Presentation on

JRD TATA
Presented by
Ankit Dubey
MBAS 1312

We generate wealth for the people. What

comes from the people must, to the extent
possible, therefore get back to the
people.

J.R.D. Tata
(1904- 1993)

Introduction
Was the 2nd child of Ratanji
Dadabhoy Tata and his French
wife Sooni
moved to India in 1925
In 1938 , JRD Tata was made
the head of India's largest
industrial empire

 Under his leadership, the Tata assets

grew from Rs 62 crore in 1939 to
over Rs 10,000 crore in 1990. At the
same time, the number of companies
under the group grew from 14 to 50
large manufacturing ones

 Apart from being a businessman par

excellence, he was a patron of the
sciences and the arts, a philanthropist
and yet a man with a passion for
literature, fast cars, skiing and flying

JRD's outstanding contributions to India were

-Tata Airlines 1932
-TELCO 1945
-TIFR (Tata Institute of
Fundamental Research) in
1945
-Tata Memorial Center for
Cancer, Research and Treatment, in
Bombay in 1941
-TISS, 1936
-TCS 1968
- Titan Industries 1987

Father of Indian Aviation

As an aviator and pioneer flier, he
brought commercial aviation to India.
JRD's passion for planes led him to set
up Air India in 1948.
When it was nationalised in 1953, under
his chairmanship Air-India was ranked
among the finest airlines in the world.

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