Bhishma Pitamah of Indian Economy: Ratan Naval Tata

It is about the year 2005 AD while having dinner with his friends in a hotel in Germany, a gentleman ordered different types of dishes which he could eat, then left those who could not eat. As most of the Indians usually do and got up to walk after paying the bill, some women sitting nearby were watching this scene. She was murmuring among themselves, and after some time the women also started using abusive words in their language. It would have been fine if the matter had ended there, but the woman got confused with that gentleman and became very angry about why you left the food on the table which would be useless. To remove the displeasure of the women, that gentleman very politely tried to explain that I have paid him the bill for the entire meal which I ate and also for the one which I did not eat. She thought saying this would end the matter, but saying I had paid for the entire meal made her even angrier. Those women said that the food which was left uneaten and wasted could have fed another hungry person. He said that you have committed a crime and he should be punished for it, saying that he called the hotel staff and the police and the gentleman had to pay a fine of $200.

Instead of angering that gentleman, this incident shook him from inside and it occurred to him that the citizens of the country understand their small responsibilities in this way, then a society, a country moves forward and stands in the line of a developed country. It happens. The person on whose life this incident left an indelible mark was none other than the top industrialist of our country, Mr Ratan Naval Tata. Since then you never forget that incident and always see every grain of food as a form towards God. At the age when children are happy in a team of friends who are not aware of the rocky paths of the country and the world, they are angry and satisfied with their parents and they consider themselves to be the most prosperous and happy people in the world only by the affectionate touch of their mother. In the state of childhood, there is neither worry about money, nor about society, nor the world. Only a few clay toys are precious gems, at that age every child’s everything is his parents, at the same period there was a separation between Mr Ratan Naval Tata’s father Mr Naval Tata and his mother Sonukam Sariyat. At the time of this Bilgaon between father Mr Naval Tata and mother, Ratan Tata himself was 10 years old and younger brother Jimmy was 7 years old. Instead of worrying about the love and care that she would get, now she used to worry about her younger brother, although her father remarried Simon, from whom another son, Noel Tata, was born. Dadi Nawajbai Tata ji took full responsibility for the work, that too with complete skill. Grandma took care of her more than a mother and made arrangements for education and made complete arrangements to get the best education. Dadi wanted this future heir to the Tata empire to be a top-class industrialist as well as a great human being. Because the birth took place in Surat on 28 December 1937, the boy Ratan Naval Tata was admitted to the Campion School in Mumbai for primary education. Sent to The Dull End School for secondary education, the owner of a sharp mind from the beginning, you were sent to Cornell University for higher education. From there you received the degree of Architect in 1962 and then in 1975 you received the degree of Advanced Business Program from Harvard University.

After completing his education, Jones initially worked for a while in Los Angeles, California. Initially in Tata Group, also worked on the shop floor in Tata Steel. The real-time to utilize your efficiency and progress with an extraordinary ability on the path of life begins in the year 1971. When you were appointed as the Director of Nelco, then the market share of Nelco was 2% and the loss in sales was 40%, which was a matter of concern. At that time the head of the Tata group respected JRD Tata, a respected name for the country, to whom you suggested that it would be more appropriate for the company to invest in high technology rather than consumer electronics, which Mr. JRD Tata gladly accepted. Due to your untiring hard work and efficient direction, Nelco’s share increased to 20% between 1972 and 75 and the deficit was also completed. You showed clear evidence of your intelligence. Due to his distinctive working style, he gradually became the apple of the eye of the Chairman of the Tata Group and respected uncle Mr. JRD Tata. Initially, some people disagreed with your working style but you have shown success in winning the full confidence of the Speaker. Given your amazing hard work, a keen eye for time and technology, different styles of working and dedication, Mr JRD Tata declared you the successor of the Tata Group in 1981. But you accepted this responsibility in 1991 after 10 years of hard penance. Despite being the owner of the country’s largest industrial group, you consider it your basic and first duty to serve humanity, dedicate yourself to welfare works and live for human values. More than 65% of your shares are invested in charitable organizations. You say that the meaning of business is not only to earn profit but also to understand its responsibility towards society and social values should also be included in business. Today there is no sector where the Tata Group’s presence is not visible, be it the communication sector, engineering, energy, consumer-related or service sector, with its distinctive and powerful presence in each sector, the Tata Group has created itself in the public mind. Respected Mr JRD Tata was the one who provided the facility of airlines for the first time in the country. Today, the business of Tata Group is spread in about 80 countries of the world, in which about 395000 people are working and living a luxurious life. This sentence of respected Mr Ratan Naval Tata is the cornerstone for this luxurious lifestyle of his employees that businessmen need to go above the interests of their companies to serve the people. After taking the Tata Group to a new height, you have thought of retiring as the Group Chairman. You also announced your retirement on your 75th birthday. Being unmarried, after retirement, you are living a life like a living legend in the Colaba district of Mumbai, away from pomp and show. And while illuminating the society like a bright star, becoming the pillar, hoisting the flag of economic, cultural and social fame of India.