Birth 28 December 1937 (age 74)
Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Residence Colaba, Mumbai, India
Nationality Indian Ethnicity Parsi
Collage Cornell University
Harvard University
Occupation Chairman of Tata Group
Years active 1962-present
Marital Status Unmarried
Awards Padma Bhushan (2000)
Padma Vibhushan (2008)
KBE (2009)
He is the present Chairman of Tata Group. He is also the chairman of major Tata companies such as Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Power, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Tea, Tata Chemicals, The Indian Hotels Company and Tata Teleservices. He was appointed as the Director of National Radio and Electronic (Nelco). Tata is set to retire in December 2012 to be succeeded by Cyrus Mistry, the 42-year-old son of Pallonji Mistry and managing director of Shapoorji Pallonji Group.
Honours
He serves in senior capacities in various organisations in India and he is a member of the Prime Minister's Council on Trade and Industry. Tata is on the board of governors of the East-West Center, the advisory board of RAND's Center for Asia Pacific Policy and serves on the program board of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's.
Ø First Award was Responsible Capitalism.
Ø In 2008, he awarded as a Recipient of the NASSCOM Global Leadership Award.
Year | Name | Awarding organization | |
2010 | Honorary Doctor of Laws | ||
2010 | Legend in Leadership Award | ||
2010 | Businessman of the Decade | Federation of Indo-Israel Chambers of Commerce. | |
2008 | Honorary Doctor of Science | ||
2008 | Honorary Doctor of Law | ||
2007 | Honorary Fellow | ||
2007 | |||
2007 | Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. | |
2005 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
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