stepped down as his successor. under ratan's stewardship, tata tea attained tetley, tata motors attained jaguar land rover and tata steel attained corus. these triumphs turned tata from a large india- centric company into a global buisness with 65% revenues from abroad. he also contributed in the development of indica and nano.
ratan tata has also served in various organizations in india and abroad. he is a member of prime minister's council on trade and industry and he is also on the board of governors of the east-west center, which is the advisory board of RAND's center for Asia pacific policy. he also serves on the program board of the bill and melinda gates Foundation's india AIDS intiative.
on 28th december 2012, ratan tata retired from the tata group. it also happened to be his 75th birthday. ratan tata is succeeded by cyrus mistry, the son of pallonji mistry and the managing director of shapoorji pallonji group.
He made a comeback in october 2016 after removing cyrus mistry. A selection committee has already been created with an aim to find successor in another four month.
AWARD AND ACHIEVEMENTS
.Honorary doctor of business Administration by ohio state university in 2001
.Honarary degree of doctor of technology by asian institute of technology in 2004
.FIRST magazine award for responsible capitalism in 2006
.Honorary doctor of science by indian institute of technology kharagpur in 2008
.Buisness leader of the year by the asian awards in 2010
. Grand cordon of the order of ther rising sun by goverment of japan in 2012
.sayaji ratna award by Baroda Management Association in 2014
and many more...
Five famous quotes by Sir Ratan Tata
1. '' There are many things that, if I have to relive, maybe i will do it another way. but I would not like to look back and think what I have not been able to do.''
2. ''Take the stones people throw at you. and use them to build a monument''
3. ''if you want to walk fast, walk alone. but if you want to walk far,walk together''
4. '' wo insaan jo dusaro ki nakal karta hai thodew time ke liye safal ho sakta hai but jiwan me bahut aage nahi badh sakta''
5.''None can destroy iron, but its own rust can. none can destroy a person but his own mindset can.''
TOP 3 LESSON FROM RATAN TATA
1. BE A VISIONARY
2. BE HUMBLE
3. TAKE RISKS
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