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Ratan Tata
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Ratan Tata (1937–2024) was an Indian entrepreneur, engineer, businessperson, and philanthropist. Born in Mumbai to Naval Tata, he was of Parsi ethnicity. He began his professional career in 1962 and worked for IBM and the Tata Group. Tata received his education at Harvard Business School. He was affiliated with the Tata Trusts, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Atlantik-Brücke.
Tata spoke Tamil and English. He was recognized with several honors, including the Maharashtra Bhushan Award, the Padma Bhushan, the Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, and the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun. He had a sibling named Noel Tata. His citizenship included the British Raj and India. He died in Mumbai.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- The Wit & Wisdom of Ratan Tata
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 3
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Titanium dioxide photocatalysis
· 2000 · cited 7,119x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,417x
- Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2023 · cited 4,063x
- What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050
· 2018 · cited 3,512x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy
· 2012 · cited 2,926x
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- JRD Tata
- Succeeded by
- Cyrus Mistry
- Born
- Ratan Naval Tata , ( 1937-12-28 ) 28 December 1937, Bombay , British India
- Died
- 9 October 2024 (2024-10-09) (aged 86), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relations
- Tata family
- Parents
- Naval Tata (father) Sooni Commissariat (mother)
- Education
- Cornell University ( BArch ), Harvard Business School (Advanced Management Program)
- Occupation
- Industrialist Philanthropist
- Awards
- Order of Australia (2023) Assam Baibhav (2021) Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (2014) Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2009) Padma Vibhushan (2008) Maharashtra Bhushan (2006) Padma Bhushan (2000)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Mumbai
- Place of death
- Mumbai
- Father
- Naval Tata
- Sibling
- Noel Tata
- Occupation
- philanthropist
- Employer
- IBM
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- entrepreneur
- Image
- Ratan Naval Tata in 2011.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ratan Naval Tata
- date of birth
- 1937-12-28
- ethnic group
- Parsi
- Commons gallery
- Ratan Tata
- name in native language
- ரத்தன் டாட்டா
- start of work period
- 1962-00-00
- affiliation string
- Tata Trusts
- date of death
- 2024-10-09
- end of work period
- 2024-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Ratan Naval Tata (28 December 1937 – 9 October 2024) was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist. He served as the chairman of Tata Group and Tata Sons from 1991 to 2012, and he held the position of the interim chairman from October 2016 to February 2017. In 2000, he received the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian honour in India, followed by the Padma Vibhushan, the country's second-highest civilian honour, in 2008.
Ratan Tata was the son of Naval Tata, who was adopted by Ratanji Tata, son of Jamsetji Tata, the founder of the Tata Group. He graduated from Cornell University College of Architecture with a bachelor's degree in architecture. He had also attended the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program in 1975. He joined the Tata Group in 1962, starting on the shop floor of Tata Steel. He later succeeded JRD Tata as chairman of Tata Sons upon the latter's retirement in 1991. During his tenure, the Tata Group acquired Tetley, Jaguar Land Rover, and Corus, in an attempt to turn Tata from a largely India-centric group into a global business.
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