Ratan Tata (file photo)
New Delhi: The entire nation is in deep mourning over the demise of India’s precious Ratan and famous industrialist Padma Vibhushan “Ratan Tata”. There are tears of emotion in the eyes of Indians as they say “Tata” (goodbye) to “Ratan”, who gave India a global identity by spreading the network of Tata company in more than 100 countries of the world. Ratan Tata was such a great industrialist of India who gave more importance to the progress of the country than the profits of the company. His honesty, social service and thinking of providing cheap and good products to the people of the country made Ratan Tata the apple of India’s eyes.
Ratan Tata, former chairman of the Tata Group, firmly established the huge Indian conglomerate on the global stage by acquiring many of the world’s high-profile companies. This Indian star slept forever at the age of 86 late on Wednesday night. But the star of his fame will continue to shine in the sky for ages. Ratan Tata worked for this company for more than 20 years as Group Chairman. On his demise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on social media platform X, “Ratan Tata was a visionary business leader, an extraordinary human being with a kind soul. His demise is the saddest moment for India.”
Tata’s network spread in more than 100 countries
The foundation of the Tata Group company was laid in 1868 itself. Currently this company is doing its business in more than 100 countries of the world. Tata Group’s business extends from salt to airplanes. There are more than 150 Tata Group product manufacturing companies across the world, which have given India a distinct identity at the global level. The Tata Group bought British tea company Tetley for $432 million in 2000 and Anglo-Dutch steel maker Corus for $13 billion in 2007, the largest acquisition of a foreign company by an Indian company at that time. Tata Motors then acquired British luxury auto brands Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford Motor Company (FN) in 2008 for $2.3 billion. Among his favorite projects at Tata Motors were the Indica and the Nano, the first car model designed and manufactured in India, which is said to be the world’s cheapest car.
Major companies of Tata
Tata’s major companies which are listed in the stock market include TCS, Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Titan Company, Tata Chemicals, Tata Power, Tata Indian Hotels, Tata Consumer Products, Tata Communication, Voltas Limited, Tirant Limited, Tata Investment Corporation. , Tata Elxsi, Nelco Limited, Tata Tech, Rallis India etc. Ratan Tata headed the Tata Group from 1991 to 2012. During this period he made all his companies profitable.
