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TopicRatan Tata

Topic: Ratan Tata

Customer driven by quality of service, we can go head-to-head—what Ratan Tata once said about Reliance

The business magnate passed away Wednesday. In this Walk The Talk interview from 2004, Ratan Tata spoke about Tata Group's journey, achievements, challenges & competition.

I saw Ratan Tata standing at the ATM in my building like a common man that day—Jaithirth Rao

Ratan Tata never made me feel that, just because I was no longer a powerful banker but rather a struggling entrepreneur, I had to be treated less courteously. I can hardly say the same for other tycoons.

A frosty start featuring ‘ULFA tapes’, thawed by a love of dogs. My conversations with Ratan Tata

Besides politics, his frustrations with business environment & inspirational ideas ranging from entrepreneurship to technology, aviation, philanthropy, we discovered a common passion: dogs

1937-2024: A timeline of Ratan Tata’s odyssey from architecture grad to doyen of India Inc

From taking over the reins of Tata Sons from uncle JRD in 1991 to stepping down in 2012, Ratan Tata oversaw the conglomerate’s global expansion.

Ratan Tata’s least acknowledged and biggest contribution was to Assam

Ratan Tata took TISS to Assam, saved a sinking Tata Tea out of concern for workers, and brought Northeastern people at the forefront of India’s hospitality industry.

How Ratan Tata put Indian industry on the global map with steel, cars & tea

Ratan Tata took over reins of Tata Sons in 1991 & transformed it, expanding global footprint & diversifying into various industries, with a string of high-profile acquisitions in 2000s.

Ratan Tata mettle revealed in 1980s’ PepsiCo battle. Shook up fuddy-duddy business practices

Ratan Tata’s political naiveté and his complete inability to engage in the ‘deal-fixing’ culture of Indian businesses made him a great ally during the PepsiCo battle of the 1980s.

Ratan Tata laid strong foundations for Tata Motors—not a nano contribution to Indian auto

‘A promise is a promise,’ said Ratan Tata in January 2008, delivering his promise of India’s most affordable car. His words became immortal.

Ratan Tata brought a sense of ‘we are India, India is ours’ to business: Milind Deora

It's very tough to pigeonhole boxer Muhammad Ali into a category. Ratan Tata, in many ways, transcended any categorisation and cut across many different verticals.

Want to go to bed feeling I haven’t succumbed—what Ratan Tata said on dodging corruption in 2010

The veteran industrialist passed away Wednesday at 86. In this 2010 Walk The Talk interview, Tata spoke about why he thought India could become a ‘banana republic’ & how Tatas managed to stay away from corruption.

On Camera

Can Rs 1,000 cr save Osmania University? It fought for Telangana, was abandoned in return

If anyone is responsible for the deterioration of Osmania University, it is the state. While we could earlier blame the erstwhile Andhra rulers, that excuse no longer applies.

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.