ENTERPRENEUR : RATAN TATA

KAUSTUBH BARVE - 121

WILBERT EMMANUAL – 76

SHIKHA AGARWAL – 78

AYENI NACHAN – 79

AKHILA WUNNAM - 75

GROUP MEMBERS

RATAN TATA THE SOFT-SPOKEN MAN OF

STEEL

OVERVIEW

IntroductionSuccess StoryTransformation AgendaAwards & Recognition

INTRODUCTION

Born on December 28, 1937 Graduated with a degree in Architecture and

Structural Engineering from Cornell University. Also completed advanced management

programme at Harvard Business School. Appointed the Director-in-Charge of The National

Radio & Electronics Company Limited (Nelco) in 1971.

Became the Chairman of Tata Industries in 1981. Took over as Tata Group Chairman in 1991.

SUCCESS STORY 1962: Graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture and Structural Engineering.

Worked with Jones and Emmons in Los Angeles

Joined Tata Steel at Jamshedpur in late 1962

SUCCESS STORY 1971: Appointed the Director-in-Charge of The

National Radio & Electronics Company Limited (Nelco)

1977: Was entrusted with Empress Mills, textile mill controlled by the Tata’s

1981: Appointed as The Chairman of Tata Industries

1991: Took over as group chairman from J.R.D. Tata.

SUCCESS STORY 1998: Tata Motors came up with Tata Indica, the

first truly Indian car.

2000: Tata Tea acquired the Tetley group of the UK for

pounds 271 million ($435 million) - the biggest

acquisition in the history of Indian Companies.

2003: Stepped down from executive position.

SUCCESS STORY 2004: Takeover of Tony hotels including New York's

Pierre, the Ritz-Carlton in Boston, and San Francisco's Camden Place.

2007: Tata Sons successfully acquired Corus Group for an estimated £6.7 billion. “A defining moment for Tata Steel” – Tata said

THE MAN AND HIS DREAM MACHINE

Year 2008:

“A promise is a promise”, said Ratan Tata unveiling the 'People's Car'

a mini 4-seater priced, as promised five years ago, at Rs 1,00,000 (dealer price)

THE MAN AND HIS DREAM MACHINE –

Nano—which means small in Parsi- Gujarati—turns out to be a font of

innovation, generating as many as 40 new patents for Tata Motors

So what if the Kohinoor diamond - once the ultimate symbol of Indian wealth and power - now resides with the Queen of England?

March 2008:Tata Motors under Ratan Tata bought over Jaguar & Land Rover from FordMotor Company. The icons of BritishLuxury, Jaguar and Land Rover wereacquired for £1.15 billion ($2.3 billion).

THE TRANSFORMATION AGENDA...

Returns must be greater than cost of capital. Economies of scale should be derived.Each company must be the industry leader occupying one of the top three positions.The business identified must have potential for high growth and should be globally competitive.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION He was honoured with the Padma Bhushan – 26 January 2000

He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan - 26 January 2008

Recipients of the NASSCOM Global Leadership Awards-2008

Accepted the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy in 2007 on behalf of the Tata family

Honoured by Cornell University as the 26th Robert S. Hatfield Fellow in Economic Education – March 2006

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Serves on the programme board of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's India AIDS initiative

May 2008, he made it to the Time magazine's 2008 list of the World's 100 most Influential people.

The Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok conferred the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Technology (Honoris Causa) in 2004 

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

His foreign affiliations include membership of the international advisory boards of

* The Mitsubishi Corporation * The American International Group * JP Morgan Chase * Booz Allen Hamilton.