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.
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.
Besides politics, his frustrations with business environment & inspirational ideas ranging from entrepreneurship to technology, aviation, philanthropy, we discovered a common passion: dogs
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.
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’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.
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.
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.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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