Ratan Tata is an Indian industrialist and a former chairman of Tata Sons. Through the Advanced Management Program, he is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School, and Cornell University College of Architecture. Besides that, he is the recipient of two prestigious awards, the Padma Bhushan (2000), and Padma Vibhushan (2008). Besides all his achievements, he is a man of words and simplicity. That is why we have gathered a list of quotes of Ratan Tata that will change your life.
Contents:
1. English Quotes
2. Hindi Quotes
English Quotes:
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Ratan Tata was born in 1937 and is the great-grandson of Jamsetji Tata. Ratan Tata’s father Naval Tata was the adopted son of Navajbai Tata and Ratanji Tata. Before that, Naval Tata was growing up in J.N. Petit Parsi Orphanage.
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The grandmother of Ratan Tata, Navajbai Tata was very fond of Naval Tata. Sadly, Ratan Tata’s parents got separated in 1940 when he was just 10 years old. After that, he was raised by his grandmother.
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If we talk about his childhood days, his parents’ divorce posed some problems because it was not easy at that time because he was just 10 years old. Apart from that, his life was happy with his grandmother.
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After the divorce of his parents, Naval and Sooni Tata, he and his brother started living with their grandmother, Navajbai Tata. Till now, he shares a great affinity with her.
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According to Ratan Tata, the values in him were instilled by his grandmother only. He said that their grandmother taught them to retain their dignity at all costs. This is something that stayed with him until today.
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The industrialist studied mechanical engineering at Cornell University in the United States. As of now, he is an alumnus of Cornell University in the United States.
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After studying for a bit, he switched majors to finally graduate with a degree in architecture. During his life in college, it was the first time, he tasted freedom. He was finally on his own and he loved that.
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Ratan Tata’s first job was in 1961 where he was managing operations on the shop floor of Tata Steel. And in 1991, he became the chairman of the Tata Group. After that, he took the conglomerate to new heights.
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If you don’t know, the profit of Tata group increased over 50 times and the revenues grew over 40 times during his 21-years tenure which is the highest anyone could have achieved.
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Under his leadership, the Tata Group endowed a scholarship fund of $28 million towards Cornell University in order to provide benefits to undergraduate students from India.
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To construct an executive center at Harvard Business School, the Tata Group donated $50 million. When finished, the executive center was named Tata Hall.
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Apart from all his charity, he also donated Rs 950 million to the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. With a vision to further innovation in engineering, he created the Tata Center for Technology and Design (TCTD) there.
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Most of us will not know that Ratan Tata is a skilled pilot as well. Interestingly, he became the first Indian to fly an F-16 Falcon in the year 2007.
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As unbelievable as it sounds, Ratan Tata is unmarried. He has confirmed that he came close to getting married four times but couldn’t get through it because of certain reasons.
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Ratan Tata accomplished some historical mergers for his company such as Corus with Tata Steel, Tetley with Tata Tea, and Land Rover Jaguar with Tata Motors. All these mergers played a very important role in the phenomenal growth of Tata Group.
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Many people do not know that Ratan Tata is a dog lover. During rains, the Headquarters of Tata Sons has a tradition of letting stray dogs in. This tradition is being followed since the days of JRD Tata.
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A while back, he renovated the Bombay house, the Headquarters of Tata Sons that has a kennel for stray dogs now. This kennel offers toys, a play area, water, and food to the dogs.
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The tradition of letting dogs in during rains is continued by Ratan Tata because of his true love for them. Besides that, he also has two pet dogs whom he lovingly named Maximus and Tito.
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He envisioned the Tata Nano car in 2009 to be the cheapest car in India. He delivered his promise and kept its value to INR 1 lakh. We all know that it was a big hit in India.
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During an interview with Humans of Bombay, he revealed his heartbreaking love story. He admitted that he was about to get married to his lady love but to some family issues he was unable to. He also said that he found his love in LA.
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While talking to Humans of Bombay, he also said that he thought that the person he wanted to marry would come to India with him. However, her parents weren’t okay with her making the move anymore because of the 1962 Indo-China war. So sadly, their relationship fell apart.
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The industrialist has a grand collection of high-end cars because he is a big car lover. He owns cars like Chrysler Sebring, Honda Civic, Mercedes Benz S-Class, Ferrari California, Cadillac XLR, Land Rover Freelander, Maserati Quattroporte, Mercedes Benz 500 SL, Jaguar F-Type, and more.
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The revenues of the Tata Group grew more than 40 times under his able leadership. Besides that, the profits grew by over 50 times. In 1991, the company made only $5.7 billion and in 2016, it made around $103 billion.
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Ratan Tata was the interim chairman of Tata Sons. However, he continues to head the main two Tata trusts with a combined stake of 66% in Tata Sons. Those trusts are Sir Ratan Tata Trust and Sir Dorabji Tata and Allied Trusts.
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Starting from 2001 to 2018, he has received many awards. However, among those, two important ones are the Padma Bhushan in 2000 and Padma Vibhushan in 2008. These are the third and second highest civilian honors respectively that are awarded by the Government of India.
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“Mega Icons”, an Indian documentary television series about prominent Indian personalities on National Geographic dedicated an episode to Ratan Tata’s contributions to the company as well as the society.
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Interestingly, the industrialist and philanthropist, Ratan Tata also appeared in “Rendevouz with Simi Garewal”. If you don’t know, it is an informal chat show hosted by Indian actress Simi Garewal where Ratan Tata appeared as a guest.
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Tata is a supporter of education, medicine, and rural development. When it comes to the development of these three, then he becomes one of the biggest philanthropists you will ever know. Throughout his life, he has done many things for the development of society.
Hindi Quotes:
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Tata Trusts provided a grant of ₹750 million to the Centre for Neuroscience, the Indian Institute of Science under the Chairmanship of Ratan Tata. Starting in 2014, this grant was to be spread over 5 years.
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Ratan Tata is a member of the Prime Minister’s National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council as well as the Council on Trade and Industry. Besides that, he is also on the jury panel for the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
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Opened in November 2018, Tata Hall at the University of California, San Diego houses facilities for the biological and physical sciences. Apart from that, it is the home of the Tata Institute for Genetics and Society.
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If you don’t know, the Tata Institute for Genetics and Society is a binational institution. It coordinates research between research operations in India and UC San Diego to assist in societal and infrastructure development.
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A philanthropic affiliate of Tata Group, Tata Education and Development Trust endowed a $28 million Tata Scholarship Fund to Cornell University. Regardless of their financial circumstances, the scholarship fund will support approximately 20 scholars at any given time.
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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has given the largest ever donation by a company to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). This donation is made to research cognitive systems and autonomous vehicles.
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Among his various donations, his company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) also donated $35 million for this grand 48,000 square-foot building that is called TCS Hall.
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Under the leadership of Ratan Tata, the MIT Tata Center of Technology and Design was formed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It was formed with a mission to address the challenges of resource-constrained communities, especially in India.
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Ratan Tata is a director on the Board of Governors of the East-West Center and the boards of Alcoa Inc., Mondelez International.
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Since 2006, the industrialist is a member of the Harvard Business School India Advisory Board (IAB). Earlier, from 2001 to 2006, he was a member of the Harvard Business School Asia-Pacific Advisory Board (APAB).
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Ratan Tata was appointed to the Board of Trustees in the year 2003 of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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Among other memberships, he is also a member of the board of trustees of the X Prize, Cornell University, Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors, and the University of Southern California.
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Ratan took an advisory role at Kalari Capital in February 2015. Kalari Capital is a venture capital firm that is founded by Vani Kola.
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Ratan Tata studied at the Campion School, Mumbai till the 8th class. After that, he shifted to Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai, and then switched to Bishop Cotton School in Shimla.
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The philanthropist graduated from Riverdale Country School in New York City in the year 1955. After that, he received a degree in Architecture from Cornell University in the year 1959.
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Ratan Tata did not stop there and attended the seven-week Advanced Management Program in 1975 that was organized by Harvard Business School. It is an institution he has endowed ever since.
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Ratan Tata achieved initial success during the 1970s by turning Group company National Radio and Electronics (NELCO) around. Unfortunately, it collapsed during an economic slowdown.
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J. R. D. Tata stepped down as chairman of Tata Sons in 1991 and appointed Rata Tata as the chairman of the company. However, he faced stiff resistance from many companies heads during his initial days of chairmanship.
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To settle down those company heads, he began replacing them by setting a retirement age. After that, he made individual companies that reported operationally to the group office.
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In the era of Ratan Tata, younger talent and innovation were given priority and a lot of responsibilities. During his reign, overlapping operations in group companies were stopped.
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Upon turning 75, Ratan Tata resigned his executive powers in the Tata group. After that, the Board of Directors and Legal division denied appointing Cyrus Mistry as the chairman of the company.
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Cyrus Mistry was removed as the chairman of Tata Sons in the year 2016 and Ratan Tata was made interim chairman. The sudden removal of the chairman went through intense media scrutiny.
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After that, a selection committee was formed to find the chairman of the company. Finally, in the year 2017, Natarajan Chandrasekaran was named as the chairman of Tata Sons.
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Tata Group invested personal savings in various companies such as Sanpdeal, CashKaro, and TeaBox. He has made small investments in both early and late-stage companies in India.
