RATAN TATA

- A Global Leader
1. Life background
2. Who Ratan Tata is?
3. Awards & Achievements
4. Global Leader
5. Conclusion
 Life Background

 Born in an old Parsi Family of Bombay, December 28th ,

1937.

 Received a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from

America’s Cornell University in 1962.

 He returned to India and joined Tata Group.

 • Tata is single and leads a modest lifestyle in his
bachelor apartment.

• The US-educated bachelor lives alone with his two

German Shepherds in an apartment in Mumbai.

• He is known to be a supporter of the traditional Parsi

way of life.

• He has a passion for home cooked food and is known to indulge

deeply in art collection.

• A trained pilot who still takes to the skies on his own aircraft has picked
up a number of awards.

• He is known to slip into the front seat alongside his driver to and from
work.
Who Ratan Tata is???
 Ratan Tata is the Chairman of
Tata Group, one of the largest
Corporations of India.

 He is the latest in a long line

of Tatas to head the
family-owned company.
 PERSONALITY………..
• VERY DIGNIFIED

• ETHICAL

• DEPENDABLE

• BELIEVES IN KEEPING PROMISES

• LOYAL AND BELIEVES IN RELATIONSHIPS

• QUESTIONING THE UNQUESTIONABLE

• RISKTAKER NOT A SPECULATOR

• EXEMPALARY LEADERSHIP QUALITIES AND A

TREMENDOUS MOTIVATOR
Global Leader???????
Narayana Murthy, chief
mentor and chairman of
Infosys, admits he is a
Ratan Tata fan. “To be
able to compete with his
group is an honour,” he
says. Being able to draw
such praise from a
competitor is what
separates Tata from
other industrialists.
A Mind of A Leader

 The earliest evidence of Tata’s thought

leadership could be found in a document
unofficially called the Tata Plan that he
authored way back in 1983.

 Identified the need to go global very early.

 Waited to make the group more competitive

before going in for the international push;
 Awards

1. Padma Bhushan on 26 January 2000

awards & Achievements

2. Padma Vibhushan. On 26 January 2008

3. NASSCOM Global Leadership on February 14 2008 in Mumbai
4. Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy in 2007
5. Robert S. Hatfield Fellow in Economic Education In March 2006
6. London School of Economics and Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
7. The Government of Singapore conferred honorary citizenship to Ratan Tata,
8. The title of honorary economic advisor to Hangzhou city in the Zhejiang
province of China.
9. Fortune magazine in November 2007 ,listed him among the 25 most
powerful business man
10. Time magazine's 2008, listed him the World's 100 most influential people.
A Man Of Ideas
Bold!!!!!!

Increasing the “Dare Quotient”.

 “ Attempt the impossible”

 Encourage aggression in many ways…..

 Present as a member of the leadership team
but not in the managing process.

 Similar philosophy in Global Acquisitions.

 No William the Conqueror Approach

Man Of Integrity
 "Tata has shown that there is no
other way he will do business
other than do it ethically," says
Gopalakrishnan.

 "I saw him stand by his principles, even though it

cost him entry into the lucrative airline business,"
recalls a senior official of the group, referring to the
jinxed Tata Airlines-Singapore Airlines proposal of
the late ’90s.
 Visionary
“One hundred years from now, I expect
the Tatas to be much bigger than it is now.
More importantly, I hope the Group comes
to be regarded as being the best in India..
best in the manner in which we operate,
best in the products we deliver, and best
in our value systems and ethics. Having
said that, I hope that a hundred years
from now we will spread our wings far
beyond India.”
 Strategist
"He is a deep thinker and
extremely strategic. He is
always 2-3 steps ahead"- 
Alan Rosling
ED, Tata sons
 Risk Taker
“If you put a gun to my head,
you had better take the gun
away or pull the trigger,
because I'm not moving.”

"While he doesn't look it, he's

one of the toughest people I've
ever known." says
Muthuraman
 Expertise
"He has a tremendous
technological brain," says
Tata Steel Managing
Director B. Muthuraman

"When you come to him for a critical decision, he will

give you a very quick answer, his responses would be
crisp, leaving no room for doubt….His involvement in
cross-border deals could be quite significant. And that’s
precisely what gives the CEOs the confidence to move
ahead without doubts." says Rosling.
A BUSINESS LEGEND
Nano Launch…….
Ratan Tata on 26/11 Mumbai Terrorist Attack…
Ratan Tata Praises Mr.Narendra
Modi…….
Ratan Tata takes a dig at
Mukesh Ambani……..
Acceptance Remarks from Mr.Ratan Tata on
Receiving 2010 CIF Chanchlani Global Indian
Award………..
Conclusion
Presented by:
Akanksha Singh
Disha Shukla
Kunal Shah
Fareya Siddiqui