Ratan Tata's Real Name : Ratan Tata
Ratan Tata's Birth Date : Dec 28, 1936 (age 72)
Ratan Tata's Birth Place : Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Ratan Tata's State : Maharashtra
Ratan Tata's Gender : Male
Ratan Tata's Residence : Mumbai, India
Ratan Tata's Nationality : India
Ratan Tata's Ethnicity : Parsi (Zoroastrian)
Ratan Tata's Citizenship : India
Ratan Tata's Occupation : Chairman of Tata Group
Ratan Tata's Home town : Mumbai, India
Religion : Zoroastrianism
Ratan Tata's Race or Ethnicity: Asian/Indian
Ratan Tata's Occupation: BusinessMan
Ratan Tata's Executive summary: Chairman of Tata Group
Ratan Tata's Father Name : Naval Hormusji Tata
Ratan Tata's Mother Name : Soonoo
Ratan Tata's The Tata group is now headed by Ratan Tata.
Ratan Tata's Education :
High School: Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai, India
University: BS Architecture, Cornell University (1962)
University: Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School (1975)
Ratan Tata's Quotes :
"Question the unquestionable"
"A promise is a promise"
Ratan Tata's Compensation for 2009
Salary : 345,000.00
Ratan Tata's Early Life :
JRD joined the Tatas in 1925 after his early education in France, Japan and India.
After his father's death in 1926, JRD became a permanent director of Tata Sons, the holding company of the group.
JRD was Chairman of Tata Sons from July 26, 1938 to March 25, 1991.
JRD Tata won many honors in his lifetime including India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna in 1992.
JRD Tata died on November 29, 1993 in Geneva at the age of 89. His funeral took place at the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris on
December 1.
Ratan Tata's BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERSHIPS
- Director and Member of Public Issues Committee Alcoa, Inc. - 2007-Present
- Director and Member of Public Issues Committee Closure Systems International, Inc. - 2007-Present
- Independent Director Fiat S.p.A. - 2006-Present
- Former Chairman of the Board and Member of Remuneration Committee Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd. - 2006-2009
- Chairman, Member of Nominations Committee, Member of Executive Committee and Member of Remuneration Committee
Tata Consultancy Services Limited - 2004-Present
- Former Director Tata Communications Limited - 2002-2005
- Chairman, Member of Group Corporate Centre, Member of Group Executive office, Chairman of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd, Chairman of
Tata Chemicals, Chairman of Tata Iron & Steel Co. Ltd, Chairman of Tata Motors Ltd, Chairman of Tata Power Company Limited and
Chairman of Tata Tea Ltd Tata Sons Limited - 2002-Present
- Non Executive Chairman and Member of Remuneration Committee Indian Hotels Co. Ltd. - 1997-Present
- Chairman TATA Teleservices Ltd. - 1991-Present
- Chairman, Chairman of Executive Committee, Member of Remuneration Committee and Member of Nominations Committee
Tata Power Co. Ltd. - 1989-Present
- Chairman of the Board, Chairman of Executive Committee, Member of Nominations Committee, Member of Remuneration Committee and
Chairman of Tata Sons Limited, Tata Motors Ltd., Chairman Emeritus Nelco Ltd, Former Director Reserve Bank of India, Member of
International Advisory Board Rolls Royce Group plc, Chairman, Chairman of Committee of Directors and Member of Remuneration
Committee Tata Chemicals Ltd., Promoter, Chairman, Chairman of Executive Committee, Chairman of Committee of Directors, Chairman of
Strategy & Integration Committee, Member of Nomination Committee and Member of Remuneration Committee, Tata Steel Limited
Director Ford Foundation, Independent Non Executive Director Bombay Dyeing & Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Chairman Tata Industries Ltd.
Chairman, Chairman of Executive Committee and Chairman of Nomination Committee Tata Tea Ltd., Former Chairman Corus Group Limited
Chairman of Tata Sons and Tata Motors, Tata Motors (Thailand) Limited, Director Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Group Chairman
Tata Technologies Limited - 1981-Present
Administrator: Trustee, Cornell University
Administrator: Trustee, University of Southern California (2005-)
Member of the Board of Tata Group Chairman (1991-)
Member of the Board of Tata Steel Chairman
Tata Group Chairman, Tata Industries Ltd. (1981)
Tata Group Director-in-Charge, National Radio & Electronics (1971)
Tata Group (1962-)
Jones & Emmons (1962)
Member of the Board of Alcoa (2007-)
Member of the Board of Fiat
Member of the Board of Reserve Bank Of India
American International Group International Advisory Board
Booz Allen Hamilton International Advisory Board
JP Morgan Chase International Advisory Board
Mitsubishi International Advisory Board
New York Stock Exchange Asia-Pacific Advisory Committee
Rolls-Royce International Advisory Board
Indian Official Prime Minister's Council on Trade and Industry
Indian Official National Hydrogen Energy Board
Indian Official National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council
Singapore Official International Advisory Council, Economic Development Board
South Africa Official International Investment Council
UK Official International Business Advisory Council
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Program Board, India AIDS Initiative
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore President
Ohio State University Foundation
RAND Corporation Trustee
RAND Corporation Chairman, Center for Asia Pacific Policy
Sir Dorabji Tata Trust
Sir Ratan Tata Trust
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai Chairman, Council of Management
Ratan Tata's Awards:
JRD Tata received a number of awards. He received the Padma Vibhushan in 1957 on the eve of silver jubilee of Air India. He alsoreceived the Guggenheim Medal for aviation in 1988. In 1992, because of his selfless humanitarian endeavors, JRD Tata was awarded India's highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna-one of the rarest instances in which this award was granted during a person's lifetime. In the same year, JRD Tata was also bestowed with the United Nations Population Award for his crusading endeavors towards initiating and successfully implementing the family planning movement in India, much before it became an official government policy.
- On the occasion of India's 50th Republic Day on 26 January 2000, Ratan Tata was honoured with the Padma Bhushan, the third highest decoration that may be awarded to a civilian.
- In February 2004, Ratan Tata was conferred the title of honorary economic advisor to Hangzhou city in the Zhejiang province of China.
- On August 30, 2005, it was announced that Ratan Tata was elected to the Board of Trustees of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, one of the leading research universities in the United States.
- In 2006 he received the FIRST Award for Responsible Capitalism.
- In March 2006 Tata was honoured by Cornell University as the 26th Robert S. Hatfield Fellow in Economic Education, considered the highest honor the university awards to distinguished individuals from the corporate sector.
- He was one of the recipients of the NASSCOM Global Leadership Awards 2008, given at a ceremony on February 14th, 2008 in Mumbai.
Ratan Tata accepted the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy in 2007 on behalf of the Tata family.
- He was listed among the 25 most powerful people in business named by Fortune magazine in November 2007.
- In May 2008 Mr Tata made it to the Time magazine's 2008 list of the World's 100 most influential people. Tata was hailed for unveiling his tiny Rs. one lakh car 'Nano'.
- On 26 January 2008, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian decoration.
- On 29 August 2008, the Government of Singapore conferred honorary citizenship on Ratan Tata, in recognition of his abiding business relationship with the island nation and his contribution to the growth of high-tech sectors in Singapore. Ratan Tata is the first Indian toreceive this honour.
- After the 26 November 2008 Mumbai attacks, Forbes opined Ratan Tata be brought into politics, calling him India's most respected business leader.
- In 2009 he was appointed an honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire .
- He has also been conferred an honorary doctorate in business administration by the Ohio State University, an honorary doctorate in technology by the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, an honorary doctorate in science by the University of Warwick, and an
honorary fellowship by the London School of Economics.